Daily review 17/06/2022

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  1. adam 1
    17 June 2022 at 5:51 pm

    Surly,

    things have …

    no wait…

  2. Joe90 2
    17 June 2022 at 6:19 pm

    Transcript of the remarks of former federal judge Luttig, advisor to Pence on his legal responsibilities and powers as he presided over the 2020 electotal vote, to the January 6 hearing.

    https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/16/politics/read-luttig-statement/index.html

    https://twitter.com/jentaub/status/1537481664821174278

    https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1537481664821174278.html

  3. Jester 3
    17 June 2022 at 6:23 pm

    Some people just should not be allowed to be landlords! This is shocking.

    Landlord refuses to fix toilet for months even when faeces leaked out of the house | Stuff.co.nz

    • Muttonbird 3.1
      17 June 2022 at 8:08 pm

      That means all landlords would need to be licensed for competency and character. Bring it on!

    • Belladonna 3.2
      17 June 2022 at 8:11 pm

      Indeed.

      I would hope that the relevant authorities would be paying a great deal of attention to this company. If they're treating one tenant like this, they'll certainly be treating others the same way.
      There's a Facebook page which suggests a history of poor practice.

      https://www.facebook.com/Mauri-Ora-Limited-113607307123672/reviews/?ref=page_internal

      Unfortunately the tenancy tribunal doesn't really have 'teeth' when it comes to punishing bad landlords. They can impose a fine, but there's probably little chance of it actually being paid.

      I'd suggest registering a caveat against the property – both for the outstanding fine, and the required repairs (requiring Council to certify the work would be a good way to ensure it's actually done to to standard). The bank (there will almost certainly be a mortgage) will be unhappy – and they have a lot more leverage with the owner than the tenant or the tribunal does.

    • Belladonna 3.3
      17 June 2022 at 8:14 pm

      Also the journalist should have listed the shareholding owners (clearly visible in the companies register), and described the relationship the 'named' representatives have with the company (they'll be 'dodgy as' property managers)

  4. Grafton Gully 4
    17 June 2022 at 6:26 pm

    Middlemore Hospital ED is overloaded and PREVENTABLE METABOLIC DISEASES are sure to be part of the cause.

    Successive National and Labour led governments have failed to deal with this by regulating to make healthy food options cheaper, taxing unhealthy food providers out of the market, incentivising healthy providers and regulating food advertising.

    This article epitomises the problem – making it an individual choice issue. An issue "everyone is talking about" while governments do not institute the necessary preventive measures.

    https://www.webmd.com/heart/metabolic-syndrome/metabolic-syndrome-what-is-it

    https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/469318/middlemore-hospital-under-extreme-pressure-chief-executive

    • RedLogix 4.1
      17 June 2022 at 8:11 pm

      PREVENTABLE METABOLIC DISEASES are sure to be part of the cause.

      Now this is something we can absolutely agree on.

      Between 1981 and 1983 I completed the three year Naturopathy course at South Pacific College of Natural Medicine. Those days it was based in Ellerslie and in those pre-internet days it was very much an in-person experience. At the same time I have a degree in Engineering and was working as a research tech for the UofA. This might strike you as a tad schizo and often it felt like that. Lots of apparently conflicting concepts to absorb.

      But in hindsight two things really stand out to me. One is that a lot of what we call alternative therapies are in reality that body of observational knowledge that all pre-scientific societies accumulate over generations. Pattern recognition is one of the human brain's great powers, and combined with our intuition and ability to pay attention and pass the knowledge on – many important things are uncovered.

      The other striking thing is how some of the ideas that I encountered at the college that at the time I mentally bracketed as 'out there' – have in the subsequent decades been supported or even fully confirmed by conventional science based medicine.

      But crucially these guys were onto the role of ancestoral diet, sunshine, exercise and the importance of working with the body's capacity to heal decades. Ignoring all of these creates the conditions for the chronic metabolic syndromes that now overburden our society in all directions.

      • Blade 4.1.1
        18 June 2022 at 10:22 am

        Yes, I agree. Since governments like forcing things on us, I would if I had a similar mindset force everyone to either dose daily with Metformin or Berberine. How strange Metformin is now a darling of the Life Extension community.

  5. Ad 5
    17 June 2022 at 7:40 pm

    Why is Claire Szabo resigning from being Labour Party President?

    Labour Party president Claire Szabó to stand down, won't rule out running as an MP – NZ Herald

    No scandal, no nothing. On the other hand, no money, tanking government.

    Why would the President resign unless she no longer has the confidence of the Ardern?

    • Alan 5.1
      17 June 2022 at 8:01 pm

      "trouble at mill"

    • Belladonna 5.2
      17 June 2022 at 8:15 pm

      I don't care for Szabo. But that is a thoroughly mischievous photo of her illustrating the article. Definitely chosen with malice aforethought.

      • RedLogix 5.2.1
        17 June 2022 at 8:28 pm

        Sometimes I think subbies get bored and choosing pics like this is their way of livening up otherwise overworked and underappreciated lives devil

    • Incognito 5.3
      17 June 2022 at 8:25 pm

      Is Winston Peters going to sue her too?

    • Anne 5.4
      17 June 2022 at 9:14 pm

      Its been a full on few years and she has a young family. I'm sure they will be pleased to have her around when they need her.

    • Drowsy M. Kram 5.5
      18 June 2022 at 1:55 am

      I admire Szabó – seems a genuine lefty, like Haworth & Coatsworth. Wishing her & family well.

  6. Stephen D 6
    17 June 2022 at 8:44 pm

    Brian Easton skewering any “pundit” and opposition politician.

    “Before I do the economic analysis, let me dismiss the political one. It is easy to say the lower growth rate is due to the economy being run by the Ardern-Robertson Government and that the Key-English Government were much better economic managers. The statement has no analytic content – it is known in the trade as whining/whingeing – and typically made by people who have not the economic competence to forecast tomorrow’s breakfast.”

    https://www.pundit.co.nz/content/what-is-the-medium-term-future-for-the-new-zealand-economy

    • RedLogix 7.1
      17 June 2022 at 9:48 pm

      In decline yes – but not extinct. People still buy books.

    • Blade 7.2
      18 June 2022 at 9:12 am

      Dylan Thomas comes to mind.

      • Mac1 7.2.1
        18 June 2022 at 9:51 am

        Do not go blogging into the night.

        Do not go blogging into the night.

        Old age should burn and rave at close of day.

        You should not go blogging in the night.

        Wise men who come from Left or Right

        And spend their time in fruitful ways

        Do not go blogging into the night.

        Grave men who see their end in sight

        And learn too late Wordle they could have played

        You should not go blogging in the night.

        Bright men full of erudition can cite

        Their sources and read books as they may

        Do not go blogging into the night.

        Trolls who spread their dreadful blight

        And think that making mischief is OK

        Should not go blogging into the night.

        And you, dear reader, before your screen so bright

        Will blind your eyes and mind, to you I say

        You should not go blogging in the night

        Do not go blogging in the night.

  8. Adrian 8
    18 June 2022 at 12:53 pm

    That is very good Mac, retirement obviously suits you, so much time to exercise that clever mind.

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