Daily review 23/10/2024

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  1. Obtrectator 1
    23 October 2024 at 6:29 pm

    Just been checking out coverage by OneNews of today's protests.

    Seventh item, lasting all of 50 seconds. Short clips of the crowds in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Mount Maunganui; one brief interview with Rachel Mackintosh. And, er, that was it.

    They led with (of course) the Bayly saga, during which Maiki Sherman commented that the whole thing was a "distraction" for Luxo. A pretty useful one for TVNZ as well, helping to fill up all those screen minutes with nothing of real consequence.

  2. Dennis Frank 2
    23 October 2024 at 6:30 pm

    Transatlantic spat? Not really.

    First King George III. Now Sir Keir Starmer. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/22/trump-complaint-uk-labour-party

    Citing the American revolution while misspelling “Britian”, Donald Trump’s campaign has filed an extraordinary complaint against the UK’s Labour party for what it claims is “interference” in the US presidential election.

    The Trump campaign alleged that in recent weeks, Labour recruited and sent party members to campaign for his opponent, Kamala Harris, in critical battleground states in a bid to influence the 5 November election.

    “When representatives of the British government previously sought to go door-to-door in America, it did not end well for them,” says a letter from Trump’s legal team to the Federal Election Commission in Washington.

    “This past week marked the 243 anniversary of the surrender of British forces at the Battle of Yorktown, a military victory that ensured that the United States would be politically independent of Great Britian” – an incorrect rendering of “Britain”. In response, UK prime minister Keir Starmer said that party officials volunteering for Harris ahead of the US presidential election on 5 November were “doing it in their spare time” rather than in their capacity working for Labour.

    Starmer then reassured everyone. He "insisted he had a “good relationship” with Trump which would not be jeopardised by the complaint." Whew, the relief! Gotta keep that left/right solidarity going! There are still people who believe the left oppose the right!

  3. joe90 3
    23 October 2024 at 8:02 pm

    We're almost there.

    .

    @ArturRehi

    Sending North Korean troops to Ukraine could be a serious mistake for Putin for a number of reasons, one of which is the active position of South Korea. Seoul has declared its readiness to begin providing direct military assistance to Ukraine, including the supply of 1/12

    https://xcancel.com/ArturRehi/status/1848720716771766752

    https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1848720716771766752.html

    South Korea is considering directly supplying weapons to Ukraine as evidence increases that North Korean soldiers are preparing to assist Russia in its war against Ukraine.

    South Korea’s spy agency (NIS) said last week that North Korea had shipped 1,500 special forces personnel to Russia’s far east for training and acclimatising at local military bases for future combat alongside Moscow’s troops in Ukraine.

    Local media, citing the NIS, said Pyongyang had decided to dispatch 12,000 troops, formed into four brigades, to Russia.

    A senior official at the office of South Korea’s president, Yoon Suk Yeol, said on Tuesday that Seoul could consider providing defensive and lethal weapons to Ukraine depending on developments.

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/22/south-korea-mulls-aiding-ukraine-evidence-north-korea-involvement-war

  4. Dennis Frank 4
    23 October 2024 at 8:02 pm

    No Baroness Rowling then. Got better things to do with her time than sit in the House of Lords & help rule the UK…

    JK Rowling has revealed she turned down two offers of a peerage in the House of Lords and would turn down a third. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg4q6prkgz0o

    The author's remarks came after Conservative Party leader hopeful Kemi Badenoch said she would give Rowling a peerage for her stance on gender – a position critics have described as being transphobic.

    The Harry Potter author said in a post on X that she had been offered peerages "once under Labour and once under the Tories", adding she "still wouldn't take it" if offered the honour for a third time. Most peers sitting in the House of Lords are appointed by the monarch on the prime minister's advice, with nominations vetted by the House of Lords Appointments Commission. Badenoch praised Rowling in an interview with the Talk TV online streaming service, saying they both believed protections for women should be based not on self-identified gender but rather biological sex.

    Transphobic is what you become when you get enough hate directed at you by trans folk. They target anyone who stands up for the rights of women.

  5. SPC 5
    23 October 2024 at 9:48 pm

    The ANZ CEO, says it has a similar return on shareholder funds here as in Oz and a similar difference between cost of debt and mortgage charges.

    They differences, they pay 30% tax in Oz, only 28% here.

    They offer better service to their customers in Oz in here – better deals on credit card use and are not the laggard on open banking that they are here (our biggest bank less likely to provide a retail payment service than others are for example).

    One question I have is the attempt to herd customers to a one size fits all service model (closing down bank branches, onto ATM's, then removing them and offering online card services, then requiring a link to a phone to drive people to phone app banking – suits Musk, X.com payment (his we chat wannabee serviced by AI connected satellites hovering over all).

    https://www.stuff.co.nz/money/360461003/anz-first-major-bank-face-select-committee-scrutiny

  6. Muttonbird 6
    23 October 2024 at 9:52 pm

    Amazing stuff. Bayley had to go into parliament at 10:00pm last night to say he lied earlier and he did have a drink on the day, but claimed it was after the interactions. Now it seems the drinking occurred during the abusive episodes, and the entire thing happened at a winery!

    I know Luxton is an idiot but I didn't think he was this much of an idiot. Can't see him hanging on to Bayley as small business minister, or at all.

    https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360462058/hipkins-eeks-out-margin-push-loser-gate-day-six

    As an aside, Farrar is claiming Bayley has Asperger's syndrome or similar as a defence (rather than him just being a drunk, arrogant, Tory prick).

    • tWig 6.1
      24 October 2024 at 1:40 am

      The comments under farrar's article are eye-watering. Loser leftie tries to stitch up one of our guys.

    • Dennis Frank 6.2
      24 October 2024 at 3:11 am

      I suspect you're right. I wasn't aware the dork actually is a cabinet minister. He's bringing his govt into disrepute and his leader is taking too long to realise that. Farrar's comment is worth recycling:

      You often see this misjudged humour with people who have low EQ or are even slightly on the spectrum. Now this doesn’t make what he did, acceptable. That sort of joshing humour should only be done with people you know, who are friends. In my weekly board gaming group, we often chant “loser” and hold up Ls to each other when someone loses. But that is between good friends, who know it is done with no ill intent. Trying to do that with a stranger is a very bad idea, as they could well interpret it in the way this complainant did.

      And doing so a Minister of the Crown, is even more ill-advised. The fault does lie with Bayly, not with the complainant.

      So if the dork ain't quite all there, why is he a cabinet minister? Luxon trying to show that mentally defective folk can rule ok? Like Trump? What part of seeming professional does Luxon not yet comprehend?

      • Obtrectator 6.2.1
        24 October 2024 at 8:16 am

        Hey mods, I want that last para of DF's called out. Being on the spectrum does not of itself mean one is "mentally defective".

        • lprent 6.2.1.1
          24 October 2024 at 8:34 am

          I'd agree with you about the lack of limits for those of us who can be regarded as being "mentally defective".

          I find that most people I work with are on the 'spectrum' of variances to the norm. I'm a computer programmer working mostly with engineers. Being ‘mentally normal’ in those professions is a severe handicap.

          However I don't think this is worth moderator time. I am sure that commenters will deal with it just as you have.

          • Obtrectator 6.2.1.1.1
            24 October 2024 at 10:49 am

            Thanks LP, I'll settle for that. While not defending Mr Bayly's conduct in any way, it's going too far to imply he's mentally deficient. I've had attempts at so-called humour backfire the way his has done, and for what looks like very similar reasons.

            • tWig 6.2.1.1.1.1
              24 October 2024 at 1:13 pm

              Context is everything. Were you in a position of power over the person when you made those ill-judged comments?

  7. SPC 7
    23 October 2024 at 10:33 pm

    Biggest change in foreign policy in a generation …

    For mine considering joining a body called AUKUS Pillar 2 is clumsy diplomacy.

    Broader co-operation between us Canada, Japan, South Korea and Oz, UK and USA has nothing to do with their own more limited three party agreement.

    It's main purpose is independence from the China supply chain in new tech development (first principle provide the UK with new partners now it is out of the EU).

    This will be an issue while the matter of South China Sea economic zone arrangements and Convention of the Sea norms as to transport through this area (to Japan and South Korea) is unresolved – because of the 5 Line policy (and inability to build the trust required for a self governing Taiwan within one China).

    https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/10/23/govts-foreign-policy-stance-huge-pivot-international-media/

  8. Joe90 8
    23 October 2024 at 10:50 pm

    This has the cult of Elmo exercised.

    Bill Madden

    @maddenifico

    This gentleman has one of the most accurate descriptions of Elon Musk I've heard yet. 🎯🎯🎯👇

    https://xcancel.com/maddenifico/status/1848852552798072979