Daily review 24/02/2022

Written By: - Date published: 5:30 pm, February 24th, 2022 - 33 comments
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  1. Ad 1
    24 February 2022 at 6:29 pm

    Pretty miserable day for the world.

  2. Chris T 2
    24 February 2022 at 6:44 pm

    Just watching the news.

    Geezes Lisa Carrington is built like a brick shit house.

    Don't get me wrong, still beautiful, but wouldn't want to f' with her lol

  3. Belladonna 3
    24 February 2022 at 7:04 pm

    Rents continuing to rise. 'Only' up 6% in January (since Jan 2021) – averaged across NZ.

    Although this is a slower rise than 2021 (8%), I don't think a continued increase is something to be celebrated.

    demand just did not slow down enough to have an impact on prices, especially considering we have now seen the market run so hot for such an extended period.

    Even Auckland (which has had the drag of inner city apartments usually occupied by overseas students) increased for the first time since September.

    https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/homed/renting/300525203/rents-break-records-but-pace-of-growth-slowing

    I freely admit I don't know what the answer is – but current policies aren't working.

    • Gypsy 3.1
      24 February 2022 at 7:28 pm

      The government has been loading costs onto landlords in a hot property market. I'm surprised anyone would be surprised that rents have risen.

      • Blazer 3.1.1
        24 February 2022 at 7:43 pm

        not the 'war on landlords'=they were all gunna sell up….oh that's right …still the best game in ..town.

        The feudal system in new …clothes.blush

        • Gypsy 3.1.1.1
          24 February 2022 at 8:12 pm

          The mistake is lumping all landlords into one basket. Landlords without mortgages may make different decisions than those with mortgages. At the end of the day, if capital values and rents keep rising ahead of any investment alternative, as you say it's still the best game in town.

  4. Stuart Munro 4
    24 February 2022 at 7:11 pm

    Geopolitical stability, climate change, and the Russian invasion are incompatible, if Peter Zeihan is to be believed.

  5. Muttonbird 5
    24 February 2022 at 7:14 pm

    Question 1: What is the purpose of NATO?

    North Atlantic Treaty Organization

    The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created in 1949 by the United States, Canada, and several Western European nations to provide collective security against the Soviet Union. Signing of the NATO Treaty.

    https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/nato

    The Soviet Union does not exist anymore, so why does NATO, and why has it expanded regularly since 1949?

    Certainly could be argued that NATO was formed as security against what came after the Soviet Union, but looks like they've been conducting a soft cold war well after the real cold war finished.

    Question 2: Should NATO be disbanded?

    • Ad 5.1
      24 February 2022 at 7:28 pm

      You might want to ask European governments situated right next to Russia.

      We are much more likely to see NATO expand membership after this.

      • Muttonbird 5.1.1
        24 February 2022 at 7:36 pm

        That's the problem as far as I can see. US state and business hegemony influencing the region, against previous agreements.

        Russia has said enough.

        Putin has said he want to, "de-Nazify" Ukraine. What does he mean by this?

      • Blazer 5.1.2
        24 February 2022 at 7:47 pm

        '

        The West, led by the Americans believe they've been entrusted by God to decide the fate of other people. the US prefers not to be guided by International Law but by the rule of the gun. They have come to believe in their own exceptionalism, believing that they can decide the destiny of the world and that only they can ever be right" -Putin

        Too true…unfortunately.

  6. Sanctuary 6
    24 February 2022 at 7:40 pm

    Watch the crash re-armament of NATO. The Balts will be under no illusions as to who is next if Putin succeeds with his war of aggression. The Finns will seek support from Sweden. A general European war within the next five years is not out of the question. Putin is fucked in the head.

    • Stuart Munro 6.1
      24 February 2022 at 8:05 pm

      The Poles likely feel they're the next domino – might be time they installed a new Tsar again.

    • francesca 6.2
      24 February 2022 at 8:18 pm

      And so it goes until the nukes cut loose.The triumphalist West , after Gorbachev agreed to a reunited Germany ,welched on its promises to leave a cordon sanitaire around Russia and now the chickens have come home to roost .

      • Stuart Munro 6.2.1
        25 February 2022 at 5:41 am

        What absolute rubbish. The peoples of the former soviet republics did not want to live under the corrupt and inept rule of the Kremlin – frankly who would? Now Putin is just murdering yet another country to make the world safe for kleptocracy.

  7. Byd0nz 7
    24 February 2022 at 8:13 pm

    Well no surprise here. This is what the West has goaded and pushed for ever since they backed the Nazi 2014 coup. Talk about climate change and sea rising, the North Atlantic has spilled over into and taken over the worlds other seas. However the Western paper tigers in their death throes can only blame their own meddling for the current situation and their crocodile tears fool only fools.

  8. Shanreagh 8
    24 February 2022 at 8:38 pm

    Anker et al. I was reading something else and this popped up on my feed. Re Kathleen Stock. The ripples of the disgusting campaign against her are spreading wider but thankfully some sense, belatedly, is returning to the population around Hove/Brighton.

    https://www.brightonandhovenews.org/2022/02/22/green-candidate-quits-party-after-stock-campaign-questions/

    • Anker 8.1
      24 February 2022 at 10:25 pm

      Thanks for posting Shanreagh.

      "Tom Pashby was widely quoted supporting the campaign against Professor Kathleen Stock, which lead to her quitting the University of Sussex. The campaign, which featured masked figures setting off flares and posters describing her as a transphobe being put up across the campus".

      Tom, (they/them who identifies as non binary) , a new Green candiate, was challenged about this by other Green party members. He then quit the party.

      Good on the Brighton Green party members. Our Green party here are a million miles away from standing up for people like Kathleen Stock, who have been viciously attacked by gender activists.

      New term, rather than gender critical, pro reality. I prefer it.

  9. Anne 9
    24 February 2022 at 9:12 pm

    Excellent resumé of the current protest situation here and elsewhere from Bryan Gould:

    https://bryangould.com/world-wide-fascism/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=world-wide-fascism

    In sidebar but worth a special mention.

    • Shanreagh 9.1
      25 February 2022 at 9:30 am

      Anne, I agree with his views especially the funding aspect. This will sound like a cracked record as I have mentioned it here several times, but the opportunity has existed since since the hacking into the GiveSendGo donation site for the Canadian truckers for journos to do some investigating.

      The hackers are willing to share names with accredited journalists. They have done work already that shows that at least $103,000 was donated to the truckers convoy campaign by bank accounts in NZ. Our journos could get the info, find them and interview or try to those people.

      An investigative journalist working a standard 'from the known to the unknown' approach could investigate this. The basis for this approach is that people who have made donations to the truckers in Canada may also be making donations here.

      Of course the Police may also have the list and warned the journos off, you' hope the Police are looking at it. I hope the Police are also seeking warrants to investigate the accounts of all the major players at the NZ protest.

      The freezing of the funds in the Canadian protest was done under Emergency law to save time. This peaceful action had a major impact on the success of stoppage/removal of the protestors from Ottawa.

      • Anne 9.1.1
        25 February 2022 at 10:03 am

        Of course the Police may also have the list and warned the journos off, you' hope the Police are looking at it.

        That is the problem. The police hate anything which has a political element to it. If it is a straightforward criminal act that's fine, but as soon as it becomes murky, grubby with off-shore political connotations they run a mile. I can attest to this from personal experience.

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