Daily review 25/08/2023

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17 comments on “Daily review 25/08/2023 ”

  1. Anne 1

    One image, one face, one American moment: The Donald Trump mug shot

    His mugshot. Made my day. This is what he really is: a sulky, spoilt teenage brat!

  2. Blazer 2

    So Dame Jenny Shipley joins the Natz rogues gallery.She has Sir Douglas Graham,amongst others for….company.crying

    • SPC 2.1

      A bit of perspective – failure to fulfill a duty is not necessarily rogue territory – Anderton notes the difference.

      https://www.nbr.co.nz/sir-douglas-graham-best-for-me-to-drop-dead/

      • Blazer 2.1.1

        Convicted felon is most definitely…rogue territory.

        Lucky he still has a knighthood and avoided …jail.

      • Patricia Bremner 2.1.2

        Jenny Shipley… the little tradies suffered, and will now hopefully after 10 years get some of their money back.yes Hope they got costs as well as interest.sad

    • miravox 2.2

      For me she entered the rogues gallery back in the 1990s. I've never got over her role in the expansion of of used car imports with bugger all minimum standards for exhaust pollution. If anything led to our rapidly increasing, ageing, polluting vehicle fleet, it was that.

      Finally she gets caught out for cash over ethics. I’m not crying for her.

  3. weka 3

    Not particularly concerned about this, but it did make me realise I've lost track of what the current public health position is on covid and vaccination. Can anyone get me up to date?

    https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/300957705/a-new-highly-mutated-covid19-variant-ba286-has-scientists-on-alert

  4. joe90 4

    For the Ramaswany stans; the dude's a con man who allegedly got his own mother, a doctor, to alter clinical trial results to fleece investors.

    Matthew Gertz

    @MattGertz

    How populist "entrepreneur" Vivek Ramaswamy got rich: 1. Found biotech firm with hedge fund/venture capital $ 2. Buy patent for Alzheimer's drug that had failed 4 trials, raise more $ to take to market 3. Take company public, cash out 4. Drug fails 5th trial, investors wiped out.

    https://twitter.com/MattGertz/status/1694735109327401362

    https://archive.li/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/27/us/politics/vivek-ramaswamy-wealth.html

  5. Ad 5

    Just imagine if we had Labour governments who delivered all term like this.

    First one massive new cycleway is delivered in Otago…

    https://www.cluthagold.co.nz/#:~:text=Clutha%20Gold%20Extension%20Opening%20on,and%20Roxburgh%20Gorge%20cycle%20trails.

    Next day another one is opened as well:

    https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/50m-pathway-overcame-remarkable-obstacles

    Great timing Minister Parker. And great location.

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