Something the MSM entirely misses but which is still very much happening is the global radioactive pollution due to the continued disaster that is Fukushima.
Especially the exposed fuel rods pose a clear and present danger to the entire global population. In fact the fuel rods in Reactor no 4 contain plutonium too. Plutonium is so deadly a lump the size of a golf ball dispersed into the atmosphere would be enough to kill of the entire globe.
Any further deterioration of the reactor building would mean the exposure of the spend fuel rods and the ignition within hours spewing an estimated 85 times Chernobyl out.
It would mean the end of Tokyo (Home to more than 35 million people) Japan, and with Radioactive rain already hitting California the advise would be to go home and close your windows for a very long time.
Just in case you missed it because the National Radiation Laboratory is not in the habit of telling the public what they’re up to Mutton birds and many other species such as planes from air New Zealand spend a lot of their time in Japan and guess what the NRL is testing them (the mutton birds that is). hmmm?
Wow – National Radiation Laboratory in NZ testing migatory birds who fly near site of recent nuclear accident – Who would have thunk it ?! Next up you’ll be telling us that the Papacy is headed by a member of the Roman Catholic Church and that mammals of the family Ursidae defacate in heavily tree covered terain.
BTW I didn’t realise that planes from Air New Zealand qualify as a species. Fascinating world you inhabit there travellerev.
Oh shit, you caught me out. And you are so right!
Let me point out another obvious truth; three buildings do not collapse due to office fires, not even if two of them have been started by Kerosene and steel framed buildings build to withstand the impact of said planes do not explode into a pyroclastic cloud in FREE FALL speed.
Not that you ever let the laws of Physics stand in your way when you promoted the official 911 lie before but hey, other readers might get it.
Asshole.
And the madness begins again … Gossie, DNFTT, OK? Still, at least you got a response that was signed off with a brief and presumably unintentional moment of self awareness from Ev.
Oh how arrogant you are Te Reo! You are a blinkered believer in the official story, so you declare Ev to be a troll? Granted, she is not a nice person, too quick to judge and to hate, but in this instance (9/11) she is right.
Hint for a more fruitful life – try not being so rigid in your adherence to the msm norms…
For those of you intrigued by KTH’s ignorance about which laws of physics where violated on the day of 911 Here is a 1.5 minute video you might want to watch and here is a video dealing with the way the buildings were build to with stand the impact of a plane the size of the planes which hit the two buildings. It is a bit longer but still within the attention span of the average Kiwi. 6.5 minutes
And thank you idiots hiding behind Maori names for allowing me to respond with science to your troll messages.
Cheers, Muzza, I’m always a good bloke to have on a triv team, as it happens. But my favourite game is still poke the righty and while I generally ignore Ev these days, it’s still fun to make her froth and hiss in her absurd crusade against the truth. Ten years and counting …
So I was right. Two idjits hiding behind Maori names.
Fuck you guys are thick and for those who would like to see a thorough treatment on why a couple of tons of Kerosene dumped in two steel framed buildings do not melt steel framed buildings into a FREE FALL pyroclastic flow here is a video which might stretch the attention span somewhat but is well worth the watch
Te reo is an official language of New Zealand, Ev. Along with being a climate change denier and right wing fantasist, you’ve also admitted to supporting those deluded yanks who think Obama shouldn’t President because of his racial heritage, so I guess it’s no surprise your racism is applied to Maori as well.
After all that invective and smug self satisfaction at shooting the messenger lets go back to the message…Something the MSM entirely misses but which is still very much happening is the global radioactive pollution due to the continued disaster that is Fukushima. My take is that Trav is on the ball, cant fault that the MSM have now moved on to fresher less threatening pastures can we?
KB threads have been chock full of birtherism and New World Order stuff for ages, most of the disagreement seems to be coming from the lefties over there.
Perhaps you should wade in over there and defend the rights rep.
PB, I’ve taken on Redbaiter for his wacky beliefs before on Kiwibloig. I was also banned from his Website (Crusader Rabbit) for being a leftist scumbag, (I believe was the term used).
I disagree that it this sort of thinking is more prevalent on Kiwiblog. I am aware of only three or four people who have ever supported Redbaiters wacky ideas. About the same that I see support Travellerev’s wacky ideas here.
And he’s far from the most prolific spouter of that sort of thing at KB.
That Leaping Jimmy chap (is that ‘reid”s new handle) has 10000+comments, and there’s Other_Andy and Fisi et al.
the other day they were talking about US presidents, and pretty much everyone had Obama as worst president ever.
That’s just insane now matter how you judge it. Mind you, no one was actually putting forward any arguments to why he was the worst, it was just y’know, obvious.
Oh I agree that it wasn’t difficult getting banned from his site. I am merely highlighting it to show you I have spent time countering his views.
I disagree that believing Obama is the worst President ever makes someone a nut job. It makes them wrong in my opinion but they do argue their point and are entitled to their view on this subjective matter.
It is different from arguing that Obama isn’t qualified to be President due to where he was born or that he is in fact a secret Muslim. This falls into the nut job category, as to does thinking John Key is an employee of Goldman Sachs (a views expressed here by a muzza for example).
So you see both left and right have their fair share of nut jobs. I think that is as it should be.
nah, I wouldn’t mind if they did argue their point. But they weren’t.
They were making other arguments, about whether GWB Carter was worse then Clinton or whatever, but Obama being the worst was just axiomatic.
And if you look at what words mean, the more far out nonsense that gets trotted out here about Key is on a par with theories that ‘Clark hates families’ or the crap about her sexuality. Which is a not even controversial over there. Or that ‘the Greens are REALLY commun1sts who want to exterminate everyone’, and that ‘Kyoto is about NWO’.
Hold on a minute, even David Garrett told Redbaiter to pull his head in and didn’t want to be associated with his wacky theories. That is hardly usinversal approval of these ideas over there. From what I see the ideas are generally ignored or countered by a combination of left and right leaning people.
I agree that they didn’t put much of a case forward why Obama was the worst President ever on that thread. I have seen arguments on other threads though where it is all to do with how he is increasing the size of the Federal Government and centralising power. Pretty much the same could be argued for GWB though.
John Key never worked for Goldman Sachs, (unless you have evidence suggesting otherwise … waiting…).
I on the other hand have worked for them, although technically I was an external consultant rather than direct employee so I suppose it doesn’t count does it?
Gosman – Have I ever claimed that Key worked for Goldman Sachs – Practice what you preach and provide hard evidence!
Hey that comment I made about you last week, your being caught with your pants down talking circular nonsense, you know, the one that you were not able to figure out…
It must still be bothering you for me to get singled over something I have never claimed eh!
Glad to know I have gotten to you, it put a little smile on my face..
You’re a very easy target, so I won’t bask for too long!
Cheers, Muzza, I’m always a good bloke to have on a triv team, as it happens. But my favourite game is still poke the righty
Hey, you’re the righty, aren’t you?
FYI, I am a ‘truther’ and a leftie, and all the truthers I know are lefties. But hey, we are not arrogant, unlike you! (Maybe that’s because we’re also smokers – studies have shown that smokers are generally friendlier and cooler than anti-smokers… :D)
Ah well, as I am again in moderation and have seriously given up on finding out why, you may never see this. So, you can continue to stroke your ego.
Er, no, I’m not a righty, V32, but on some issues I’m less left than on others. Similar to you, I guess. The only ‘right’ positions you appear to take (from my memory of your comments) are 911 denial and the small matter of other people’s private parts and where they should and shouldn’t be put.
I see you as a lefty, most of the time, and generally speaking, I endorse your comments more than oppose them.
Ev, on the other hand, has never made a left wing statement that I’m aware of and is actually openly right wing. For example, she is:
A climate change denier
Racist toward Obama (and today, maori)
A 911 truth denier
Unwilling to contribute to her community by paying her rates on time.
These are all attributes of the right, probably the Libertarian right, but right none the less.
I also have a terrible feeling that her obsession with Goldman Sachs (and Key) is likely to be anti-Semitic at its heart. Sorry to have to say that, but it fits the mould.
To be honest Voice you are hardly in a position to complain, and like others on these boards you seem to have some sort of egotistical desire to believe you are always right..It reeks through your posts
A climate change denier – Boo fucken hoo
Racist toward Obama (and today, maori) – Obama is a puppet, and put into the position he is in because of the colour of his skin, thats all there is to it! Maori comments today, unnecessary!
A 911 truth denier – More labels, about shit you cant deal with!
Unwilling to contribute to her community by paying her rates on time. – What a good little citizen you must be eh. Line up for your vaccines when….
Are you a snivelling closed minded apologist in who, genuinely comes across as if his opinions are superior to others?
News flash: You have no idea the degree of lies and control exerted over your every day existence, there is much that we will never know, yet you crap on as though you do. I could say the same to Ev, none of us really have a clue, but some are closer to wanting to know than others!
PS – My father is Jewish, John Key is a piece of slime, along with the Jewish Banks. And for what its worth, IMO Israel is the problem! Do I have a problem with all Jews, absolutely not. Do I have a problem with individuals or collectives who seek to keeo theie foot on the throat of real progress, absolutely!
Muzza, i agree with a lot of your posts but regarding V32’s comment:
And thank you idiots hiding behind Maori names for allowing me to respond with science to your troll messages.
To me this statement is the one you should be ranting about… it’s another unnecessary snide comment about Maori.
As for having an “egotistical desire to believe you are always right” this is what every preacher or missionary does – and applies equally to every conspiracy theorist i’ve ever met.
Labelling people never helps in an argument but I think TRP’s point was that there is overwhelming evidence of climate change, and that the collapse of the twin towers was due to the massive fires caused by al qaeda hijacked planes flying into them.
As for:
Racist toward Obama (and today, maori) – Obama is a puppet, and put into the position he is in because of the colour of his skin, thats all there is to it!
I personally find this comment derogatory and racist
Funny how it’s always videos you truthers link to. Sorry buddy – videos can be edited to say anything I will cheerfully ignore them. Link to an engineering report. One with some hard sums in it. As you can see from the linked material, the case for the non-controversial version of events is fully detailed and backed by Mathematics, Physics and Engineering. Hence the changes to various building codes to reflect various findings in the various reports.
The building inspectors are in on the conspiracy, oh noes!
Luckily for you, all the information you have to debunk is gathered together in one place, and since it comes complete with detailed calculations, all you have to do is find the mistakes they made. With better calculations, not with videos.
😆 except you can’t, and if you could you would already have done so, and how many more years do you need? Truly pathetic.
PS: “FREE FALL pyroclastic flow” 😆 you dumbass that isn’t even what the non-controversial version says!
Technically I am not Jewsish Ev, but technically my father is, and his family back beyond him. They had to flee persecution from noth africa in fact, and ended up in NZ. I can speak freely on this issue without any concern for labelled as an anti semite!
Although I think anybody should be free to have an opinion on Israel/Palestine, 911, finance and the anti Muslim wars with out the anti-Semite stigma which is stupid anyway because Semites are all those people who speak a Semitic language making all of those who think exterminating Palestinians, invading Syria, Libya and other assorted Arab speaking countries to”liberate” them is OK because they are just brown people who are against Jews and who are just filthy Arabs as anti-Semite as they come.
And thank you idiots hiding behind Maori names for allowing me to respond with science to your troll messages.
To me this statement is the one you should be ranting about… it’s another unnecessary snide comment about Maori.
I would like to hear what Maori have to say about two guys who had English monikers for years on this blog and who all of a sudden translated them in Maori names. Either they have decided to out themselves as Maori or they are cynically using te Reo Maori to obfuscate and confuse.
As for having an “egotistical desire to believe you are always right” this is what every preacher or missionary does – and applies equally to every conspiracy theorist i’ve ever met.
The official story is about 19 young mostly Saudis following the orders of a rich crazy Saudi living in a cave in Afghanistan which we then had to invade because we had to liberate women and catch the crazy Saudi who then escaped and we threw him in the sea to respect Muslim sentiments and while that was the end of that we still have to stay in Afghanistan because the terrorism virus has infected every Muslim on the globe which means that now we have to attack Iran and Syria oh, wait that is because we have to liberate the Syrians. \
Not a very consistent story is it?
Labelling people never helps in an argument but I think TRP’s point was that there is overwhelming evidence of climate change, and that the collapse of the twin towers was due to the massive fires caused by al qaeda hijacked planes flying into them.
Sigh!
As for:
Racist toward Obama (and today, maori) – Obama is a puppet, and put into the position he is in because of the colour of his skin, thats all there is to it!
I personally find this comment derogatory and racist
So what you’re saying it that while it was not OK for Bush to commit war crimes (well maybe he wasn’t because it was them Arabs (talk about racist!) that did 911) it is perfectly OK for Obama who was financed by all the big banks to commit even more War crimes because… He’s black? WTF!
Birds eat? Fish, worms, plants, eat? Its a radiative bio-system input that will appear everywhere.
Its a fact that background radiation is non-zero naturally.
Its a fact that some radioactive byproduct waste is allowed to escape into the environment because its so low level once it has diffused across the planet it will be unnoticeable from background.
Its a fact that we as a species have believed the oceans are a great dumping zone.
Migratory birds may well be a good measure of diffusion of the disaster because they are so specific in the way they feed in wetlands, wetlands that may in time become radiatively polluted, so its a good option to measure them now before the pollution has reach their stop off points in asia.
Shit happens, Humans are thick, we will continue to make mistakes that kill us until we eventually make the final blunder that causes self extinction. Get with the program.
Nicole Foss (who has a Doctorate in the international law around nuclear reactors so could be described as an authority) summed up nuclear power very concisely.
She asked us to think of the lifetime of known polities throughout history, such as the Roman Empire. She then made the point that the duty of care for the nuclear waste was at minimum 10s of 1000s of years. The obvious question was would the political systems be in place for that time frame?
A secondary question for the economists and pro nuclear people is one of pricing the duty of care for 40,000 years and adding it to the price…tell me, is that good economics?
And for those of you wanting to know a little bit more about how close John key is to Bank of America which in large part is owned by shareholder Goldman Sachs and where John Key has most of his paper wealth in shares making his political position fraught with conflict of interest here are a few links you might want to check up on
Fletcher- Banks and Christchurch
How close is John Key to say Goldman Sach top CEO’s? read 6 degrees of separation
John Key has Goldman Sachs, Federal Reserve and London/Walls street written all over him. By their friends you shall know them.
And thank you for the invitation you idjits give me to get some information to people who do want to learn. from the average 90-100 new unique visitors 50% is Kiwi (Check my flag counter stats at the bottom of the right column to my blog) who all want to learn about John Key, big finance and mining and 911. Great!!!
Your ignorance about the world of finance is always a wonder to behold. The fact you think the Reserve bank of NZ is an active shareholder of Fletcher building is laughable in it’s naiivity. It is as if a 6 year old managed to work out how to use a computer and express their views on economics.
ROFL. Paying you overtime are they? Let’s see. five o clock you went home had something to eat and you checked your mail form home and oh oops. Did they authorise you commenting from home?
Tuesday 10 April 2012
Radio New Zealand National, 8:10 a.m.
Helen Kelly 3, Extreme Right 0
Just heard CTU president Helen Kelly demolish one Paul McKay, the latest of the stumbling and confused spokesmen for Business New Zealand. The poor fellow was unable to come up with one intelligent reason why women should not be granted half a year’s paid parental leave.
After she drove poor Alisdire Thomson to destroy himself live on air last year, and humiliated Importers boss Daniel Silva a few weeks ago, it seems that there is not one reactionary businessman willing or able to mount a coherent response to anything Kelly says.
With the continued turmoil within the National Party, and the recent legal victories by the locked-out Ports of Auckland workers, this continual spectacle of a smart young leftist woman publicly spanking tired old men means it’s going to be a long and dark final two and a half years of this disastrous government.
Yeah Helen has done very well lately, I think the ‘Hobbit’ debacle may have been the catalyst in tipping her off that these rightist people do not do “nice” or “fair and reasonable”, putting the slipper into them is what usually works.
I think the ‘Hobbit’ debacle may have been the catalyst in tipping her off that these rightist people do not do “nice” or “fair and reasonable”,
I think she was well aware of that long before the Hobbit disgrace.
putting the slipper into them is what usually works.
Helen Kelly never “puts the slipper into them”, she simply states her case clearly and with impeccable politeness. All that the likes of John Barnett, Alisdire Thompson and Daniel Silva have come up with in reply is scowling and choleric ranting.
Isn’t she a gem? She just keeps her cool and argues her case eloquently & persistently. I’d like to see her stand up for herself a bit more, some of the interviewers are bullies & she lets people talk over her a bit too much, but her unflustered manner probably wins her more points in the long run.
Yep, read the poem last week. Nothing particularly shocking in it that I could see (though I suppose maybe something was lost in translation). Good on Gunter Grass! I note that Israel’s only retort is that he was drafted into the Waffen SS as a teenager. As if he had any choice or was not able to learn from the experience.
Usual emotive, hysterical response from Israeli’s present leaders.
“Grass’s poems are an attempt to guide the fire of hate towards the State of Israel …
I think Israel needs another go at looking at the past and making new affirmations about the future. They need a South African type Truth and Reconciliation Commission. They are in the thrall of old generals who have secured defensible borders and relative safety for the people but gone on to deal to the Palestine problem in a primarily military manner. Determination to constructively work towards peace comes from a positive movement by the Israeli government but then is abandoned as soon as there is an act of aggression from some Palestinian.
I heard part of an interview with one of the sub-groups within Israel which so strictly adheres to its rigid principles that it is hostile to the act of adopting Hebrew as the common language for the new country of Israel with mixed ethnicities. No! Hebrew is the sacred language and should be locked away for the scriptures alone. I couldn’t bear to listen to such negative backward-thinking
With inward-looking, scripture-bound, otherworldly sects like this in Israel who have been invited into the country without expectation of respect for the country and its nation-building,, the situation becomes a repeat of the many tribes of early times clinging to their own ways and rejecting all others.
Grass may be no more of a Nazi than Pope Benedict XVI, who was conscripted against his will into the Hitler Youth, but when have Zionists ever let historical nuance get in the way of a campaign to muzzle critics of Israeli policy?
Can’t say I heard anything in the poem that was bad either. Just truth.
Grass is so correct, not a single statement to argue with. In a land convulsed with insanity. What a beautiful expression, so appropriate.
On thing Grass did not mention (although he mentions German guilt and how it prevents them calling out a name to the evil) is Isreals absolute conviction of righteousness that goes with them being Gods “chosen people”. Untermenschen to herrenvolk in one easy nuclear step.
I happened to be looking around the Young Natz website today when I came across their activities page. So I thought I would check out what they get up to…
The way you worded the comment implies that you think it is a possibility. If you didn’t I would have expected you to actually put something along the lines of ‘ It is not true that it is widely known that John Key was an employee of GS because he never worked for them’
The rest of your post also supports the view that you think John Key and GS are closely linked.
“…, and I would imagine that its the fact that he is highest level banking insider, ML/FED Global FX Committee Alum, which means he is party to the agenda, and has not one shred of excuse for any missunderstanding over the GFC”
Nowhere in that statement is there any suggestion that you don’t believe he works for GS. In fact the implication is that he is doing their bidding because he was high up in investment banking.
That is a conspiracy theory on par with thinking Obama is a secret Muslim.
“The way you worded the comment implies that you think it is a possibility. If you didn’t I would have expected you to actually put something along the lines of ‘ It is not true that it is widely known that John Key was an employee of GS because he never worked for them’”
“Of course it’s a possibility, how would you or I know categorically that its not! You are drawing a very long bow here though Gos, even by your standards. Your stated expectation of what you think I should have said, only serves to show your shortcomings!”
(Gos)The rest of your post also supports the view that you think John Key and GS are closely linked.
“Gosman, you know as well as even a novice that the world of top level banking is inbred, Key worked for ML and he also served the FED, so yes they are closely linked, thanks for pointing that out”
“Gos…, and I would imagine that its the fact that he is highest level banking insider, ML/FED Global FX Committee Alum, which means he is party to the agenda, and has not one shred of excuse for any missunderstanding over the GFC”
The way you worded the comment implies that you think it is a possibility. If you didn’t I would have expected you to actually put something along the lines of ‘ It is not true that it is widely known that John Key was an employee of GS because he never worked for them’
“The rest of your post also supports the view that you think John Key and GS are closely linked.
Nowhere in that statement is there any suggestion that you don’t believe he works for GS. In fact the implication is that he is doing their bidding because he was high up in investment banking. Why would I have to prove something I never said Gosman, come on mate, you’re better than that eh ;). JK is a banking brother, who worked at the highest levels of global banking, why would I try to disprove something I have never stated I believed!
That is a conspiracy theory on par with thinking Obama is a secret Muslim.
No idea Gos, but I would say that with endless resources at your disposal even a circular bumbler like you could hide certain things if you really wanted to. Trying to say you know for certain one way or the other, when you don’t is silly. Hence why you have tried to put words in my mouth, and failed
We have at least two people reading your comment that take the view that you were supportive of the view that John Key was an employee of GS. But even if you didn’t mean it your choice of words were certainly misleading. Let me give you an example involving you. It is not widely known that muzza is a kiddie fiddler. Now if I posted that in any serious manner I would rightly expect you to get quite irate and request that it be withdrawn from any site that it was posted on here. I would doubly expect you to get even angrier if I followed it up with a brief allusion to you posting on the internet where kiddie fiddlers are known to hang out. If you can’t ‘join the dots’, (as you put it in that post), then I can’t help you I’m sorry.
Gosman – “as to does thinking John Key is an employee of Goldman Sachs (a views expressed here by a muzza for example)”
Muzza – Gosman have I ever claimed that Key worked for Goldman Sachs – Practice what you preach and provide hard evidence
Gosman – Specifically the bit where you state the following
“its not widely known that key works for GS”
Muzza – LOL – Not so good on the comprehension are you buddy, no wonder you can’t understand your own circular failings!
Maybe take it up with Starlight, who made the original comment that JK is a GS Gang member. I was only saying it’s not widely known…
Pants up!
Gosman – We have at least two people reading & interpreting comments one way, then one of those people trying to tell the writer what he meant….FIFY
Try a little harder G – Its this circular garbage I will be avoiding again from now on!
And so Gos goes for a minor point scoring in an exercise that is the blogging equivalent of a bishops debate on how many saints can dance on the point of a needle. So tedious, a real yawn.
Muzza, stop encouraging this idiot. All that happens is Gos introduces us to his new imaginary GE tree species in the hope that we miss seeing the wood.
muzza made my point quite well by becoming involved with this debate. If you remember Bored this was all about the left having wacky conspiracy theorists just as the right do. muzza decided to become all pedantic, (not I initially), by trying to argue he didn’t state exactly that John Key was an employee of GS. This is irrelevant to the point I was making as it was the general impression of John Key being ‘controlled’ by the International Banking cabal which was the point and one he basically agreed with. You have a problem with this then take it up with muzza.
The corpulent managers blithely carry on gorging themselves on the taxpayer tit while frontline staff carry the costcutting can. That’s a state house wasted there.
The definition of Wellingtons Courtney Place at 2.00am on a Saturday morning= An open plan whorehouse where the amateurs and the professionals mingle and no one can tell the difference,
Why did we insert that particular piece of enlightenment into the debate at this point???,
oh no real reason just the age old justification, because we can, National Party acolytes will well understand such a justification as its the intellectual basis upon which most of that organizations Legislation is built,
Who tho ”believes” in fairy tales???, specially those told to some tame interviewer by our Prime Minister,
Slippery had ”the dream” from the age of 10 that He wanted to be the prime Minister of New Zealand, for f***ks sake its a wonder that His pants don’t self combust every time He opens His mouth,
Yeah right Slippery we all really believe that at a time of life when the average kid hasn’t even started dreaming of getting laid yet YOU just wanted to be the PM…
Yeah right Slippery we all really believe that at a time of life when the average kid hasn’t even started dreaming of getting laid yet YOU just wanted to be the PM…
If you think about this, it sure explains a lot about Shonkey.
Depending of course ”just how we think about this”,Our view are that its simply bullshit,such softly lit complete with mood music ”back story’s are the stuff of American politics,
If Slippery scraped a cool 50 million outta His previous career as an ”international money trader” then on any conservative estimate of the profit curve inherent in that ”business”,(for want of a better word),He made His masters 100 times that amount,
At times that sort of high flying does things to the minds of those involved, its a young fellas game and sooner or later ”they” start showing the signs of not being able to compete in the game any longer,
The Big Bucks Bankers tho take care of those who have done their bidding well and the ex high flyers of New York Banking can be found in lucrative little ”lower pressure” enviroments all over the planet from running sweat shops in South America,(all in the name of providing jobs for the peasants of course),to,well to one just happening to pop on over to good ole New Zealand where the local Socialists in the form of Labour were doing a sterling job of upholding the neo-capitalist status quo but that couldnt last forever…
Although I think a better title would be How academic publishers feed from the public tit
Despite the recession, these charges helped academic publishers operate with profit margins of 35% or more , while getting their raw materials and the work of thousands of taxpayer- and charity-funded scientists free.
This bit is the bit that counts though as it flies in the face of the artificial restrictions that accompany capitalism:
Expensive paywalls not only waste university funds, they say, but slow down future scientific discovery and put up barriers for interested members of the public, politicians and patients’ groups who need access to primary research in order to exercise their democratic rights.
“To be made effective, scholarly information has to be made as widely available as possible. We’ve seen an increasing amount of evidence that shows that, if we move to an open-access world, there are benefits not just to the scientific process itself but also wider economic benefits.”
Yep, making scientific knowledge widely available is good for the economy and democracy.
UK Chancellor was ‘shocked’ at the level of income tax avoidance by the wealthy. Finding that most pay no more than 10 percent he had to ‘do’ something.
So he put a cap on donations to charity, reduced the tax rate by 5p and asked them nicely to pay.
I know.. but there he was thinking that people who didn’t go to Eton didn’t have the smarts to do what they were doing, when all those riding the top of the wealth curve were doing it too! Go figure…
Note he didn’t close down the loopholes – except for charity donations. I mean, wow – they can do without that sort of thing!
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Buzz from the Beehive Melissa Lee – as may be discerned from the screenshot above – has not been demoted for doing something seriously wrong as Minister of ...
Morning in London Mother hugs beloved daughter outside the converted shoe factory in which she is living.Afternoon in London Travelling writer takes himself and his wrist down to A&E, just to be sure. Read more ...
Mike Grimshaw writes – The recent announcement of the University Advisory Group, chaired by Sir Peter Gluckman, makes very clear where the Government’s focus and priorities lie. The remit of the Advisory Group is that Group members will consider challenges and opportunities for improvement in the university sector including: ...
Eric Crampton writes – The Reserve Bank of New Zealand desperately wants to find reasons to have workstreams in climate change. It makes little sense. They’ve run another stress test on the banks looking to see if they could find a prudential regulation case. They couldn’t. They ...
Rob MacCullough writes – Pundits from the left and the right are arguing that National’s Fast Track Bill that is designed to speed up infrastructure decisions could end up becoming mired in a cesspool of corruption. Political commentator ...
Looking at the headlines this morning it’s hard to feel anything other than pessimistic about the future of humanity.Note that I’m not speaking about the future of mankind, but the survival of our humanity. The values that we believe in seem to be ebbing away, by the day.Perhaps every generation ...
Swabbing mixed breed baby chicks to test for avian influenzaUh oh. Bird flu – often deadly to humans – is not only being transmitted from infected birds to dairy cows, but is now travelling between dairy cows. As of last Friday, Bloomberg News reports, there were 32 American dairy herds ...
On February 14, 2023 we announced our Rebuttal Update Project. This included an ask for feedback about the added "At a glance" section in the updated basic rebuttal versions. This weekly blog post series highlights this new section of one of the updated basic rebuttal versions and serves as a ...
What is it with the mining industry? Its not enough for them to pillage the earth - they apparently can't even be bothered getting resource consent to do so: The proponent behind a major mine near the Clutha River had already been undertaking activity in the area without a ...
Photo # 1 I am a huge fan of Singapore’s approach to housing, as described here two years ago by copying and pasting from The ConversationWhat Singapore has that Australia does not is a public housing developer, the Housing Development Board, which puts new dwellings on public and reclaimed land, ...
Buzz from the Beehive Reactions to news of the government’s readiness to make urgent changes to “the resource management system” through a Bill to amend the Resource Management Act (RMA) suggest a balanced approach is being taken. The Taxpayers’ Union says the proposed changes don’t go far enough. Greenpeace says ...
I’m starting to wonder if Anna Burns-Francis might be the best political interviewer we’ve got. That might sound unlikely to you, it came as a bit of a surprise to me.Jack Tame can be excellent, but has some pretty average days. I like Rebecca Wright on Newshub, she asks good ...
Chris Trotter writes – Willie Jackson is said to be planning a “media summit” to discuss “the state of the media and how to protect Fourth Estate Journalism”. Not only does the Editor of The Daily Blog, Martyn Bradbury, think this is a good idea, but he has also ...
Graeme Edgeler writes – This morning [April 21], the Wellington High Court is hearing a judicial review brought by Hon. Karen Chhour, the Minister for Children, against a decision of the Waitangi Tribunal. This is unusual, judicial reviews are much more likely to brought against ministers, rather than ...
Both of Parliament’s watchdogs have now ripped into the Government’s Fast-track Approvals Bill. Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The KākāMy pick of the six newsey things to know from Aotearoa’s political economy and beyond on the morning of Tuesday, April 23 are:The Lead: The Auditor General,John Ryan, has joined the ...
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Sarah SpengemanPeople wait to board an electric bus in Pune, India. (Image credit: courtesy of ITDP) Public transportation riders in Pune, India, love the city’s new electric buses so much they will actually skip an older diesel bus that ...
The infrastructure industry yesterday issued a “hurry up” message to the Government, telling it to get cracking on developing a pipeline of infrastructure projects.The hiatus around the change of Government has seen some major projects cancelled and others delayed, and there is uncertainty about what will happen with the new ...
Hi,Over the weekend I revisited a podcast I really adore, Dead Eyes. It’s about a guy who got fired from Band of Brothers over two decades ago because Tom Hanks said he had “dead eyes”.If you don’t recall — 2001’s Band of Brothers was part of the emerging trend of ...
Buzz from the Beehive The 180 or so recipients of letters from the Government telling them how to submit infrastructure projects for “fast track” consideration includes some whose project applications previously have been rejected by the courts. News media were quick to feature these in their reports after RMA Reform Minister Chris ...
It would not be a desirable way to start your holiday by breaking your back, your head, or your wrist, but on our first hour in Singapore I gave it a try.We were chatting, last week, before we started a meeting of Hazel’s Enviro Trust, about the things that can ...
Calling all journalists, academics, planners, lawyers, political activists, environmentalists, and other members of the public who believe that the relationships between vested interests and politicians need to be scrutinised. We need to work together to make sure that the new Fast-Track Approvals Bill – currently being pushed through by the ...
Feel worried. Shane Jones and a couple of his Cabinet colleagues are about to be granted the power to override any and all objections to projects like dams, mines, roads etc even if: said projects will harm biodiversity, increase global warming and cause other environmental harms, and even if ...
Bryce Edwards writes- The ability of the private sector to quickly establish major new projects making use of the urban and natural environment is to be supercharged by the new National-led Government. Yesterday it introduced to Parliament one of its most significant reforms, the Fast Track Approvals Bill. ...
Michael Bassett writes – If you think there is a move afoot by the radical Maori fringe of New Zealand society to create a parallel system of government to the one that we elect at our triennial elections, you aren’t wrong. Over the last few days we have ...
Without a corresponding drop in interest rates, it’s doubtful any changes to the CCCFA will unleash a massive rush of home buyers. Photo: Lynn GrievesonTL;DR: The six things that stood out to me in Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, poverty and climate on Monday, April 22 included:The Government making a ...
Sunday was a lazy day. I started watching Jack Tame on Q&A, the interviews are usually good for something to write about. Saying the things that the politicians won’t, but are quite possibly thinking. Things that are true and need to be extracted from between the lines.As you might know ...
In our Weekly Roundup last week we covered news from Auckland Transport that the WX1 Western Express is going to get an upgrade next year with double decker electric buses. As part of the announcement, AT also said “Since we introduced the WX1 Western Express last November we have seen ...
TL;DR: The six key events to watch in Aotearoa-NZ’s political economy in the week to April 29 include:PM Christopher Luxon is scheduled to hold a post-Cabinet news conference at 4 pm today. Stats NZ releases its statutory report on Census 2023 tomorrow.Finance Minister Nicola Willis delivers a pre-Budget speech at ...
A listing of 29 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, April 14, 2024 thru Sat, April 20, 2024. Story of the week Our story of the week hinges on these words from the abstract of a fresh academic ...
The ability of the private sector to quickly establish major new projects making use of the urban and natural environment is to be supercharged by the new National-led Government. Yesterday it introduced to Parliament one of its most significant reforms, the Fast Track Approvals Bill. The Government says this will ...
This is a column to say thank you. So many of have been in touch since Mum died to say so many kind and thoughtful things. You’re wonderful, all of you. You’ve asked how we’re doing, how Dad’s doing. A little more realisation each day, of the irretrievable finality of ...
Identifying the engine type in your car is crucial for various reasons, including maintenance, repairs, and performance upgrades. Knowing the specific engine model allows you to access detailed technical information, locate compatible parts, and make informed decisions about modifications. This comprehensive guide will provide you with a step-by-step approach to ...
Introduction: The allure of racing is undeniable. The thrill of speed, the roar of engines, and the exhilaration of competition all contribute to the allure of this adrenaline-driven sport. For those who yearn to experience the pinnacle of racing, becoming a race car driver is the ultimate dream. However, the ...
Introduction Automobiles have become ubiquitous in modern society, serving as a primary mode of transportation and a symbol of economic growth and personal mobility. With countless vehicles traversing roads and highways worldwide, it begs the question: how many cars are there in the world? Determining the precise number is a ...
Maintaining a safe and reliable vehicle requires regular inspections. Whether it’s a routine maintenance checkup or a safety inspection, knowing how long the process will take can help you plan your day accordingly. This article delves into the factors that influence the duration of a car inspection and provides an ...
Mazda Motor Corporation, commonly known as Mazda, is a Japanese multinational automaker headquartered in Fuchu, Aki District, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. The company was founded in 1920 as the Toyo Cork Kogyo Co., Ltd., and began producing vehicles in 1931. Mazda is primarily known for its production of passenger cars, but ...
Your car battery is an essential component that provides power to start your engine, operate your electrical systems, and store energy. Over time, batteries can weaken and lose their ability to hold a charge, which can lead to starting problems, power failures, and other issues. Replacing your battery before it ...
In most states, you cannot register a car without a valid driver’s license. However, there are a few exceptions to this rule. Exceptions to the RuleIf you are under 18 years old: In some states, you can register a car in your name even if you do not ...
Mazda, a Japanese automotive manufacturer with a rich history of innovation and engineering excellence, has emerged as a formidable player in the global car market. Known for its reputation of producing high-quality, fuel-efficient, and driver-oriented vehicles, Mazda has consistently garnered praise from industry experts and consumers alike. In this article, ...
Struts are an essential part of a car’s suspension system. They are responsible for supporting the weight of the car and damping the oscillations of the springs. Struts are typically made of steel or aluminum and are filled with hydraulic fluid. How Do Struts Work? Struts work by transferring the ...
Car registration is a mandatory process that all vehicle owners must complete annually. This process involves registering your car with the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) and paying an associated fee. The registration process ensures that your vehicle is properly licensed and insured, and helps law enforcement and other authorities ...
Zoom is a video conferencing service that allows you to share your screen, webcam, and audio with other participants. In addition to sharing your own audio, you can also share the audio from your computer with other participants. This can be useful for playing music, sharing presentations with audio, or ...
Building your own computer can be a rewarding and cost-effective way to get a high-performance machine tailored to your specific needs. However, it also requires careful planning and execution, and one of the most important factors to consider is the time it will take. The exact time it takes to ...
Sleep mode is a power-saving state that allows your computer to quickly resume operation without having to boot up from scratch. This can be useful if you need to step away from your computer for a short period of time but don’t want to shut it down completely. There are ...
Introduction Computer-Assisted Translation (CAT) has revolutionized the field of translation by harnessing the power of technology to assist human translators in their work. This innovative approach combines specialized software with human expertise to improve the efficiency, accuracy, and consistency of translations. In this comprehensive article, we will delve into the ...
In today’s digital age, mobile devices have become an indispensable part of our daily lives. Among the vast array of portable computing options available, iPads and tablet computers stand out as two prominent contenders. While both offer similar functionalities, there are subtle yet significant differences between these two devices. This ...
A computer is an electronic device that can be programmed to carry out a set of instructions. The basic components of a computer are the processor, memory, storage, input devices, and output devices. The Processor The processor, also known as the central processing unit (CPU), is the brain of the ...
Voice Memos is a convenient app on your iPhone that allows you to quickly record and store audio snippets. These recordings can be useful for a variety of purposes, such as taking notes, capturing ideas, or recording interviews. While you can listen to your voice memos on your iPhone, you ...
Laptop screens are essential for interacting with our devices and accessing information. However, when lines appear on the screen, it can be frustrating and disrupt productivity. Understanding the underlying causes of these lines is crucial for finding effective solutions. Types of Screen Lines Horizontal lines: Also known as scan ...
Right-clicking is a common and essential computer operation that allows users to access additional options and settings. While most desktop computers have dedicated right-click buttons on their mice, laptops often do not have these buttons due to space limitations. This article will provide a comprehensive guide on how to right-click ...
Powering up and shutting down your ASUS laptop is an essential task for any laptop user. Locating the power button can sometimes be a hassle, especially if you’re new to ASUS laptops. This article will provide a comprehensive guide on where to find the power button on different ASUS laptop ...
Dell laptops are renowned for their reliability, performance, and versatility. Whether you’re a student, a professional, or just someone who needs a reliable computing device, a Dell laptop can meet your needs. However, if you’re new to Dell laptops, you may be wondering how to get started. In this comprehensive ...
Two-thirds of the country think that “New Zealand’s economy is rigged to advantage the rich and powerful”. They also believe that “New Zealand needs a strong leader to take the country back from the rich and powerful”. These are just two of a handful of stunning new survey results released ...
In today’s digital world, screenshots have become an indispensable tool for communication and documentation. Whether you need to capture an important email, preserve a website page, or share an error message, screenshots allow you to quickly and easily preserve digital information. If you’re an Asus laptop user, there are several ...
A factory reset restores your Gateway laptop to its original factory settings, erasing all data, apps, and personalizations. This can be necessary to resolve software issues, remove viruses, or prepare your laptop for sale or transfer. Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to factory reset your Gateway laptop: Method 1: ...
“You talking about me?”The neoliberal denigration of the past was nowhere more unrelenting than in its depiction of the public service. The Post Office and the Railways were held up as being both irremediably inefficient and scandalously over-manned. Playwright Roger Hall’s “Glide Time” caricatures were presented as accurate depictions of ...
Roger Partridge writes – When the Coalition Government took office last October, it inherited a country on a precipice. With persistent inflation, decades of insipid productivity growth and crises in healthcare, education, housing and law and order, it is no exaggeration to suggest New Zealand’s first-world status was ...
Rob MacCulloch writes – In 2022, the Curriculum Centre at the Ministry of Education employed 308 staff, according to an Official Information Request. Earlier this week it was announced 202 of those staff were being cut. When you look up “The New Zealand Curriculum” on the Ministry of ...
Chris Bishop’s bill has stirred up a hornets nest of opposition. Photo: Lynn Grieveson for The KākāTL;DR: The six things that stood out to me in Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, poverty and climate from the last day included:A crescendo of opposition to the Government’s Fast Track Approvals Bill is ...
Monday left me brokenTuesday, I was through with hopingWednesday, my empty arms were openThursday, waiting for love, waiting for loveThe end of another week that left many of us asking WTF? What on earth has NZ gotten itself into and how on earth could people have voluntarily signed up for ...
Hello! Here comes the Saturday edition of More Than A Feilding, catching you up on the past week’s editions.State of humanity, 20242024, it feels, keeps presenting us with ever more challenges, ever more dismay.Do you give up yet? It seems to ask.No? How about this? Or this?How about this?Full story Share ...
Determining the hardest sport in the world is a subjective matter, as the difficulty level can vary depending on individual abilities, physical attributes, and experience. However, based on various factors including physical demands, technical skills, mental fortitude, and overall accomplishment, here is an exploration of some of the most challenging ...
The allure of sport transcends age, culture, and geographical boundaries. It captivates hearts, ignites passions, and provides unparalleled entertainment. Behind the spectacle, however, lies a fascinating world of financial investment and expenditure. Among the vast array of competitive pursuits, one question looms large: which sport carries the hefty title of ...
Our two-tiered system for veterans’ support is out of step with our closest partners, and all parties in Parliament should work together to fix it, Labour veterans’ affairs spokesperson Greg O’Connor said. ...
Stripping two Ministers of their portfolios just six months into the job shows Christopher Luxon’s management style is lacking, Labour Leader Chris Hipkins said. ...
It appears Nicola Willis is about to pull the rug out from under the feet of local communities still dealing with the aftermath of last year’s severe weather, and local councils relying on funding to build back from these disasters. ...
The Government is making short-sighted changes to the Resource Management Act (RMA) that will take away environmental protection in favour of short-term profits, Labour’s environment spokesperson Rachel Brooking said today. ...
Labour welcomes the release of the report into the North Island weather events and looks forward to working with the Government to ensure that New Zealand is as prepared as it can be for the next natural disaster. ...
The Labour Party has called for the New Zealand Government to recognise Palestine, as a material step towards progressing the two-State solution needed to achieve a lasting peace in the region. ...
Some of our country’s most important work, stopping the sexual exploitation of children and violent extremism could go along with staff on the frontline at ports and airports. ...
The Government’s Fast Track Approvals Bill will give projects such as new coal mines a ‘get out of jail free’ card to wreak havoc on the environment, Labour Leader Chris Hipkins said today. ...
Cuts to frontline hospital staff are not only a broken election promise, it shows the reckless tax cuts have well and truly hit the frontline of the health system, says Labour Health spokesperson Ayesha Verrall. ...
The Green Party has joined the call for public submissions on the fast-track legislation to be extended after the Ombudsman forced the Government to release the list of organisations invited to apply just hours before submissions close. ...
New Zealand’s good work at reducing climate emissions for three years in a row will be undone by the National government’s lack of ambition and scrapping programmes that were making a difference, Labour Party climate spokesperson Megan Woods said today. ...
More essential jobs could be on the chopping block, this time Ministry of Education staff on the school lunches team are set to find out whether they're in line to lose their jobs. ...
The Government is trying to bring in a law that will allow Ministers to cut corners and kill off native species, Labour environment spokesperson Rachel Brooking said. ...
Cancelling urgently needed new Cook Strait ferries and hiking the cost of public transport for many Kiwis so that National can announce the prospect of another tunnel for Wellington is not making good choices, Labour Transport Spokesperson Tangi Utikere said. ...
A laundry list of additional costs for Tāmaki Makarau Auckland shows the Minister for the city is not delivering for the people who live there, says Labour Auckland Issues spokesperson Shanan Halbert. ...
The Green Party has today launched a step-by-step guide to help New Zealanders make their voice heard on the Government’s democracy dodging and anti-environment fast track legislation. ...
The National Government’s proposed changes to the Residential Tenancies Act will mean tenants can be turfed from their homes by landlords with little notice, Labour housing spokesperson Kieran McAnulty said. ...
Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson is calling on all parties to support a common-sense change that’s great for the planet and great for consumers after her member’s bill was drawn from the ballot today. ...
A significant milestone has been reached in the fight to strike an anti-Pasifika and unfair law from the country’s books after Teanau Tuiono’s members’ bill passed its first reading. ...
New Zealand has today missed the opportunity to uphold the right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment, says James Shaw after his member’s bill was voted down in its first reading. ...
Today’s advice from the Climate Change Commission paints a sobering reality of the challenge we face in combating climate change, especially in light of recent Government policy announcements. ...
Minister for Disability Issues Penny Simmonds appears to have delayed a report back to Cabinet on the progress New Zealand is making against international obligations for disabled New Zealanders. ...
The Government’s newly announced review of methane emissions reduction targets hints at its desire to delay Aotearoa New Zealand’s urgent transition to a climate safe future, the Green Party said. ...
Mai ia tawhiti pamamao, te moana nui a Kiwa, kua tae whakaiti mai matou, ki to koutou papa whenua. No koutou te tapuwae, no matou te tapuwae, kua honoa pumautia. Ko nga toa kua hinga nei, o te Waipounamu, o te Ika a Maui, he okioki tahi me o ...
Paul Goldsmith will take on responsibility for the Media and Communications portfolio, while Louise Upston will pick up the Disability Issues portfolio, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon announced today. “Our Government is relentlessly focused on getting New Zealand back on track. As issues change in prominence, I plan to adjust Ministerial ...
Recreational catch limits will be reduced in areas of Fiordland and the Chatham Islands to help keep those fisheries healthy and sustainable, Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones says. The lower recreational daily catch limits for a range of finfish and shellfish species caught in the Fiordland Marine Area and ...
Energy Minister Simeon Brown has welcomed an important milestone in New Zealand’s hydrogen future, with the opening of the country’s first network of hydrogen refuelling stations in Wiri. “I want to congratulate the team at Hiringa Energy and its partners K one W one (K1W1), Mitsui & Co New Zealand ...
The coalition Government is delivering on its commitment to improve resource management laws and give greater certainty to consent applicants, with a Bill to amend the Resource Management Act (RMA) expected to be introduced to Parliament next month. RMA Reform Minister Chris Bishop has today outlined the first RMA Amendment ...
Overseas models for regulating the oil and gas sector, including their decommissioning regimes, are being carefully scrutinised as a potential template for New Zealand’s own sector, Resources Minister Shane Jones says. The Coalition Government is focused on rebuilding investor confidence in New Zealand’s energy sector as it looks to strengthen ...
Emergency Management and Recovery Minister Mark Mitchell has today released the Report of the Government Inquiry into the response to the North Island Severe Weather Events. “The report shows that New Zealand’s emergency management system is not fit-for-purpose and there are some significant gaps we need to address,” Mr Mitchell ...
Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith is today travelling to Europe where he’ll update the United Nations Human Rights Council on the Government’s work to restore law and order. “Attending the Universal Periodic Review in Geneva provides us with an opportunity to present New Zealand’s human rights progress, priorities, and challenges, while ...
Associate Agriculture Minister, Mark Patterson, formally reopened the world’s largest wool processing facility today in Awatoto, Napier, following a $50 million rebuild and refurbishment project. “The reopening of this facility will significantly lift the economic opportunities available to New Zealand’s wool sector, which already accounts for 20 per cent of ...
Hon Andrew Bayly, Minister for Small Business and Manufacturing At the Southland Otago Regional Engineering Collective (SOREC) Summit, 18 April, Dunedin Ngā mihi nui, Ko Andrew Bayly aho, Ko Whanganui aho Good Afternoon and thank you for inviting me to open your summit today. I am delighted ...
The Government is delivering on its commitment to bring back the Three Strikes legislation, Associate Justice Minister Nicole McKee announced today. “Our Government is committed to restoring law and order and enforcing appropriate consequences on criminals. We are making it clear that repeat serious violent or sexual offending is not ...
Foreign Minister Winston Peters has today announced four new diplomatic appointments for New Zealand’s overseas missions. “Our diplomats have a vital role in maintaining and protecting New Zealand’s interests around the world,” Mr Peters says. “I am pleased to announce the appointment of these senior diplomats from the ...
New Zealand is contributing NZ$7 million to support communities affected by severe food insecurity and other urgent humanitarian needs in Ethiopia and Somalia, Foreign Minister Rt Hon Winston Peters announced today. “Over 21 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance across Ethiopia, with a further 6.9 million people ...
Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Paul Goldsmith is congratulating Mataaho Collective for winning the Golden Lion for best participant in the main exhibition at the Venice Biennale. "Congratulations to the Mataaho Collective for winning one of the world's most prestigious art prizes at the Venice Biennale. “It is good ...
The Government is reforming financial services to improve access to home loans and other lending, and strengthen customer protections, Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister Andrew Bayly and Housing Minister Chris Bishop announced today. “Our coalition Government is committed to rebuilding the economy and making life simpler by cutting red tape. We are ...
“China remains a strong commercial opportunity for Kiwi exporters as Chinese businesses and consumers continue to value our high-quality safe produce,” Trade and Agriculture Minister Todd McClay says. Mr McClay has returned to New Zealand following visits to Beijing, Harbin and Shanghai where he met ministers, governors and mayors and engaged in trade and agricultural events with the New ...
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has completed a successful trip to Singapore, Thailand and the Philippines, deepening relationships and capitalising on opportunities. Mr Luxon was accompanied by a business delegation and says the choice of countries represents the priority the New Zealand Government places on South East Asia, and our relationships in ...
New Zealand is demonstrating its commitment to reducing global greenhouse emissions, and supporting clean energy transition in South East Asia, through a contribution of NZ$41 million (US$25 million) in climate finance to the Asian Development Bank (ADB)-led Energy Transition Mechanism (ETM). Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Climate Change Minister Simon Watts announced ...
The Government is today releasing a list of organisations who received letters about the Fast-track applications process, says RMA Reform Minister Chris Bishop. “Recently Ministers and agencies have received a series of OIA requests for a list of organisations to whom I wrote with information on applying to have a ...
Attorney-General Judith Collins today announced the appointment of Wellington Barrister David Jonathan Boldt as a Judge of the High Court, and the Honourable Justice Matthew Palmer as a Judge of the Court of Appeal. Justice Boldt graduated with an LLB from Victoria University of Wellington in 1990, and also holds ...
Education Minister Erica Stanford will lead the New Zealand delegation at the 2024 International Summit on the Teaching Profession (ISTP) held in Singapore. The delegation includes representatives from the Post Primary Teachers’ Association (PPTA) Te Wehengarua and the New Zealand Educational Institute (NZEI) Te Riu Roa. The summit is co-hosted ...
A stopbank upgrade project in Tairawhiti partly funded by the Government has increased flood resilience for around 7000ha of residential and horticultural land so far, Regional Development Minister Shane Jones says. Mr Jones today attended a dawn service in Gisborne to mark the end of the first stage of the ...
Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters will represent the Government at Anzac Day commemorations on the Gallipoli Peninsula next week and engage with senior representatives of the Turkish government in Istanbul. “The Gallipoli campaign is a defining event in our history. It will be a privilege to share the occasion ...
Science, Innovation and Technology and Defence Minister Judith Collins will next week attend the OECD Science and Technology Ministerial conference in Paris and Anzac Day commemorations in Belgium. “Science, innovation and technology have a major role to play in rebuilding our economy and achieving better health, environmental and social outcomes ...
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon held a bilateral meeting today with the President of the Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos Jr. The Prime Minister was accompanied by MP Paulo Garcia, the first Filipino to be elected to a legislature outside the Philippines. During today’s meeting, Prime Minister Luxon and President Marcos Jr discussed opportunities to ...
The Government has announced that $20 million in funding will be made available to Westport to fund much needed flood protection around the town. This measure will significantly improve the resilience of the community, says Local Government Minister Simeon Brown. “The Westport community has already been allocated almost $3 million ...
The Government is proud to support the first ever Repco Supercars Championship event in Taupō as up to 70,000 motorsport fans attend the Taupō International Motorsport Park this weekend, says Economic Development Minister Melissa Lee. “Anticipation for the ITM Taupō Super400 is huge, with tickets and accommodation selling out weeks ...
Local Government Minister Simeon Brown has announced an increase to the Rates Rebate Scheme, putting money back into the pockets of low-income homeowners. “The coalition Government is committed to bringing down the cost of living for New Zealanders. That includes targeted support for those Kiwis who are doing things tough, such ...
The Coalition Government is investing in a project to boost survival rates of New Zealand mussels and grow the industry, Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones has announced. “This project seeks to increase the resilience of our mussels and significantly boost the sector’s productivity,” Mr Jones says. “The project - ...
Benefit figures released today underscore the importance of the Government’s plan to rebuild the economy and have 50,000 fewer people on Jobseeker Support, Social Development and Employment Minister Louise Upston says. “Benefit numbers are still significantly higher than when National was last in government, when there was about 70,000 fewer ...
The Government’s commitment to doubling New Zealand’s renewable energy capacity is backed by new data showing that clean energy has helped the country reach its lowest annual gross emissions since 1999, Climate Change Minister Simon Watts says. New Zealand’s latest Greenhouse Gas Inventory (1990-2022) published today, shows gross emissions fell ...
The Government is bringing the earthquake-prone building review forward, with work to start immediately, and extending the deadline for remediations by four years, Building and Construction Minister Chris Penk says. “Our Government is focused on rebuilding the economy. A key part of our plan is to cut red tape that ...
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and his Thai counterpart, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, have today agreed that New Zealand and the Kingdom of Thailand will upgrade the bilateral relationship to a Strategic Partnership by 2026. “New Zealand and Thailand have a lot to offer each other. We have a strong mutual desire to build ...
RMA Reform Minister Chris Bishop and Transport Minister Simeon Brown have today announced the Coalition Government’s intention to extend port coastal permits for a further 20 years, providing port operators with certainty to continue their operations. “The introduction of the Resource Management Act in 1991 required ports to obtain coastal ...
Today’s announcement that inflation is down to 4 per cent is encouraging news for Kiwis, but there is more work to be done - underlining the importance of the Government’s plan to get the economy back on track, acting Finance Minister Chris Bishop says. “Inflation is now at 4 per ...
Refreshed health guidance released today will help parents and schools make informed decisions about whether their child needs to be in school, addressing one of the key issues affecting school attendance, says Associate Education Minister David Seymour. In recent years, consistently across all school terms, short-term illness or medical reasons ...
Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones is streamlining high-level oceans management while maintaining a focus on supporting the sector’s role in the export-led recovery of the economy. “I am working to realise the untapped potential of our fishing and aquaculture sector. To achieve that we need to be smarter with ...
Associate Agriculture Minister Mark Patterson is speaking at the International Wool Textile Organisation Congress in Adelaide, promoting New Zealand wool, and outlining the coalition Government’s support for the revitalisation the sector. "New Zealand’s wool exports reached $400 million in the year to 30 June 2023, and the coalition Government ...
The Government is making legislative changes to make it easier for new early learning services to be established, and for existing services to operate, Associate Education Minister David Seymour says. The changes involve repealing the network approval provisions that apply when someone wants to establish a new early learning service, ...
Changes to the Resource Management Act will align consenting for coal mining to other forms of mining to reduce barriers that are holding back economic development, Resources Minister Shane Jones says. “The inconsistent treatment of coal mining compared with other extractive activities is burdensome red tape that fails to acknowledge ...
Pacific Media Watch Journalists who report on environmental issues are encountering growing difficulties in many parts of the world, reports Reporters Without Borders. According to the tally kept by RSF, 200 journalists have been subjected to threats and physical violence, including murder, in the past 10 years because they were ...
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No mate, of course there is no need for this, NZ is the “perceived least corrupt country!
I would say that this is a dead give away that we need this bill to gain traction!
Something the MSM entirely misses but which is still very much happening is the global radioactive pollution due to the continued disaster that is Fukushima.
Especially the exposed fuel rods pose a clear and present danger to the entire global population. In fact the fuel rods in Reactor no 4 contain plutonium too. Plutonium is so deadly a lump the size of a golf ball dispersed into the atmosphere would be enough to kill of the entire globe.
Any further deterioration of the reactor building would mean the exposure of the spend fuel rods and the ignition within hours spewing an estimated 85 times Chernobyl out.
It would mean the end of Tokyo (Home to more than 35 million people) Japan, and with Radioactive rain already hitting California the advise would be to go home and close your windows for a very long time.
Just in case you missed it because the National Radiation Laboratory is not in the habit of telling the public what they’re up to Mutton birds and many other species such as planes from air New Zealand spend a lot of their time in Japan and guess what the NRL is testing them (the mutton birds that is). hmmm?
Wow – National Radiation Laboratory in NZ testing migatory birds who fly near site of recent nuclear accident – Who would have thunk it ?! Next up you’ll be telling us that the Papacy is headed by a member of the Roman Catholic Church and that mammals of the family Ursidae defacate in heavily tree covered terain.
BTW I didn’t realise that planes from Air New Zealand qualify as a species. Fascinating world you inhabit there travellerev.
Oh shit, you caught me out. And you are so right!
Let me point out another obvious truth; three buildings do not collapse due to office fires, not even if two of them have been started by Kerosene and steel framed buildings build to withstand the impact of said planes do not explode into a pyroclastic cloud in FREE FALL speed.
Not that you ever let the laws of Physics stand in your way when you promoted the official 911 lie before but hey, other readers might get it.
Asshole.
And the madness begins again … Gossie, DNFTT, OK? Still, at least you got a response that was signed off with a brief and presumably unintentional moment of self awareness from Ev.
For those of you intrigued by the code inserted in TRP’s troll message This Is An Orange
Oh how arrogant you are Te Reo! You are a blinkered believer in the official story, so you declare Ev to be a troll? Granted, she is not a nice person, too quick to judge and to hate, but in this instance (9/11) she is right.
Hint for a more fruitful life – try not being so rigid in your adherence to the msm norms…
“…the laws of Physics…” lol
“…built to withstand the impact…” LOL
Based on that shiny truthiness I am obliged now to consider the possibility that Gosman is not in fact an asshole.
For those of you intrigued by KTH’s ignorance about which laws of physics where violated on the day of 911 Here is a 1.5 minute video you might want to watch and here is a video dealing with the way the buildings were build to with stand the impact of a plane the size of the planes which hit the two buildings. It is a bit longer but still within the attention span of the average Kiwi. 6.5 minutes
And thank you idiots hiding behind Maori names for allowing me to respond with science to your troll messages.
LOL – They are not hiding Ev – It’s the Voice of Reason, and One Anonymous Bloke 😉
And they are certainly not idiots, if I wanted to know anything, anything at all, i would ask one of them first!
Truther, denier, peaker, nut bar etc – All labels of the oracle.
The world is as they tell you it is ok!
Cheers, Muzza, I’m always a good bloke to have on a triv team, as it happens. But my favourite game is still poke the righty and while I generally ignore Ev these days, it’s still fun to make her froth and hiss in her absurd crusade against the truth. Ten years and counting …
Just because you might deem it absurd, does not necessarily make it so!
Freedom can only exist where there is open, honest discussion, accept anything less than that, and you become nothing more than a mind slave!
So I was right. Two idjits hiding behind Maori names.
Fuck you guys are thick and for those who would like to see a thorough treatment on why a couple of tons of Kerosene dumped in two steel framed buildings do not melt steel framed buildings into a FREE FALL pyroclastic flow here is a video which might stretch the attention span somewhat but is well worth the watch
Te reo is an official language of New Zealand, Ev. Along with being a climate change denier and right wing fantasist, you’ve also admitted to supporting those deluded yanks who think Obama shouldn’t President because of his racial heritage, so I guess it’s no surprise your racism is applied to Maori as well.
Hey no fair!
You can’t disown Travellerev as being a lefty, it is unsporting.
Why can’t we just accept that the right in NZ has a crazy nutjob like Redbaiter and the left has a crazy nutjob like Travellerev and call it even?
After all that invective and smug self satisfaction at shooting the messenger lets go back to the message…Something the MSM entirely misses but which is still very much happening is the global radioactive pollution due to the continued disaster that is Fukushima. My take is that Trav is on the ball, cant fault that the MSM have now moved on to fresher less threatening pastures can we?
Hardly even Goss.
KB threads have been chock full of birtherism and New World Order stuff for ages, most of the disagreement seems to be coming from the lefties over there.
Perhaps you should wade in over there and defend the rights rep.
PB, I’ve taken on Redbaiter for his wacky beliefs before on Kiwibloig. I was also banned from his Website (Crusader Rabbit) for being a leftist scumbag, (I believe was the term used).
I disagree that it this sort of thinking is more prevalent on Kiwiblog. I am aware of only three or four people who have ever supported Redbaiters wacky ideas. About the same that I see support Travellerev’s wacky ideas here.
Pfft getting banned by RB doesn’t take much.
And he’s far from the most prolific spouter of that sort of thing at KB.
That Leaping Jimmy chap (is that ‘reid”s new handle) has 10000+comments, and there’s Other_Andy and Fisi et al.
the other day they were talking about US presidents, and pretty much everyone had Obama as worst president ever.
That’s just insane now matter how you judge it. Mind you, no one was actually putting forward any arguments to why he was the worst, it was just y’know, obvious.
Oh I agree that it wasn’t difficult getting banned from his site. I am merely highlighting it to show you I have spent time countering his views.
I disagree that believing Obama is the worst President ever makes someone a nut job. It makes them wrong in my opinion but they do argue their point and are entitled to their view on this subjective matter.
It is different from arguing that Obama isn’t qualified to be President due to where he was born or that he is in fact a secret Muslim. This falls into the nut job category, as to does thinking John Key is an employee of Goldman Sachs (a views expressed here by a muzza for example).
So you see both left and right have their fair share of nut jobs. I think that is as it should be.
nah, I wouldn’t mind if they did argue their point. But they weren’t.
They were making other arguments, about whether GWB Carter was worse then Clinton or whatever, but Obama being the worst was just axiomatic.
And if you look at what words mean, the more far out nonsense that gets trotted out here about Key is on a par with theories that ‘Clark hates families’ or the crap about her sexuality. Which is a not even controversial over there. Or that ‘the Greens are REALLY commun1sts who want to exterminate everyone’, and that ‘Kyoto is about NWO’.
Hold on a minute, even David Garrett told Redbaiter to pull his head in and didn’t want to be associated with his wacky theories. That is hardly usinversal approval of these ideas over there. From what I see the ideas are generally ignored or countered by a combination of left and right leaning people.
I agree that they didn’t put much of a case forward why Obama was the worst President ever on that thread. I have seen arguments on other threads though where it is all to do with how he is increasing the size of the Federal Government and centralising power. Pretty much the same could be argued for GWB though.
Hey Gos, you say This falls into the nut job category, as to does thinking John Key is an employee of Goldman Sachs….
As they said about the delightful and lovely Rachel Hunter, “you can take the girl out of Glenfield, but you cant take the Glenfield out of the girl”.
Now, you can take the man out of Goldman Sachs…….
John Key never worked for Goldman Sachs, (unless you have evidence suggesting otherwise … waiting…).
I on the other hand have worked for them, although technically I was an external consultant rather than direct employee so I suppose it doesn’t count does it?
Gos, maybe I was talking about you….
So you can take the man out of Merill Lynch…..just another bankster organisation.
Gosman – Have I ever claimed that Key worked for Goldman Sachs – Practice what you preach and provide hard evidence!
Hey that comment I made about you last week, your being caught with your pants down talking circular nonsense, you know, the one that you were not able to figure out…
It must still be bothering you for me to get singled over something I have never claimed eh!
Glad to know I have gotten to you, it put a little smile on my face..
You’re a very easy target, so I won’t bask for too long!
Care to explain this comment of yours then muzza
http://thestandard.org.nz/ryall-confirms-asset-carve-up-on-the-cards/comment-page-1/#comment-442592
Specifically the bit where you state the following:
“…Its not widely known that key works for GS,”
Hey, you’re the righty, aren’t you?
FYI, I am a ‘truther’ and a leftie, and all the truthers I know are lefties. But hey, we are not arrogant, unlike you! (Maybe that’s because we’re also smokers – studies have shown that smokers are generally friendlier and cooler than anti-smokers… :D)
Ah well, as I am again in moderation and have seriously given up on finding out why, you may never see this. So, you can continue to stroke your ego.
That was pretty random…
Er, no, I’m not a righty, V32, but on some issues I’m less left than on others. Similar to you, I guess. The only ‘right’ positions you appear to take (from my memory of your comments) are 911 denial and the small matter of other people’s private parts and where they should and shouldn’t be put.
I see you as a lefty, most of the time, and generally speaking, I endorse your comments more than oppose them.
Ev, on the other hand, has never made a left wing statement that I’m aware of and is actually openly right wing. For example, she is:
A climate change denier
Racist toward Obama (and today, maori)
A 911 truth denier
Unwilling to contribute to her community by paying her rates on time.
These are all attributes of the right, probably the Libertarian right, but right none the less.
I also have a terrible feeling that her obsession with Goldman Sachs (and Key) is likely to be anti-Semitic at its heart. Sorry to have to say that, but it fits the mould.
To be honest Voice you are hardly in a position to complain, and like others on these boards you seem to have some sort of egotistical desire to believe you are always right..It reeks through your posts
A climate change denier – Boo fucken hoo
Racist toward Obama (and today, maori) – Obama is a puppet, and put into the position he is in because of the colour of his skin, thats all there is to it! Maori comments today, unnecessary!
A 911 truth denier – More labels, about shit you cant deal with!
Unwilling to contribute to her community by paying her rates on time. – What a good little citizen you must be eh. Line up for your vaccines when….
Are you a snivelling closed minded apologist in who, genuinely comes across as if his opinions are superior to others?
News flash: You have no idea the degree of lies and control exerted over your every day existence, there is much that we will never know, yet you crap on as though you do. I could say the same to Ev, none of us really have a clue, but some are closer to wanting to know than others!
PS – My father is Jewish, John Key is a piece of slime, along with the Jewish Banks. And for what its worth, IMO Israel is the problem! Do I have a problem with all Jews, absolutely not. Do I have a problem with individuals or collectives who seek to keeo theie foot on the throat of real progress, absolutely!
Muzza, i agree with a lot of your posts but regarding V32’s comment:
To me this statement is the one you should be ranting about… it’s another unnecessary snide comment about Maori.
As for having an “egotistical desire to believe you are always right” this is what every preacher or missionary does – and applies equally to every conspiracy theorist i’ve ever met.
Labelling people never helps in an argument but I think TRP’s point was that there is overwhelming evidence of climate change, and that the collapse of the twin towers was due to the massive fires caused by al qaeda hijacked planes flying into them.
As for:
I personally find this comment derogatory and racist
Funny how it’s always videos you truthers link to. Sorry buddy – videos can be edited to say anything I will cheerfully ignore them. Link to an engineering report. One with some hard sums in it. As you can see from the linked material, the case for the non-controversial version of events is fully detailed and backed by Mathematics, Physics and Engineering. Hence the changes to various building codes to reflect various findings in the various reports.
The building inspectors are in on the conspiracy, oh noes!
Luckily for you, all the information you have to debunk is gathered together in one place, and since it comes complete with detailed calculations, all you have to do is find the mistakes they made. With better calculations, not with videos.
😆 except you can’t, and if you could you would already have done so, and how many more years do you need? Truly pathetic.
PS: “FREE FALL pyroclastic flow” 😆 you dumbass that isn’t even what the non-controversial version says!
Oh Oh Muzza,
You must be a self hating Jew for saying things like Jewish banks and John Key is a slime, LOL.
Technically I am not Jewsish Ev, but technically my father is, and his family back beyond him. They had to flee persecution from noth africa in fact, and ended up in NZ. I can speak freely on this issue without any concern for labelled as an anti semite!
The only thing I dont like is a closed mind!
I agree with you M,
Although I think anybody should be free to have an opinion on Israel/Palestine, 911, finance and the anti Muslim wars with out the anti-Semite stigma which is stupid anyway because Semites are all those people who speak a Semitic language making all of those who think exterminating Palestinians, invading Syria, Libya and other assorted Arab speaking countries to”liberate” them is OK because they are just brown people who are against Jews and who are just filthy Arabs as anti-Semite as they come.
I would like to hear what Maori have to say about two guys who had English monikers for years on this blog and who all of a sudden translated them in Maori names. Either they have decided to out themselves as Maori or they are cynically using te Reo Maori to obfuscate and confuse.
The official story is about 19 young mostly Saudis following the orders of a rich crazy Saudi living in a cave in Afghanistan which we then had to invade because we had to liberate women and catch the crazy Saudi who then escaped and we threw him in the sea to respect Muslim sentiments and while that was the end of that we still have to stay in Afghanistan because the terrorism virus has infected every Muslim on the globe which means that now we have to attack Iran and Syria oh, wait that is because we have to liberate the Syrians. \
Not a very consistent story is it?
Sigh!
So what you’re saying it that while it was not OK for Bush to commit war crimes (well maybe he wasn’t because it was them Arabs (talk about racist!) that did 911) it is perfectly OK for Obama who was financed by all the big banks to commit even more War crimes because… He’s black? WTF!
Birds eat? Fish, worms, plants, eat? Its a radiative bio-system input that will appear everywhere.
Its a fact that background radiation is non-zero naturally.
Its a fact that some radioactive byproduct waste is allowed to escape into the environment because its so low level once it has diffused across the planet it will be unnoticeable from background.
Its a fact that we as a species have believed the oceans are a great dumping zone.
Migratory birds may well be a good measure of diffusion of the disaster because they are so specific in the way they feed in wetlands, wetlands that may in time become radiatively polluted, so its a good option to measure them now before the pollution has reach their stop off points in asia.
Shit happens, Humans are thick, we will continue to make mistakes that kill us until we eventually make the final blunder that causes self extinction. Get with the program.
Nicole Foss (who has a Doctorate in the international law around nuclear reactors so could be described as an authority) summed up nuclear power very concisely.
She asked us to think of the lifetime of known polities throughout history, such as the Roman Empire. She then made the point that the duty of care for the nuclear waste was at minimum 10s of 1000s of years. The obvious question was would the political systems be in place for that time frame?
A secondary question for the economists and pro nuclear people is one of pricing the duty of care for 40,000 years and adding it to the price…tell me, is that good economics?
And for those of you wanting to know a little bit more about how close John key is to Bank of America which in large part is owned by shareholder Goldman Sachs and where John Key has most of his paper wealth in shares making his political position fraught with conflict of interest here are a few links you might want to check up on
Fletcher- Banks and Christchurch
How close is John Key to say Goldman Sach top CEO’s? read 6 degrees of separation
John Key has Goldman Sachs, Federal Reserve and London/Walls street written all over him. By their friends you shall know them.
And thank you for the invitation you idjits give me to get some information to people who do want to learn. from the average 90-100 new unique visitors 50% is Kiwi (Check my flag counter stats at the bottom of the right column to my blog) who all want to learn about John Key, big finance and mining and 911. Great!!!
Your ignorance about the world of finance is always a wonder to behold. The fact you think the Reserve bank of NZ is an active shareholder of Fletcher building is laughable in it’s naiivity. It is as if a 6 year old managed to work out how to use a computer and express their views on economics.
Almost five o’clock, chances are you won’t be commenting after five as that is when you go home from a long day of trolling.
Wrong as usual. Do you ever get tired of being wr… No wait. Don’t answer that.
ROFL. Paying you overtime are they? Let’s see. five o clock you went home had something to eat and you checked your mail form home and oh oops. Did they authorise you commenting from home?
Still waiting for your calculations debunking NIST’s reports – what’s the matter? Are sums a wittle bit too hardie-wardie?
Tuesday 10 April 2012
Radio New Zealand National, 8:10 a.m.
Helen Kelly 3, Extreme Right 0
Just heard CTU president Helen Kelly demolish one Paul McKay, the latest of the stumbling and confused spokesmen for Business New Zealand. The poor fellow was unable to come up with one intelligent reason why women should not be granted half a year’s paid parental leave.
After she drove poor Alisdire Thomson to destroy himself live on air last year, and humiliated Importers boss Daniel Silva a few weeks ago, it seems that there is not one reactionary businessman willing or able to mount a coherent response to anything Kelly says.
With the continued turmoil within the National Party, and the recent legal victories by the locked-out Ports of Auckland workers, this continual spectacle of a smart young leftist woman publicly spanking tired old men means it’s going to be a long and dark final two and a half years of this disastrous government.
The darker the better.
To make things even darker for poor old McKay and his chums, the ten o’clock news has just replayed some of Helen Kelly’s comments.
Cue indignant fuming round the Round Table.
And more incoherent comments….
Yeah Helen has done very well lately, I think the ‘Hobbit’ debacle may have been the catalyst in tipping her off that these rightist people do not do “nice” or “fair and reasonable”, putting the slipper into them is what usually works.
I think the ‘Hobbit’ debacle may have been the catalyst in tipping her off that these rightist people do not do “nice” or “fair and reasonable”,
I think she was well aware of that long before the Hobbit disgrace.
putting the slipper into them is what usually works.
Helen Kelly never “puts the slipper into them”, she simply states her case clearly and with impeccable politeness. All that the likes of John Barnett, Alisdire Thompson and Daniel Silva have come up with in reply is scowling and choleric ranting.
Isn’t she a gem? She just keeps her cool and argues her case eloquently & persistently. I’d like to see her stand up for herself a bit more, some of the interviewers are bullies & she lets people talk over her a bit too much, but her unflustered manner probably wins her more points in the long run.
She’s been bruising a few male egos for sure 😉
You simply can’t question anything about Israel!
Netanyahu is a warmonger, and a war criminal, nothing anti semetic about that!
Yep, read the poem last week. Nothing particularly shocking in it that I could see (though I suppose maybe something was lost in translation). Good on Gunter Grass! I note that Israel’s only retort is that he was drafted into the Waffen SS as a teenager. As if he had any choice or was not able to learn from the experience.
Usual emotive, hysterical response from Israeli’s present leaders.
I think Israel needs another go at looking at the past and making new affirmations about the future. They need a South African type Truth and Reconciliation Commission. They are in the thrall of old generals who have secured defensible borders and relative safety for the people but gone on to deal to the Palestine problem in a primarily military manner. Determination to constructively work towards peace comes from a positive movement by the Israeli government but then is abandoned as soon as there is an act of aggression from some Palestinian.
I heard part of an interview with one of the sub-groups within Israel which so strictly adheres to its rigid principles that it is hostile to the act of adopting Hebrew as the common language for the new country of Israel with mixed ethnicities. No! Hebrew is the sacred language and should be locked away for the scriptures alone. I couldn’t bear to listen to such negative backward-thinking
With inward-looking, scripture-bound, otherworldly sects like this in Israel who have been invited into the country without expectation of respect for the country and its nation-building,, the situation becomes a repeat of the many tribes of early times clinging to their own ways and rejecting all others.
The arms sale that inspired Grass’s “What Must Be Said”
Can’t say I heard anything in the poem that was bad either. Just truth.
Grass is so correct, not a single statement to argue with. In a land convulsed with insanity. What a beautiful expression, so appropriate.
On thing Grass did not mention (although he mentions German guilt and how it prevents them calling out a name to the evil) is Isreals absolute conviction of righteousness that goes with them being Gods “chosen people”. Untermenschen to herrenvolk in one easy nuclear step.
The Young Nats schedule
I happened to be looking around the Young Natz website today when I came across their activities page. So I thought I would check out what they get up to…
@Gosman ““Specifically the bit where you state the following:
…Its not widely known that key works for GS,”
LOL – Not so good on the comprehension are you buddy, no wonder you can’t understand your own circular failings!
Maybe take it up with Starlight, who made the original comment that JK is a GS Gang member. I was only saying it’s not widely known…
Pants up!
The way you worded the comment implies that you think it is a possibility. If you didn’t I would have expected you to actually put something along the lines of ‘ It is not true that it is widely known that John Key was an employee of GS because he never worked for them’
The rest of your post also supports the view that you think John Key and GS are closely linked.
“…, and I would imagine that its the fact that he is highest level banking insider, ML/FED Global FX Committee Alum, which means he is party to the agenda, and has not one shred of excuse for any missunderstanding over the GFC”
Nowhere in that statement is there any suggestion that you don’t believe he works for GS. In fact the implication is that he is doing their bidding because he was high up in investment banking.
That is a conspiracy theory on par with thinking Obama is a secret Muslim.
I agree with your reading of muzza’s comment, Gosman.
“The way you worded the comment implies that you think it is a possibility. If you didn’t I would have expected you to actually put something along the lines of ‘ It is not true that it is widely known that John Key was an employee of GS because he never worked for them’”
“Of course it’s a possibility, how would you or I know categorically that its not! You are drawing a very long bow here though Gos, even by your standards. Your stated expectation of what you think I should have said, only serves to show your shortcomings!”
(Gos)The rest of your post also supports the view that you think John Key and GS are closely linked.
“Gosman, you know as well as even a novice that the world of top level banking is inbred, Key worked for ML and he also served the FED, so yes they are closely linked, thanks for pointing that out”
“Gos…, and I would imagine that its the fact that he is highest level banking insider, ML/FED Global FX Committee Alum, which means he is party to the agenda, and has not one shred of excuse for any missunderstanding over the GFC”
The way you worded the comment implies that you think it is a possibility. If you didn’t I would have expected you to actually put something along the lines of ‘ It is not true that it is widely known that John Key was an employee of GS because he never worked for them’
“The rest of your post also supports the view that you think John Key and GS are closely linked.
Nowhere in that statement is there any suggestion that you don’t believe he works for GS. In fact the implication is that he is doing their bidding because he was high up in investment banking. Why would I have to prove something I never said Gosman, come on mate, you’re better than that eh ;). JK is a banking brother, who worked at the highest levels of global banking, why would I try to disprove something I have never stated I believed!
That is a conspiracy theory on par with thinking Obama is a secret Muslim.
No idea Gos, but I would say that with endless resources at your disposal even a circular bumbler like you could hide certain things if you really wanted to. Trying to say you know for certain one way or the other, when you don’t is silly. Hence why you have tried to put words in my mouth, and failed
We have at least two people reading your comment that take the view that you were supportive of the view that John Key was an employee of GS. But even if you didn’t mean it your choice of words were certainly misleading. Let me give you an example involving you. It is not widely known that muzza is a kiddie fiddler. Now if I posted that in any serious manner I would rightly expect you to get quite irate and request that it be withdrawn from any site that it was posted on here. I would doubly expect you to get even angrier if I followed it up with a brief allusion to you posting on the internet where kiddie fiddlers are known to hang out. If you can’t ‘join the dots’, (as you put it in that post), then I can’t help you I’m sorry.
Gosman – “as to does thinking John Key is an employee of Goldman Sachs (a views expressed here by a muzza for example)”
Muzza – Gosman have I ever claimed that Key worked for Goldman Sachs – Practice what you preach and provide hard evidence
Gosman – Specifically the bit where you state the following
“its not widely known that key works for GS”
Muzza – LOL – Not so good on the comprehension are you buddy, no wonder you can’t understand your own circular failings!
Maybe take it up with Starlight, who made the original comment that JK is a GS Gang member. I was only saying it’s not widely known…
Pants up!
Gosman – We have at least two people reading & interpreting comments one way, then one of those people trying to tell the writer what he meant….FIFY
Try a little harder G – Its this circular garbage I will be avoiding again from now on!
And so Gos goes for a minor point scoring in an exercise that is the blogging equivalent of a bishops debate on how many saints can dance on the point of a needle. So tedious, a real yawn.
Muzza, stop encouraging this idiot. All that happens is Gos introduces us to his new imaginary GE tree species in the hope that we miss seeing the wood.
muzza made my point quite well by becoming involved with this debate. If you remember Bored this was all about the left having wacky conspiracy theorists just as the right do. muzza decided to become all pedantic, (not I initially), by trying to argue he didn’t state exactly that John Key was an employee of GS. This is irrelevant to the point I was making as it was the general impression of John Key being ‘controlled’ by the International Banking cabal which was the point and one he basically agreed with. You have a problem with this then take it up with muzza.
Um, muzza, that comment is unreadable – please learn basic HTML formatting.
DTB – not too easy on the eye agreed! By the time I saw the mess, the edit window had expired.
Took me ages to get the hang of the formatting, but it ends up being quicker as well as clearer.
Sure, no need to address the real problems, lets just spy on everyone even more!
This is opportunism of the worst type!
So much for cutting spending….
“State house agency spends big on travel”
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=10797574
The corpulent managers blithely carry on gorging themselves on the taxpayer tit while frontline staff carry the costcutting can. That’s a state house wasted there.
The definition of Wellingtons Courtney Place at 2.00am on a Saturday morning= An open plan whorehouse where the amateurs and the professionals mingle and no one can tell the difference,
Why did we insert that particular piece of enlightenment into the debate at this point???,
oh no real reason just the age old justification, because we can, National Party acolytes will well understand such a justification as its the intellectual basis upon which most of that organizations Legislation is built,
Who tho ”believes” in fairy tales???, specially those told to some tame interviewer by our Prime Minister,
Slippery had ”the dream” from the age of 10 that He wanted to be the prime Minister of New Zealand, for f***ks sake its a wonder that His pants don’t self combust every time He opens His mouth,
Yeah right Slippery we all really believe that at a time of life when the average kid hasn’t even started dreaming of getting laid yet YOU just wanted to be the PM…
If you think about this, it sure explains a lot about Shonkey.
Depending of course ”just how we think about this”,Our view are that its simply bullshit,such softly lit complete with mood music ”back story’s are the stuff of American politics,
If Slippery scraped a cool 50 million outta His previous career as an ”international money trader” then on any conservative estimate of the profit curve inherent in that ”business”,(for want of a better word),He made His masters 100 times that amount,
At times that sort of high flying does things to the minds of those involved, its a young fellas game and sooner or later ”they” start showing the signs of not being able to compete in the game any longer,
The Big Bucks Bankers tho take care of those who have done their bidding well and the ex high flyers of New York Banking can be found in lucrative little ”lower pressure” enviroments all over the planet from running sweat shops in South America,(all in the name of providing jobs for the peasants of course),to,well to one just happening to pop on over to good ole New Zealand where the local Socialists in the form of Labour were doing a sterling job of upholding the neo-capitalist status quo but that couldnt last forever…
Academic spring: how an angry maths blog sparked a scientific revolution
Although I think a better title would be How academic publishers feed from the public tit
This bit is the bit that counts though as it flies in the face of the artificial restrictions that accompany capitalism:
Yep, making scientific knowledge widely available is good for the economy and democracy.
Have I just heard correctly? The first school built and run under PPP is to be in Hobsonville, why am I not surprised?
UK Chancellor was ‘shocked’ at the level of income tax avoidance by the wealthy. Finding that most pay no more than 10 percent he had to ‘do’ something.
So he put a cap on donations to charity, reduced the tax rate by 5p and asked them nicely to pay.
That’ll fix it.
Wonder how he can be shocked when him and his private school chums all do the same thing year after year.
I know.. but there he was thinking that people who didn’t go to Eton didn’t have the smarts to do what they were doing, when all those riding the top of the wealth curve were doing it too! Go figure…
Note he didn’t close down the loopholes – except for charity donations. I mean, wow – they can do without that sort of thing!