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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Jokerman dance to the nightingale tuneBird fly high by the light of the moonOh, oh, oh, JokermanSong by Bob Dylan.Morena folks, I hope this fine morning of the 7th of February finds you well. We're still close to Paihia, just a short drive out of town. Below is the view ...
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Queuing on Queen St: the Government is set to announce another apparently splashy growth policy on Sunday of offering residence visas to wealthy migrants. Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The KākāLong stories short, the top six things in our political economy around housing, climate and poverty on Friday, February 7:PM Christopher ...
The fact that Waitangi ended up being such a low-key affair may mark it out as one of the most significant Waitangi Days in recent years. A group of women draped in “Toitu Te Tiriti” banners who turned their backs on the politicians’ powhiri was about as rough as it ...
Hi,This week’s Flightless Bird episode was about “fake seizure guy” — a Melbourne man who fakes seizures in order to get members of the public to sit on him.The audio documentary (which I have included in this newsletter in case you don’t listen to Flightless Bird) built on reporting first ...
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Karin Kirk The 119th Congress comes with a price tag. The oil and gas industry gave about $24 million in campaign contributions to the members of the U.S. House and Senate expected to be sworn in January 3, 2025, according to a ...
Early morning, the shadows still long, but you can already feel the warmth building. Our motel was across the road from the historic homestead where Henry Williams' family lived. The evening before, we wandered around the gardens, reading the plaques and enjoying the close proximity to the history of the ...
Thanks folks for your feedback, votes and comments this week. I’ll be making the changes soon. Appreciate all your emails, comments and subscriptions too. I know your time is valuable - muchas gracias.A lot is happening both here and around the world - so I want to provide a snippets ...
Data released today by Statistics NZ shows that unemployment rose to 5.1%, with 33,000 more people out of work than last year said NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi Economist Craig Renney. “The latest data shows that employment fell in Aotearoa at its fastest rate since the GFC. Unemployment rose in 8 ...
The December labour market statistics have been released, showing yet another increase in unemployment. There are now 156,000 unemployed - 34,000 more than when National took office. And having thrown all these people out of work, National is doubling down on cruelty. Because being vicious will somehow magically create the ...
Boarded up homes in Kilbirnie, where work on a planned development was halted. Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The KākāLong stories short, the top six things in our political economy around housing, climate and poverty on Wednesday, February 5 are;Housing Minister Chris Bishop yesterday announcedKāinga Ora would be stripped of ...
This week Kiwirail and Auckland Transport were celebrating the completion of the summer rail works that had the network shut or for over a month and the start of electric trains to Pukekohe. First up, here’s parts of the press release about the shutdown works. Passengers boarding trains in Auckland ...
Through its austerity measures, the coalition government has engineered a rise in unemployment in order to reduce inflation while – simultaneously – cracking down harder and harder on the people thrown out of work by its own policies. To that end, Social Development Minister Louise Upston this week added two ...
This year, we've seen a radical, white supremacist government ignoring its Tiriti obligations, refusing to consult with Māori, and even trying to legislatively abrogate te Tiriti o Waitangi. When it was criticised by the Waitangi Tribunal, the government sabotaged that body, replacing its legal and historical experts with corporate shills, ...
Poor old democracy, it really is in a sorry state. It would be easy to put all the blame on the vandals and tyrants presently trashing the White House, but this has been years in the making. It begins with Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan and the spirit of Gordon ...
The new school lunches came in this week, and they were absolutely scrumptious.I had some, and even though Connor said his tasted like “stodge” and gave him a sore tummy, I myself loved it!Look at the photos - I knew Mr Seymour wouldn’t lie when he told us last year:"It ...
The tighter sanctions are modelled on ones used in Britain, which did push people off ‘the dole’, but didn’t increase the number of workers, and which evidence has repeatedly shown don’t work. Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The KākāLong stories short, the top six things in our political economy around housing, ...
Catching you up on the morning’s global news and a quick look at the parallels -GLOBALTariffs are backSharemarkets in the US, UK and Europe have “plunged” in response to Trump’s tariffs. And while Mexico has won a one month reprieve, Canada and China will see their respective 25% and 10% ...
This post by Nicolas Reid was originally published on Linked in. It is republished here with permission. Gondolas are often in the news, with manufacturers of ropeway systems proposing them as a modern option for mass transit systems in New Zealand. However, like every next big thing in transport, it’s hard ...
This is a re-post from The Climate BrinkBoth 2023 and 2024 were exceptionally warm years, at just below and above 1.5C relative to preindustrial in the WMO composite of surface temperature records, respectively. While we are still working to assess the full set of drivers of this warmth, it is clear that ...
Hi,I woke up feeling nervous this morning, realising that this weekend Flightless Bird is going to do it’s first ever live show. We’re heading to a sold out (!) show in Seattle to test the format out in front of an audience. If it works, we’ll do more. I want ...
From the United-For-Now States of America comes the thrilling news that a New Zealander may be at the very heart of the current coup. Punching above our weight on the world stage once more! Wait, you may be asking, what New Zealander? I speak of Peter Thiel, made street legal ...
Even Stevens: Over the 33 years between 1990 and 2023 (and allowing for the aberrant 2020 result) the average level of support enjoyed by the Left and Right blocs, at roughly 44.5 percent each, turns out to be, as near as dammit, identical.WORLDWIDE, THE PARTIES of the Left are presented ...
Back in 2023, a "prominent political figure" went on trial for historic sex offences. But we weren't allowed to know who they were or what political party they were "prominent" in, because it might affect the way we voted. At the time, I said that this was untenable; it was ...
I'm going, I'm goingWhere the water tastes like wineI'm going where the water tastes like wineWe can jump in the waterStay drunk all the timeI'm gonna leave this city, got to get awayI'm gonna leave this city, got to get awayAll this fussing and fighting, man, you know I sure ...
Waitangi Day is a time to honour Te Tiriti o Waitangi and stand together for a just and fair Aotearoa. Across the motu, communities are gathering to reflect, kōrero, and take action for a future built on equity and tino rangatiratanga. From dawn ceremonies to whānau-friendly events, there are ...
Subscribe to Mountain Tūī ! Where you too can learn about exciting things from a flying bird! Tweet.Yes - I absolutely suck at marketing. It’s a fact.But first -My question to all readers is:How should I set up the Substack model?It’s been something I’ve been meaning to ask since November ...
Here’s the key news, commentary, reports and debate around Aotearoa’s political economy on politics and in the week to Feb 3:PM Christopher Luxon began 2025’s first day of Parliament last Tuesday by carrying on where left off in 2024, letting National’s junior coalition partner set the political agenda and dragging ...
The PSA have released a survey of 4000 public service workers showing that budget cuts are taking a toll on the wellbeing of public servants and risking the delivery of essential services to New Zealanders. Economists predict that figures released this week will show continued increases in unemployment, potentially reaching ...
The Prime Minister’s speech 10 days or so ago kicked off a flurry of commentary. No one much anywhere near the mainstream (ie excluding Greens supporters) questioned the rhetoric. New Zealand has done woefully poorly on productivity for a long time and we really need better outcomes, and the sorts ...
President Trump on the day he announced tariffs against Mexico, Canada and China, unleashing a shock to supply chains globally that is expected to slow economic growth and increase inflation for most large economies. Photo: Getty ImagesLong stories short, the top six things in our political economy around housing, climate ...
Photo by Towfiqu barbhuiya on UnsplashHere’s what we’re watching in the week to February 9 and beyond in Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, climate and poverty:Monday, February 3Politics: New Zealand Government cabinet meeting usually held early afternoon with post-cabinet news conference possible at 4 pm, although they have not been ...
Trump being Trump, it won’t come as a shock to find that he regards a strong US currency (bolstered by high tariffs on everything made by foreigners) as a sign of America’s virility, and its ability to kick sand in the face of the world. Reality is a tad more ...
A listing of 24 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, January 26, 2025 thru Sat, February 1, 2025. This week's roundup is again published soleley by category. We are still interested in feedback to hone the categorization, so if ...
What seems to be the common theme in the US, NZ, Argentina and places like Italy under their respective rightwing governments is what I think of as “the politics of cruelty.” Hate-mongering, callous indifference in social policy-making, corporate toadying, political bullying, intimidation and punching down on the most vulnerable with ...
If you are confused, check with the sunCarry a compass to help you alongYour feet are going to be on the groundYour head is there to move you aroundSo, stand in the place where you liveSongwriters: Bill Berry / Michael Mills / Michael Stipe / Peter Buck.Hot in the CityYesterday, ...
Shane Jones announced today he would be contracting out his thinking to a smarter younger person.Reclining on his chaise longue with a mouth full of oysters and Kina he told reporters:Clearly I have become a has-been, a palimpsest, an epigone, a bloviating fossil. I find myself saying such things as: ...
Warning: This post contains references to sexual assaultOn Saturday, I spent far too long editing a video on Tim Jago, the ACT Party President and criminal, who has given up his fight for name suppression after 2 years. He voluntarily gave up just in time for what will be a ...
Skeptical Science is partnering with Gigafact to produce fact briefs — bite-sized fact checks of trending claims. This fact brief was written by Sue Bin Park from the Gigafact team in collaboration with members from our team. You can submit claims you think need checking via the tipline. Is global warming ...
Our low-investment, low-wage, migration-led and housing-market-driven political economy has delivered poorer productivity growth than the rest of the OECD, and our performance since Covid has been particularly poor. Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The KākāLong stories short, the top six things in our political economy around housing, climate and poverty this ...
..Thanks for reading Frankly Speaking ! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.As far as major government announcements go, a Three Ministers Event is Big. It can signify a major policy development or something has gone Very Well, or an absolute Clusterf**k. When Three Ministers assemble ...
One of those blasts from the past. Peter Dunne – originally neoliberal Labour, then leader of various parties that sought to work with both big parties (generally National) – has taken to calling ...
Completed reads for January: I Am Legend, by Richard Matheson The Black Spider, by Jeremias Gotthelf The Spider and the Fly (poem), by Mary Howitt A Noiseless Patient Spider (poem), by Walt Whitman August Heat, by W.F. Harvey Charlotte’s Web, by E.B. White The Shrinking Man, by Richard Matheson ...
Do its Property Right Provisions Make Sense?Last week I pointed out that it is uninformed to argue that the New Zealand’s apparently poor economic performance can be traced only to poor regulations. Even were there evidence they had some impact, there are other factors. Of course, we should seek to ...
Richard Wagstaff It was incredibly jarring to hear the hubris from the Prime Minister during his recent state of the nation address. I had just spent close to a week working though the stories and thoughts shared with us by nearly 2000 working people as part of our annual Mood ...
Odd fact about the Broadcasting Standards Authority: for the last few years, they’ve only been upholding about 5% of complaints. Why? I think there’s a range of reasons. Generally responsible broadcasters. Dumb complaints. Complaints brought under the wrong standard. Greater adherence to broadcasters’ rights to freedom of expression in the ...
And I said, "Mama, mama, mama, why am I so alone"'Cause I can't go outside, I'm scared I might not make it homeWell I'm alive, I'm alive, but I'm sinking inIf there's anyone at home at your place, darlingWhy don't you invite me in?Don't try to feed me'Cause I've been ...
Climate Change Minister Simon Watts’ star is on the rise, having just added the Energy, Local Government and Revenue portfolios to his responsibilities - but there is nothing ambitious about the Government’s new climate targets. Photo: SuppliedLong stories short, the top six things in our political economy around housing, climate ...
It may have been a short week but there’s been no shortage of things that caught our attention. Here is some of the most interesting. This week in Greater Auckland On Tuesday Matt took a look at public transport ridership in 2024 On Thursday Connor asked some questions ...
The East Is Red: Journalists and commentators are referring to the sudden and disruptive arrival of DeepSeek as a second “Sputnik moment”. (Sputnik being the name given by the godless communists of the Soviet Union to the world’s first artificial satellite which, to the consternation and dismay of the Americans, ...
Hi,Back on inauguration day we launched a ridiculous RFK Jr. “brain worms” tee on the Webworm store, and I told you I’d be throwing my profits over to Mutual Aid LA and Rainbow Youth New Zealand. Just to show I am not full of shit, here are the receipts. I ...
The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night features co-hosts & talking about the week’s news with regular and special guests, including: on the week in geopolitics, including the latest from Donald Trump over Gaza and Ukraine.Health expert and author David Galler ...
In an uncompromising paper Treasury has basically told the Government that its plan for a third medical school at Waikato University is a waste of money. Furthermore, the country cannot afford it. That advice was released this week by the Treasury under the Official Information Act. And it comes as ...
Back in November, He Pou a Rangi provided the government with formal advice on the domestic contribution to our next Paris target. Not what the target should be, but what we could realistically achieve, by domestic action alone, without resorting to offshore mitigation. Their answer was startling: depending on exactly ...
Photo by Mauricio Fanfa on UnsplashKia oraCome and join us for our weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar with paying subscribers to The Kākā for an hour at 5 pm today.Jump on this link on YouTube Livestream for our chat about the week’s news with myself , plus regular guest David Patman and ...
I don't like to spend all my time complaining about our government, so let me complain about the media first.Senior journalistic Herald person Thomas Coughlan reported that Treasury replied yeah nah, wrong bro to Luxon's claim that our benighted little country has been in recession for three years.His excitement rose ...
Back in 2022, when the government was consulting internally about proactive release of cabinet papers, the SIS opposed it. The basis of their opposition was the "mosaic effect" - people being able to piece together individual pieces of innocuous public information in a way which supposedly harms "national security" (effectively: ...
With The Stroke Of A Pen:Populism, especially right-wing populism, invests all the power of an electoral/parliamentary majority in a single political leader because it no longer trusts the bona fides of the sprawling political class among whom power is traditionally dispersed. Populism eschews traditional politics, because, among populists, traditional politics ...
I’ve spent the last week writing a fairly substantial review of a recent book (“Australia’s Pandemic Exceptionalism: How we crushed the curve but lost the race”) by a couple of Australian academic economists on Australia’s pandemic policies and experiences. For all its limitations, there isn’t anything similar in New Zealand. ...
Mr Mojo Rising: Economic growth is possible, Christopher Luxon reassures us, but only under a government that is willing to get out of the way and let those with drive and ambition get on with it.ABOUT TWELVE KILOMETRES from the farm on the North Otago coast where I grew up stands ...
You're nearly a good laughAlmost a jokerWith your head down in the pig binSaying, 'Keep on digging.'Pig stain on your fat chinWhat do you hope to findDown in the pig mine?You're nearly a laughYou're nearly a laughBut you're really a crySongwriter: Roger Waters.NZ First - Kiwi Battlers.Say what you like ...
This is a re-post from the Climate Brink by Andrew Dessler Climate denial is dead. Renewable energy denial is here. As “alternative facts” become the norm, it’s worth looking at what actual facts tell us about how renewable energy sources like solar and wind are lowering the price of electricity. As ...
SIR GEOFFREY PALMER is worried about democracy. In his Newsroom website post of 27 January 2025 he asserts that “the future of democracy across the world now seems to be in question.” Following a year of important electoral contests across the world, culminating in Donald Trump’s emphatic recapture of the ...
The Government hasn’t stopped talking about growth since the Prime Minister made his “yes” speech at the Auckland Chamber of Commerce last week. But so far, the measures announced would seem hardly likely to suddenly pitch New Zealand into the fast-growth East Asian league. The digital nomad announcement hardly deserved ...
Our originating document, theTreaty of Waitangi, was signed on February 6, 1840. An agreement between Māori and the British Crown. Initially inked by Ngā Puhi in Waitangi, further signatures were added as it travelled south. The intention was to establish a colony with the cession of sovereignty to the Crown, ...
Te Whatu Ora Chief Executive Margie Apa leaving her job four months early is another symptom of this government’s failure to deliver healthcare for New Zealanders. ...
The Green Party is calling for the Prime Minister to show leadership and be unequivocal about Aotearoa New Zealand’s opposition to a proposal by the US President to remove Palestinians from Gaza. ...
The latest unemployment figures reveal that job losses are hitting Māori and Pacific people especially hard, with Māori unemployment reaching a staggering 9.7% for the December 2024 quarter and Pasifika unemployment reaching 10.5%. ...
Waitangi 2025: Waitangi Day must be community and not politically driven - Shane Jones Our originating document, theTreaty of Waitangi, was signed on February 6, 1840. An agreement between Māori and the British Crown. Initially inked by Ngā Puhi in Waitangi, further signatures were added as it travelled south. ...
Despite being confronted every day with people in genuine need being stopped from accessing emergency housing – National still won’t commit to building more public houses. ...
The Green Party says the Government is giving up on growing the country’s public housing stock, despite overwhelming evidence that we need more affordable houses to solve the housing crisis. ...
Before any thoughts of the New Year and what lies ahead could even be contemplated, New Zealand reeled with the tragedy of Senior Sergeant Lyn Fleming losing her life. For over 38 years she had faithfully served as a front-line Police officer. Working alongside her was Senior Sergeant Adam Ramsay ...
Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson will return to politics at Waitangi on Monday the 3rd of February where she will hold a stand up with fellow co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick. ...
Te Pāti Māori is appalled by the government's blatant mishandling of the school lunch programme. David Seymour’s ‘cost-saving’ measures have left tamariki across Aotearoa with unidentifiable meals, causing distress and outrage among parents and communities alike. “What’s the difference between providing inedible food, and providing no food at all?” Said ...
The Government is doubling down on outdated and volatile fossil fuels, showing how shortsighted and destructive their policies are for working New Zealanders. ...
Green Party MP Steve Abel this morning joined Coromandel locals in Waihi to condemn new mining plans announced by Shane Jones in the pit of the town’s Australian-owned Gold mine. ...
The Green Party is calling on the Government to strengthen its just-announced 2030-2035 Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) under the Paris Agreement and address its woeful lack of commitment to climate security. ...
Today marks a historic moment for Taranaki iwi with the passing of the Te Pire Whakatupua mō Te Kāhui Tupua/Taranaki Maunga Collective Redress Bill in Parliament. "Today, we stand together as descendants of Taranaki, and our tūpuna, Taranaki Maunga, is now formally acknowledged by the law as a living tūpuna. ...
Labour is relieved to see Children’s Minister Karen Chhour has woken up to reality and reversed her government’s terrible decisions to cut funding from frontline service providers – temporarily. ...
It is the first week of David Seymour’s school lunch programme and already social media reports are circulating of revolting meals, late deliveries, and mislabelled packaging. ...
The Green Party says that with no-cause evictions returning from today, the move to allow landlords to end tenancies without reason plunges renters, and particularly families who rent, into insecurity and stress. ...
The Government’s move to increase speed limits substantially on dozens of stretches of rural and often undivided highways will result in more serious harm. ...
In her first announcement as Economic Growth Minister, Nicola Willis chose to loosen restrictions for digital nomads from other countries, rather than focus on everyday Kiwis. ...
The Green Party is calling on the Government to stand firm and work with allies to progress climate action as Donald Trump signals his intent to pull out of the Paris Climate Accords once again. ...
The Government’s commitment to get New Zealand’s roads back on track is delivering strong results, with around 98 per cent of potholes on state highways repaired within 24 hours of identification every month since targets were introduced, Transport Minister Chris Bishop says. “Increasing productivity to help rebuild our economy is ...
The former Cadbury factory will be the site of the Inpatient Building for the new Dunedin Hospital and Health Minister Simeon Brown says actions have been taken to get the cost overruns under control. “Today I am giving the people of Dunedin certainty that we will build the new Dunedin ...
From today, Plunket in Whāngarei will be offering childhood immunisations – the first of up to 27 sites nationwide, Health Minister Simeon Brown says. The investment of $1 million into the pilot, announced in October 2024, was made possible due to the Government’s record $16.68 billion investment in health. It ...
New Zealand’s strong commitment to the rights of disabled people has continued with the response to an important United Nations report, Disability Issues Minister Louise Upston has announced. Of the 63 concluding observations of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), 47 will be progressed ...
Resources Minister Shane Jones has launched New Zealand’s national Minerals Strategy and Critical Minerals List, documents that lay a strategic and enduring path for the mineral sector, with the aim of doubling exports to $3 billion by 2035. Mr Jones released the documents, which present the Coalition Government’s transformative vision ...
Firstly I want to thank OceanaGold for hosting our event today. Your operation at Waihi is impressive. I want to acknowledge local MP Scott Simpson, local government dignitaries, community stakeholders and all of you who have gathered here today. It’s a privilege to welcome you to the launch of the ...
Racing Minister, Winston Peters has announced the Government is preparing public consultation on GST policy proposals which would make the New Zealand racing industry more competitive. “The racing industry makes an important economic contribution. New Zealand thoroughbreds are in demand overseas as racehorses and for breeding. The domestic thoroughbred industry ...
Business confidence remains very high and shows the economy is on track to improve, Economic Growth Minister Nicola Willis says. “The latest ANZ Business Outlook survey, released yesterday, shows business confidence and expected own activity are ‘still both very high’.” The survey reports business confidence fell eight points to +54 ...
Enabling works have begun this week on an expanded radiology unit at Hawke’s Bay Fallen Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital which will double CT scanning capacity in Hawke’s Bay to ensure more locals can benefit from access to timely, quality healthcare, Health Minister Simeon Brown says. This investment of $29.3m in the ...
The Government has today announced New Zealand’s second international climate target under the Paris Agreement, Climate Change Minister Simon Watts says. New Zealand will reduce emissions by 51 to 55 per cent compared to 2005 levels, by 2035. “We have worked hard to set a target that is both ambitious ...
Nine years of negotiations between the Crown and iwi of Taranaki have concluded following Te Pire Whakatupua mō Te Kāhui Tupua/the Taranaki Maunga Collective Redress Bill passing its third reading in Parliament today, Treaty Negotiations Minister Paul Goldsmith says. “This Bill addresses the historical grievances endured by the eight iwi ...
As schools start back for 2025, there will be a relentless focus on teaching the basics brilliantly so all Kiwi kids grow up with the knowledge, skills and competencies needed to grow the New Zealand of the future, Education Minister Erica Stanford says. “A world-leading education system is a key ...
Housing Minister Chris Bishop and Associate Agriculture Minister Mark Patterson have welcomed Kāinga Ora’s decision to re-open its tender for carpets to allow wool carpet suppliers to bid. “In 2024 Kāinga Ora issued requests for tender (RFTs) seeking bids from suppliers to carpet their properties,” Mr Bishop says. “As part ...
Associate Education Minister David Seymour has today visited Otahuhu College where the new school lunch programme has served up healthy lunches to students in the first days of the school year. “As schools open in 2025, the programme will deliver nutritious meals to around 242,000 students, every school day. On ...
Minister for Children Karen Chhour has intervened in Oranga Tamariki’s review of social service provider contracts to ensure Barnardos can continue to deliver its 0800 What’s Up hotline. “When I found out about the potential impact to this service, I asked Oranga Tamariki for an explanation. Based on the information ...
A bill to make revenue collection on imported and exported goods fairer and more effective had its first reading in Parliament, Customs Minister Casey Costello said today. “The Customs (Levies and Other Matters) Amendment Bill modernises the way in which Customs can recover the costs of services that are needed ...
Minister of Internal Affairs Brooke van Velden says the Department of Internal Affairs [the Department] has achieved significant progress in completing applications for New Zealand citizenship. “December 2024 saw the Department complete 5,661 citizenship applications, the most for any month in 2024. This is a 54 per cent increase compared ...
Reversals to Labour’s blanket speed limit reductions begin tonight and will be in place by 1 July, says Minister of Transport Chris Bishop. “The previous government was obsessed with slowing New Zealanders down by imposing illogical and untargeted speed limit reductions on state highways and local roads. “National campaigned on ...
Finance Minister Nicola Willis has announced Budget 2025 – the Growth Budget - will be delivered on Thursday 22 May. “This year’s Budget will drive forward the Government’s plan to grow our economy to improve the incomes of New Zealanders now and in the years ahead. “Budget 2025 will build ...
For the Government, 2025 will bring a relentless focus on unleashing the growth we need to lift incomes, strengthen local businesses and create opportunity. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon today laid out the Government’s growth agenda in his Statement to Parliament. “Just over a year ago this Government was elected by ...
Associate Education Minister David Seymour welcomes students back to school with a call to raise attendance from last year. “The Government encourages all students to attend school every day because there is a clear connection between being present at school and setting yourself up for a bright future,” says Mr ...
The Government is relaxing visitor visa requirements to allow tourists to work remotely while visiting New Zealand, Economic Growth Minister Nicola Willis, Immigration Minister Erica Stanford and Tourism Minister Louise Upston say. “The change is part of the Government’s plan to unlock New Zealand’s potential by shifting the country onto ...
The opening of Kāinga Ora’s development of 134 homes in Epuni, Lower Hutt will provide much-needed social housing for Hutt families, Housing Minister Chris Bishop says. “I’ve been a strong advocate for social housing on Kāinga Ora’s Epuni site ever since the old earthquake-prone housing was demolished in 2015. I ...
Trade and Investment Minister Todd McClay will travel to Australia today for meetings with Australian Trade Minister, Senator Don Farrell, and the Australia New Zealand Leadership Forum (ANZLF). Mr McClay recently hosted Minister Farrell in Rotorua for the annual Closer Economic Relations (CER) Trade Ministers’ meeting, where ANZLF presented on ...
A new monthly podiatry clinic has been launched today in Wairoa and will bring a much-needed service closer to home for the Wairoa community, Health Minister Simeon Brown says.“Health New Zealand has been successful in securing a podiatrist until the end of June this year to meet the needs of ...
The Judicial Conduct Commissioner has recommended a Judicial Conduct Panel be established to inquire into and report on the alleged conduct of acting District Court Judge Ema Aitken in an incident last November, Attorney-General Judith Collins said today. “I referred the matter of Judge Aitken’s alleged conduct during an incident ...
Students who need extra help with maths are set to benefit from a targeted acceleration programme that will give them more confidence in the classroom, Education Minister Erica Stanford says. “Last year, significant numbers of students did not meet the foundational literacy and numeracy level required to gain NCEA. To ...
Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters has announced three new diplomatic appointments. “Our diplomats play an important role in ensuring New Zealand’s interests are maintained and enhanced across the world,” Mr Peters says. “It is a pleasure to announce the appointment of these senior diplomats from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and ...
Ki te kahore he whakakitenga, ka ngaro te Iwi – without a vision, the people will perish. The Government has achieved its target to reduce the number of households in emergency housing motels by 75 per cent five years early, Associate Housing Minister Tama Potaka says. The number of households ...
The opening of Palmerston North’s biggest social housing development will have a significant impact for whānau in need of safe, warm, dry housing, Associate Housing Minister Tama Potaka says. The minister visited the development today at North Street where a total of 50 two, three, and four-bedroom homes plus a ...
Foreign Minister Winston Peters has announced the new membership of the Public Advisory Committee on Disarmament and Arms Control (PACDAC), who will serve for a three-year term. “The Committee brings together wide-ranging expertise relevant to disarmament. We have made six new appointments to the Committee and reappointed two existing members ...
Ka nui te mihi kia koutou. Kia ora, good morning, talofa, malo e lelei, bula vinaka, da jia hao, namaste, sat sri akal, assalamu alaikum. It’s so great to be here and I’m ready and pumped for 2025. Can I start by acknowledging: Simon Bridges – CEO of the Auckland ...
The Government has unveiled a bold new initiative to position New Zealand as a premier destination for foreign direct investment (FDI) that will create higher paying jobs and grow the economy. “Invest New Zealand will streamline the investment process and provide tailored support to foreign investors, to increase capital investment ...
Science, Innovation and Technology Minister Judith Collins today announced the largest reset of the New Zealand science system in more than 30 years with reforms which will boost the economy and benefit the sector. “The reforms will maximise the value of the $1.2 billion in government funding that goes into ...
Turbocharging New Zealand’s economic growth is the key to brighter days ahead for all Kiwis, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says. In the Prime Minister’s State of the Nation Speech in Auckland today, Christopher Luxon laid out the path to the prosperity that will affect all aspects of New Zealanders’ lives. ...
The latest set of accounts show the Government has successfully checked the runaway growth of public spending, Finance Minister Nicola Willis says. “In the previous government’s final five months in office, public spending was almost 10 per cent higher than for the same period the previous year. “That is completely ...
The Government’s welfare reforms are delivering results with the number of people moving off benefits into work increasing year-on-year for six straight months. “There are positive signs that our welfare reset and the return consequences for job seekers who don't fulfil their obligations to prepare for or find a job ...
Jon Kroll and Aimee McCammon have been appointed to the New Zealand Film Commission Board, Arts Minister Paul Goldsmith says. “I am delighted to appoint these two new board members who will bring a wealth of industry, governance, and commercial experience to the Film Commission. “Jon Kroll has been an ...
Finance Minister Nicola Willis has hailed a drop in the domestic component of inflation, saying it increases the prospect of mortgage rate reductions and a lower cost of living for Kiwi households. Stats NZ reported today that inflation was 2.2 per cent in the year to December, the second consecutive ...
Two new appointed members and one reappointed member of the Employment Relations Authority have been announced by Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Brooke van Velden today. “I’m pleased to announce the new appointed members Helen van Druten and Matthew Piper to the Employment Relations Authority (ERA) and welcome them to ...
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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!