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The current rise of populism challenges the way we think about people’s relationship to the economy.We seem to be entering an era of populism, in which leadership in a democracy is based on preferences of the population which do not seem entirely rational nor serving their longer interests. ...
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Asking here to see what Standardistas think. Would be great if you could explain your thinking.
My answer, is a firm yes. But, you have to be really smart about it.
The perfect example is Bastion Point and Whinia Coopers land march.
One single clear objective, and whether you agreed or not with the objective it was clearly understood by all of nz.
Look how successful they were. No side issues or intruding factions clouding the issue.
Take a humble leaf from a Maori way of operating.
After all this time I still can't for the life of me, understand what the recent parliament occupation was trying to achieve. Too many voices heading every which way. A classic way of not doing stuff
You touch on something important with: "No side issues or intruding factions clouding the issue."
The '81 tour protests have been cited here as an example of 'proper protest', honourable folk, honoutable intention etc. I know of more than one individual that got involved because it meant a chance to have a scrap 'with some pigs'. They didn't give a toss about the cause.
The Wellington occupation had some folk with really undesirable opinions and non-mainstream views. That is bound to occur when the state did what it did in mandating folk out of their professions, careers, livelihoods, job, identity (by that I mean plenty of people have a string sense of themselves through what they do).
Couple that with anyone with a twitter account being able to 'report the truth' contrasted with the type and style of media back in Dame Whena Cooper’s day.
I'm not surprised the occupation is viewed so dimly.
such an open ended question deserves an open ended answer> it depends. >occupying a hazardous area? putting rescue personal in danger if it turns to shit? blocking innocent citizens from their legal rights? damaging unrelated private property? there are so many if's and maybe's ,that yr question doesnt answer.
All those depends would apply to any kind of protest so let’s assume the protesters weren’t doing any if that.
The support imperialist expansion rally.
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https://twitter.com/PepPepVladdy/status/1627370425415000066
Imperialist expansion etc and other bullshit mainly spouted by neocons and warmongering americans while practicing shameless hypocrisy
The people organizing and participating in the Rage against the war rally are mostly Americans who feel that a hundred billion dollars and counting could be better spent at home .
Some interesting speakers were there too Jill Stein for ex tulsi gabbard ron paul max blominfield gerald celante to name a few …
By the way who do you think is likely to win the prize for being the biggest imperialist joe , Russia with three overseas bases or America with seven hundred and fifty ? take your time lol
Share token access to Times review of the "Time to Think", a book about the UK's Tavistock Clinic.
(Relevant here because we follow the same affirmation, medical and surgical guidelines and also have an inadequate mental health service.)
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/91450fd0-a3c5-11ed-8e45-d36dad29d912?shareToken=44fd8d7da26e2377268902296d4bec0c
Also relevant because the Relationship and Sexuality Education curriculum in State schools here is absolutely infested with Gender Ideology. Where it is followed, children are being taught that they have a "gender identity".
permanent link in case the time share token runs out.
https://archive.is/IfIRE
Thanks, weka. Again.
In the same vein regarding medical treatment for minors.
Affirmation Generation is a documentary just released on Vimeo (currently free):
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quot;>AFFIRMATION GENERATION Feb18.mp4</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/user186080953">Dimitri Kanche</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>
Watch @ around 1:03 to hear about the difficulties in getting the American Academy of Pediatrics to listen to membership, or review the guidelines they adopted without scrutiny.
Article written by documentary filmmaker here:
https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2023/02/18/i-made-a-film-about-transgender-kids-that-doesnt-align-with-my-politics/
Interesting to note that the author/filmmaker chooses anonymity because of concerns regarding backlash from the progressive left. This awkward position is reflected in the somewhat apologetic tone of the opening paragraphs:
Note: From a personal point of view – given that the filmmaker is apparently a professional filmmaker, there are some editing choices that seem amateurish, but perhaps that was a deliberate choice to hide the usual styling. However, getting past that, there are good interviews with detransitioners and medical professionals about the reality of "affirmation healthcare".
Vimeo should embed without having to use the tags
https://player
Again…. thanks.
Nicola Sturgeon should never have pissed off these ladies!
Could some kind admin please resize? Beyond my tech skills!
That’s fantastic. Where is it from?
I should write a guide on how to link and embed on TS
CNN Morning Show host Don Lemon takes it upon himself to tell women when they are in their 'prime'.
"A woman is considered to be in her prime in her 20s and 30s and maybe 40s,” Mr. Lemon said, to the visible dismay of his “CNN This Morning” co-anchors, Poppy Harlow and Kaitlan Collins. He refused to back down after Ms. Harlow questioned his remarks, telling her to “look it up.”"
Could be right ,I'd imagine it goes about the same for men.
I'm 51 and it's atleast 5 years since I felt like I was a prime specimen!!
Well I've got a few years on you, and I'm ready to take on the world.
Next time I've got 2000 fat ewes to drag over the board and dag I'll be sending out the invite
Yes I feel quite young talking to others, and quite old when I have to weed the garden. Age is definitely relative to the task in hand.
The problem with these off the cuff derogatory remarks is that nobody defines " in their prime".
Is it; sexual performance, mental performance, world wisdom and common sense, empathy and kindness, et al
Lemon was referring to a female Republican presidential hopeful who is 51.
I'd suggest that unless she's related to Bill Clinton, sexual performance is not a criteria for that role.
The other criteria you list are or should be, which, given Nikki Haley's age (the only criteria Lemon was referencing), places Lemon's comments into the stupid beyond reasonable doubt category IMHO.
In your prime to me is at your mental, physical peak. Which I would say is mid to late 20s to maybe 40.
But I see it's about a 50 year old presidential candidate, can't see how being fifty is a problem,
I'm having issues with not being able to access the comments when opening some of the posts – help. This has been happening since 15th Feb.
I've been having issues with this blog since 15th Feb, I've managed to update it on my Galaxy phone but cannot access the comments. This is my go to blog and I'm missing my dairy fix
it's a known issue, the sysop has been notified. There's some discussion in OM from a day or two ago if you can access that.
Have you tried both versions on you mobile? (desktop and mobile).
Yeah, I'm unsure where it is coming from. I can't get it on any of my usual or test platforms which makes it hard to debug.
Thought it was just safari and apple, but have at least one person getting it on Microsoft Edge.
Cleared all server side caches, the external caches, and now I'm running cloud front in development mode – just trying to isolate the problem.
Can see your above comment on my phone – but the text box for reply is not working – this reply from my laptop
Just to let Lynn and y'all at The Standard that I'm up and running again my three devices. Thanks for your hard work in getting the site operational. I meant to say in my earlier post, which doubled up that I was missing my daily fix, not my 'dairy' fix!
Nah, we suspected all along that dairy chocolate is your fix 😉
It's worked maybe twice for me on mobile since the 15th, now working. Use chrome.
Just want to big up the mods and commenters on this site. The open mic and comment sections here are well worth reading, and a lot of good insight is to be gained. A stark contrast to many other sites, which are a free-for-all of uninformed rants, name-calling, trolling and bizarre and off-topic wannabe-posts.
MWAH!
cheers roy. I've been impressed by the increase in good debate recently. Makes it all worthwhile.
Cheers!
TS is a good inclusive on-line community, which is what people need, even at the best of times …
Hear, hear Roy – I even looked at the headings on the Daily Blog by Te Reo Putake, but yeah, nah, it's all a bit demented over there.
Same old National Party story; trained as a bean counter, buggered off abroad to make his fortune and returns home a first class know-it-all.
Diversity!
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/300811126/carl-bates-selected-as-nationals-candidate-in-whanganui
Bloody hell. Shit getting weird in NZ, but someone saved the day.
https://twitter.com/veronicaglamis/status/1627381065081065472
https://twitter.com/veronicaglamis/status/1627499967194755072
In a tiny small way I was part of the push to get this weird stuff seen to, providing some info.
Although this was not part of what we objected to, the imagery offended me in several ways. It may have been carelessly chosen.
It seemed to link to the Parliamentary Protest. Bearing in mind the links between anti vaxxers and fringe Christians, in the US, is real this would not surprise me.
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to my mind, at first glance the upraised arms could be construed as weapons, pitchforks etc. 'Heiling' etc.
Poor effort all round really.
Perhaps I should offer myself to critique things like this.
Hi Shanreagh. I had been following some of that. Simon O'Connor is something..else. But Ol' Alfred Ngaro is there too. Creepy critter IMO.
Link…scroll down for reasons.
And..well..yeah
Lprent, (can't see your email address)
I'm another who couldn't see updated pages since the 15th, both on laptop using Edge and android mobile using Chrome.
Was concerned this was due to you being involved with more important things because you have family in Hawkes Bay (?)
Thanks for the fine job you do with TS, it's really missed when it goes down.
I'm an idiot, your email is easily found via the Contact tab