More claims of incapacitating health and victimhood from vexatious litigants on Whale Oil again yesterday, which not only misrepresents reality. And they think the media publicity was somehow a good thing.
Nige (blog manager): Just goes to show the influence this site has eh.
But Whale Oil is not telling it’s readers about the truth of three defamation cases that Cameron Slater is involved in. As a result there are comments like:
No other journalist in NZ has so many honest people behind him.
Karma will get them in the end, and the continued growth of WOBH will ensure increasing numbers of people get to hear what’s really going on.
You might have been temporary lost in some of the battles, but you will win the war.
Some people are so vindictive they just can’t let go.
I was wondering how many court cases were still pending and how that was going to be handled. I know you would rather fight on and take it to them, but I’m certain that you are getting the right advice, health comes first.
You’ve been brutally fearless and a force of nature on the political landscape.
Stay fearless and apply those traits in your recovery.
It’s too bad that those responsible for this, the vexatious litigants, will never face the costs they should do.
As for the litigants not giving extra time, have they not dragged this on for years already?
The courts have different views.
[139] It is therefore apparent that the defendants took no heed whatsoever of the description provided by Lang J in his judgment of 18 May 2018 as to the pleading requirements for the defences of truth and honest opinion.
[140] By adopting this approach, the defendants have entirely failed to plead any facts and circumstances relied on to support their defences of truth and honest opinion.
[148] Although the effect of my rulings and judgments may appear harsh, this outcome underlines the importance of proper pleading and of compliance with procedural rules and timetable orders. In this case the defendants’ failure to comply with those requirements have resulted in them placing themselves in the situation in which they now find themselves.
A young person has successfully completed her 90 day work trial without issues ; now her employer (a small business owner) has stated that he will leave things as they are. No new contract and the young person is anxious that she can now lose the job for no valid reason. She has worked extra hours when asked and has had no negative feedback about her work / time keeping etc. She is also nervous about making a fuss in case that eventuates in dismissal.
It is entirely in perspective, and I would suggest that it is yours that is out of whack..
1930’s Germany had most ordinary people, mums and dads, in full support of Hitler and all his propaganda. They went about their lives ordinarily and considered their politics and views to be quite normal and not something out of the ordinary – just like these women do today.
1930’s Germany was not some raging torrent of extreme people – it was normal and peaceable, with people going about their lives and supporting the leader – just like these women are doing today in the US.
Exactly the same.
That is the scary thing – the very scary thing.
If you think about it.
And of course, Trump holds rallies. As did Hitler.
Hahaaaaaaaaaa. Reminds me of some one claiming a capital gains tax will do wonderful things when a CGT on its own will just withdraw money from the housing market. I mean these small men and there grand narratives. Hahahahaha.
Are you implying that we want as much money as we have invested in the housing market?
I can’t say I agree. It might be good if it was invested in new properties being built so it was actually producing something. Unfortunately the vast majority of it is tied up in old stock and does nothing but grow without producing anything.
Surely the economy would be far better off if this money was being invested in business.
Apart of withdrawing money from the property market through a capital gains tax is compensating those that have been adversely effected by high house prices. Meaning raising benefits. So long as a CGT is fixed and not subject to the whims of narcissistic MPs business people don’t really notice a CGT.
Don’t like that bit about 5 mins where the gentleman comments on the lack of expression on one of the women’s faces. Too subjective I think. Don’t guide people’s minds, let them hear the discourse and see the approach. Haven’t gone past about 5 mins so don’t know the rest.
Ideologues with targets are petty dictators when they get enough power. Auckland enforcing a 30km hour speed limit over whole city?
From Transport Blog: The Automobile Association supports 40 km/hr on most roads in Auckland’s city centre, and rejects Auckland Transport’s proposed 30 km/hr speed limits, on the basis that 40 has been successful in Melbourne. In response to this, I thought I’d do… … https://www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2019/02/27/melbournes-30-km-hr-speed-limit-trial/
Many bureaucrat bums often seem to be drawn away from pragmatic decisions and go for the theoretical; away from ‘What if’ thinking which takes in consequences, likely real-world results, to the ‘This will fix the problem, we’ll do it this way’!
Note: Looking up ideologue or idealogue which?
Ideologue from Cambridge English Dictionary:
ideologue definition: a person who believes very strongly in particular principles and tries to follow them carefully. Learn more.
and
ideologue from Merriam-“Webster dictionary:
Ideologue definition is – an often blindly partisan advocate or adherent of a … How to use
Quite different emphasis in these two meanings.
And idealogue:
idealogue is one given to fanciful ideas or theories, someone who theorizes.
from wikidiff
While cellular communications in millimeter wave (mmW) bands have been attracting significant research interest, their potential harmful impacts on human health are not as significantly studied.
Prior research on human exposure to radio frequency (RF) fields in a cellular communications system has been focused on uplink only due to the closer physical contact of a transmitter to a human body.
However, this paper claims the necessity of thorough investigation on human exposure to downlink RF fields, as cellular systems deployed in mmW bands will entail
(i) Deployment of more transmitters due to smaller cell size
(ii) Higher concentration of RF energy using a highly directional antenna
In this paper, we present human RF exposure levels in downlink of a Fifth Generation Wireless Systems (5G).
Our results show that 5G downlink RF fields generate significantly higher power density (PD) and specific absorption rate (SAR) than a current cellular system.
This paper also shows that SAR should also be taken into account for determining human RF exposure in the mmW downlink.
In the interaction of microwave radiation and human beings, the skin is traditionally considered as just an absorbing sponge stratum filled with water.
In previous works, we showed that this view is flawed when we demonstrated that the coiled portion of the sweat duct in upper skin layer is regarded as a helical antenna in the sub-THz band.
Experimentally we showed that the reflectance of the human skin in the sub-THz region depends on the intensity of perspiration, i.e. sweat duct’s conductivity, and correlates with levels of human stress (physical, mental and emotional).
Later on, we detected circular dichroism in the reflectance from the skin, a signature of the axial mode of a helical antenna.
In a recent work, we developed a unique simulation tool of human skin, taking into account the skin multi-layer structure together with the helical segment of the sweat duct embedded in it.
The presence of the sweat duct led to a high specific absorption rate (SAR) of the skin in extremely high frequency band.
In this paper, we summarize the physical evidence for this phenomenon and consider its implication for the future exploitation of the electromagnetic spectrum by wireless communication.
One must consider the implications of human immersion in the electromagnetic noise, caused by devices working at the very same frequencies as those, to which the sweat duct (as a helical antenna) is most attuned.
We are raising a warning flag against the unrestricted use of sub-THz technologies for communication, before the possible consequences for public health are explored.
Just wait until they turn the G all the way up to 11. We’ll be awash in hundreds of watts per square metre of radiation in the tens of terahertz bands …
It’s a useful pseudo-science tool for those with snake-oil for sale to make an alarmist argument about something that’s not really there and thereby line their pockets by hawking the “remedy”. So far all the links I’ve seen claiming harm from EMFs at the extremely low power levels used for communication show all the signs of being data-dredged bunk.
If it was just a matter of the gullible getting relieved of a little bit of petty cash, I wouldn’t really care. But all the scare stories are likely to cause significant nocebo effects.
Nocebo is basically placebo’s evil twin, where people are made to feel unwell by feeding them bullshit scare stories about genuinely harmless things that *could* be harming them.
Andre, you’re serving no purpose than further expose your low levels of understanding and disingenuous engagement..
Keep it up…
A comment you posted last week explicitly endorsed David Gorski…that you did comes as no surprise to me at all…you write the same style and use similar derogatory terms…
That’s your level…it is reflected in the juvinille name calling you repeatedly use in the comments that you post…
You are a very long way out of your league by openly stating the scientists to which I have been linking, the research currently available, and their collective requests for greater levels of research to be conducted in safety, while requesting governing bodies apply adherance to the precautionary approach regarding untested, weaponizable technology deployments…
That you seek to dismiss those medical professionals, scientists and researchers including their archives of work is an open window into your mind, and how you imagine yourself to be…
You clearly do not understand the technology, nor have you bothered to inform yourself outside what your links , comments and endorsements clearly affirm, is a narrow, highly toxic and ignorant vacuum…
It is the same old story, business comes up with these cracker ideas, profit ensues, therefore good idea, then public health is affected and the expensive claw back of safety begins.
Many voices from a myriad of professional backgrounds, are involved in seeking to expose the substantial risks to public health and the environmemt, posed by pulsed millimetre wave technology…
Now now Andre, respect the bold type, he must be right ! He has posted so many times now that I have taken to buying a tin foil lined outfit to wear at all times to protect me from nasty wifi radiation. I also put on sunscreen at night when I go outside if there is a full moon – you can’t be too careful !
Bazza64 You don’t agree with One Two. I believe that is your stance. Now shut up unless you want to produce some reliable source that refers to some fact about EMF.
Don’t let the small, closed minds get to you…it’s their problem to figure out and live with…
They have shown no interest in contributing at a level above name calling…
VV, 9.1.2.2 appears to endorse the position of ignorant, uninformed and misinformed…perhaps vv was joking…bit strange…something else behind that comment, perhaps…
What such comments do offer, is a micro view into how, necessary discussions are possible to be sidelined and completely avoided in the mainstream…
I have already posted rebuttals to One Two’s articles. But it’s a bit like engaging with flat earthers. You show them evidence but they ignore it because they are smarter than everyone else.
What’s not in debate is the enormous (actually, enormous is far too small a word for it; it’s approximately a 1,000,000,000,000,000,000-fold) increase in exposure to anthropogenic electromagnetic radiation in the last 70 years or so – hopefully everyone can agree on that, and that this exposure will continue to increase.
What’s in debate is the effect of that increased EMF exposure on biological ‘systems’ (humans et al.)
Respect both Bazza64’s and One Two’s positions – IMHO the experiment is still in progress and the evidence won’t be in for a few generations. After all, even in the developed world Smartphones/WiFi etc. have only been in widespread public use for maybe 20 years (this is a guess, so happy to be corrected).
I hope Bazza64 is correct (exposure to anthropogenic EMFs is harmless), but unlike Bazza64 I don’t know this yet, and to be honest it seems illogical to be so certain. But I do understand the importance of believing that these EMFs are 100% safe.
I’ve ordered one but it hasn’t yet arrived – where did you get yours from?
Great idea about sunscreen at night for full moons – perhaps we should post that on the How to Get There post next Sunday. Grey only likes positive things that people can do to look after themselves and others, so should fit the criteria.
Obviously all the scientific facts/links that have been produced here over the last few weeks by yourself and Andre have flown over the top of the heads of many here. LOL
I wonder if Junker see’s himself as a julius Caesar figure?
Though the Brits don’t take kindly to Despots do they…he should probably avoid the UK rather than risk meeting up with a bunch of embittered UKIPers and Tory/labour rebels and meeting the same fate as poor old Charles I.
The process is opening up tribal fissures previously concealed by imperial interests.
Junkers strategy is sound. I’m waiting for a Celtic application to join the EU … but it may take a while.
Waikato farm pollution – company had five Fonterra farms. I wonder about the types of farmers who don’t ‘play the game’. How many stubborn old NZ blots and how many of those tip-toeing over their numerous paddocks to keep their expensive shoes clean from overseas, or lateish immigrants?
The reason the US can use humanitarian aid to apply pressure is because the Chavista regime has run down the country so badly that it has millions requiring humanitarian assistance.
I’m well to the left of you Gosman but like you I can’t understand why everyone just points the finger immediately at the US ignoring all the horrible realities of just how bad the Venezuelan government have fucked things up
I think it is because it shakes certain people’s faith in their core beliefs. As such it means they can’t accept that the people they thought were meant to represent their political views are messing up so they look to place the blame elsewhere.
I admire someone like yourself who can acknowledge that a left wing government can mess up really badly. I know you aren’t likely going to change your views politics wise but at least you aren’t so one-eyed you excuse brutality and incompetence.
Take a good look in the mirror Gosman – you’re supporting the toppling of a regime by a US backed fascist puppet – nothing unusual for you, or for them.
There is ZERO evidence that Gaido is a fascist let alone a puppet. What he certainly isn’t is a leader who has caused the deaths of tens of thousands of Venezuelans through economic incompetence and mismanagement not to forget brutal State oppression of those who oppose him.
““The U.S. government has to walk this very delicate, difficult line in which on the one hand they’re trying to threaten military intervention convincingly enough to scare the Venezuelan military into removing Maduro,”
Just who the fuck does Gaido think he is, trying to take power at the head of a foreign military intervention?
Illegally taking power in this fashion is a fascist hallmark – did you think we had forgotten?
Many nations have had leaders installed after a military invasion that were not fascist. I believe the US reinstalled Baptiste Aristide in Haitit in such a manner. Was he a fascist?
However that is irrelevant in that the threat of an invasion is being used to apply pressure. The chance of an invasion is miniscule.
The threat of invasion is substantial – the US is always invading other countries, especially those with an abundance of resources.
Now that the US have a quisling available in the form of Guaido, all they need is the presidential tweet to go ahead.
Even your Wharton article notes however, that US forced regime changes in South America generally make things worse.
The best thing would be for the US and Guaido to fuck off, and let the government get on with its job, ideally assisted by neighbouring countries, the UN and the Red Cross or MSF. The US won’t let that happen however, they’ve been fomenting this mischief for decades in the hopes of creating this very kind of excuse to invade.
Of course the US invades/is involved militarily with lots of countries. They are the World’s main super power. It would be unusual if they didn’t get involved militarily in other nations. That doesn’t mean they will invade Venezuela nor does it mean they only get involved in nations where there is some sort of economic benefit to them.
Unhappily, you have to go back some way to find a US intervention carried out with honorable motives, and further still to find one that succeeded in them. The last unequivocal one was Korea – where they really were welcome, and they did indeed change the situation for the better. Even that outcome was still tainted by the hunting of groups in Jeju-do, bombing refugees of all descriptions, and loading base costs onto a country that at the time was poorer than Somalia.
The illegal Iraq invasion, from which the supposed democrats neglected to resile, was nothing more or less than a resource grab. Venezuela, possessing more oil than even Iraq is in the gun for similar treatment. Perhaps you repose some hope that Trump’s ethics will keep him from invading Venezuela? If so you are likely to be disappointed.
The moral case for invasion that could exist, and might have under a less venal and self-serving administration does not exist here – Maduro is probably both more competent and less personally corrupt than Trump – that bar is pretty goddamn low.
Pretty sure what they did in Croatia, Bosnia, and Kosovo did not benefit the US greatly and lead to a massive change in relation to the security situation in that area of the World.
@Gosman well of course Bosnia was better than most US actions – the UN & NATO were there to temper their aggression and contain their extreme rightwing nutjobbery. And the fighting was real, not US instigated in hopes of creating a casus belli.
You need a better example than that to sanitize invading Venezuela.
I’m not santising anything here . I wouldn’t approve of a U.S. military intervention in Venezuela. I think the US can provide support for a transition to a democratic Venezuela by non violent means.
By threatening the military with invasion in hopes they remove Maduro? Face it, the US is not competent to manage the affairs of Venezuela. Better leave it to the locals, who of course will not choose US pawns or puppets.
This whole crisis is of US instigation – take their badfinger out and things will be able to improve.
Americas concern for Venezuelans is heartwarming…but if feeding the poor and supporting the folk of other Nations is their goal there are a few places they should help out first..there is a reason Red Cross and the UN want nothing to do with this ‘aid’.
Pilger has well and truly jumped the shark in relation to being a serious journalist. He is now an apologist for any regime that is anti-American/Capitalist.
This film was produced quite some time ago. I imagine you haven’t seen it – or you wouldn’t be quite so ready to make those ill-informed comments about Venezuela that characterize your current pathology.
Personally I have not taken sides, I just believe Venezuelans should be able to decide their own future and destiny, without aggressive outside influence.
Unlike Gosman who has never seen an US intervention that hasn’t given him a hard on.
i believe I have actually stated that I think military intervention by the US in Venezuela would not be useful so you have nothing to back up that claim against me.
But you just moaned about the attempted smuggling designed as aid over the weekend, and poo pooed the Venezuelan government for stopping the illegal importation of arms.
I like your attempt at spin. Aid is coming into Venezuela from all over the world, none of which is not being stopped. The exception was from the US – because it is not aid – it is an attempt to start a war.
Probably didn’t say some very smart things about some of the Labour Party Women, everyone knows however there was no need to be derogatory towards them especially when discussing people’s sexual preferences.
We are now living in the Modern World where anything goes depending what you like under the bed covers, different strokes for different folks. Just look what the National Party MP’s get up to in Wellington, JLR and the girl from down South.
Everything doesn’t go. There are some barriers, lines in the sand. Possibly they fear that they will be curvy ones for John T. Phil needs a second term I think. What do Auckland lefties think of him?
Chris Whelan says rankings are influential tools. “International education is New Zealand’s fourth largest export earner, and rankings strongly influence decisions being made by students, as well as countries, top researchers and research institutes about who they will, or won’t, study or work with.”
“Students in Australia are funded at around 27% more per student than those in New Zealand; students in Canada 60% more; in the UK 73% more; and in the US around 97% more. This is why New Zealand is slipping behind other countries in the rankings and struggling to maintain quality overall.”
Education is a business. The best strategy for more generous funding is to show what a nice ‘little’ earner it is. The model is stuffed.
It is the same old story, business comes up with these cracker ideas, profit ensues, therefore good idea, then public health is affected and the expensive claw back of safety begins.
Latest rumour I heard in the Pub last week, Baby Nat may be joining NZF, mind you I heard that from an NZF supporter, don’t know whether Winston would approve after the unkind words Baby Nat has said about him.
Hope the AAAP take this refusal to the Ombudsman. Advice to government surely can’t be a defence to withholding it in this case. The report is research, not advice, so should be released.
Spin and lies. Sheesh any chance you could stop with that ah Gossy? You know the opposition have been in power for two years, and what have they done to fix the economy – nothing. All they have done is blame the president. What a bunch of silly little two year olds.
Reminded me of Tauranga and Rena. Stuck on reef. Spilling destroying. Does anyone on the Right get the connection with one of the reasons for not drilling for oil in our sea and fishing area? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rena_oil_spill
And I guess we are going to help the Solomons – they have a hard time recovering from blow after blow.
Don’t let senior Nat MPs near taxation figures or the directorship of companies, digging for swamp kauri, trade deals with desert dwelling sheep farmers, flag referenda, or stairwells and airport doorways.
Incompetent. Reckless. Shonky. Out of touch. Bullies. Entitled twits.
This putting down of tangata whenua O aotearoa /supperssion is state sponsored it is put on TV morning and night. All the bad stats about the smallest % of Maori doing dumb shit. I say even there dumb actions are state sponsored to give the neanderthals who actually run the state more fuel to shit on Maoris mana.
Do these state people who push/pay for all the bad news into the MEDIA that is mostly about MAORI care that there ACTIONS are hurting OUR mokopunas MANA AND WAIRUA NO there brains are wire BIG EGOS they are selfcentered fools who only care about there hold on power CAN NOT HAVE the supperssion they have had running against Maori eroded away by a——— To late fools all your opperssion of the last 150 years is being blown away by ————– so stop this foolish game and lets build a happy healthy equaly socioty for all. You Can Not Stop Maoris Getting Our Mana Back
Kids report racism, bullying and violence prevalent themes in life
A new report has found that the majority of Kiwi kids are flourishing- but some still face significant challenges.
As part of “What Makes A Good Life?”, more than 6000 young people described their experiences growing up in New Zealand.
More than 90 percent of respondents said they lived in a warm dry home and more than 70 percent said they felt respected and valued.
One rangatahi from Auckland recalled how people at their school often joked about Māori prison and drug rates.
This was echoed by another respondent who said Māori were often the target of negative and harmful stereotypes.
“Crackheads, drug dealers, crime, Black Power, domestic violence, hood rats, window washers, pōhara, hori, gangs, alcoholic parents.”
Young people in state care reported dealing with similar problems.
One 16-year-old girl spoke of how she had been stigmatised at school because of her situation.
“Something I always have to deal with at school is the stigma. When people find out you’re a foster kid they’re like ‘oh you’re an orphan, whose house did you burn
down.”
Those under the Youth Justice System said they felt they had been “written off” by the adults in their lives.
Personal finances were also a strong talking point – with respondents noting that while money wasn’t everything, it was a necessary part of life
One young person from Dunedin said a good life to them looked like “having enough for the basics, plus a little bit more”.
Young women in particular mentioned how the price of products like pads and tampons could sometimes prove too high.
Last year, a survey of 5000 women by the charity KidsCan found that nearly a third of respondents struggled with period poverty.
Ka kite ano links below
I say not enough is being dune to correct the wrongs served up to Tangata Whenua the state still feed US what drips off there plates 0.3% . They spent more on locking us up over six years than what has been spent on the whole Treaty OF Waitangi settlments you see they don,t want to give Maori to much power just lip service the state servants who stay in power when goverments change that is were the real control on NZ policy lies neanderthal bigots the are.
But Its is better to have a goverment in power that respects the lower classes that one that serves the wealthy like the last ones in power as 97% of Maori are poor .
Owen Sinclair: Fighting the racism in our health system
. I have a Māori father and a Pākehā mother, but I didn’t meet my father until I was in my early 20s. I grew up in West Auckland with my mother, so I was raised by my Pākehā family. We were pretty poor, but we had a very loving household.
My grandparents actually lived, at that stage, on Waiheke Island. That was before it was the glamorous, rich suburb of Auckland it is now. I spent a lot of my holidays and childhood running around there. It was a pretty privileged upbringing when I look at it. I didn’t have much money, but I had a fishing rod and a bike and all that sort of stuff.
When I was about 10, I went to Dilworth School in Auckland. It’s a boarding school, and you had to be poor and have just one parent to go there.
My iwi is Te Rarawa. I think I was about 18 or 19, maybe a bit younger than that, when I decided I wanted to get in touch with my Māori whānau. It just seemed to be the right thing to do at the time.
ince meeting my father, I’ve had very regular contact with him. I’m not the oldest. There are a few younger than me. I know them quite well. Interestingly, I’ve just got in contact with a half-sibling who I’d never met before.
So that’s how it went. It was an amazing journey for me. It put all the pieces in place in my life. I know where my marae is. I can recite my whakapapa, and I have regular contact with my Māori family, although I never grew up with them.
My father’s name is Owen Tatana. He was married once, and he named his son, from that marriage, Owen. It’s funny when we’re all in the same room and the phone goes and they say: “Is Owen here?” Or when we go on the marae together and it’s Owen, Owen and Owen.
I left school with pretty good grades and became an engineering cadet. I did that for a while and then did an engineering degree. But I didn’t really like that. I was made redundant, but I’d already decided that I was going to become a doctor — or try to become a doctor.
I was able to get into medical school under the Māori and Pacific entry scheme. And, after I was qualified, I decided to become a paediatrician.
I’m currently working in Waitākere Hospital as a general paediatrician. There are only six Māori paediatricians in New Zealand. We’re all pretty busy. We don’t have a network or anything, but we all sort of know each other.
I also give lectures on Māori health to fifth-year medical students at Auckland University.
It’s hard to work out what to do to help Māori when you first become a doctor, and even in my job now. We’re quite reactive, for want of a better word. We tend to sit in hospital and wait for people to come to us.
It was on pertussis, which is whooping cough — and it identified a mass of inequalities between Māori and non-Māori.
Māori rates of pertussis are 1.6 to 2.6 times higher than non-Māori. Specific data for Māori has been recorded only since 1989, and over that period, Māori have always had higher rates.
In my thesis, I tried to identify all of the reasons for why that should be — which is related to the system, poverty, and care, and all that sort of stuff.
The inequality in pertussis is actually related to all of the inequalities in New Zealand society that Māori have. So it’s everywhere.
I’m trying, through a number of mechanisms, to work out a way forward to raise the awareness of Māori health and equality. I think everyone knows about the inequalities, but it’s what do you do about it that matters.
The inequalities in our health system are well documented. So are the historical contributions to that inequality. But more of us need to understand why Māori and Pasifika — in fact, any people who are doing it tough financially — seem to be less well-served by our medical system than others in different demographics around the country.
You gave a speech last November at the NZ Anaesthesia Annual Scientific Meeting in Auckland, about how systemic racism is to blame for our glaring health inequalities.
How hard is it to get that message across? Even using the racism word, as you did in your speech, can be challenging. I’m not uncomfortable with the word, but others seem to be. What’s been the reaction and in what context were you using the r-word?
You do have to be a little bit careful in using that. When I give this talk, I don’t use the word “racism” until near the end of the presentation
KA KITE ANO links below
P.S OUR TIME WILL COME SOON but don,t threat Pakiha we looked after you.
Like when you were sold a bunch of lies from the NZ Company and landed here from Britain ripped off and no land so we will treat you correctly once again https://e-tangata.co.nz/korero/owen-sinclair-fighting-the-racism-in-our-health-system/
Eco Maori Has more morals in my little finger than the entire injustice system of NZ will let you know later what has gone down. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YNg4Myw-io
It only takes 1.5 degrees over the human temperature max a fine ballance that being alive than that ballance tips into death
Humans are frogs in hot water of climate change, research says
CNN)The extreme weather that comes with climate change is becoming the new normal, so normal that people aren’t talking about it as much — and that could make them less motivated to take steps to fight global warming, according to new research.
Researchers analyzed more than 2 billion social media posts between 2014 and 2016. What they found was that, when temperatures were unusual for a particular time of year, people would comment on it at first. But if the temperature trend continued and there were unusual temperatures again at that time the following year, people stopped commenting as much.
Dianne Feinstein’s climate change discussion with schoolchildren gets heated
The authors of the study, published in Monday’s Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, believe that this is a sign that because of memory limitations and their own expectations and biases, humans may not be the best judges of temperature change. The experience of weather in recent years, rather than over longer historical periods, determines the baseline that people use to evaluate the current weather.
It’s the “boiling frog” effect, an urban legend about an experiment that involves putting a frog in a pot of boiling water, where it quickly jumps out. But if it’s put in a pot of tepid water on a stove and the heat is gradually increased, the frog will stay in the pot until it dies, because it doesn’t feel a difference until it’s too late.
In other words, people may not recognize the signs of human-caused climate change until it’s too late.
“I think it is quite surprising how quickly the effect of these temperatures decline,” said study co-author Frances Moore, an assistant professor in the Department of Environmental Science and Policy at the University of California, Davis.
Moore said she doesn’t think people are adapting to e extremes. They’re still “pretty miserable” in extreme heat or extreme cold, but they stop talking about it on social media, and that’s a concern.
‘Extinction crisis’ threatening global food supply, UN report warns
“People will be worse off if they stop talking about it,” Moore said. “People’s memories are short, compared to the time scale of climate change. We need to be aware of the disconnect when we communicate about climate change.”
The disconnect could be bad news for those who want to motivate leaders to do something about it. Officials could also be adjusting to the “new normal” and not feel the urgency needed to create policies necessary to stop what’s causing climate change.
“This is a very interesting paper and an interesting approach,” said John Cook, a research assistant professor at the Center for Climate Change Communication at George Mason University, who researches cognitive science but who was not involved in the new research.
He doesn’t believe that the study’s conclusion is wrong, but he says it conflicts with the data his colleagues have been collecting.
Surveys from the center have found a growing awareness and concern about climate change and the climate change people are seeing in their own communities.
Ka kite ano links below
Kia ora Newshub There you go cowboys in Christchurch I would never live down there. There you go te civil servant have more power than the government .
I have given Eco Maoris opinion on the injustice system many times it takes care of its own.
Fires in Tasman Paddy nice Orchard down there I no some other places that would grow good fruit and vegetables. What about vehicles muffler sparks Paddy that could have started the fire .
I say a fireworks ban is needed especially with the dryest hottest environment on record just te boys toys scare the shit out of children and animals and causes a lot of fires.
I have done a bit of studying on Korean culture quite interesting.
Yes beauti cosmetics needs to be regulated some people don’t have the skills to navigate the snake oil sellers. It is shown with people being fooled into believing the climate change denier lies and voting for someone who is actually kick them in the ASS sheep I say very vulnerable it’s the government job to protect te tangata
That’s a big mess the train crash in Egypt some people have no control of their emotions. Its cool that Christchurch gets more funding for mental health its needs the extra money $79 million for mental health treatments after the earthquakes and what has been going down there.
That was cool the smallest baby boy born ever to live leaves te hospital Ka pai.
Ka kite ano
Kia ora James and Mulls from The Crowd Goes Wild. Mulls you wish he was your grandad te great golfer. Te mullet have to join the Duncan on the Rock radio station.
Mulls you love your basketball I quite enjoyed watching basketball.
Anna I love sailing anything to do with Tangaroa and Awa not fly fishing tho.
It a bit harder having a interaction with a sports show when Eco Maori can not comment about our sports Stars as some unusual phenomenon happens Ka kite ano P.S te Mokopunas are a handful
I reckon you’d be good as a character on a TV series about local life in Rawene or Kohukohu. It would be a bitter comedy featuring life on ground in modern Hokianga and a story of where New Zealand is headed in the very place where two peoples met.
Your comments here are writing the lines for your character.
The coalition party agreements are mainly about returning to 2017 when National lost power. They show commonalities but also some serious divergencies.The two coalition agreements – one National and ACT, the other National and New Zealand First – are more than policy documents. They also describe the processes of the ...
First QuestionYou’re going to crack down on people ram-raiding dairies, because you say hard-working dairy owners shouldn’t have to worry about getting ram-raided.But once the chemist shops have pseudoephedrine in them again, they're going to get ram-raided all the time. Do chemists not work as hard as dairy owners?Second QuestionYou ...
First QuestionYou’re going to crack down on people ram-raiding dairies, because you say hard-working dairy owners shouldn’t have to worry about getting ram-raided.But once the chemist shops have pseudoephedrine in them again, they're going to get ram-raided all the time. Do chemists not work as hard as dairy owners?Second QuestionYou ...
Henry Kissinger is finally dead. Good fucking riddance. While Americans loved him, he was a war criminal, responsible for most of the atrocities of the final quarter of the twentieth century. Cambodia. Bangladesh. Chile. East Timor. All Kissinger. Because of these crimes, Americans revere him as a "statesman" (which says ...
Buzz from the Beehive Yes, ministers in the new government are delivering speeches and releasing press statements. But the message on the government’s official website was the same as it has been for the past several days, when Point of Order went looking for news from the Beehive that had ...
David Farrar writes – 1 News reports: Christopher Luxon says he was told by some Kiwis on the campaign trail they “didn’t know” the difference between Waka Kotahi, Te Pūkenga and Te Whatu Ora. Speaking to Breakfast, the incoming prime minister said having English first on government agencies will “make sure” ...
There are fears that mooted changes to building consent liability could end up driving the building industry into an uninsured hole. Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The KākāTL;DR: Here’s my pick of the top 10 news and analysis links elsewhere as of 10 am on Thursday, November 30, including:The new Government’s ...
Well that didn’t last long, did it? Mere days after taking on what he called the “awesome responsibility” of being Prime Minister, M Christopher Luxon has started blaming everyone else, and complaining that he has inherited “economic vandalism on an unprecedented scale” – which is how most of us are ...
The first I knew of the news about Tory Whanau was when a tweet came up in my feed.The sort of tweet that makes you question humanity, or at least why you bother with Twitter. Which is increasingly a cesspit of vile inhabitants who lurk spreading negativity, hate, and every ...
Cable Cars, Gondolas, Ropeways and Aerial Trams are all names for essentially the same technology and the world’s biggest maker of them are here to sell them as an public transport solution. Stuff reports: Austrian cable car company Doppelmayr has launched its case for adding aerial cable cars to New ...
Hi,It’s been awhile since I’ve done an Ask-Me-Anything on here, so today’s the day. Ask anything you like in the comments section, and I’ll be checking in today and tomorrow to answer.Leave a commentNext week I’ll be giving away a bunch of these Mister Organ blu-rays for readers in New ...
The cost of living grind continues, and the economic and inflation honeymoon is over before it began. Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The KākāTL;DR:PM Christopher Luxon unveiled his 100 day plan yesterday with an avowed focus of reducing cost-of-living pressures, but his Government’s initial moves and promises are actually elevating ...
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has confirmed that it will be back to the future on planning legislation. This will be just one of a number of moves which will see the new government go backwards as it repeals and cost-cuts its way into power. They will completely repeal one ...
As the new government settles into the Beehive, expectations are high that it can sort out some of the economic issues confronting New Zealand. It may take time for some new ministers to get to grips with the range of their portfolio work and responsibilities before they can launch the changes that ...
TV3 political editor Jenna Lynch was among the corps of political reporters who bridled, when Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters told them what he thinks of them (which is not much). She was unabashed about letting her audience know she had bridled. More usefully, she drew attention to something which ...
I have a clear memory of every election since 1969 in this plucky little nation of ours. I swear I cannot recall a single one where the question being asked repeatedly in the first week of the new government was: how long do you reckon they’ll last? And that includes all ...
Who’s At The Wheel? The electorate’s message, as aggregated in the polling booths on 14 October, turned out to be a conservative political agenda stronger than anything New Zealand has seen in five decades. In 1975, Bill Rowling was run over by just one bus, with Rob Muldoon at the wheel. In 2023, ...
The fear and loathing among legacy journalists is astonishingGraham Adams writes – No one is going to die wondering how some of the nation’s most influential journalists personally view the new National-led government. It has become abundantly clear within a few days of the coalition agreements ...
TL;DR: Here’s my pick of top 10 news links elsewhere for Wednesday November 29, including:The early return of interest deductibility for landlords could see rebates paid on previous taxes and the cost increase to $3 billion from National’s initial estimate of $2.1 billion, CTU Economist Craig Renney estimated here last ...
The day after being sworn in the new cabinet met yesterday, to enjoy their honeymoon phase. You remember, that period after a new government takes power where the country, and the media, are optimistic about them, because they haven’t had a chance to stuff anything about yet.Sadly the nuptials complete ...
Wellington Council hoardings proclaim its preparations for population growth, but around the country councils are putting things on hold in the absence of clear funding pathways for infrastructure, and despite exploding migrant numbers. Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The KākāTL;DR: Cabinet meets in earnest today to consider the new Government’s 100-day ...
Though New Zealand First may have had ambitions to run the infrastructure portfolios, National would seem to have ended up firmly in control of them. POLITIK has obtained a private memo to members of Infrastructure NZ yesterday, which shows that the peak organisation for infrastructure sees National MPs Chris ...
On February 14, 2023 we announced our Rebuttal Update Project. This included an ask for feedback about the added "At a glance" section in the updated basic rebuttal versions. This weekly blog post series highlights this new section of one of the updated basic rebuttal versions and serves as a ...
Who’s At The Wheel? The electorate’s message, as aggregated in the polling booths on 14 October, turned out to be a conservative political agenda stronger than anything New Zealand has seen in five decades. In 1975, Bill Rowling was run over by just one bus, with Rob Muldoon at the wheel. In ...
Cheers to reader Deane for this quote from Breakfast TV today:Chloe Swarbrick to Brook van Velden re the coalition agreement: “... an unhinged grab-bag of hot takes from your drunk uncle at Christmas”Cheers also to actual Prime Minister of a country Christopher Luxon for dorking up his swearing-in vows.But that's enough ...
Cheers to reader Deane for this quote from Breakfast TV today:Chloe Swarbrick to Brook van Velden re the coalition agreement: “... an unhinged grab-bag of hot takes from your drunk uncle at Christmas”Cheers also to actual Prime Minister of a country Christopher Luxon for dorking up his swearing-in vows.But that's enough ...
One of the big underlying problems in our political system is the prevalence of short-term thinking, most usually seen in the periodic massive infrastructure failures at a local government level caused by them skimping on maintenance to Keep Rates Low. But the new government has given us a new example, ...
New Zealand has a chance to rise again. Under the previous government, the number of New Zealanders below the poverty line was increasing year by year. The Luxon-led government must reverse that trend – and set about stabilising the pillars of the economy. After the mismanagement of the outgoing government created huge ...
Two articles by Karl du Fresne bring media coverage of the new government into considerations. He writes – Tuesday, November 28, 2023The left-wing media needed a line of attack, and they found one The left-wing media pack wasted no time identifying the new government’s weakest point. Seething over ...
The work beginsPhilip Crump wrote this article ahead of the new government being sworn in yesterday – Later today the new National-led coalition government will be sworn in, and the hard work begins. At the core of government will be three men – each a leader ...
As everyone who watches television or is on the mailing list for any of our major stores will confirm, “Black Friday” has become the longest running commercial extravaganza and celebration in our history. Although its origins are obscure (presumably dreamt up by American salesmen a few years ago), it has ...
Yesterday the Ministers in the next government were sworn in by our Governor General. A day of tradition and ceremony, of decorum and respect. Usually.But yesterday Winston Peters, the incoming Deputy Prime Minister, and Foreign Minister, of our nation used it, as he did with the signing of the coalition ...
Nicola Willis’ first move was ‘spilling the tea’ on what she called the ‘sobering’ state of the nation’s books, but she had better be able to back that up in the HYEFU. Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The KākāTL;DR: Here’s my pick of top 10 news links elsewhere at 10 am ...
Yesterday Auckland Transport were celebrating, as the most recent Sunday was the busiest Sunday they’ve ever had. That’s a great outcome and I’m sure the ...
Nicola Willis (in blue) at the signing of the coalition agreement, before being sworn in as both Finance Minister and Social Investment Minister. National’s plan to unwind anti-smoking measures will benefit her in the first role, but how does it stack up from a social investment viewpoint? Photo: Lynn Grieveson ...
For the first time "in history" we decided to jump on the "Giving Tuesday" bandwagon in order to make you aware of the options you have to contribute to our work! Projects supported by Skeptical Science Inc. Skeptical ScienceSkeptical Science is an all-volunteer organization but ...
Let’s say it’s 1984,and there's a dreary little nation at the bottom of the Pacific whose name rhymes with New Zealand,and they've just had an election.Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, will you look at the state of these books we’ve opened,cries the incoming government, will you look at all this mountain ...
Wellington is braced for a “massive impact’ from the new government’s cutting public service jobs, The Post somewhat grimly reported today. Expectations of an economic and social jolt are based on the National-Act coalition agreement to cut public service numbers in each government agency in a cost-trimming exercise “informed by” head ...
One of the threats in the National - ACT - NZ First coalition agreements was to extend the term of Parliament to four years, reducing our opportunities to throw a bad government out. The justification? Apparently, the government thinks "elections are expensive". This is the stupidest of stupid reasons for ...
Buzz from the Beehive The new government was being sworn in, at time of writing , and when Point of Order checked the Beehive website for the latest ministerial statements and re-visit some of the old ones we drew a blank. We found …. Nowt. Nothing. Zilch. Not a ...
Michael Bassett writes – Like most people, I was getting heartily sick of all the time being wasted over the coalition negotiations. During the first three weeks Winston grinned like a Cheshire cat, certain he’d be needed; Chris Luxon wasted time in lifting the phone to Winston ...
The Prime Minister elect had his silver fern badge on. He wore it to remind viewers he was supporting New Zealand, that was his team. Despite the fact it made him look like a concierge, or a welcomer in a Koru lounge. Anna Burns-Francis, the Breakfast presenter, asked if he ...
Lindsay Mitchell writes – A hugely significant gain for ACT is somewhat camouflaged by legislative jargon. Under the heading ‘Oranga Tamariki’ ACT’s coalition agreement contains the following item: Remove Section 7AA from the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989 According to Oranga Tamariki: “Section ...
A previous column looked at Winston Peters biographically. This one takes a closer look at his record as a minister, especially his policy record.Brian Easton writes – 1990-1991: Minister of Māori Affairs. Few remember Ka Awatea as a major document on the future of Māori policy; there is ...
Is COP28 largely smoke and mirrors and a plan so cunning, you could pin a tail on it and call it a weasel? Photo: Getty ImagesTL;DR: COP28 kicks off on November 30 and up for negotiation are issues like the role of fossil fuels in the energy transition, contributions to ...
PM Elect Christopher Luxon was challenged this morning on whether he would sack Adrian Orr and Andrew Coster.TL;DR: Here’s my pick of top 10 news links elsewhere at 10 am on Monday November 27, including:Signs councils are putting planning and capital spending on hold, given a lack of clear guidance ...
This column expands on a Werewolf column published by Scoop on FridayRoutinely, Winston Peters is described as the kingmaker who gets to decide when the centre right or the centre-left has a turn at running this country. He also plays a less heralded but equally important role as the ...
Last Friday, almost six weeks after election day, National finally came to an agreement with ACT and NZ First to form a government. They also released the agreements between each party and looking through them, here are the things I thought were the most interesting (and often concerning) from the. ...
Maori and Pasifika smoking rates are already over twice the ‘all adult’ rate. Now the revenue that generates will be used to fund National’s tax cuts. Photo: Getty ImagesTL;DR: The devil is always in the detail and it emerged over the weekend from the guts of the policy agreements National ...
Perhaps the biggest change that will come to the Beehive as the new government settles in will be a fundamental culture change. The era of endless consultation will be over. This looks like a government that knows what it wants to do, and that means it knows what outcomes ...
So what do you think of the coalition’s decision to cancel Smokefree measures intended to stop young people, including an over representation of Māori, from taking up smoking? Enabling them to use the tax revenue to give other people a tax cut?David Cormack summed it up well:It seems not only ...
A chronological listing of news and opinion articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week: Sun, Nov 19, 2023 thru Sat, Nov 25, 2023. Story of the Week World stands on frontline of disaster at Cop28, says UN climate chiefExclusive: Simon Stiell says leaders must ‘stop ...
On announcement morning my mate texted:Typical of this cut-price, fake-deal government to announce itself on Black Friday.What a deal. We lose Kim Hill, we gain an empty, jargonising prime minister, a belligerent conspiracist, and a heartless Ayn Rand fanboy. One door closes, another gets slammed repeatedly in your face.It seems pretty ...
Buzz from the Beehive Having found no fresh announcements on the government’s official website,Point of Order turned today to Scoop’sLatest Parliament Headlines for its buzz. This provided us with evidence that the Māori Party has been soured by the the coalition agreement announced yesterday by the new PM. “Soured” ...
Yesterday the trio that will lead our country unveiled their vision for New Zealand.Seymour looking surprisingly statesmanlike, refusing to rise to barbs about his previous comments on Winston Peters. Almost as if they had just been slapstick for the crowd.Winston was mostly focussed on settling scores with the media, making ...
Hi,Thanks for getting amongst Mister Organ on digital — thanks to you, we hit the #1 doc spot on iTunes this week. This response goes a long way to helping us break even.I feel good about that. Other things — not so much.New Zealand finally has a new government, and ...
Hello! Here comes the Saturday edition of More Than A Feilding, catching you up on the past week’s editions.Also in More Than A FeildingFriday The unboxing And so this is Friday and what have we gone and done to ourselves?In the same way that a Christmas present can look lovely under the ...
“And there’ll be no shortage of ‘events’ to test Luxon’s political skills. David Seymour wants a referendum on the Treaty. Winston wants a Royal Commission of Inquiry into Labour’s handling of the Covid crisis. Talk about cans of worms!”LAURIE AND LES were very fond of their local. It was nothing ...
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Misinformation is debated everywhere and has justifiably sparked concerns. It can polarise the public, reduce health-protective behaviours such as mask wearing and vaccination, and erode trust in science. Much of misinformation is spread not ...
A previous column looked at Winston Peters biographically. This one takes a closer look at his record as a minister, especially his policy record.1990-1991: Minister of Māori Affairs. Few remember Ka Awatea as a major document on the future of Māori policy; there is not even an entry in Wikipedia. ...
So New Zealand has a brand-spanking new right-wing government. Not just any new government either. A formal majority coalition, of the sort last seen in 1996-1998 (our governmental arrangements for the past quarter of a century have been varying flavours of minority coalition or single-party minority, with great emphasis ...
And so this is Friday and what have we gone and done to ourselves?In the same way that a Christmas present can look lovely under the tree with its gold ribbon but can turn out to be nothing more than a big box holding a voucher for socks, so it ...
So, after weeks of negotiations, we finally have a government, with a three-party cabinet and a time-sharing deputy PM arrangement. Newsroom's Marc Daalder has put the various coalition documents online, and I've been reading through them. A few things stand out: Luxon doesn't want to do any work, ...
Nothing says strong and stable like having your government announcement delayed by a day because one of your deputies wants to remind everyone, but mostly you, who wears the trousers. It was all a bit embarrassing yesterday with the parties descending on Wellington before pulling out of proceedings. There are ...
Winston Peters will be Deputy PM for the first half of the Coalition Government’s three-year term, with David Seymour being Deputy PM for the second half. Photo montage by Lynn Grieveson for The KākāTL;DR:PM-Elect Christopher Luxon has announced the formation of a joint National-ACT-NZ First coalition Government with a ...
THERE ARE SOME SONGS that seem to come from a place that is at once in and out of the world. Written by men and women who, for a brief moment, are granted access to that strange, collective compendium of human experience that comes from, and belongs to, all the ...
It’s Friday again! Maybe today we’ll finally have a government again. Roll into the weekend with some of the articles that caught our attention this week. And as always, feel free to add your links and observations in the comments. This Week in Greater Auckland On Monday Matt ...
The COP28 countdown is on. Over 100 world leaders are expected to attend this year’s UN Climate Change Conference in in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which starts next Thursday. Among the VIPs confirmed for the Dubai summit are the UK’s Rishi Sunak and Brazil’s Lula da Silva – along ...
Luxon was no doubt relieved to be able to announce a coalition agreement has been reached, but we still have to wait to hear the detail. Photo: Lynn Grieveson / Getty ImagesTL;DR: The five things that mattered in Aotearoa’s political economy that we wrote and spoke about via The Kākā ...
Keeping The Past Alive: The durability of Commando comics testifies to the extended nature of the generational passing down of the images, music, and ideology of the Second World War. It has remained fixed in the Baby Boomers’ consciousness as “The Good War”: the conflict in which, to a far ...
Open access notables How warped are we by fossil fuel dependency? Despite Russia's invasion of Ukraine, 35-40 million cubic meters per day of Russian natural gas are piped across Ukraine for European consumption every single day, right now. In order to secure European cooperation against Russian aggression, Ukraine must help to ...
By scrapping Aotearoa’s world-leading smokefree laws, this government is sacrificing Māori lives to fund tax cuts for the wealthy. Not only is this plan revolting, but it doesn’t add up. Treasury has estimated that the reversal of smokefree laws to pay for tax cuts will cost our health system $5.25bn, ...
Figures showing National needs to find another $900 million for landlords highlights the mess this coalition Government is in less than a week into the job. ...
Community organisations, mana whenua and the Greens have written to the incoming Minister of Oceans and Fisheries to call for the progression without delay of the Hauraki Gulf/Tīkapa Moana Marine Protection Bill. ...
"On behalf of the Labour Party I would like to congratulate Christopher Luxon on his appointment as Prime Minister,” Labour Party Leader Chris Hipkins said. ...
NZ First has gotten their wish to ‘take our country back’ to the 1800s with a policy program that will white-wash Aotearoa and erase tangata whenua rights. By disestablishing the Māori Health Authority this Government has condemned Māori to die seven years earlier than Pākehā. By removing Treaty obligations from ...
Te Pāti Māori have called for the resignation of the Ministry of Foreign and Trade chief executive Chris Seed following his decision to erase te reo Māori from government communications. While the country still waits for a new government to be formed, Mr Seed took it upon himself to undermine ...
The New Zealand Labour Party is urgently calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and Israel to put a halt to the appalling attacks and violence, so that a journey to a lasting peace can begin, Labour Leader Chris Hipkins said. ...
Aotearoa Must cut Ties with War Criminals Israel have agreed to 4 hour pause of violence each day, essentially saying they will still kill Palestinians for 20 hours a day. If President Joe Biden is going to rule out a ceasefire but take credit for negotiating a pause, then he ...
A significant milestone in ratifying the NZ-EU Free Trade Agreement (FTA) was reached last night, with 524 of the 705 member European Parliament voting in favour to approve the agreement. “I’m delighted to hear of the successful vote to approve the NZ-EU FTA in the European Parliament overnight. This is ...
The Government is contributing a further $5 million to support the response to urgent humanitarian needs in Gaza, the West Bank and Israel, bringing New Zealand’s total contribution to the humanitarian response so far to $10 million. “New Zealand is deeply saddened by the loss of civilian life and the ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lester Munson, Non-resident fellow, United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney Henry Kissinger was the ultimate champion of the United States’ foreign policy battles. The former US secretary of state died on November 29 2023 after living for a century. The ...
Coldplay will become the first musical act to play three nights at Auckland’s Eden Park when they visit the country in a year’s time. The band has just announced a third and final show at the venue as part of their global and seemingly never-ending Music of the Spheres world ...
A genuine news story quickly became a springboard for rumour and speculation, with one councillor at the centre of it. Wellington mayor Tory Whanau has a problem with alcohol. She has made that public and is clearly embarrassed. Whanau’s public behaviour was first called into questionin July after reports of ...
In light of the Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters’ recent comments about the media, a group of journalists who serve as E tū delegates say these claims are misinformed. Mr Peters has claimed the Public Interest Journalism Fund was a government “bribe” ...
RNZ News New Zealand’s opposition Labour Party has announced its shadow cabinet to face off against the conservative coalition government. The party endorsed Chris Hipkins as leader and voted Carmel Sepuloni as deputy earlier this month. Sepuloni is also Pacific Peoples minister. Many of the roles are a continuation of ...
It’s been a big few years for usage of New Zealand’s rail network, according to KiwiRail executives who have reported unprecedented interest from freight customers as capital investment mounts. But at the same time, they caution the need for big jobs like separating passenger and freight lines and bolstering ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Thompson, Associate Professor of Media Studies, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Winston Peters had only just been sworn in as deputy prime minister when his long-standing antipathy to the news media emerged in the form of a serious ...
The Animal Justice Party Aotearoa New Zealand (AJPANZ) is joining forces with our friends across the ditch to lead a global protest against sportswear giant Adidas. AJPANZ has peaceful protests set to take place in Auckland and Christchurch this ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra A parliamentary inquiry has delivered a scathing indictment of Australia’s employment services, finding it does not serve the interests of job seekers or employers and urging the privatised system be partially wound back. A rigid ...
Auckland mayor Wayne Brown has unveiled a proposal he says will encourage more uptake of public transport around the city. He’d like to see a $50 cap on public transport costs per person per week, which would cover bus, rail and inner harbour ferry services. “We need to get the ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stacy Carter, Professor and Director, Australian Centre for Health Engagement, Evidence and Values, University of Wollongong Shutterstock Artificial intelligence (AI) is already being used in health care. AI can look for patterns in medical images to help diagnose disease. It ...
New Zealand’s new Government created international headlines this week for its decision to reverse the world’s first smoking ‘generation ban’. Now another major u-turn is on the cards, as New Zealand pledges to overturn the world-leading ...
The Others Way returns for 2023 at a bunch of venues on and around Auckland’s Karangahape Road on Friday night. Here’s who you can catch, where and when.The Others Way is, in general, a pretty chaotic music festival, spread over a number of venues in the busy Karangahape Road ...
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is offering to redesign logos for any renamed government departments for free in an effort to save taxpayers money following concerns that requiring a name change of government departments will give them an excuse to ...
The former justice minister Kiri Allan has revealed she pleaded not guilty to a charge of failing to accompany a police officer in order to test a grey area in the law. Allan’s case, which related to a political career-ending car crash in July, was set to be heard in ...
New Zealand Disability Support Network is seeking assurance that disabled New Zealanders are a priority for the new government after being omitted from their 100 day plan. “Disability support providers wondering how they’ll survive financially, underpaid ...
The Taxpayers’ Union can today reveal that Grant Robertson’s attendance at the Rugby World Cup final in Paris cost taxpayers $39,605. Included in the cost was more than $32,000 in business class flights and more than $5000 in accommodation costs ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tristan Salles, Senior Lecturer, University of Sydney Earth’s surface is the living skin of our planet – it connects the physical, chemical and biological systems. Over geological time, this surface evolves. Rivers fragment the landscape into an environmentally diverse range of habitats. ...
For the eighth year, people in prisons will be receiving handmade holiday cards from strangers on the outside.Next to me, Amir* has drawn a beautiful streak of green across the front of a card. “Shit”, he says. The streak was intended to be the stem of a pōhutukawa, but ...
Former Invercargill mayor and national icon Tim Shadbolt will lend his name to the terminal at Invercargill Airport. The city’s councillors have agreed to pay tribute to Shadbolt’s eight-term tenure as mayor. He was first elected in 1993 and, aside from one term, held the position consistently until 2022. “Sir ...
Anna Galvan admits she’s not great on details. The former Silver Fern struggles to pinpoint a specific match that stands out to her, despite a career spanning 17 years in the elite game and 13 tests for her country. But ask the proud Cantabrian a strategic question on ...
Labour leader Chris Hipkins has unveiled a portfolio and list reshuffle as his party readies to hold the new coalition government to account. The line-up brought ministerial experience that National, Act and NZ First lacked, said Hipkins, and included six women and four men in the top 10. “I am ...
Two baby kiwi are the first to be born in the Wellington wild for over 150 years. The Capital Kiwi Project has, for more than five years, run a 4,600-strong stoat trap in the hills south-west of Wellington. Once predators had been deemed under control, 11 North Island brown kiwi ...
Wellington mayor Tory Whanau is off work with Covid-19, the day after admitting to an alcohol issue following media questions. Whanau told RNZ she was seeking “professional help” after reports of drunken behaviour in public, with the Herald reporting that a video “may be” circulating in the public domain. Today, ...
Not everyone needs to follow a tertiary pathway. But for those who do, a degree could well be ‘the experience of a lifetime’.In today’s job market, it’s hard not to feel a little hopeless. As entire industries go through massive change, it can be difficult for new entrants to ...
We invite you to read – ideally aloud – writer Emily Perkins’ speech delivered at the launch of a remarkable new novel earlier this month, republished in full below. The book launch speech is a particular and honoured art. Those who’ve attended a book launch, or many, will know how ...
ALRANZ Abortion Rights Aotearoa condemns the Luxon government’s plan to remove relationship and sexuality education (RSE) from school curricula. In striking out RSE, the government ignores decades of evidence-based research carried out in Aotearoa ...
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As the Herald’s Claire Trevett and Thomas Coughlan write (paywalled), “There’s a fair bit of bad blood between some ministers in the new National-Act-NZ First government and a range of other public servants, diplomats and political appointees to public bodies.” As they explain, ministers do not hire or fire government department ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Toby Walsh, Professor of AI, Research Group Leader, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock OpenAI’s artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot ChatGPT was unleashed onto an unsuspecting public exactly one year ago. It quickly became the fastest-growing app ever, in the hands of 100 ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tristan Dunning, Honorary Research Fellow, The University of Queensland While the world remains fixated on the devastating October 7 Hamas attacks and the subsequent Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, there has been a pronounced – and mostly unnoticed – escalation in ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jacqueline Peel, Director, Melbourne Climate Futures, The University of Melbourne As the COP28 climate summit gets underway in the oil production hub of the United Arab Emirates today, Australia’s climate minister Chris Bowen will detail our progress in meeting emissions cut targets ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jemma Skeat, Associate Professor, Director of Speech Pathology, Deakin University, Deakin University Zen Chung/Pexels , CC BY-SA ChatGPT is one year old today. Depending on who you ask, this technology either spells great doom or great opportunity for education. ...
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More claims of incapacitating health and victimhood from vexatious litigants on Whale Oil again yesterday, which not only misrepresents reality. And they think the media publicity was somehow a good thing.
Nige (blog manager): Just goes to show the influence this site has eh.
But Whale Oil is not telling it’s readers about the truth of three defamation cases that Cameron Slater is involved in. As a result there are comments like:
The courts have different views.
More on facts of the cases that have dragged Slater down: What Whale Oil isn’t telling their readers
Not surprising, the right wing have a long and horrible history of mismanagement of money/business and of course our country.
It couldn’t of happened to a nicer guy.
No surprises here;
As ‘slimy slater’ will ‘slither’away again to israel; – when the scene gets to ‘ hot ‘as he did last time in 2014 remember? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bbUsLYD78o
A young person has successfully completed her 90 day work trial without issues ; now her employer (a small business owner) has stated that he will leave things as they are. No new contract and the young person is anxious that she can now lose the job for no valid reason. She has worked extra hours when asked and has had no negative feedback about her work / time keeping etc. She is also nervous about making a fuss in case that eventuates in dismissal.
The young person is no longer under the trial period, so cannot lose the job for no valid reason.
https://www.employment.govt.nz/starting-employment/trial-and-probationary-periods/trial-periods/
essentially she is now a proper staff with all the rights that entails.
It would have to be a lot of fuss for something to end in dismissal.
Ever debated with 5 Gosmans at one time? Tulsi Gabbard finds out what its like.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HmE0fPCvUc
listen to those women – like something out of 1930’s Germany. Heil Hitler…
You think THAT was like something out of 1930’s Germany. Good grief – get some perspective!
It is entirely in perspective, and I would suggest that it is yours that is out of whack..
1930’s Germany had most ordinary people, mums and dads, in full support of Hitler and all his propaganda. They went about their lives ordinarily and considered their politics and views to be quite normal and not something out of the ordinary – just like these women do today.
1930’s Germany was not some raging torrent of extreme people – it was normal and peaceable, with people going about their lives and supporting the leader – just like these women are doing today in the US.
Exactly the same.
That is the scary thing – the very scary thing.
If you think about it.
And of course, Trump holds rallies. As did Hitler.
The comparison is entirely apt.
Hahaaaaaaaaaa. Reminds me of some one claiming a capital gains tax will do wonderful things when a CGT on its own will just withdraw money from the housing market. I mean these small men and there grand narratives. Hahahahaha.
did you say something relevant then?
The key word is “Grand Narritive.” You are aware of Hitler and Himmlers special skills in grand narratives are you not?
Then there’s those with half the skills of the originals.
Are you implying that we want as much money as we have invested in the housing market?
I can’t say I agree. It might be good if it was invested in new properties being built so it was actually producing something. Unfortunately the vast majority of it is tied up in old stock and does nothing but grow without producing anything.
Surely the economy would be far better off if this money was being invested in business.
Apart of withdrawing money from the property market through a capital gains tax is compensating those that have been adversely effected by high house prices. Meaning raising benefits. So long as a CGT is fixed and not subject to the whims of narcissistic MPs business people don’t really notice a CGT.
Don’t like that bit about 5 mins where the gentleman comments on the lack of expression on one of the women’s faces. Too subjective I think. Don’t guide people’s minds, let them hear the discourse and see the approach. Haven’t gone past about 5 mins so don’t know the rest.
Another one of the musical heroes passes away.
Mark Hollis died at 64 years of age after a short illness.
The former singer/songwriter of the band Talk Talk walked away from the music industry at the height of his popularity. He wanted to be a good Dad.
This is the band in 1984 live.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mBctdtO1Gyg
Also from his solo album 20 years ago, a little more stripped back and organic:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Uw0rzonn8qA
Sad to hear 🙁
Great song and Video (IMO !!!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ixRWvrkUHo
He was the real deal, him and Adrian Borland of the Sound, hated the music biz… those Talk Talk albums just get better and betterer…
Some interesting thoughts on food waste and food supply chains.
https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/2/26/18240399/food-waste-ugly-produce-myths-farms
Ideologues with targets are petty dictators when they get enough power. Auckland enforcing a 30km hour speed limit over whole city?
From Transport Blog:
The Automobile Association supports 40 km/hr on most roads in Auckland’s city centre, and rejects Auckland Transport’s proposed 30 km/hr speed limits, on the basis that 40 has been successful in Melbourne. In response to this, I thought I’d do… …
https://www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2019/02/27/melbournes-30-km-hr-speed-limit-trial/
Many bureaucrat bums often seem to be drawn away from pragmatic decisions and go for the theoretical; away from ‘What if’ thinking which takes in consequences, likely real-world results, to the ‘This will fix the problem, we’ll do it this way’!
Note: Looking up ideologue or idealogue which?
Ideologue from Cambridge English Dictionary:
ideologue definition: a person who believes very strongly in particular principles and tries to follow them carefully. Learn more.
and
ideologue from Merriam-“Webster dictionary:
Ideologue definition is – an often blindly partisan advocate or adherent of a … How to use
Quite different emphasis in these two meanings.
And idealogue:
idealogue is one given to fanciful ideas or theories, someone who theorizes.
from wikidiff
Human Exposure to RF Fields in 5G Downlink – mmW bands
https://arxiv.org/abs/1711.03683
While cellular communications in millimeter wave (mmW) bands have been attracting significant research interest, their potential harmful impacts on human health are not as significantly studied.
Prior research on human exposure to radio frequency (RF) fields in a cellular communications system has been focused on uplink only due to the closer physical contact of a transmitter to a human body.
However, this paper claims the necessity of thorough investigation on human exposure to downlink RF fields, as cellular systems deployed in mmW bands will entail
(i) Deployment of more transmitters due to smaller cell size
(ii) Higher concentration of RF energy using a highly directional antenna
In this paper, we present human RF exposure levels in downlink of a Fifth Generation Wireless Systems (5G).
Our results show that 5G downlink RF fields generate significantly higher power density (PD) and specific absorption rate (SAR) than a current cellular system.
This paper also shows that SAR should also be taken into account for determining human RF exposure in the mmW downlink.
The human skin as a sub-THz receiver – Does 5G pose a danger to it?
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29459303
Abstract
In the interaction of microwave radiation and human beings, the skin is traditionally considered as just an absorbing sponge stratum filled with water.
In previous works, we showed that this view is flawed when we demonstrated that the coiled portion of the sweat duct in upper skin layer is regarded as a helical antenna in the sub-THz band.
Experimentally we showed that the reflectance of the human skin in the sub-THz region depends on the intensity of perspiration, i.e. sweat duct’s conductivity, and correlates with levels of human stress (physical, mental and emotional).
Later on, we detected circular dichroism in the reflectance from the skin, a signature of the axial mode of a helical antenna.
In a recent work, we developed a unique simulation tool of human skin, taking into account the skin multi-layer structure together with the helical segment of the sweat duct embedded in it.
The presence of the sweat duct led to a high specific absorption rate (SAR) of the skin in extremely high frequency band.
In this paper, we summarize the physical evidence for this phenomenon and consider its implication for the future exploitation of the electromagnetic spectrum by wireless communication.
One must consider the implications of human immersion in the electromagnetic noise, caused by devices working at the very same frequencies as those, to which the sweat duct (as a helical antenna) is most attuned.
We are raising a warning flag against the unrestricted use of sub-THz technologies for communication, before the possible consequences for public health are explored.
Just wait until they turn the G all the way up to 11. We’ll be awash in hundreds of watts per square metre of radiation in the tens of terahertz bands …
Oh, wait …
Have you anything useful to add Andre? Or………….. some time to fill in.
Here’s something useful for you, greywarshark: an explanation of data-dredging and p-hacking.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_dredging
It’s a useful pseudo-science tool for those with snake-oil for sale to make an alarmist argument about something that’s not really there and thereby line their pockets by hawking the “remedy”. So far all the links I’ve seen claiming harm from EMFs at the extremely low power levels used for communication show all the signs of being data-dredged bunk.
If it was just a matter of the gullible getting relieved of a little bit of petty cash, I wouldn’t really care. But all the scare stories are likely to cause significant nocebo effects.
Nocebo is basically placebo’s evil twin, where people are made to feel unwell by feeding them bullshit scare stories about genuinely harmless things that *could* be harming them.
https://www.webmd.com/balance/features/is-the-nocebo-effect-hurting-your-health
Andre, you’re serving no purpose than further expose your low levels of understanding and disingenuous engagement..
Keep it up…
A comment you posted last week explicitly endorsed David Gorski…that you did comes as no surprise to me at all…you write the same style and use similar derogatory terms…
That’s your level…it is reflected in the juvinille name calling you repeatedly use in the comments that you post…
You are a very long way out of your league by openly stating the scientists to which I have been linking, the research currently available, and their collective requests for greater levels of research to be conducted in safety, while requesting governing bodies apply adherance to the precautionary approach regarding untested, weaponizable technology deployments…
That you seek to dismiss those medical professionals, scientists and researchers including their archives of work is an open window into your mind, and how you imagine yourself to be…
You clearly do not understand the technology, nor have you bothered to inform yourself outside what your links , comments and endorsements clearly affirm, is a narrow, highly toxic and ignorant vacuum…
It is the same old story, business comes up with these cracker ideas, profit ensues, therefore good idea, then public health is affected and the expensive claw back of safety begins.
Witness: thalidomide, asbestos, round-up, surgical mesh…
It’s hard to be a lone voice up against billion dollar industries.
Keep it up.
Cheers, gsays…
Many voices from a myriad of professional backgrounds, are involved in seeking to expose the substantial risks to public health and the environmemt, posed by pulsed millimetre wave technology…
Now now Andre, respect the bold type, he must be right ! He has posted so many times now that I have taken to buying a tin foil lined outfit to wear at all times to protect me from nasty wifi radiation. I also put on sunscreen at night when I go outside if there is a full moon – you can’t be too careful !
Bazza64 You don’t agree with One Two. I believe that is your stance. Now shut up unless you want to produce some reliable source that refers to some fact about EMF.
Gw,
Don’t let the small, closed minds get to you…it’s their problem to figure out and live with…
They have shown no interest in contributing at a level above name calling…
VV, 9.1.2.2 appears to endorse the position of ignorant, uninformed and misinformed…perhaps vv was joking…bit strange…something else behind that comment, perhaps…
What such comments do offer, is a micro view into how, necessary discussions are possible to be sidelined and completely avoided in the mainstream…
It’s all the same tactic
I have already posted rebuttals to One Two’s articles. But it’s a bit like engaging with flat earthers. You show them evidence but they ignore it because they are smarter than everyone else.
Greywarshark
How about checking out
https://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2016/feb/17/electromagnetic-radiation-doesnt-make-you-ill-or-give-you-cancer-heres-why
You will see that Based on sound evidence One Two is spouting rubbish.
Thanks I will do that. Bazza64
Exactly Bazza64, you’ve posted rebuttals.
What’s not in debate is the enormous (actually, enormous is far too small a word for it; it’s approximately a 1,000,000,000,000,000,000-fold) increase in exposure to anthropogenic electromagnetic radiation in the last 70 years or so – hopefully everyone can agree on that, and that this exposure will continue to increase.
What’s in debate is the effect of that increased EMF exposure on biological ‘systems’ (humans et al.)
Respect both Bazza64’s and One Two’s positions – IMHO the experiment is still in progress and the evidence won’t be in for a few generations. After all, even in the developed world Smartphones/WiFi etc. have only been in widespread public use for maybe 20 years (this is a guess, so happy to be corrected).
I hope Bazza64 is correct (exposure to anthropogenic EMFs is harmless), but unlike Bazza64 I don’t know this yet, and to be honest it seems illogical to be so certain. But I do understand the importance of believing that these EMFs are 100% safe.
I’ve ordered one but it hasn’t yet arrived – where did you get yours from?
Great idea about sunscreen at night for full moons – perhaps we should post that on the How to Get There post next Sunday. Grey only likes positive things that people can do to look after themselves and others, so should fit the criteria.
Obviously all the scientific facts/links that have been produced here over the last few weeks by yourself and Andre have flown over the top of the heads of many here. LOL
Tin foil is so fucking yesterday.
What you need to do is start with a brain coat and then upgrade your wardrobe to a full Faraday suit.
WOW – I want a faraday suit!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Nothing less will do. Thanks, joe90
You’re in Welly, right? Might be some surplus lying around at Weta workshops. Or maybe pick one up from a LOTR tragic that’s pruning the collection.
Good thinking, Andre. I’ll ask around. Perhaps we should all put in and get one for One Two and perhaps some for one or two others?
Far-out joe 90
Have the Brits made up their bloody minds about Brexit ?
Julius Caesar would have put a legion through their quarreling tribes ..
I wonder if Junker see’s himself as a julius Caesar figure?
Though the Brits don’t take kindly to Despots do they…he should probably avoid the UK rather than risk meeting up with a bunch of embittered UKIPers and Tory/labour rebels and meeting the same fate as poor old Charles I.
The process is opening up tribal fissures previously concealed by imperial interests.
Junkers strategy is sound. I’m waiting for a Celtic application to join the EU … but it may take a while.
Waikato farm pollution – company had five Fonterra farms. I wonder about the types of farmers who don’t ‘play the game’. How many stubborn old NZ blots and how many of those tip-toeing over their numerous paddocks to keep their expensive shoes clean from overseas, or lateish immigrants?
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/rural/2019/02/waikato-farming-company-undoing-the-good-work-of-so-many.html?ref=ves-vid3
…. and we in Auckland are drinking farm fresh Waikato River Water ?
How does it have bubbles, each one when viewed with a microscope inscribed 100% Pure?
What US Aid into Venezuela really looks like….
https://preview.redd.it/jehr9qwpesi21.jpg?auto=webp&s=8dde6cae81541f38941bb38c3aa3936250af1267
The reason the US can use humanitarian aid to apply pressure is because the Chavista regime has run down the country so badly that it has millions requiring humanitarian assistance.
https://www.cartoonmovement.com/cartoon/39432
I’m well to the left of you Gosman but like you I can’t understand why everyone just points the finger immediately at the US ignoring all the horrible realities of just how bad the Venezuelan government have fucked things up
I think it is because it shakes certain people’s faith in their core beliefs. As such it means they can’t accept that the people they thought were meant to represent their political views are messing up so they look to place the blame elsewhere.
I admire someone like yourself who can acknowledge that a left wing government can mess up really badly. I know you aren’t likely going to change your views politics wise but at least you aren’t so one-eyed you excuse brutality and incompetence.
Take a good look in the mirror Gosman – you’re supporting the toppling of a regime by a US backed fascist puppet – nothing unusual for you, or for them.
There is ZERO evidence that Gaido is a fascist let alone a puppet. What he certainly isn’t is a leader who has caused the deaths of tens of thousands of Venezuelans through economic incompetence and mismanagement not to forget brutal State oppression of those who oppose him.
From your Wharton article:
““The U.S. government has to walk this very delicate, difficult line in which on the one hand they’re trying to threaten military intervention convincingly enough to scare the Venezuelan military into removing Maduro,”
Just who the fuck does Gaido think he is, trying to take power at the head of a foreign military intervention?
Illegally taking power in this fashion is a fascist hallmark – did you think we had forgotten?
Many nations have had leaders installed after a military invasion that were not fascist. I believe the US reinstalled Baptiste Aristide in Haitit in such a manner. Was he a fascist?
However that is irrelevant in that the threat of an invasion is being used to apply pressure. The chance of an invasion is miniscule.
The threat of invasion is substantial – the US is always invading other countries, especially those with an abundance of resources.
Now that the US have a quisling available in the form of Guaido, all they need is the presidential tweet to go ahead.
Even your Wharton article notes however, that US forced regime changes in South America generally make things worse.
The best thing would be for the US and Guaido to fuck off, and let the government get on with its job, ideally assisted by neighbouring countries, the UN and the Red Cross or MSF. The US won’t let that happen however, they’ve been fomenting this mischief for decades in the hopes of creating this very kind of excuse to invade.
Of course the US invades/is involved militarily with lots of countries. They are the World’s main super power. It would be unusual if they didn’t get involved militarily in other nations. That doesn’t mean they will invade Venezuela nor does it mean they only get involved in nations where there is some sort of economic benefit to them.
Unhappily, you have to go back some way to find a US intervention carried out with honorable motives, and further still to find one that succeeded in them. The last unequivocal one was Korea – where they really were welcome, and they did indeed change the situation for the better. Even that outcome was still tainted by the hunting of groups in Jeju-do, bombing refugees of all descriptions, and loading base costs onto a country that at the time was poorer than Somalia.
The illegal Iraq invasion, from which the supposed democrats neglected to resile, was nothing more or less than a resource grab. Venezuela, possessing more oil than even Iraq is in the gun for similar treatment. Perhaps you repose some hope that Trump’s ethics will keep him from invading Venezuela? If so you are likely to be disappointed.
The moral case for invasion that could exist, and might have under a less venal and self-serving administration does not exist here – Maduro is probably both more competent and less personally corrupt than Trump – that bar is pretty goddamn low.
Pretty sure what they did in Croatia, Bosnia, and Kosovo did not benefit the US greatly and lead to a massive change in relation to the security situation in that area of the World.
@Gosman well of course Bosnia was better than most US actions – the UN & NATO were there to temper their aggression and contain their extreme rightwing nutjobbery. And the fighting was real, not US instigated in hopes of creating a casus belli.
You need a better example than that to sanitize invading Venezuela.
I’m not santising anything here . I wouldn’t approve of a U.S. military intervention in Venezuela. I think the US can provide support for a transition to a democratic Venezuela by non violent means.
@ Gosman
By threatening the military with invasion in hopes they remove Maduro? Face it, the US is not competent to manage the affairs of Venezuela. Better leave it to the locals, who of course will not choose US pawns or puppets.
This whole crisis is of US instigation – take their badfinger out and things will be able to improve.
Americas concern for Venezuelans is heartwarming…but if feeding the poor and supporting the folk of other Nations is their goal there are a few places they should help out first..there is a reason Red Cross and the UN want nothing to do with this ‘aid’.
https://www.worldvision.org/hunger-news-stories/5-worst-spots-hunger
https://www.concernusa.org/story/worlds-ten-hungriest-countries/
Then again…maybe charity starts at home..
http://www.cc.com/video-clips/cbbn22/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-third-world-health-care—knoxville–tennessee-edition
Watch a little film called The War on Democracy and you’ll get the general idea.
It’s on Pilger’s website, http://johnpilger.com/videos/the-war-on-democracy
Pilger has well and truly jumped the shark in relation to being a serious journalist. He is now an apologist for any regime that is anti-American/Capitalist.
This film was produced quite some time ago. I imagine you haven’t seen it – or you wouldn’t be quite so ready to make those ill-informed comments about Venezuela that characterize your current pathology.
Something to do with sanctions I expect selwy.
Maybe read this piece before taking sides one way or another.
https://grayzoneproject.com/2019/01/29/the-making-of-juan-guaido-how-the-us-regime-change-laboratory-created-venezuelas-coup-leader/
Personally I have not taken sides, I just believe Venezuelans should be able to decide their own future and destiny, without aggressive outside influence.
Unlike Gosman who has never seen an US intervention that hasn’t given him a hard on.
No, there are plenty of US interventions that were largely counter-productive. They just aren’t as many as you like to think they are.
You are still a war fetishist sucm bag on this issue though Gosman. Too soon…
i believe I have actually stated that I think military intervention by the US in Venezuela would not be useful so you have nothing to back up that claim against me.
But you just moaned about the attempted smuggling designed as aid over the weekend, and poo pooed the Venezuelan government for stopping the illegal importation of arms.
Providing aid is not the same as militarily intervening.
I like your attempt at spin. Aid is coming into Venezuela from all over the world, none of which is not being stopped. The exception was from the US – because it is not aid – it is an attempt to start a war.
Who here has done that John Selay? Name some names. Otherwise you just making shit up.
Gosman wher do you get all your B/S from ?
Like Baldrick, Gosman has “an inexhaustible supply“.
Gosman should be starring in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Here?
http://bowalleyroad.blogspot.com/2019/02/how-big-is-your-army.html
Oh dear, toys out the cot time lol
“Labour has turned down its former MP John Tamihere’s bid to rejoin the party.”
https://amp.rnz.co.nz/article/24156d71-203b-43f7-acf0-b02b48e422f3
Probably didn’t say some very smart things about some of the Labour Party Women, everyone knows however there was no need to be derogatory towards them especially when discussing people’s sexual preferences.
We are now living in the Modern World where anything goes depending what you like under the bed covers, different strokes for different folks. Just look what the National Party MP’s get up to in Wellington, JLR and the girl from down South.
Everything doesn’t go. There are some barriers, lines in the sand. Possibly they fear that they will be curvy ones for John T. Phil needs a second term I think. What do Auckland lefties think of him?
He doesn’t understand why. I reckon they think he’s a bit of a frontbottom.
I am confused who is the front bottom you lost me on that one ?
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED1902/S00089/nz-universities-slip-in-qs-world-university-subject-rankings.htm
Education is a business. The best strategy for more generous funding is to show what a nice ‘little’ earner it is. The model is stuffed.
https://www.educationdive.com/news/how-many-colleges-and-universities-have-closed-since-2016/539379/
It is the same old story, business comes up with these cracker ideas, profit ensues, therefore good idea, then public health is affected and the expensive claw back of safety begins.
Witness: thalidomide, asbestos, round-up, surgical mesh…
It’s hard to be a lone voice up against billion dollar industries.
Keep it up.
oops, meant to be a reply to one two up thread.
i shall reply in the appropriate spot.
Latest rumour I heard in the Pub last week, Baby Nat may be joining NZF, mind you I heard that from an NZF supporter, don’t know whether Winston would approve after the unkind words Baby Nat has said about him.
Who is Baby Nat?
The little schoolboy chap from Epsom.
Hope the AAAP take this refusal to the Ombudsman. Advice to government surely can’t be a defence to withholding it in this case. The report is research, not advice, so should be released.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1902/S00263/welfare-expert-advisory-group-report-should-be-made-public.htm
From the Herald Before he left with his girlfriend about 10.30pm, he consumed three cans of bourbon and cola, and a quarter of a cannabis joint.
The headline ….. Stoned Driver ….. Yea rite
A very good article on options for Venezuela for getting out of the mess they are in
http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/venezuela-extricate-crisis-recover/
Spin and lies. Sheesh any chance you could stop with that ah Gossy? You know the opposition have been in power for two years, and what have they done to fix the economy – nothing. All they have done is blame the president. What a bunch of silly little two year olds.
In power? What do you mean the opposition have been in power for two years?
WOW, just WOW. So how did your boy name himself president?
Your definition of “In power” is very broad.
You need to read a wider variety of sources.
Looks like another major oil spill this time in the Solomons.
The marine reserve is in danger with 60 tonnes of oil already in the sea with another 600 tonnes ready to spill.
Another Exon Valdez unfolding.
https://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/383432/oil-spill-disaster-unfolds-in-solomons-marine-reserve
Reminded me of Tauranga and Rena. Stuck on reef. Spilling destroying. Does anyone on the Right get the connection with one of the reasons for not drilling for oil in our sea and fishing area?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rena_oil_spill
And I guess we are going to help the Solomons – they have a hard time recovering from blow after blow.
The National Party are a bunch of incompetent Idiots.
National Party pulls Gerry Brownlee Facebook ad following Advertising Standards Authority complaint
https://i.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/110902970/national-party-pulls-gerry-brownlee-facebook-ad-following-advertising-standards-authority-complaint
Don’t let senior Nat MPs near taxation figures or the directorship of companies, digging for swamp kauri, trade deals with desert dwelling sheep farmers, flag referenda, or stairwells and airport doorways.
Incompetent. Reckless. Shonky. Out of touch. Bullies. Entitled twits.
Poor ol’ poo finger has Jeery’s back but not totally convincing.
Two detailed posts on the ongoing scam at the core of neo-liberal economic policy.
http://bilbo.economicoutlook.net/blog/?p=41690
http://bilbo.economicoutlook.net/blog/?p=41671
This putting down of tangata whenua O aotearoa /supperssion is state sponsored it is put on TV morning and night. All the bad stats about the smallest % of Maori doing dumb shit. I say even there dumb actions are state sponsored to give the neanderthals who actually run the state more fuel to shit on Maoris mana.
Do these state people who push/pay for all the bad news into the MEDIA that is mostly about MAORI care that there ACTIONS are hurting OUR mokopunas MANA AND WAIRUA NO there brains are wire BIG EGOS they are selfcentered fools who only care about there hold on power CAN NOT HAVE the supperssion they have had running against Maori eroded away by a——— To late fools all your opperssion of the last 150 years is being blown away by ————– so stop this foolish game and lets build a happy healthy equaly socioty for all. You Can Not Stop Maoris Getting Our Mana Back
Kids report racism, bullying and violence prevalent themes in life
A new report has found that the majority of Kiwi kids are flourishing- but some still face significant challenges.
As part of “What Makes A Good Life?”, more than 6000 young people described their experiences growing up in New Zealand.
More than 90 percent of respondents said they lived in a warm dry home and more than 70 percent said they felt respected and valued.
One rangatahi from Auckland recalled how people at their school often joked about Māori prison and drug rates.
This was echoed by another respondent who said Māori were often the target of negative and harmful stereotypes.
“Crackheads, drug dealers, crime, Black Power, domestic violence, hood rats, window washers, pōhara, hori, gangs, alcoholic parents.”
Young people in state care reported dealing with similar problems.
One 16-year-old girl spoke of how she had been stigmatised at school because of her situation.
“Something I always have to deal with at school is the stigma. When people find out you’re a foster kid they’re like ‘oh you’re an orphan, whose house did you burn
down.”
Those under the Youth Justice System said they felt they had been “written off” by the adults in their lives.
Personal finances were also a strong talking point – with respondents noting that while money wasn’t everything, it was a necessary part of life
One young person from Dunedin said a good life to them looked like “having enough for the basics, plus a little bit more”.
Young women in particular mentioned how the price of products like pads and tampons could sometimes prove too high.
Last year, a survey of 5000 women by the charity KidsCan found that nearly a third of respondents struggled with period poverty.
Ka kite ano links below
https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/383370/kids-report-racism-bullying-and-violence-prevalent-themes-in-life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U14M2yqnFDI
Here you go the cops are blinded by racism even the brown ones as there cultures center on being loyal to the FORCE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2Hd79LuDuk
ANA TO KAI
I say not enough is being dune to correct the wrongs served up to Tangata Whenua the state still feed US what drips off there plates 0.3% . They spent more on locking us up over six years than what has been spent on the whole Treaty OF Waitangi settlments you see they don,t want to give Maori to much power just lip service the state servants who stay in power when goverments change that is were the real control on NZ policy lies neanderthal bigots the are.
But Its is better to have a goverment in power that respects the lower classes that one that serves the wealthy like the last ones in power as 97% of Maori are poor .
Owen Sinclair: Fighting the racism in our health system
. I have a Māori father and a Pākehā mother, but I didn’t meet my father until I was in my early 20s. I grew up in West Auckland with my mother, so I was raised by my Pākehā family. We were pretty poor, but we had a very loving household.
My grandparents actually lived, at that stage, on Waiheke Island. That was before it was the glamorous, rich suburb of Auckland it is now. I spent a lot of my holidays and childhood running around there. It was a pretty privileged upbringing when I look at it. I didn’t have much money, but I had a fishing rod and a bike and all that sort of stuff.
When I was about 10, I went to Dilworth School in Auckland. It’s a boarding school, and you had to be poor and have just one parent to go there.
My iwi is Te Rarawa. I think I was about 18 or 19, maybe a bit younger than that, when I decided I wanted to get in touch with my Māori whānau. It just seemed to be the right thing to do at the time.
ince meeting my father, I’ve had very regular contact with him. I’m not the oldest. There are a few younger than me. I know them quite well. Interestingly, I’ve just got in contact with a half-sibling who I’d never met before.
So that’s how it went. It was an amazing journey for me. It put all the pieces in place in my life. I know where my marae is. I can recite my whakapapa, and I have regular contact with my Māori family, although I never grew up with them.
My father’s name is Owen Tatana. He was married once, and he named his son, from that marriage, Owen. It’s funny when we’re all in the same room and the phone goes and they say: “Is Owen here?” Or when we go on the marae together and it’s Owen, Owen and Owen.
I left school with pretty good grades and became an engineering cadet. I did that for a while and then did an engineering degree. But I didn’t really like that. I was made redundant, but I’d already decided that I was going to become a doctor — or try to become a doctor.
I was able to get into medical school under the Māori and Pacific entry scheme. And, after I was qualified, I decided to become a paediatrician.
I’m currently working in Waitākere Hospital as a general paediatrician. There are only six Māori paediatricians in New Zealand. We’re all pretty busy. We don’t have a network or anything, but we all sort of know each other.
I also give lectures on Māori health to fifth-year medical students at Auckland University.
It’s hard to work out what to do to help Māori when you first become a doctor, and even in my job now. We’re quite reactive, for want of a better word. We tend to sit in hospital and wait for people to come to us.
It was on pertussis, which is whooping cough — and it identified a mass of inequalities between Māori and non-Māori.
Māori rates of pertussis are 1.6 to 2.6 times higher than non-Māori. Specific data for Māori has been recorded only since 1989, and over that period, Māori have always had higher rates.
In my thesis, I tried to identify all of the reasons for why that should be — which is related to the system, poverty, and care, and all that sort of stuff.
The inequality in pertussis is actually related to all of the inequalities in New Zealand society that Māori have. So it’s everywhere.
I’m trying, through a number of mechanisms, to work out a way forward to raise the awareness of Māori health and equality. I think everyone knows about the inequalities, but it’s what do you do about it that matters.
The inequalities in our health system are well documented. So are the historical contributions to that inequality. But more of us need to understand why Māori and Pasifika — in fact, any people who are doing it tough financially — seem to be less well-served by our medical system than others in different demographics around the country.
You gave a speech last November at the NZ Anaesthesia Annual Scientific Meeting in Auckland, about how systemic racism is to blame for our glaring health inequalities.
How hard is it to get that message across? Even using the racism word, as you did in your speech, can be challenging. I’m not uncomfortable with the word, but others seem to be. What’s been the reaction and in what context were you using the r-word?
You do have to be a little bit careful in using that. When I give this talk, I don’t use the word “racism” until near the end of the presentation
KA KITE ANO links below
P.S OUR TIME WILL COME SOON but don,t threat Pakiha we looked after you.
Like when you were sold a bunch of lies from the NZ Company and landed here from Britain ripped off and no land so we will treat you correctly once again
https://e-tangata.co.nz/korero/owen-sinclair-fighting-the-racism-in-our-health-system/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aJwpHyUFnk
Eco Maori Has more morals in my little finger than the entire injustice system of NZ will let you know later what has gone down.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YNg4Myw-io
It only takes 1.5 degrees over the human temperature max a fine ballance that being alive than that ballance tips into death
Humans are frogs in hot water of climate change, research says
CNN)The extreme weather that comes with climate change is becoming the new normal, so normal that people aren’t talking about it as much — and that could make them less motivated to take steps to fight global warming, according to new research.
Researchers analyzed more than 2 billion social media posts between 2014 and 2016. What they found was that, when temperatures were unusual for a particular time of year, people would comment on it at first. But if the temperature trend continued and there were unusual temperatures again at that time the following year, people stopped commenting as much.
Dianne Feinstein’s climate change discussion with schoolchildren gets heated
The authors of the study, published in Monday’s Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, believe that this is a sign that because of memory limitations and their own expectations and biases, humans may not be the best judges of temperature change. The experience of weather in recent years, rather than over longer historical periods, determines the baseline that people use to evaluate the current weather.
It’s the “boiling frog” effect, an urban legend about an experiment that involves putting a frog in a pot of boiling water, where it quickly jumps out. But if it’s put in a pot of tepid water on a stove and the heat is gradually increased, the frog will stay in the pot until it dies, because it doesn’t feel a difference until it’s too late.
In other words, people may not recognize the signs of human-caused climate change until it’s too late.
“I think it is quite surprising how quickly the effect of these temperatures decline,” said study co-author Frances Moore, an assistant professor in the Department of Environmental Science and Policy at the University of California, Davis.
Moore said she doesn’t think people are adapting to e extremes. They’re still “pretty miserable” in extreme heat or extreme cold, but they stop talking about it on social media, and that’s a concern.
‘Extinction crisis’ threatening global food supply, UN report warns
“People will be worse off if they stop talking about it,” Moore said. “People’s memories are short, compared to the time scale of climate change. We need to be aware of the disconnect when we communicate about climate change.”
The disconnect could be bad news for those who want to motivate leaders to do something about it. Officials could also be adjusting to the “new normal” and not feel the urgency needed to create policies necessary to stop what’s causing climate change.
“This is a very interesting paper and an interesting approach,” said John Cook, a research assistant professor at the Center for Climate Change Communication at George Mason University, who researches cognitive science but who was not involved in the new research.
He doesn’t believe that the study’s conclusion is wrong, but he says it conflicts with the data his colleagues have been collecting.
Surveys from the center have found a growing awareness and concern about climate change and the climate change people are seeing in their own communities.
Ka kite ano links below
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/02/25/health/climate-change-boiling-frog-study/index.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4H1N_yXBiA
Here you go a good video for my above post.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffjIyms1BX4
Kia ora Newshub There you go cowboys in Christchurch I would never live down there. There you go te civil servant have more power than the government .
I have given Eco Maoris opinion on the injustice system many times it takes care of its own.
Fires in Tasman Paddy nice Orchard down there I no some other places that would grow good fruit and vegetables. What about vehicles muffler sparks Paddy that could have started the fire .
I say a fireworks ban is needed especially with the dryest hottest environment on record just te boys toys scare the shit out of children and animals and causes a lot of fires.
I have done a bit of studying on Korean culture quite interesting.
Yes beauti cosmetics needs to be regulated some people don’t have the skills to navigate the snake oil sellers. It is shown with people being fooled into believing the climate change denier lies and voting for someone who is actually kick them in the ASS sheep I say very vulnerable it’s the government job to protect te tangata
That’s a big mess the train crash in Egypt some people have no control of their emotions. Its cool that Christchurch gets more funding for mental health its needs the extra money $79 million for mental health treatments after the earthquakes and what has been going down there.
That was cool the smallest baby boy born ever to live leaves te hospital Ka pai.
Ka kite ano
Kia ora James and Mulls from The Crowd Goes Wild. Mulls you wish he was your grandad te great golfer. Te mullet have to join the Duncan on the Rock radio station.
Mulls you love your basketball I quite enjoyed watching basketball.
Anna I love sailing anything to do with Tangaroa and Awa not fly fishing tho.
It a bit harder having a interaction with a sports show when Eco Maori can not comment about our sports Stars as some unusual phenomenon happens Ka kite ano P.S te Mokopunas are a handful
Some Eco Maori Music for the minute.
https://youtu.be/SKprXO-f2pM
Te sandflys are allways trying to attack my MANA and every time they just a to it FOOLS.
https://youtu.be/fKopy74weus
Every time the attack my MANA they give me more MANA
Every time the sandflys attack my MANA they give me more MANA
My device is playing up
I reckon you’d be good as a character on a TV series about local life in Rawene or Kohukohu. It would be a bitter comedy featuring life on ground in modern Hokianga and a story of where New Zealand is headed in the very place where two peoples met.
Your comments here are writing the lines for your character.