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The current rise of populism challenges the way we think about people’s relationship to the economy.We seem to be entering an era of populism, in which leadership in a democracy is based on preferences of the population which do not seem entirely rational nor serving their longer interests. ...
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Congratulations to england. Not an expert by any means but it didn't look like Hansen had a plan B, as such England's plan A worked for the full 80.
Our single try from their poor lineout throw, Eddie Jones take a bow.
Yes TC England deserved the win
Eddie Jones the AB's nemesis.
The irony is that former AB coach John Mitchell who was another victim, is an assistant coach to him with England.
Go go the bear!
(Apparently neither bear nor it's
trainertormenter were badly injured but wtf is it with people who think harassing an animal is entertainment?)Shocking footage shows a crazed circus bear savaging its trainer just feet away from horrified kids as families run away in terror.
The performing bear is seen going wild in a Russian circus ring, attacking the man as children scream in fear.
The footage begins with the brown bear being forced to push a wheelbarrow while walking on its hind legs.
But the muzzled beast suddenly turns on its trainer, knocking him down and leaping on top of him.
https://nypost.com/2019/10/25/circus-bear-mauls-trainer-in-front-of-terrified-audience-in-russia/?
The beasties are having a good week.
https://twitter.com/Newsweek/status/1187662588580106240
Well, you know, you're a deer just going about your business in a woodland glade and some bastard up and shoots you. It's really going to put a damper on your day. While it's unfortunate the man died, I totally understand the deer's perspective on this.
Bad luck for the AB's, though 3 WC wins in a row were always going to be a tough ask.
I didnt watch the game, but from all accounts, England completely outplayed us.
But, as always, the sun still rose in the morning. And we get to see the amusing sight of Eddie Jones being compared to Winston Churchill or some other war hero by the English tabloids
The English should be sent… to fight climate change as punishment.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/116911705/plussize-women-worksafe-inspectors-told-to-wear-the-mens-uniform
Maaaaate, Gawd and strewth!! You mean they don't get to wear stab-proof vests like the blokes?
I guess it must come out of a different cost-centre’s budget
Odds are the cook hides the broccoli, too.
https://twitter.com/dburbach/status/1188076496570798081
Turns out Gil Scott-Heron was pretty much on the mark back in 1970 when he wrote his classic tune The Revolution Will Not Be Televised….
Fair
October 26, 2019
The Revolution Isn’t Being Televised
Media uninterested in protest movements around the world
Alan MacLeod
https://fair.org/home/the-revolution-isnt-being-televised/?awt_a=spTQ&awt_l=CnT3e&awt_m=j29Tux4.DYR._TQ
Lebanon being a good example .
https://twitter.com/nntaleb/status/1185929047441842177
On UBI in Talebs opinion and another comment:
https://twitter.com/rationalwalk/status/1188155606378659841
https://twitter.com/nntaleb/status/1188154265984028672
[not sure what you did there but it was hard to see what was happening and who was saying what. I’ve deleted it and replaced it with the two tweets. To post a tweet in a comment on TS you need to click the date stamp of the tweet, then copy and paste the address in the URL bar directly into the comment (no need for any html/tags). This should load the whole tweet (and the tweet it was a reply to if any) visually into the comment – weka]
The problem with all the actual UBI proposals to replace welfare is that they impose significant cuts to welfare at the same time.
mod note for you Grey.
Thanks weka.
Not a sausage about the brutal crack down in Iraq.
https://twitter.com/RashaAlAqeedi/status/1188176891032821760
https://twitter.com/Nervana_1/status/1188212280665747457
fuck, are those kids they're shooting?
Probably. Youngsters do most of the dying in that part of the world
Twitter translate is shit and I can't find a coherent English language account to follow but best I can make out, these are ordinary Iraqis protesting against shit services, high unemployment, government appointments under sectarian and ethnic quotas, rampant corruption and nepotism.
https://twitter.com/thestevennabil/status/1187862083292917760
Big ups to our sibs in Iraq.
Yeah, maybe now the Rugby is thankfully over our various news outlets will find some of it's precious time to cover..actual news, though I very much doubt it.
Just to continue the Rugby meme, I see that no-one has commented on the defeat of Wellington by Tasman for the domestic trophy.
3% of the population produce a winning team. Tasman has also the highest % of 65+ people in the country. Our 3% produces 25% of the national Grey Power membership.
Watch the provinces, people. It's not all methane and manure.
Or the splendid rugby league Tonga win over England in Hamilton
Unfortunately the ugly side of All Black support shows up
Not good but I'm pleasantly surprised at how gracious most of the comments have been
If the ugly side is what you look for then that is what you will find, however…
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/rugby-world-cup/rwc-2019-japan/116953975/all-blacks-v-england-beaten-by-a-better-team–gracious-reaction-from-sonny-bill-williams#comments
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/rugby-world-cup/rwc-2019-japan/116962025/all-blacks-v-england-the-phonecall-that-had-steve-hansen-near-tears-after-defeat#comments
I have been pleased by the attitude and spirit the RWC games have been played.
The handshakes and hugs of opposing players after the whistle has gone is heartening.
The respect shown to the referee during the contest is one of the things that sets rugby apart from other contact and non contact sports.
The leadership shown by our representative team is great, from the whole team emptying the bus, tidying the changing sheds before leaving, through to the bowing to the crowd and inviting the vanquished opposition into their changing sheds.
Thank God for the Dutch !!!
New Dutch device launched to stop river plastic reaching seas.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/401891/new-dutch-device-launched-to-stop-river-plastic-reaching-seas
Ta
https://theoceancleanup.com/rivers/
Stupid greedy governments everywhere – this river used to give life
And these people run the world. We are doomed.
Yet they are voted in again and again. The people do have some power, but choose not to take it seriously. Needed are considered steps for the good of the country, just being okay themselves is all that matters. Westminster democracy is doomed.
England swings (from a gibbet, it's own political system is like a 5-legged walking race, and Australia's politics are in chaos without a theory.)
These blokes reckoned it doesn't matter who we vote for, they're all the same .
The executive of the modern state is but a committee for managing the common affairs of the whole bourgeoisie.
– Karl Marx
The historical unity of the ruling classes is realized in the state.
– Antonio Gramsci
The Chilean President just fired the entire Cabinet, in order to implement the demands of the million-strong protesters.
Viva la demos.
How Johnson and his propagandists work with journalists to deceive. smear and lie.
https://twitter.com/grahamlithgow/status/1188101630610366470
(full interview)
This client journalism allows Downing Street to frame the story as it wants. Some allow themselves to be used as tools to smear the government’s opponents. They say goodbye to the truth. Social media has provided new ways of breaking the boundaries of decent, honest journalism.
Of course political journalists have always entered into behind-the-scenes deals with politicians, but this kind of arrangement has gained a new dimension since Boris Johnson entered Downing Street with the support of a client press and media. As a former lobby correspondent (on the Evening Standard, the Sunday Express and The Spectator) I understand the need for access. The job of lobby journalists is to produce information.
But there is now clear evidence that the prime minister has debauched Downing Street by using the power of his office to spread propaganda and fake news. British political journalists have got chillingly close to providing the same service to Boris Johnson that Fox News delivers for Donald Trump.
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocracyuk/british-journalists-have-become-part-of-johnsons-fake-news-machine/
Kia Ora Breakfast.
Daniel the Britts are still mucking around with Brexit instead of focusing on the big problems Climate Change.
Nice glasse calm Wai in Te Tangaroa in Tamiki Makaru Matty.
I agree it's good that farmers are in agreement to lower their carbon footprint at least they are not still trying to deny Global Warming.
Ka kite Ano
We need to stop polluting Tangaroa and Papatuanuku we don't have a planet b 2 go to if we wreck this one with air pollution carbon and sea pollution its is stated that in a decade the amount of rubbish in Tangaroa is going to triple that ain't good stop making a mess of our back yard.
Whales and dolphins found in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch for the first time
This was one of the most remote regions of the Pacific Ocean, and the amount of floating plastic nets, ropes, containers and who-knows-what below was mind-boggling.
THE GREAT PACIFIC GARBAGE PATCH
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is said to be the largest accumulation of ocean plastic in the world. It is located between Hawaii and California, where huge ocean currents meet to form the North Pacific subtropical gyre.
The most common debris we were able to identify by eye was discarded or lost fishing nets, often called “ghost nets”. Ghost nets can drift in the ocean for years, trapping animals and causing injuries, starvation and death..
The most devastating effects fall on communities in poverty. New research shows the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is rapidly growing, posing a greater threat to wildlife. It reinforces the global movement to reduce, recycle and remove plastics from the environment.
Ka kite Ano link below.
https://i.stuff.co.nz/environment/116981654/whales-and-dolphins-found-in-the-great-pacific-garbage-patch-for-the-first-time
Kia Ora 1 News.
It took a very long time for the state to investigate the state abuse of tamariki in their care.??????????.
You can never return whenua back to the way it was before a goldmine operation has pillage it.
Ka kite Ano
Kia Ora Te Ao Maori News.
The Te Tairawhiti story has not been told correctly of late I get my information from autobiographys the story being told leaves out one of my Tipuna Mana wairua.
Let's hope that Jamie Kawai is found.
Mana Wahine.
Ka kite Ano.
Kia Ora 1 News.
Who goes and does that unless they are making a statement.
scraping the bottom of the barrel it's not even election year.
Sea level rising facts would have been minimized by the pro carbon camp that amount of Sealevels rapid rise is going to make life very hard for the 99. %.
Well your a good reporter.
Congratulations for your mahi.
Ka kite Ano