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Comment: Daily review 06/03/2025
Written By: Incognito - Date published: 8:52 pm, March 6th, 2025
No, that did not clarify it, on the contrary. It’s a Post [HT to Alwyn] – a thread is a connected series of (nested) comments & replies. I don’t know what the problem is because everything looks fine to me, even when I’m not logged in on another browser.Comment: Daily review 06/03/2025
Written By: Incognito - Date published: 8:43 pm, March 6th, 2025
That’s called writer’s block.Comment: Daily review 06/03/2025
Written By: Incognito - Date published: 8:38 pm, March 6th, 2025
No, I don’t, because I have not the slightest clue what you’re on about … The only comment that was trashed today had been pending in Pre-Mod and never appeared on the site for your eyes to feast on.Comment: Fox in a henhouse
Written By: Incognito - Date published: 8:34 pm, March 6th, 2025
This is entirely in line with the flock of foxes running amok in the Beehive. They’ve been neo-authoritarians from the day they took over the reins and even before then. If this is what New Zealanders really want then they should renew their mandate next ...Comment: Open mike 06/03/2025
Written By: Incognito - Date published: 8:15 pm, March 6th, 2025
Care to elaborate and kick off a convo here?Comment: Open mike 06/03/2025
Written By: Incognito - Date published: 9:48 am, March 6th, 2025
Chill, there are worse things in life than not having your comments appears on TS for a day. https://thestandard.org.nz/daily-review-05-03-2025/#comment-2027415Comment: Daily review 05/03/2025
Written By: Incognito - Date published: 6:01 pm, March 5th, 2025
@ newsense, you should be able to submit comments now. Apologies for the inconvenience; the spam-filter was a little too stringentComment: Open mike 05/03/2025
Written By: Incognito - Date published: 3:54 pm, March 5th, 2025
Less link-spamming and more (intelligent) commentary, please. TS ≠ SM.Comment: Open mike 04/03/2025
Written By: Incognito - Date published: 2:11 pm, March 4th, 2025
Mod noteComment: Canadian billionaire linked to right wing websites buys a near 10% of NZME shares
Written By: Incognito - Date published: 9:08 am, March 4th, 2025
Indeed, an ‘entrepreneur’ used to have positive connotations but now it often means ‘neoliberal stormtrooper’ with a definite negative vibe.Comment: Open mike 03/03/2025
Written By: Incognito - Date published: 9:54 pm, March 3rd, 2025
That’s a great find and addition, thanks :-)Comment: Canadian billionaire linked to right wing websites buys a near 10% of NZME shares
Written By: Incognito - Date published: 9:37 pm, March 3rd, 2025
I’m glad that Newsroom did not stay silent on the takeover of NZ media by vested interests. But the board and management’s declaration that its leading asset, the Herald, would adopt this path is a knowing nod to the business community that NZME sniffs ...Comment: Canadian billionaire linked to right wing websites buys a near 10% of NZME shares
Written By: Incognito - Date published: 9:20 pm, March 3rd, 2025
We might see more ‘strategic advertising’ by the NZME stables. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/525042/nzme-to-review-advertising-policies-after-hobson-s-pledge-adComment: Looks like rail enabled ferries may be back
Written By: Incognito - Date published: 3:24 pm, March 2nd, 2025
sigh You didn’t read the link, did you? KiwiRail has indicated that 4 percent of rail freight (by volume) across Cook Strait is on specialised rail wagons and in its view without a rail-enabled connection, it is highly likely that this volume would revert ...Comment: Looks like rail enabled ferries may be back
Written By: Incognito - Date published: 1:06 pm, March 2nd, 2025
Apparently only five percent of all rail traffic crosses Cook Strait. Of that five percent a significant portion will be unloaded from rail wagons, transported across and then reloaded onto the rail. I can't find the exact amount. Apparently, you couldn’t ...Comment: The Chinese Shadowboxing Show at Sea
Written By: Incognito - Date published: 12:36 pm, March 2nd, 2025
Interesting comment, thank you. Technically, we might be able to build and launch our own satellites with our in-house rocket builder. That said, I reiterate that we should invest (more effort) in better information streams for the public, i.e., new media, ...Comment: The Chinese Shadowboxing Show at Sea
Written By: Incognito - Date published: 10:24 am, March 2nd, 2025
Wilful ignorance and inability to understand (aka ‘too stupid’ or ‘slow learners’) are different things that have similar impact, i.e., maintain status quo. I touched upon this in the OP: […] they’re insisting that we turn a blind eye as well. So, I think ...Comment: The Chinese Shadowboxing Show at Sea
Written By: Incognito - Date published: 10:05 am, March 2nd, 2025
Yes, some of those ideas have been slowly germinating in my mind for some time now. Obviously, I pick up my input seeds from what I read and hear (mostly online), so I do feel slightly encouraged that not only change is possible but also actually happening ...Comment: The Chinese Shadowboxing Show at Sea
Written By: Incognito - Date published: 9:43 pm, March 1st, 2025
Comment: The Chinese Shadowboxing Show at Sea
Written By: Incognito - Date published: 9:41 pm, March 1st, 2025
Yes, perhaps, but it’s likely to be plus ça change, i.e., variations on a theme. We need different rather than new Government. But how to change a culture mindset in and with one general election? Of course, this is where media play a major role, but they’ ...
The Chinese Shadowboxing Show at Sea
Written By: Incognito - Date published: 4:42 pm, March 1st, 2025
The Chinese armada in the Tasman Sea is causing colonial angst that feels worse than losing the America’s Cup to the Ozzies. Many NZ colonists fear that they might be colonised by the tribe of Uncle Wong instead of Uncle Don. However, it was a beautiful ...
Categories: class war, coalition of chaos, making shit up, Media
Tags: information war,inforwars,lies,mind controlComment: Open mike 01/03/2025
Written By: Incognito - Date published: 11:37 am, March 1st, 2025
Surely, Nicky No Jobs is a sell-out.Comment: Some more thoughts about National’s vigilante justice policy
Written By: Incognito - Date published: 9:18 pm, February 28th, 2025
Two academic law experts, Andrew Geddis and Henry Benson-Pope, point out the obvious and perhaps not so obvious problems with the bizarre proposals around citizen’s arrest. https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/27-02-2025/the-many-many-problems-with-the-plan- ...Comment: Its the end of the Media as we know it …
Written By: Incognito - Date published: 8:36 pm, February 28th, 2025
Comment: Its the end of the Media as we know it …
Written By: Incognito - Date published: 7:14 pm, February 28th, 2025
Pretty much already exists here on TS in the menu section on the right (Feeds, Party, Govt, Media).Comment: Daily review 28/02/2025
Written By: Incognito - Date published: 7:04 pm, February 28th, 2025
Fascists unite! The bunker is [in] Mar-a-Lago, FL.Comment: Open mike 27/02/2025
Written By: Incognito - Date published: 1:19 pm, February 27th, 2025
Can you please elaborate on what is your point? As it stands, I think the comparison is flawed and false equivalence, but I'm probably reading you wrong here :-)Comment: Open mike 27/02/2025
Written By: Incognito - Date published: 1:15 pm, February 27th, 2025
What I’m telling you is that this means NZ stock is a bargain for smart cashed-up investors with deep pockets, and for good measure, and to show our world-renowned Kiwi kindness and hospitality, we throw in a NZ passport for free – everything must go and ...Comment: Vigilante justice is apparently our birth right
Written By: Incognito - Date published: 1:05 pm, February 27th, 2025
They are more likely to be in the back seat of another teenagers car being driven recklessly. That’s a straw man argument because their harm would be self-inflicted. If they were putting others/the public at risk they must be pulled over by authorised [and ...Comment: Open mike 26/02/2025
Written By: Incognito - Date published: 12:50 pm, February 27th, 2025
That letter has already led to several official complaints on grounds that have nothing to do with ideological arguments about the assumed topic matter as such. That was my point yesterday but of course, it took a life of its own. https://www.rnz.co.nz/ ...
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