NATO sucks and we should keep our distance. The anti-China focus (whenever they say Indopacific it means"around China") is to maintain relevance as they don't really see Russia as a threat any more. What is happening in Ukraine is exactly the same as all ...
It is chickens coming home to roost. 30+ years ago we signed the Kyoto agreement and did fuck all to change things. We have had ample time to decarbonise the economy gracefully. Now we have to do it disgracefully. Yes big projects take time. The little ...
First a bit of pedantry - "card carrying fascist Vladimir Putin" - Putin certainly has never enrolled as a fascist. I agree that his actions are indicative of fascism. It is a bit like people saying "literally" when they literally mean "figuratively". ...
It is not that science or religion don't have the answer. In both cases the answer to most of our problems is "use less and share". The problem is that people don't like the answer. Of course there are "priests" in both science and religion who pretend ...
HEWN plan is breathtaking in its lack of any actual action. Groundswell, of course, didn't actually read the plan before opposing it.
These sort of crimes (the shootings and the ramraids) were very common in Australia, not long ago. Now both Labour and National are talking about going to Australia and asking what they did to keep them under control. The answer will be "deport as many of ...
The worst signal the NZ could send is to follow China around and say "whatever they offered you we will double it". Mahuta has already visited Fiji this year, and we are actively engaged with all the pacific nations. https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/...
So why a series of tweets? Why not a press release saying "Robertson pokes holes in National's finance policies"? Even the Herald might print it. Part of the reason why National is getting so much air time is because they issue about 6 million press ...
Yes, the narrative from the budget has been overwhelmingly negative. We expect bagging from the right, but bagging from the left is unhelpful. It is important to call out Labour where they let the side down. However the message in the media is Labour bad, ...
"liberation of the Russian-speaking territories in eastern Ukraine" FFS - you can discuss the far-right in Azov without repeating Russian bullshit. They have not "liberated" Mariupol, they have flattened it. It reminds me of the American "we had to destroy...
Australians are like - yes we know scomo is a useless prick, but albo might not be perfect!
From your cite "If the economy is close to full capacity, increasing the money supply will invariably cause inflation." For most of the last 10 years we have been close to capacity. The disaster is cost of living outstripping the earnings of a large ...
So! extended for 2 months. Then what? Do they expect fuel prices to drop?
Many economists were surprised that QE didn't lead to runaway inflation. The decoupling led to modern monetary theory https://www.investopedia.com/modern-monetary-theory-mmt-4588060 Of course the money had to go somewhere, and there has been severe asset ...
I predict an extension of the disastrous fossil fuel subsidy (slightly ameliorated by an extension of the PT subsidy).
I know it is not what you all that you would have wanted said, but for the Southland Times that is already a lot. Keep up the fantastic work.
and deal with the fact that it is uneconomic without huge subsidies.
National haven't had a numerate finance spokesperson since Bill English handed over to Joyce. Luxon is just assuming that no-one in his caucus can add (he hasn't shown it himself) and so bringing back English seems natural. It does show the depth of talent...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twfrEpHeLfw
ACT could reduce the referendum to a ridiculously simple question: like "Do you believe Maori and non-Maori should be equal partners…" Then the strategy should be to vote yes, and point out that it implies that 50% of MPs, judges, CEOs etc should be Māori...
Yes, but a ceasefire is a necessary first step in the process. Russia has a powerful incentive to stop the war, based on the military costs, and the fact that they could still lose. Once the killing has stopped the pressure to expand sanctions to really ...
Both sides want a peace agreement, but Russia wants Mariupol first. A ceasefire which leaves Russia holding nearly all the coast and a continuous territory linking the Donbass to Crimea would be enough of a victory for Putin now. What happens after a ...
In 10 years you won't be able to buy a new model ICE vehicle. Some manufacturers will keep making the old models for fossil markets like ours. In 20 years you will find it hard to get petrol.
It is called "chickens coming home to roost". The earlier oil shocks showed the danger of relying on oil. In 1990 the Kyoto agreement agreed to stop using oil. Instead we have doubled and tripled down on it. Our response to a housing crisis is to build ...
I am not going to tell her that she can't.
https://www.otago.ac.nz/alumni/news/john-delahunt.html
Of course there are problems with such surveys, but they are all we have. At some stage we have to take people at their word. It would almost be surprising if misfits weren't sometimes suicidal. There are also cases of people committing suicide after ...
https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/142/4/e20174218/76767/Transgender-Adolescent-Suicide-Behavior
The question of risks of treatment of teenagers vs non-treatment is complicated. There are many examples of non-binary children committing suicide with and without treatment. It is a shame that there is no research to support either option. Randomly ...
So National are going to offer more subsidies for Employers? Who is going to pay for it?
National are still the Party of Punishment.
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