How old do you think the present are? Wha is your present political sway and why the violence? What do you think should happen in our political scene ?
DMK - " Is it just me, or do the “herd 'immunity'” shills come across as merchants of death to anyone else?" No you're not alone on that statement DMK. Here's the experts in The Lancet's latest release - peer reviewed.Specific links to scientific evidence ...
RL your site link for data states this "Excess mortality data is often incomplete in recent weeks – we currently exclude the most recent four weeks of data" You wrote this "COVID no longer poses an out of control existential threat to hundreds of millions....
Ooops Sweden? "Sweden has now seen a doubling in cases in three weeks, hitting more than 1000 new cases in one day for the first time since June," "Sweden's cumulative death total from infections is 10 times higher than neighbouring Norway and Finland and ...
Come on Waghorn... TS commentators have lampooned Judith and the Natz relentlessly! The poem was far more intellectual than many pernicious projectiles aimed at Natz' personalities and tactics. The foe who had been so dirty and insulting were defeated ...
You saw one of the Starlink chains.There's more than 800 individual Starlink satellites in orbit now with thousands to come. They are released in batches. A batch of 60 odd were launched 3 days ago, the 18th launch of 2020. Once released in space they are ...
Tell us your trick sumsuch as to how you'd be avoiding McCarthy's apocalypse? Do you have a special bunker?
This article I posted the other day might assist as it explores the history of NZ housing and "why Savage could sort out the housing problem in the 30s. And we can't now." At the end of this Policy Forum article are specific links to elaborate. Early ...
Agree there Observer, pissed off with snide media comments that it was all really Jacinda's win. That's an insult to kiwis whose votes were not mere personality votes but are intelligent and hopeful people seeking a real seachange. I believe the election ...
Got to feel for Labour's Emily Henderson with a hard battle against Shane Reti in Whangerei. Just a 152 vote loss and misses out by 1 place on the party list too. The party vote in Whangerei went to Labour too by a massive margin, near 7500 votes ahead. ...
😂 too painful weka. I'm off with the grandkids for a picnic pizza in a paddock then some stargazing . I'd rather wait there for an alien abduction 'til it's all over.
Tova O’Brien, Patrick Gower and Duncan Garner doing tv3 coverage. https://youtu.be/oYLvsbDbNOE
Weekly Economic Update - 16 October 2020 - cheery pickings ? Household spending remains strong. Total income support numbers fell this week . "The weekly proportion of cancelled Jobseeker grants where the recipient had obtained work has been trending up ...
One of Trump's 'miracle' drugs fails the claim in the WHO Solidarity clinical trials. "The drug having no life-saving effect at all. It is a similar message ( of failure ) for preventing people needing ventilation or speeding up people's recovery." https...
I believe Peter, it refers to a really malicious rumour that started back earlier this year. But why on election eve the link with a smear type subtext, pops up here( linked to newshub ) after all these months? The timing points to intended potential harm.
Thanks Incognito. That seems like a blanket no for much commentary.
Scary paranoia around the US elections. Republicans calling for a voluntary army of thousands for video surveillance at polling booths. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/10/15/army-for-trump-preps-poll-watching-operation-raising-concerns
Anyone know.. how does the Electoral law around social media affect The Standard after midnight ?
Prisoners would not have been in the polling either but then I'm not sure what happened with the mix up to its outcome on the day when that Bill was passed.
The item that was supposedly there more likely had some sort of legal action taken to take it down. Newshub TV3 should be disgusted with themselves even trying this shit on the eve of election!!! A nasty person as far back as May claiming to be JA's friend...
I would support a wealth tax but for reasons explored not a broad asset targetted tax but closer to a more targetted CGT type tax in our NZ setting where wealth is harboured now in an unacceptable, predatory housing grab- a major cause of poor wellbeing ...
Gavin White of UMR explored poll accuracy in 2014 of past elections for the One News Colmar Brunton,NZ Herald Digipoll,TV3 Reid Research, Roy Morgan and the Fairfax Ipsos. He went back and looked at poll results from every election since 1999. All the ...
Depends who you know DTB
True Naki man and wee Peter the Pot Pro down the road with his plants is still going to grow his special hybrid and make his main income, whether legal or not. Because other countries data largely shows that legalising weed does not increase a whole ...
"That has more to do with the current status of cannabis in law as opposed to the substance itself." That's why I asked what's the preference for ' the market' scenario . Isn't the proposed law really then about tax take from big suppliers rather than ...
" Because we need to ensure any financial benefits of legalising cannabis go towards building and improving our communities, and not into corporate coffers." Good ideology but what's the preference or plans ? Went to school with this guy. Lord has ...
How not to campaign in a country with high obesity stats and make a judgement about one's own lack of personal responsibilty. Casting shame as an election tactic. Thomas Coughlan comments, who is with Judith Collins in Waikanae today " Back to that ...
" Its really on of those things where we have to wait for the old culture to die off." Jeepers ! Found and read one of the long dead father- in- laws old books last week. The whole theme was that phrase of yours DTB. Dr. Albert Schweitzer, ' On the Edge of...
"The really interesting challenge is how to achieve both at the same time. It's never really been done before." That's the transformative bit. " ...inequality may well be mostly a natural consequence of peace and prosperity." A natural consequence???
Whoa! you took 1 minute between my post and your reply. Supersonic speed reading of articles to enhance your knowledge or willful inability to define things any other way than your own assumptions. " I didn’t spin at all as it is racist, separatist policy...
We can even indecently commidify Māori as a monetary value to drive change for social justice. In 2016, $ 2.6 billion loss... https://i.stuff.co.nz/business/102643651/inequality-depriving-maori-and-the-economy-of-26b-every-year " And so if we continue to ...
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