"Russia can bring the war to a halt whenever it decides to withdraw back to 1990 borders." Shouldn't that be "Nato can bring the war to a halt whenever it decides to withdraw back to 1990 borders."? What sort of logic is it to expect Russia to accept ...
Interesting fact considering the way the Azov fighters in Mariupol were portrayed as freedom fighters by media in New Zealand, and raises the question why we support these people in Ukraine at the same time as call them terrorists in New Zealand: "It was ...
Enjoying your articles Mike
"Putin may drag out in Ukraine the kind of war he pursued in Syria." - What motive would Russia have for making the war in either Syria or Ukraine as long as possible?
Well said Mike. It is disturbing that this Labour government has gone so far, so deep and so quickly into this war, to the point where the prime minister is saying we would give missiles to Ukraine if we had any to spare. What an anti-socialist party ...
I pick Russia and China. Much more peaceful countries than the United States and New Zealand will be much more screwed economically if can't sell it's products to China. In fact, most of the world including all of South America and even Germany are reliant...
I was saying the other day that what Covid/Mandates haven't done to split the left/progressive movements, the Ukraine conflict will finish. I'm afraid I don't agree at all with this post or another one on The Standard on this subject. It is the United ...
Your rationale for why Russia has attacked Ukraine provides no motivation for Russia other than that it is an expansionist state. Putin has always asked for some pretty simple things - namely that the Ukraine doesn't become part of NATO and that it stays ...
I haven't actually seen the film but I get a clear double entendre Christmas message from the title.
Totally right LPrent. The idea that someone who is a "businessmen" is better at running the country is obvious nonsense, but it does tend to convince a lot of people who tend to be the biggest victims of such businessmen/leaders when they do get in power. ...
Not only that, but they are testing God which any good Christian should know that you are not allowed to do
"I was pleased to hear Bloomfield point out that most people in Auckland, and New Zealand, are adhering to lockdown rules without any oversight or enforcement. It’s just a beautiful reframing in the middle of a press conference focused on things not going ...
No intelligent chicken would cross the road to visit a Kentucky Fried Chicken for obvious reasons
Don't really agree with Jolly's point of view. Unless all New Zealanders become conversant with te reo as soon as possible, the language will be a source of division rather than unity.
To me, the fact that women are expected to make concessions so that society can find a place for trans people is itself sexist.
"This has the same sort of vibe from those who say “I am not a racist but …” And, "I believe in climate change but...."
I think the same thing is happening with left wing men in New Zealand.
I think it would fair to say that Churchill had his good and bad side. It was Churchill's leadership in 1940 along with the British Air Force, that managed to hold back Hitler back at a critical moment during World War II.
"While some of our farmers have chosen climate denial and blaming Labour for their difficulties, many others are leading the charge in creating eco-conscious systems that will help us not only survive, but thrive into the future." This claim is being made ...
"Is DB a farmer?" I suspect not. Most of the most vociferous attacks on people criticising farmers (who are merely responding to a farmer protest in the first place) are coming from people who aren't farmers.
This version is low key but great https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARfQHqIkbTc [TheStandard: A moderator moved this comment to Open Mike as being off topic or irrelevant in the post it was made in. Be more careful in future.]
"Red Lines host Anya Parampil speaks with Danny Haiphong, a contributing editor at the Black Agenda Report, about his recent two week trip to China. Danny discusses what he learned about China's economic model, it's efforts to reduce poverty nationwide, ...
My local sushi shop man is from Shanghai. He told me he loves his government because it made it possible for him to do well enough for himself to move to New Zealand. The reason he came to New Zealand is because he wanted to live somewhere that was more ...
Good to have something positive said about the Chinese government. The level of anti-China sentiment in New Zealand is astounding. I know a range of people, mostly to the left of the political spectrum and nearly all of them see China as a military threat ...
They had cameras in the scrums and rucks
Good point - for years New Zealand has been encouraging Asian countries to switch to milk and meat based diets
Independent journalist Aaron Mate of The Gray Zone explains in this video how inspectors of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) went in person to investigate the alleged chemical attack in Douma, Syria but found that although ...
Good post Mike. The issue from a New Zealand point of view is not if and how much Uyghurs are being persecuted in China, but American manipulation of the situation for its own geo-political benefit. The Uyghur cause is being manipulated to encourage war ...
Disappointing but not surprising cannabis referendum result vis a vis euthanasia. The difference was that everyone who voted one one way or the other for euthanasia referendum was directly affected by it. Whereas those who don't prefer to use cannabis were...
"They would buckle to farming pressure" - I don't think it would even be a case of "buckling" since they are the political wing of the farming industry
An excellent article for anyone wanting to dig deeper into the Beirut explosion: "Ammonium nitrate is quite stable, making it one of the safest explosives used in mining. Fire normally won’t set it off. It becomes highly explosive only if contaminated – ...
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