I'm sure you would agree with me, before any (more) reforms occur in the Health sector, or indeed pollies get pay rises, Te Whatu Ora needs to get the Holiday pay sorted. $1.9B owed since up to 2010 is a disgrace. They (TWO) have stalled and failed to meet...
Precisely my response Anne, ideological.
This could be the appropriate post to ask: "How much is enough?" Or at what point does greed begin?
Thanks heaps AB for articulating that so well. Way more digestible than I would have been. I, too, have close friends who landlord and are decent people. . I have plenty of scorn for the pollies, too gutless or self interested to change the only game in ...
Their arguments are so weak and irrelevant that the inevitable Nazi slur gets bandied about. A sure sign that there isn't a leg to stand on.
I have had the predisposition to not pay for media via the internet. In the early days it was napster, peer to peer file sharing akin to sharing a cd, a taped version of a LP etc. Fast forward to Pirate Bay and the torrent revolution- games, movies, music....
Thanks for yr insights, Robert. I realise I sometimes can become a bit excitable by the potential in something and not heed the barriers/resistance/other's value systems. I agree with you about the 'planting of seeds in the young' and that manifesting ...
I forget where I heard it/who said it but something along the lines of 'The world war after the next will be fought with sticks and stones'. Once again I give thanks for being born in this country.
You outline some great pointers and direction of travel. I am left with the feeling that no political party is going to be the leader on this. So many of our primary producers are locked into a system that has banks and Big Ag calling the tune. The change,...
The biggest concern ain't the cancelling, it's the societal zeitgiest that give the cancelling some mana. Followers and such. Ironically I be came aware of some of the concept of the few who are beyond being cancelled. Taylor Swift and Joe Rogan are two ...
Thanks for the overview. There are parallels described in the Believe the Children episode of the Things Fell Apart podcast. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s1-ep-4-believe-the-children/id1592984136?i=1000540368101 That phenomena of strange ...
I am far from a scholar of queer theory. From what DJ is quoting elements of it sure sounds a tad fringe. I trust there isn't a lack of context.
I just found this link to an interview with Derrick Jensen. Environmentalist, "old growth leftie", who is surprised as to what got him cancelled. Writing about blowing up dams, no-one cared but question modern queer theory you get cancelled. HT Dark Waters...
To answer Frank's question about journos I suspect most of them have drink the Koo Aid too and don't see anything to question.
Thanks (I think), weka. That is some grim reading. These are the real casualties in this culture war. Like others, I trust the PTB wake up to the harmful ideological mindsets at play here.
Hush Robert, the adults are talking
I heard on RNZ a recommendation for a podcast. Things Fell Apart. Jon Ronson, a BBC 4 journalist looking at the culture wars. For a controversial subject I find him reasonably even handed. His voice is reminiscent of Julian Clary which I find helps. The ...
There's no truth to the rumour that a lot of Woodvillians live there either.
Perhaps Virtue Signal Resistant. Or just stick with Omnivore.
Oops, sorry about that.
We are in the middle of the process of renewing our water and power systems. Very excite! All advice has been to keep away from hydronic solar and go with photovoltaic solar and heat an element in the water cylinder. 48volt system, 8kw solar panels ( ...
I heard a reasonably long (3-4minutes) snippet on RNZ this morning. From both 'sides' if th issue, sorry don't recall either woman's name, also from a transitioning person.
We had cause to engage with both local council and Waka Kotahi (am I allowed to still use that term?) advocating for a speed reduction on Railway Road as if enters Palmy from Bunnythump. We were told by council that because it is an open road (100 kmh) it ...
I think rural ratepayers are more than accustomed to contributing to services they don't benefit from. At the risk if accusations of nepotism this initiative is a good example of a circut breaker of the neo-liberal doctrine of subcontracting everything.
As a tangent, in the past, it appears to be a right wing or tory view to 'de-centralise' this sort of thing. To my mind, Aotearoa needs way more of this, government funded, Iwi lead initiatives that provide local solutions by locals. This is the way to ...
A good news story to kick off the day. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/513961/water-tank-installation-programme-changing-lives-in-the-far-north Life changing and affirming in many ways. Young fellas getting skills and education. Decent water quality ...
What do we mean by "sustainable environment"? I looked at the link but didn't see a definition. The best definition of sustainable, in relation to soil, that I have heard is 'in better condition this season than last season'. Which raises another question,...
Shanreagh has replied to you at 9.1.1.2.1.1 The answers to your many questions are there.
"...messed up thinking..." You are the one that wants us to share your belief that someone with a home is homeless.
Doesn't make them homeless as they have a home, just as it doesn't make them a woman. And you reckon David was being ditzy! Edit; "Trans logic. What is "trans logic"? Trans Woman is a woman = Trans logic.
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