'Supported' ? Bathurst was his ONLY donor- at the max any candidate could spent. he was Bathurst poodle he wasnt even mining adjacent ...– he’s a former RNZ journalist.", and grew up in Gisborne. Now he wears plaid to seem to be a coaster last RNZ story ...
How is things in Moscow ? [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.] [One month off for flaming – Incognito] [I have reduced your ban to two weeks ...
The voters were completely unaware that Bathurst had given this so called 'independent' person massive campaign funding ($32k) - up to the limit seat candidates could spend ! His spending exceeded nationals candidate ($24K) and Labours ($18K) and was ...
$32k from one donor for a single candidate. Surely that was made public at the time it was donated [30/08/23] or is a loophole for independent candidates , and only applies to 'partys'
Thats why Watercare is doing major sewage upgrade through the isthmus. The other factor is 1 and 2 person households are a very large share of the total households now, so the population impact on some services like schools isnt so great. Dont forget those...
Tova always writes in that the apocalypse is here style. Its just bumptious hyperbole which is best ignored. 95% of the population isnt thinking of politics - in the actual meaning of the word- right now , but the chattering classes must chatter
Democracy in the terms of the existing Hong Kong autonomy system being maintained for 50 years was in the Sino- UK Agreement One country two systems was the name , which you have forgotten Or do you consider Hong Kong having the same system as the mainland...
Samsung's 3 nm chip narrows microchip gap with TSMC Samsung starts mass production of the world's smallest chip as a global first and ahead of sector leader TSMC https://www.kedglobal.com/korean-chipmakers/newsView/ked202206300016 TSMC is also producing ...
General Assembly 2758 doesnt say what you think it does. Its merely the vote to install PRC as the UN member 'China' from the ROC 59% yes, 27% no and 13% abstain. NZ voted NO as a lackey of US-Australia and their stooges https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Agree . if theres a reason for 35 being the minimum age for a President, then there should be a max age of 75 for all elected and appointed
"But they were not employed by professional lobbying firms and largely had jobs assisting parties in Parliament." My guess is Williams , Farrar, and maybe 2 more with Federated Farmers and some mining group/property investors - who lobby but arent ...
Something happened to my edit , but I added 'Alongside Rashida Tlaib, Alexander Ocasio-Cortez was the first female member of the Democratic Socialists of America elected to serve in Congress" Wikipedia remember the US is a very conservative country by NZ ...
Plenty of people run for President outside the two party system Again in 2020 for South Carolina ballot paper with Libertarian, Green and Alliance party candidates running. Showing your claim is invalid 'VOTERS get to choose from the limited range of ...
In the period around 2005 I was working at a place not far from Maxim HQ in a residential part of Waikowhai in Auckland . This was a large site the former Keith Hay homestead. The zoning I noticed was residential , but could be used for commercial if the ...
I wondered about that too However the polling results for last election as given on Wikipedia shows national election result was 38.8% while the pre election numbers from curia were around 35% with highest 35.9%
Limited range ? No evidence for your claims, and individuals choose to go on the primaries not the DNC yes you need deep pockets , but its an expensive country for elections with 50 states who each have their own primary or similar heres the 2024 South ...
Bidens been there and done that . Unfortunately for you and them Bidens going to romp home in the primaries. he would only pull out if those voters werent backing him. The too old part came when Biden was Obamas VP, now the electorate is too old as well. ...
You are probably this demographic too, so who are you calling 'gerontocratic' https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2023/07/12/demographic-profiles-of-republican-and-democratic-voters/pp_2023-07-12_validated-voters_3-04/ 64% of voters are now 50 plus
Who is this 'they' The party hierachy dont chose the President or very many other elected offices US partys have a system of primaries where the VOTERS choose for their party candidate for the general election. It seems its a simple ... 'name recognition' ...
Close by a few days Barack Obama born Aug 4 1961 Wall was erected on night of 12-13 Aug 1961
Trump has said countless times "I dont recall" in legal depositions. Even once famously he couldnt recall saying he had one of the best memories Even before Biden was VP 15 years bac, he would stumble over words ( he has a stutter problem) and remember ...
Your link says 'from Aug 2003' not before . Individual countries who just happened to belong to nato was the earlier involvement. In practice the US ran the pre Nato and Nato involvement with some sort of nominal german or turkish general or such "ISAF ...
While its pointed out the government-judicial irregularity of over turning convictions by Act of Parliament What wasnt mentioned was the prosecution irregularity in the the Post office itself was the prosecutor in 700 of the cases. I didnt know about ...
'Nothing to do ?' The nuclear subs is just accidentally its founding document then
Nuland used to work for VP Dick Cheney from 2003 -5 where she was an major influencer for US Iraq invasion. After that job she became US Ambassador to Nato, where her role was getting Nato nations involved in the US invasion in Afghanistan. No matter the ...
Dont forget the ministerial re-shuffle at the start of last week. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/507629/prime-minister-announces-minor-cabinet-reshuffle Looks like he wasnt on top of what ministers would be doing back when it created his ministry ...
Thanks for that . NZTA does consider the 4th power effect but road maintenance/repair isnt how every dollar is spent Also the heaviest trucks distance RUC costs could be around $95,000 pa while your Honda Fit ( yeah) could be around $1000 pa ? https://www....
So UNRWA should have its own police to check every one of its 13,000 employees [IN GAZA] and out of work activities. After all theres 5.6 mill Palestinians registered with UWRA , Im surprised that theres not many many more than 13 amoung the 30,000 ...
Maybe the US attacks on Yemen in the last 10 years, over 100 in 2017 alone, have something to do with it Then theres the Saudi led ( US and British supported) attacks on Yemen after the Zaydi sect led rebels toppled the previous government - who fled to ...
The official statements dont agree New Zealand calls for humanitarian pause in Gaza Its not a ceasefire in the generally expected use of the term notice the date 23 October a latter Dec statement from Luxon - coordinated with Australia and Canada is just a...
Spot On . Its certain that he cant get his head around the idea of deeper questions to his soundbite answers
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