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Comment:The Left Do Not Own Maori
Date published: 11:01 pm, November 26th, 2023He hasnt breached any cultural norms and yet you write..... "In Maori terms, behave in a way that is culturally proper or appropriate……." And this vague conflicted reasoning leads you to equate him with the Ku Klux Klan?
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Comment:The Left Do Not Own Maori
Date published: 10:24 pm, November 26th, 2023And what cultural norm has David Seymour breached that leads you to compare him to Thomas Robb?
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Comment:The Left Do Not Own Maori
Date published: 8:32 pm, November 26th, 2023https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true_Scotsman
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Comment:The Left Do Not Own Maori
Date published: 6:01 pm, November 26th, 2023"..behaves about as much a Maori" ??????
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Comment:Aotearoa the way you want it?
Date published: 4:51 pm, November 26th, 2023"The issue for the left is to work out how to change the narrative. How do we get people talking about the real issues and avoiding the counter culture battles thrown up by well funded agents of evil?" And you wonder why? The issue for the 'left' is how to...
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Comment:Highlights quoted out of the National-New Zealand First coalition agreement
Date published: 10:28 am, November 25th, 2023"Amend the Waitangi Tribunal legislation to refocus the scope, purpose, and nature of its inquiries back to the original intent of that legislation" Does this mean reverting to the original 1975 Act (that only allowed for breaches post 1975) or something ...
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Comment:Open mike 24/11/2023
Date published: 5:38 pm, November 24th, 2023Praying may be all we can do about it.
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Comment:Open mike 24/11/2023
Date published: 11:05 am, November 24th, 2023NZs first 3 party coalition government....a symptom of a surfeit of elites? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsVY5TWrcfY Peter Turchin studies the collapse of societies....and possible opportunities to avoid/delay such.
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Comment:Green growth or degrowth?
Date published: 4:13 pm, November 23rd, 2023Silly you indeed
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Comment:Green growth or degrowth?
Date published: 12:12 pm, November 23rd, 2023It may be clear that they used GDP as proxy for economic growth but it is also equally clear that all parties agree it is not a sufficient measure....and it is also clear that the role of finance is ignored. The main point of the article is therefore lost ...
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Comment:Green growth or degrowth?
Date published: 10:25 am, November 23rd, 2023Having perused the embedded links in the article (snippets as they were) it appears all ignore the fundamental position of finance (money) in the 'growth' paradigm. No (or de) growth= no interest. Now consider how such a world will operate...and crucially ...
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Comment:The baubles of office
Date published: 7:08 pm, November 22nd, 2023Cant speak for Belladona, but thats not what I am saying...and dont believe that anyone could (or should) place that implication upon what I wrote. I mean exactly what I wrote...health and education are not (and should never be considered) unproductive ...
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Comment:The baubles of office
Date published: 4:40 pm, November 22nd, 2023"It was mostly the parasitical and largely unproductive parts of the economy that suffered." "Guess the entire education sector is included in that. Not to mention large parts of the health sector (everything other than emergency care)." Sadly that is a ...
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Comment:Green growth or degrowth?
Date published: 1:41 pm, November 22nd, 2023The article appears to lack a key ingredient...a definition of growth. Growth of what and by what measure? There is a cursory mention of decoupling but that dosnt cover the required definition. Increasing asset values tells us nothing about output nor ...
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Comment:Daily review 21/11/2023
Date published: 10:13 pm, November 21st, 2023And yet.. "Milei, who rode a wave of voter anger with the political mainstream, won by a wider-than-expected margin. He landed some 56% of the vote versus just over 44% for his rival, Peronist Economy Minister Sergio Massa, who conceded." https://www....
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Comment:Open mike 21/11/2023
Date published: 7:37 am, November 21st, 2023" The electorate doesn’t vote for designations, it votes for ideas. 38.6% is what Christopher Luxon got for not being Chris Hipkins. It isn’t enough." https://www.interest.co.nz/public-policy/125293/chris-trotter-looks-whether-christopher-luxons-corporate-...
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Comment:Mergers and acquisitions
Date published: 7:31 pm, November 20th, 2023The fact that National received only 38% of the 78% who turned out to vote demonstrates that NZ (in the main) did not vote for a rich white businessman to lead the country....it does however demonstrate that the electorate didnt want the existing regime. ...
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Comment:Open mike 20/11/2023
Date published: 7:23 pm, November 20th, 2023With inflation running in excess 140%pa I imagine the average Argentinian is willing to try anything different...whether they get the difference they want may be another story.
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Comment:Mergers and acquisitions
Date published: 10:20 am, November 19th, 2023Surely no one believes that the only input to nationals negotiating position belongs to Luxon? There will be considerable input from others within (and possibly without) the organisation. Luxon may publicly carry the can but it is naive to believe that the...
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Comment:Open mike 17/11/2023
Date published: 7:54 pm, November 17th, 2023I suspect your view is a little too local in a globalised economy. Let google be your friend.
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Comment:Open mike 17/11/2023
Date published: 6:27 pm, November 17th, 2023Did anyone seriously think Luxon was a Key clone.?....we have had a couple of years demonstrating otherwise.
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Comment:Open mike 17/11/2023
Date published: 5:18 pm, November 17th, 2023I suspect Luxon would only bet with someone elses money....a no lose proposition. But I 'd eat a slice of the pav.
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Comment:Open mike 17/11/2023
Date published: 5:07 pm, November 17th, 2023It means nothing more than it did prior to the election...Luxon is still Luxon and Peters and Seymor are the same as they always were. And sadly politicians gave away most of their real influence decades ago. The likes of Hooten et al are doing what they ...
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Comment:Open mike 17/11/2023
Date published: 4:51 pm, November 17th, 2023Luxon may well be incompetent....however as stated i doubt many would have risked cash on Winston doing a deal inside 2 weeks. And in the grand scheme of things it means little.
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Comment:Open mike 17/11/2023
Date published: 4:23 pm, November 17th, 2023How many would have bet on a deal inside of 2 weeks of the counting of specials?....not many I suspect.
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Comment:Daily review 15/11/2023
Date published: 4:13 pm, November 16th, 2023"We could, but chose not to. There is no reason why we cannot pay teachers, nurses and health technicians etc the same pay (and work conditions) as in Oz." There is at least one very good reason why that is not a realistic option....remuneration is ...
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Comment:Daily review 15/11/2023
Date published: 3:32 pm, November 16th, 2023"....and a place to live we can afford." Sadly not. Though perhaps marginally more affordable than NZ (in most locales) by price to income ratios Australia is afflicted by the same housing issues as NZ (and they are relying on immigration to support that ...
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Comment:What Is peace Anyway?
Date published: 1:17 pm, November 16th, 2023I suspect underlying all the increased conflict(s) is the competition for declining resources. And that is a problem that is only going to increase....pessimism or no.
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Comment:Daily review 15/11/2023
Date published: 8:39 pm, November 15th, 2023"Statistics NZ estimates that this country had a record net migration gain (long term arrivals minus long term departures) of 119,000 people over the 12 months to the end of September this year, compared to a net gain of 59,000 in the 12 months to ...
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Comment:Open mike 13/11/2023
Date published: 7:03 pm, November 13th, 2023Thank you...though Im unsure what I need good luck for.
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Comment:Open mike 13/11/2023
Date published: 6:52 pm, November 13th, 2023A former Attorney General, and a KC, and the best he can come up with is 'division and nutters'.....its the sort of argument I expect from you Muttonbird.
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