The man of the hour for sure. I love it that the Brits still use the term "working class" with pride. Our delusions of an egalitarian society don't seem to have shifted that much, like working in a call center is somehow "middle class" because you wear ...
Global pandemics maybe...the rest is just ridiculous...and in actual fact a global pandemic only results in increased inequality if you actively let it...
Maybe people had naively assumed it was incremental change for the better?
I very much doubt they are that worried. We all know people (National, Labour and Green Party voters) avoiding tax either purposefully through Trusts and what not, or more under the radar through simple accountancy sleigh of hand. National voters are ...
I was interested to read about these Russian soldiers/mercenaries today. The terrible thing is I have never heard of them and their atrocities before ..but then I see the line... "Images taken yesterday show a soldier wearing the insignia of the ...
Probably been offered a job as a Shift Manager at Tauranga McDonalds. Though actually, as someone who served at the Golden Arches Queen Street with poor old Mark "the-most-tragic-man-in-politics" Thomas at the helm, Simon would actually make quite a 'good'...
Labour get labeled that anyway..so its not a consideration ..not to mention the embarrassing/insulting carry on that day in Parliament when they "hilariously" self identified as "Socialists" (see link) Labours problem is they appear to not have much in the...
"Foetal alcohol injuries in NZ 'could be five times higher' than some official figures suggest" Highly likely we live in a country with approximately 250,000 poor souls with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome...most of whom will be undiagnosed and unsupported, with a...
The Protest we should be talking about... "CHEP Workers Win New Agreement After Weeks On The Picket Line" https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO2203/S00050/chep-workers-win-new-agreement-after-weeks-on-the-picket-line.htm Well done to all involved ..obviously ...
So just to clarify...are there Nazis on the Moon or not??
I think you missed ".its just they don't realise what they are actually protesting" in fact you seemed to have missed the whole point of what I said. And I realise in an ideal only nice sane law abiding morally upright people would be protesting ..but THE ...
Its occurred to me that these people (who I admit do my head in) are "real" protestors..its just they don't realise what they are actually protesting...which is inequality, insecurity, lack of community...not to mention underfunded Health care, both ...
I would argue that Labour have in fact gone for "a show of Strong Leadership for political theatre" rather than the actual evolving science..science is not of one voice..there are a range of voices/opinion/evidence..and some voices are very good at telling...
I get the timing was a challenge..but I still think that with our fortress mentality and mandates, we were, in fact, in a position to time the vaccines for maximum effectiveness, rather than panic stations. We have these vaccines at the expense of poor ...
Unfortunately NZ has squandered the benefit of vaccinations by having too short an interval between the initial 2 shots, it should have been 12 weeks, which I only managed with some manipulation of the system ..and now speeding up the boosters, which ...
"I get particularly upset when commenters accuse an Author of being a paid shill or propagandist." Well, I don't like to think of anyone here getting particularly upset...so if it helps soften the blow rest assured there are a number of contributors here ...
The general consensus here seems to be let the CBD die...but I cannot think of any well thought of city that has let the CBD die ..without then suffering massive regret ...and then having to pump untold dollars to get the whole thing up and running again...
An interesting piece in the Herald today around Public holidays and their Deep unfairness ... "Crocker was on the Holidays Act Taskforce that reviewed that Holidays Act in 2019. He says one of the reasons the law doesn't account for non-traditional work ...
This guy is winning ..for one guy with a fairly small congregation, a mere drop in the bucket of the anti vacc/mandate crowd, he gets all the free publicity he could possibly want. To them he is the Messiah ..who also, incidentally broke Pharisees' laws ...
Though, somewhat ironically, some of the most fervent anti mandate/passport/vaccine people I know, are fully connected on their phones to multiple apps , buy most items online whenever possible ..and think UBI is a great idea...go figure...
Whats with this "Business led" recovery...why not just a good old fashioned "Economic recovery"? 'cos you do know business doesn't exist, let alone succeed without Government and 'The People" creating the right environment..despite what the free-market ...
Thanks for the link....its a shame talking about inequality always gets sidetracked by arguments about the pros and cons of technology (re:Climate Change) ..when really the point is we need a radical reset of our economic, political and social settings .....
I really need to step away from the interweb ..just now on my Facebook.. "This morning Marama Davidson MP launched Te Aorerekura, the first National Strategy to Eliminate Family Violence and Sexual Violence in Aotearoa. This strategy will see Government, ...
"the spread of Covid is declining and the Health system is holding up." ..well go figure! Maybe if the Health system was holding up under an increased spread it would be worth mentioning...though this version of "holding up"...my sympathies to all those on...
That was him alright...late for work as per usual on a Saturday while he writes his thoughts to our dear friend Kim..
Thanks for illustrating my point. I had thought that The Standard could be one place for intelligent conversation..it is not the public face of the Governments covid response. It is meant to be a place where politically engaged people debate the merits or ...
Why give her air space? A better conversation would be around how...yet again...Capitalism and supposed "Free- Market" forces, have, yet again, delivered us a far more expensive, far more problematic 'solution'. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/...
Many of us have moved on from this narrative of "unknowns" and "unpredictability". We have had this disease floating around the entire planet for a long time now. We broadly know enough to understand what will happen sooner rather than latter. People will ...
"Deluge Raises Doubts about Building Houses on West Auckland Floodplain." Hilarious headline in the Herald today..(.my italics)...highlighting both our lack of understanding, let alone progress or governmental (local and Central) policy in preparing for ...
"and now I’m really fucked off. The Department of Internal Affairs FAQ page attached to the Bill barely even mentions women, and there appears to be zero attempt by the government to explain what the issues are so women can consider them and be part of ...
The Taliban need to take a page out of Bidens book.... wait 64 days before even giving their first press conference... and only have 'friendly' journalists with pre approved questions...and certainly no questions on 'tricky' topics... https://thehill.com/...
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