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/...
So, for a UBI to be of any benefit to the citizens, and not just another crutch for a failed economic system, the first step would be to create a world that is not Market Driven. Unfortunately the Political Leaders, worker leaders, street level activists ...
Ofcourse Simon is still running on a campaign of misinformation...lapped up by a bunch of someones somewhere I guess... "As I’ve said here recently, Tauranga is now the crime capital of New Zealand - our region has more gang members and meth than anywhere ...
Well, its an anniversary of sorts ..though given the almost total destruction of our clothing manufacturing industry...and our insistence on cheap clothing from whatever country has the cheapest labour thanks to Union suppression...I wouldn't exactly call ...
Disclaimer ..just realised in my rush I may sound a bit confrontational (the perils of asking questions while "working"....these are just genuine questions... So 'adverse reactions' ..does that mean something medically notable and recordable ..or does it ...
So, with 1.02M NZ's having received the Covid vaccination do we have these sorts of numbers of adverse reactions?
No. Like I said. I'm not talking about what was said after the damage was half done. I'm talking about the fact this is a small country ..and there is alot of family and friend connection between film and politics ..I'm talking about they should have said ...
"about time" and "this history" Really ..History? And without getting into the other myriad of reasons this movie is so wrong ..I would have thought that Labour..when they first heard whispers of this project (which they would have ..its a very small ...
Happy to invoke/waive?? Godwin's Law, yet again.....right now at National Party headquarters... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JOpPNra4bw
yes...because everyone makes an excellent living in that there City where the streets are paved with gold and social welfare is there to provide wrap around care in the unlikely event that you lose your well paying job?? It would be fascinating to see a ...
...just a thought...from what you are saying....you are not Left socially...you are Liberal Socially...the Leftist position is based and revolves around Economic Theory.
Anna Lorck: “I’m a socialist!” Anna Lorck rented out the shop next to us two elections ago ..that woman couldn't even deal with out "Labour- I prefer their early work" poster featuring Norman Kirk. However back in 2011 she was more than happy to respond ...
A pointless argument to the extent that there is not one single socialist in the halls of parliament. And that while Seymour thinks calling someone a Socialist is an insult...Kieren is so disconnected to peoples desperation he thinks calling himself a ...
This is the sort of thing you hear in the playground quite regularly between 12 year old boys...one hurls a ridiculous insult ..the other one decides to 'own it', usually without having a clue what it actually means......for the adults in the staff room to...
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