What with COP28 doing the usual cop-out, emissions rising over 1% during the year etc and crazy ideas like this one being floated as 'real' solutions - I'm not holding my breath on the chances of human survival until even the end of this decade!
It's early days, of course, but I thought the opposition were directing their attacks at two quite vulnerable members of the CoC: Dr Cigga Reti, as Minister of Health for ducking responsibility for pushing the repeal of the Smokefree legislation through, ...
They see a ripping the country apart in a massive culture war as a path to semi-permanent power. Just as Muldoon did in 1981 with the Springbok tour! Deeply cynical and divisive!
Luxon and his CoC!!!! And just incase any readers jump to the wrong conclusion, that stands for Coalition of Chaos!
It's the word 'honest' that raises eyebrows!
Well, we laughed at Britain for electing Boris (and in parenthesis Liz) and Australia being saddled with Scotty from Marketing; we were aghast at Trump's antics in the USA and Bolsanaro's stupidity in Brazil and so on! But now we face the nightmarish ...
I have the impression, perhaps wrongly, that Luxon will be a travelling PM - "promoting the interests of NZ overseas," for two reasons: First, to avoid QT in the House as much as possible - even his ego won't be able to cope with the hammering it'll get, ...
I get the feeling he will be found wanting. Not a feeling, an absolute certainty!
Not worth that much!
Is it only me, but Winnie seems more . . . bitter, more irascible this time round? He seems to be biting back at the media every time he's interviewed. If he takes that attitude into cabinet meetings, one could almost (but not quite) begin to feel sorry ...
The sad fact is: Governments will not make required changes to energy policies based on theoretical threats - there must be sufficient emperical evidence of harm to force action. Quoted in Nature Bats Last NACTNZF will be reactive rather than proactive ...
Maybe we need truant officers to follow up on these absentees? Oh, wait, they were abolished by the Natz and have only been making a comeback under Labour!
Listening to TVNZ news, it struck me that 'strong and stable,' 'getting NZ back on track', 'governing for all NZers' Luxon actually believes his own slogans! An illusion? Or just an ego talking himself up?
Someone on X (twitter) doing the job our so-called journalists should be doing! https://twitter.com/spider_hoof/status/1725711550877704317
Dunning-Kruger!
I prefer this one: https://twitter.com/watershitdown/status/1721238198322598158
That is assuming they see adherence to neo-liberalism as an issue. And there lies the issue!
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At last - something good to vote for!
Anecdotal - yes, and hardly scientific - but the people I meet driving an uber two nights a week are - solidly Green or TPM voters, lesser number favouring Labour - quite disparaging of Luxon and think Act is a bit of a joke - hardly ever mention Winston, ...
Yes, a comprehensive victory. Now - keep it up for the rest of the tournament!
Significantly, apart from one mention at the beginning, the panel didn't discuss Seymour at all. Act have peaked at 9% IMO, and with the Natz in steady decline, and Winnie showing he's past his use-by date, there's everything to play for. As Bomber says, ...
But Luxon repeatedly said 'the average family would receive $250 a fortnight.' No 'up to.' Just a broad and bold statement. At best, that is deceptive. At worst, when he apparently knew all along that only 0.18% of 'average' families would get the maximum,...
Interestingly, hardly any mention of Seymour in the post-match analysis! Act has peaked at about 9% IMO. And on tonight's performance, Winnie is well past his use-by date. TMP and Greens clear winners! Judging by the few instance of applause, the audience ...
Just received in the male a NZF flier entitled Let's Take Back Our Country. "The flier reads: New Zealanders like you deserve a better government with experienced heads to keep the system honest." Yet looking at the NZF party list, as far as I recall, only...
what I do like about them is that they seem quite principled, They (the Greens) are the only principled party in parliament (though TPM should be included in my statement). Certainly, none of the parties on the right have any principles - except perhaps ...
Yes, I haven't heard anything from two of the better NZF politicians in the coalition - Ron Marks and Tracy Martin. Very telling!
I'm not a bible reader, but I recall, I think, from my much earlier days, something about the sins of the fathers being revisited on the children and the children's children. Which old testament philosophy would sit well with an evangelical fundamentalist ...
flakey con-man image That was about the only thing that did turn up! Luxon is a salesman, mouthing slogans and platitudes and saying whatever necessary to make a sale. He's as shallow as a puddle after 10 minutes of drizzle! And Chippie quite rightly ...
Postscript: National continues to drop, and this trend will continue. Act has stalled, and will drop to around 9% on Election night. As a leftie, I hoped for better from Labour. But the Greens went up in the TV1 poll. This will continue. And TPM will do ...
As I've mentioned before on this forum, I speak with an entirely random cross section of the public, including a large number of young people. Accepting there is no scientific basis for my conclusions (though probably as relevant as some opinion polls) the...
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