https://twitter.com/tarquin_wallace/status/1619413563071950848?cxt=HHwWgMDTtceDqPksAAAA
Shoulda gone to Specsavers
The RAND Corporation is an American policy think tank created in 1948 by Douglas Aircraft Company to offer 'research and analysis to the United States Armed Forces', it's financed by the U.S. government and private endowment, corporations, universities and...
It's fine to disagree with policies but anyone who personalises in the way these scumbags have are crossing a line.
Keep digging.
I'll never forget this covid presser in a park about a year ago when he walked down a track through bush into a clearing where the reporters were. I think he was late because his mother wanted to make sure he was dressed properly. Not shown in this video ...
...killer blow... Also recently a TV news item (can't find the link sorry) about the 84 boil water notices in New Zealand, some going back as long as 20 odd years.
Timothy Snyder nails it. Reasoned dispute towards constructive policy..... Not possible in politics in most of the world today, if ever indeed it ever has been.
An excellent point on the unintended consequences using interest rates to combat inflation. https://twitter.com/MusicalChairs14/status/1613362734535671808
Kary Love has written an interesting article about the prosecution of Putin for launching a war of aggression against Ukraine, based on the 2011 judgement by the Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Commission (KLWCC) against Blair and Bush in 2011 for the invasion of ...
Auckland with only 26 hours of bright sunshine recorded so far this month. Far south, Invercargill, a little over 100hrs in same period
A journalist with integrity, and a reminder that nothing changes. Bernard Kalb, Founding ‘Reliable Sources’ Host and Journalist, Dies at 100 https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/bernard-kalb-founding-reliable-sources-004307235.html Before “Reliable Sources...
https://twitter.com/StefSimanowitz/status/1605490447547351040
People underestimate China's commitment to renewable energy. It's huge. https://twitter.com/KyleTrainEmoji/status/1604510937557635072
History is everything. Much of that Guardian article is pretty superficial. In this 38 minute interview with Aaron Maté, Nicolai Petro discusses "the overlooked influence of Ukraine's far-right nationalist movement and former German Chancellor Angela ...
Mainly because western Universities are full of bullshit ideologies I think it's more about the effect student debt has in deterring people? and more money to be made in the trades for men in particular?
This situation shows the weakness in the Chinese approach to technology Weakness? Fixing it. https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2021/08/07/us-universities-fall-behind-china-in-production-of-stem-phds/?sh=1edadf594606
A ban which China is taking to the WTO, a scenario is that US will be found in violation of WTO rules then US will likely snub the ruling. China's next steps would be interesting. The WTO in it's current form may be under threat.
call it a plutocracy America now has a theocracy and it's called the Supreme Court.
Bloody scary, laid out like that. Humans will not cope well.
https://twitter.com/coughlthom/status/1603165227558014976
I've read the interview and I'm not convinced her intent was just to give Ukraine time to arm. She's not stupid – that would also give Russia time to arm, AND better prepare itself against sanctions. Who has used the time better? – not Europe, I'd suggest....
Seymour took this jibe in good humor (TV1 News)
Covid-19 has been and is still taking a huge toll. It is far from over, and getting slightly scary in many countries again. I find it amazing that more people are not wearing masks, in particular the vulnerable in crowded shopping situations. Dr. Jeff ...
Yes the Chief Ombudsman has the luxury of being critical yet not having to present an alternative framework that would have outcomes that didn't disadvantage anyone in that same situation. Meaningless.
Time this was finished with. Assange's life and that of his wife and children have been damaged enough .And yet not a peep from any politician here, bar Chris Leitch. Albonese's lack of action regarding Assange points to exactly how subservient Australia ...
Yes that is a good read. Adern is meeting the two groundswell leaders this coming week? and I think some of the things in this article will open their eyes. Because in their own words they haven't been reading the legislation, preferring the reckons of all...
It's common knowledge that the USA was built with slavery, on land stolen from native Americans, but I wasn't aware the USA was also deeply involved in the Chinese opium trade in the early 19th century. The accumulation of this wealth helped the ...
Three Waters: Understand massive stakes, or make massive mistakes. Bryan Cadogan, Clutha District Mayor, has penned another opinion piece which nails exactly the issue that people should be focused on, and that's not the cloud of dense smoke that opponents...
McNulty is always smiling. So what.
Has he been taking interview lessons from Winston Peters?
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