Very sad. One of the best. I'll dedicate this song to him - a great performance, and alongside Gary Moore. Also one of the best and died too young. So Many Roads. https://youtu.be/dwc7ZEYfWYc?si=ZNyDO6XtlNXouXid
Why criticise the outcome of diplomacy when it lowers the temperature? There is little enough diplomacy in the world at the moment and we should be thankful for what there is. Former President of the United Nations Security Council, Kishore Mahbubani ...
Luxon recently told the Financial Times that he viewed China as a strategic competitor in the Indo-Pacific. Next minute he adds he says he wants New Zealand to continue to develop trade with China and double the country’s overall exports over the next 10 ...
Dystopia.
Deutsche Welle (DW) is a German state-owned international news channel which produces some outstanding documentaries. I am well through this 80 minute production, released just over a week ago, it chronicles another frightening layer of American politics. ...
And there are apparently 14 levels of management at NZ Health between the CEO and clinicians. Can you cite a link to this, other than the Luxon/Reti press conference? We know Luxon lies is prone to gross exaggeration
Yes. It's almost beyond words.
In New Zealand, crickets In short: China is installing record amounts of solar and wind, while scaling back once-ambitious plans for nuclear. While Australia is falling behind its renewables installation targets, China may meet its end-of-2030 target by ...
Does this help? Pharmac director quits over government's Treaty directive Jordan said the evidence in favour continuing to factor the Treaty into decision making was clear. "Equity adjusters we made for Māori, and also Pacific, when we funded SGL-2 ...
"Eugenics" The ACT party has called for Pharmac to take a “productivity focus” to decisions on who gets funded medicine. “A lot of the treatments and the innovations being brought forward can actually deliver economic benefits because you’re treating ...
.. new RUCs and if the rumour is correct, new RUCs will be introduced to ALL vehicles. This is a very interesting 18 minute discussion and it sounds like being a far from simple exercise. My PHEV does about 50km on battery, fair enough for RUC to apply, ...
Willis et al would probably have some talking points for cover, like it's an opportunity for a career change and an improvement in earning potential. But they couldn't give a flying f**k, it's a basic lack of empathy.
I think it's impossible now for the Dems to win, no matter who they selected. Ryan Grim (ex the Intercept) says the following to Owen Jones: Banning IVF, the kind of thing that is just utterly toxic to Republicans nationally and if Trump still does lose, ...
Multipolarity: The Post Post-Cold War. The Fact The West Can't Stop (Although It Is Trying) I already knew about the casino nature of global currency speculation but the figures are mind-blowing. This video (and Part 1) is very interesting, this is a short...
The full video 'The President Biden Interview | 360 With Speedy' 19 minutes. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XJP2zlH2nt8&list=PLNE967m3_UeQHJJ7qI9qojswwmhB3Qez_&index=2
While the world braces itself for another 10 rounds with Trump, the delusion of Biden in this short clip sums up where the Democrat cult have led America. https://x.com/MaxBlumenthal/status/1813024831128150356 In the next slurred sentence, the president ...
Yes. This is one of the thought-provoking pieces I've read lately on how China manages its economy, and why it ultimately creates more value for society overall. https://x.com/RnaudBertrand/status/1811577533298802776
A spiteful, petty, and corrupt government. But .... tax cuts! https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/%E2%80%98heartbroken%E2%80%99-programme-forced-stop Last night’s Cargill Academy graduation ceremony may have been the last for the foreseeable future, after ...
These are the costs for Auckland Airport's upgrade. It give context to specialised one-off infrastructure project costs. Belladonna, you are ignoring the fact the both terminals are also nearing end of life and will need upgrading no matter what. Alwyn ...
... what would you do with them... Have a long slow read of this. https://www.interest.co.nz/public-policy/128602/brendon-harre-makes-case-taking-minimum-viable-design-approach-could-have This discussion piece will make the case that taking a minimum ...
Great article. This was about all we saw from the right of politics in the last 6 years And that is why some parties will actively promote ignorance, misinformation and populist slogans
... burn bridges with Korea ... Thank you MattB for summing it up. Hopefully he has the sense to see we are better to pay 550 million (Maybe more with penalties) to own two ferries than pay 450 million plus to have nothing except a bad international ...
We'll never know the motive of the shooter bar finding some sort of manifesto, left lying behind with his glasses. Even then there will be no trust in whatever any investigation comes out with. The important issue is that it was most likely an attempt to ...
If they want resilient infrastructure and well prepared communities then why did they abandon Three Waters? Spite, and ideology. Just like the ferry decision, and a number of others. Love this guy. Change is going to happen. That is inevitable. Let’s hope...
Crossed my mind that. Could be a flick from a bullet fragment.
Had it won anyway.
There is s lot to play out here yet, and none of it is going to improve Willis's credibility rating I suspect. As for project costs, Auckland Airport's upgrade will total similar sums as IREX. It puts the cost two modern rail capable ferries and full port ...
He was only asking kiwirail to come up with less costly terminal options. Exactly what Willis should have done, rather than canning everything
If he were alive today he would amend that comment to reflect your concerns.
Reminds me of Oscar Wilde. America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilisation in between.
Genocide Joe. https://x.com/POTUS/status/1810472268075761971 Russia’s missile strikes that today killed dozens of Ukrainian civilians and caused damage and casualties at Kyiv’s largest children’s hospital are a horrific reminder of Russia's brutality. It ...
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