A post full of hyperbole! The war in Ukraine needs to be opposed because of the misery being inflicted by a bully. It still doesn't mean that we need to line up with the other bullies of NATO. The list of problems facing NZ is real - It is called "Chickens...
Of course. If you are employed then your employer should be paying you enough to live on.
"Cars are mostly necessities." Only because we have made them so. Plenty of people around the world manage without cars. But we insist on spreading our cities out so that people are trapped in their homes unless they can drag a tonne of metal and glass ...
Not exactly. I would target it at the more deprived. Which is why I suggested the winter energy payment mechanism. I will tap my employer for more money to cover my own extra costs, not the government.
Apart from the PT subsidy all those were already in train. The bulk of this announcement is the SUBSIDY FOR PETROL No excuse for backsliding on climate change mitigation like this.
Subsidy for petrol. I am not one of the usual suspects (I refer to the PM as Ardern), but I decry this move. They should have brought forward the winter energy payment. Give people the choice. People have to BUY & BURN PETROL to access this support.
I go to the supermarket by bicycle. I don't need and didn't expect any government help. But what about the people that can't afford a car? They get nothing and go further backwards. Maybe they are lucky and have a convenient bus route to the food bank.
so the talk about climate change being "our generation's nuclear-free moment" was all bullshit? It hasn't even got close to hitting home yet, and they cave?
More fucking subsidies for petrol. Nothing for people who have chosen to decarbonise! If we gave everyone $50 would they spend it on petrol? or food? Why not bring forward the winter energy payment? at least then it would go to people who need it.
For many at the camp - this was the first real home they have had for some time. They have successfully alienated themselves from their families and communities. So now they are bereft as they have lost everything.
In any case, the majority of Russians believe it, and it gives Putin cover. And "horrible" is all relative. I could conceive a "horror" which stops at the Oblast borders, but it looks like what Putin wants is a big step up in level of "horror". Maybe it ...
The west is not completely blameless. Expanding NATO beyond what was agreed gives Putin cover at home. The coup in 2014 which initiated the whole partition was at least supported, if not initiated, from outside. - Which of course does not excuse Putin's ...
I love a good protest and have been on many of them. I have been arrested on prime time television. There is nothing wrong with a little civil disobedience. I can even sympathise with (some of) the protesters, even though I think they are wrong. What is ...
You think that Ardern should announce when the mandates will end. Do you think she knows? Basically nobody knows what will happen next in the pandemic. It is like MIQ. People wanted certainty as to when that would end and she gave it, but circumstances ...
My workplace voted by over 90% to require vaccine passes to access the office building. This is true of almost every workplace where it has been put to the vote. This is because unvaccinated people are more likely to pass on the virus, but there is another...
When people don't believe in restrictions you pull out a copy of the electoral roll and tell them to pick out the 10 000 names that they want to die.
Paying for parking has become a political act.
Follow the #wellness tag to see what garbage is being fed to people who previously were just a little paranoid about big pharma.
I think we should rename overtime rates - "penal rates" should be "reward rates".
Matt King may be one fewer headache for Luxon, but it does illustrate National's selection problem. They have selected too many loose cannons in electable seats and high(ish) list rankings. With Pugh and Hipango also barely being kept in line and several ...
I work there, and have been going past them every day. I even walked through the camp (wearing a mask). There is hostility there, and some people are not at all peaceful, but most look the same as any other protest I have been on. The 3 things that are ...
It said "offered asylum in another country". [two day ban site wide. I explained clearly, twice, what was needed. I'm not wasting my time on this anymore. - weka]
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/pregnant-kiwi-journalist-charlotte-bellis-offered-asylum-by-second-country/YEVJP4HSSPEYPZ7IA4AUUJ7TPQ/ The article says that she was in Belgium with her partner (who she expects to accompany her to NZ). I also object to the ...
To say that Bellis had few options is disingenuous. She was in Belgium with the father of the child who is a Belgian citizen. She could likely have gone to any of a number of other countries. Yes, if she chooses to come to NZ that should not be denied ...
Yes, but he ignores (or downplays) the evidence against, and doesn't come back and address the studies that are later invalidated. I am sure he tries to be objective, but (like all of us) he is prone to confirmation bias. He gives a good summary of the ...
I have been following John Campbell for some time. His youtube channel is a useful source of information. Unfortunately his filter is a bit off sometimes. For example he is pushing the benefits of vitamin-D supplements and Ivermectin, which don't have ...
A mask may not stop the virus passing through, but it may stop aerosols being created.
Rubbish, Delta was both more infectious and more severe. It behaved differently due to the large number of people with antibodies when it hit. SARS-1 disappeared before it had a chance to mutate significantly.
Bullshit. If 2 people are wearing cloth masks then the odds of the virus passing between them are reduced a lot. Surgical masks are better, but if you want to be protected from an unmasked person sneezing in your face then you need an N95 mask and eye ...
When Omicron gets out we will all get it (although not all will have symptoms). We could have a short sharp spike (like the UK) where it all happens in 6-8 weeks - but that means 20% off work at any one time; or we can slow it down to spread it over 3-4 ...
Of course the UK and US are different from NZ as the unvaccinated have mostly already been exposed to a variant of covid. NZ is more comparable to NSW/Victoria. The hospitals are filling up with unvaccinated people and the death rate is higher than any of ...
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