Yes incognito and weka. There are however no short, simple solutions for us all. I don't have much trust in the authorities and government to do what they should about anything. and as far as I can see it is only when the public push for something and know...
Edit How to hold onto flood water and prevent erosion and lessen drought effects. I have broken up a bunch of links which will be helpful to anyone wanting to find out what is being done elsewhere. Australia Slowing flood waters with leaky weirs etc. These...
That cartoon by First Dog is in contrast with Garrick Tremain going for the throwaway line about being the author of your own misfortune etc. which Garrick Tremain does FTTT. Picking more on the strugglers than the comfortable. He has done it about Samoa ...
I was reading recently about a successful author or musician, can't remember correctly, but I do remember that his work was used in a very good earning film and he didn't get a penny from it.
Chap shot by the police. One Radionz heading: Shot father-to-be Jerrim Toms: A generous jokester Jerrim Toms will be remembered by his family and friends not as the 29-year-old man shot dead by the police, but as the "jokester" and an incredibly generous ...
I put this up in Open Mike yesterday. But it is sikmon's domain the splashing round in put-downs and tghe building up of disturbed trivial judgments. From OM 19/11. noticed the immediate use of slush fund as the story broke by a journalist who wouldn't ...
I noticed the immediate use of slush fund as the story broke by a journalist who wouldn't know at this stage whether using an emotive term like that was justified. Matt Shand on Stuff at 10am 19 Nov 2019: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/117510705...
This on Radionz yesterday Robert. The affect of plastic ingredients is so widespread that the speaker mention frogs possibly being affected. And you made a comment that you only have whistling frogs I think. I remember going to farm ponds and getting lots ...
I think he could be noticing that the Greens think about 'science' and past and new methods of using it, and don't just jump up like a slavering dog woofing with joy at a treat. FEI - About Peter Griffin https://petergriffin.co.nz Sep 15, 2011 - Peter ...
Why should we consider that the Advertising Standards Authority would give a fig for the standards of our democracy and the politics that we use to maintain our wished-for standards. Advertising is to encourage turnover and profits, and the more argument ...
I have just finished (again) The Kalahari Typing School for Men by Alexander McCall Smith. It's part of The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency series. I recommend it for a quiet, slow, reflective storyline that is set in the not really ordinary life of a woman ...
Andrew Little making a personal complaint, while a politician, to the Advertising Authority seems to have been dismissed from serious consideration by the Authority. I don't feel satisfied about this approach which would lead to a lack of respect for ...
What the heck? Our lives are to be continually disrupted by paranoid super liberal middle class apparatchiks who want to turn our lives upside down and spoil them to accommodate the new, demanding, restless culture who will never be happy and always ...
It started with the teen driver seen driving erratically. That could mean a number of things. And he was ordered to stop and didn't. It might be better if the police had an emergency call out team available, and didn't cruise around looking for people to ...
Game theory says it all. This is not a game and we can't just think about theories, we are talking about better ways of living our lives, and of trying to lessen risk. There is no such thing as risk free living, despite what the Transport Authority is ...
Thanks for having a look at this comment from Bowalley Rd. I think that this paragraph from Trotter's blog sums up his concerns. Don't you think he has a point? He is very strong about being careful about freedoms of expression having been a political ...
Infinite - who understands it? I am reminded of clever Jonathan Cainer. “Our brains are not capable of comprehending the infinite so, instead, we ignore it and eat cheese on toast.” ― Jonathan Cainer and - “Why do we love the idea that people might be ...
Well that is a question that has been asked by government that has narrowed assistance with housing. When National started screwing down the welfare state they were making people shift from their town to another far away if it was a single woman; to go ...
The three sisters of Fame. A new book about Chinese sisters who were uniquely powerful. An interesting story and interview on Radionz. https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/sunday/audio/2018718496/jung-chang-i-still-have-a-tremendous-optimism-for-china...
Golly - that is a real Blip's list. (Or can I say golly now?) He is one of the great AotW. A rambunctious spieler who speaks loud and confidently and attracts the enthusiasm of the mindless but aspirational (a febrile and easily ignited mass). I have seen ...
Naki Man You are so wise. Which Party do you advise on points of practice to enable successful negotiation? And have you been able to get things going in your own rohe? Negotiation seems to be really important these days when authorities seem to come down ...
Just find the right formula and everything will go well. Like drop the speed limit so it takes another half hour to go to the next town. There have been a lot of deaths on the road lately in a short period. Males running into trees. Transport authority ...
Why can't we take academics seriously all the time? When they play at semantics that's when. author interview Why do we do terrible things? Listen duration 19′ :19″ From Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan, 3:10 pm on 14 October 2019 https://www.rnz.co.nz/...
Yep. So play the right at their own game. I am sure that Chinese general Sun Tzu would have a brief snippet of wisdom about understanding the opposition and playing them like a harp. How about this: Goodreads helps you follow your favorite authors. Be the ...
Gordon Campbell looking at the swing in the world back to government involvement in infrastructure spending to kickstart a sluggish economy. (And other matters.) he IMF paper attributes the sluggish response of investment to the prevalence of market power...
TedX talk from Christchurch 2019. Resilient People: The three secrets of resilience. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWH8N-BvhAw Dr Lucy Hone is a resilience expert who thought she found her calling supporting people to recover following the Christchurch ...
RIP Jack Lasenby, author of childrens and young adult books. One of his characters was wily packhorse Harry Wakatipu. Funny nonsense stories from a talking horse living in rural New Zealand, written by master storyteller Jack Lasenby. Harry Wakatipu is a ...
Too many men admitted back into the community after being set aside from it for a period who have chronic habits of attacks against females, children and men. What sort of protection, safety and freedom is that for the community? And they may continue to ...
Peter Ellis didn't stand a chance when there is this fevered response ready to raise its head. The people in charge of these children and those who set up such nonsensical rules are far from pure in heart and mind. No-one who was could come out with such ...
I think this is a place for people's thoughts and minds to exchange and learn from each other. Shouldn't that be encouraged, not reduced by rules set by long practice which may be discouraging in this era of disruption which we need to face, discuss and ...
Disquieting, disrupting Brexit initiating bad effects on the UK economy. The Conservatives should be able to be sued for going ahead with this dodgy idea. The people at the top are supposed to be able to make excellent decisions with all the financing that...
These #3billboards are going round London today, organised by ex-Labour people, horrified by what their party has become. Their principles haven’t changed, they’re ...
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