Gulp. Umm... I'll have a think and make some notes.
Chur, makes sense and was the gist I was rolling with.
I hear what you are saying in regards to what folk lap up. Trying to articulate a vision for the future vs the latest incarnation of Luxon is an egg. This is another frustration with a lot of good writers and thinkers eg David Slack, Nick Rockell, Robert ...
In the context of what I was talking about, this report: https://weall.org/wp-content/uploads/WEAll-briefings-Wellbeing-Reflex-1.pdf?_kx=qX_prLl5PiExheARDNMwp75fnW8PccPFtPZkvcvV68Q.SfakV remoteness/isolation is a factor. Without wanting to relitigate the ...
Hi Kay, nothing I write can alleviate your pain. I have been thinking about yr comment most of the morning. I have no idea of the suffering and misery you have gone through. To add to that, the potent sense of injustice takes a remarkable strength of ...
Thanks. As an aside, I started reading some of the EWA (WEA?) literature. The report relating Covid responses around the world and the Aotearoa, Finland and Bhutan experience. Made some good points but I was left frustrated as it implies that the ...
In respect to the Abuse in Care report. Listening to the soundbite of PM Luxon speaking, it felt like it was written by Chat GPT, with the sincerity of AI and the emotional depth of an android. How these clowns can wring their hands in sorrow while at the ...
"We have DHBs because we had Area Health Boards, and before that management with clinical experience running hospitals locally. Might be useful to go back and look at the Area Health Boards and how much that was neoliberal fuckery vs useful to communities,...
I'm curious as to the motivation for that comment too.
While pursuing the internet, I came across this article. Less about the title (although that does give food for thought), the essay contains a video about leaving neo-liberalism in the '80s. https://thedailyblog.co.nz/2024/07/22/the-lesson-from-the-40-year...
Heh, to think ill mannered bloviating is going to "... help you out. ", is arrogance of the highest order. Then, all sorts of long bows to reimagine the impact of the mandates on employment contracts. Easier done by the owners of capital to those workers ...
@lprent Clearly we are miles apart in regards these issues. I was looking to widen a tricky conversation, that pretty well had been going along cordially. Surprising given the contentiousness. No need to lower the tone as you did. You may claim robustness,...
"‘Corruption First’ Strikes Again – Is The National, ACT, And New Zealand Government In Tobacco’s Pocket?" Clearly, yes. To state or opine otherwise is to demonstrate a disconnect with reality.
If it helps, to the best of my knowledge, Canada mandated the use of preferred personal pronouns. The use of preferred pronouns, I have no truck with. After all it helps two individuals become one. The mandating, totally different story, as Covid should ...
Ahh, sorry, I misread yr comment. Pre first coffee 'n all.
Chur. On the rape crisis, I was more thinking of a rape victim being seen by one who identifies as a woman. Clearly there is enough trauma from males in their life, no need to have to navigate thorny issues when vulnerable. I had considered volunteering at...
I'm curious ROG, has there been anything hateful in this thread? Genuine enquiry so I can get a handle on the issue.
I missed the relationship ending bit. Was it in her maiden speech?
I don't think one's orientation, politically, culturally or gender should be a barrier to employment, housing, support etc. At the same time the 'rights' of women need to be upheld in other spaces eg rape crisis, intimate health care etc. As I'm not anti-...
Now I understand why a Financial Transaction Tax or Tobin tax can be set at such a low level (.001%)and replace PAYE, GST, etc.
Here it is. https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350345634/greens-release-darleen-tana-report-tana-considering-whether-stay-mp I delving into it now, hopefully the legalese isn't too dense.
Hi Caitlin, well done 'popping yr head above the parapet'. I find myself in the gender critical camp but don't see myself as anti-trans. What swing it for me were (probably outliers but they are there none the less) the folk who had gone through puberty as...
True, the government has forgotten whom they supposed to serve. For a few regimes now. The returns to power company shareholders are just a bonus. Spot on about design being a key factor. Irrelevant both to those seeking to maximize profit, and those ...
Thank you for posting this. An even-handed yet critical summation. Inequality growing, two main parties that are very close to each other, lack of ability for fiscal activism etc. I have a question, what is meant by "transforming our legislature into one ...
Excellent! There has been an image of the Minister for Polishing the Banister Northland Lolly Scrambles, where he is in full PPE. Glasses, hi vis, helmet etc and I have resisted the urge to imply he was at a motel with his credit card out.
" I’m not sure that putting a EnglishLit and journalism major in a Minister of Finance was a particularly good idea. Her work experience isn;t great either in economics or real politics. She seems intellectually under-equipped for the role and lacking real...
About the China article, published in the Asia Times, tried searching but can't find it. Stephen, I think, posted it. It was along the lines of China subsidised EV production resulting in a massive win for consumers (high spec cars, low cost, good range) ...
Firstly, I am far from a defender of this regime. Clark's "haters and wreckers" comes to mind as an apt descriptor. Here in Aotearoa we appear to have 2 different types of dwellings. The new and newish airtight, double glazed (now featuring thermal breaks...
Try again but with "nothing remotely anti-Maaori" lens rather than a "racist" one. To help you with my bigotted relation, he picked up on the coalition's dog whistling even if you didn't.
"My feeling is we should step out of the binary view, and consider how truth and justness might be achieved without creating goodies and baddies." Usually I'm down with that. I once heard the refrain 'Remember, a bully is the first victim.', and that ...
" There is nothing remotely anti-Maaori about this government." I'll have two of what you are on. The disestablishing of Te Reo public service department names. Seymour's selective picking of phrases from Te Tiriti for 'relitigating'. With the help of an ...
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