Caption Contest (original tweet by @LuxonNotMyGovt)
The "antisemitic" left is a right wing trope to smear critics of the Zionist colonial project
Holy fuckballs. How the hell do we get $20b projects announced under urgency with zero debate, and other multi-billion projects cancelled (ferries, water, light rail) without a sneeze. What is the legal basis for the Governor General to dissolve Parliament...
Great find - Body can be sharp đ
Labour developed a Charter for TVNZ in 2003; to get more local content and balanced news. Of course, National got rid of that in 2011 so that TVNZ could "pursue commercial interests" Damian Christie wrote an interesting piece on how the Charter wasn't ...
Seymour's "free speech" posture didn't last very long.
On Gaza, the protests in the UK are among the largest in history One of the biggest protests in the history of Great Britain We did it 1 MILLION #CeasefireNOW --@Muqadaam Rishi Sunak is out here characterising the protests as a "hijacking" by hostile ...
Very well put Advantage. Dune takes many elements from The Sabres of Paradise by British travel writer, Lesley Birch. Fremen culture is a lot like the Islamic Caucasus (Cossack warrior culture) ; and the Empire and its vassals are modelled on European ...
It's a very sad reflection on our society. X/twitterđ© is a trash fire these days. The level of vitriol and resentment against Jacinda, tribal jeering at the misfortunes of left-wing politicians, hatred of Labour for the "tyranny" of lockdowns and vaccines...
(international monetary fund, not the impossible missions force)
It's part of professional development mandated by those far left woke activists, Harcourts... Just do the mahi Janet. (h/t @vlcnz)
The Atlas network is the velvet glove... the IMF, CIA and direct warfare are more assertive means of Empire-building
I wouldn't mind PPP's if they actually worked but the public gets burned every single time.
Thomas Coughlan of the Herald tries to blame WakaKotahi-NZTA for the Government's (probably Nic Willis) massive blow-out of $24 billion for its highway schemes. This is the GOVERNMENT'S crazy plan; WakaKotahi just gave a cost estimate. The real news is ...
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Some of the vile comments on social media today, in the wake of Efeso's untimely death, remind us of why the anti-vax mob made themselves social outcasts and pariahs. These are deeply antisocial people who thrive on hate and fear. They got away with some ...
So many lovely tributes today. Simon Wilson wrote from the heart: Simon Wilson: Green MP Efeso Collins, a politician of heart and soul, dead at 49 - NZ Herald We knew Collins for his commitment to Samoan and Polynesian communities, to South Auckland, to ...
Ua malolo nei Efeso faatasi ma le Leoleo Mamoe Lelei. Efeso is resting now with the Good Shepherd.
Tributes to Efeso from Members of Parliament https://ondemand.parliament.nz/parliament-tv-on-demand/?keyword=death+of+member&subject=&person=&stage=207
Labour had two candidates in the mayoral election and they had to make a choice
Efeso was always positive and kind - when he was president of the AUSA he took time out to have lunch and pray with a random student (me) who isnât really part of his community. Fare well brother đđŒ
Maybe "the economy" should collapse if it's rigged to support the property owning and landlord class and everyone else can get fucked.
Admittedly there are multiple complex and long-standing embedded problems keeping prices inflated in NZ, but Robertson's QE threw petrol on the flames -- as outlined in my other comment below.
Right wing whack jobs feel the need to scapegoat others for the state of New Zealand because they can't allow the possibility that their own selfish greed, rentier capitalism, cartel behaviour, corrupt deals between MPs and big business, and tax regime ...
Two years of COVID â what have we learnt in the property world? | CoreLogic New Zealand the policy changes that were aimed at supporting the real economy â e.g. official cash rate cuts, quantitative easing, wage subsidies â also indirectly boosted the ...
Nahh lprent is a "real programmer"; he will be writing bits to the bare metal.
How You Lose Your House - YouTube https://www.positivemoney.eu/2022/10/monetary-policy-housing-inequality/ "The Effect Of QE ON Real Estate Prices" The results reveal that quantitative easing of the Federal Reserve is a key driver of US house prices, ...
Whatever good Robertson did was undermined by his insane Covid QE giveaway (done against the advice of experts) that caused house prices to spike a further 30%
Dysphoria is a common trauma symptom - but apparently it's bigoted conversion therapy for a qualified mental health professional to explore and treat causes. Gender medicine is too keen to treat acute psychological distress with physical and social ...
@Dolomedes: >How likely is it that the superpower of the 19th century would go into partnership with 100K indigenous people? I think there were only ~3000 settlers in 1840. The 1837 British Government Instructions to Capt William Hobson elaborates the ...
If we treated our housing crisis as the public emergency it is -- with tens of thousands affected and living in unacceptable conditions -- then I would expect the government to use a bit of authoritarian power to implement things like rent controls ...
Cats, with their independent spirit and beguiling purrs, have captured the hearts of humans for millennia. In New Zealand, felines are no exception, boasting the highest national cat ownership rate globally [definition cat nz cat foundation]. An estimated 1.134 million pet cats grace Kiwi households, compared to 683,000 dogs ...
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