Thanks DF for some balanced and thorough commentary - a bit unusual in these parts
That's rather undemocratic of you - the opposition party appears to have the backing of the people, if you have seen the mass demonstrations today. US-backed or not, let the people decide
The comment about immigration is one of the stupidest fact-free assertions I have seen on TS https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/10/03/australia-the-worlds-first-immigration-economy/ Economists don’t usually bother to adjust quarterly GDP statistics for ...
Also: Phar Lap, Pavlova, Split Enz, Dragon (they can keep Russell Crowe)
The Maduro regime in #Venezuela is a repressive kleptocracy (socialist in name only) and needs to be removed for the wellbeing of the people. https://www.opendemocracy.net/democraciaabierta/chris-carlson/crisis-in-venezuela-and-its-lessons-for-left
Increasing the population by 1% per year is also a cool way to create some froth in the economy and boost GDP. Too bad about the costs to infrastructure, environment, quality of life, rental prices, or working class Kiwis. It's not in the GDP measurement ...
I reject that we needed an Earthquake to inject $66 billion, it was highly damaging to a lot of households, caused a drastic decline in Christchurch population, and a decrease in the national housing stock. Yes it was accidental Keynesian stimulus, but ...
What can the government do about the economy? Quite a lot actually. It's just a matter of rejecting the tyranny of globalism and corporate greed. Aditya Chakrabortty: Panic is on the agenda at Davos – but it’s too little too late The results of the rampant...
... NZ economy https://twitter.com/ropata/status/1088006023074344961
From Poission's brilliant link in the other thread:- This was the beginning of the mania for public declarations of impotence by democratically elected leaders. Globalization became their excuse for not dealing with difficult issues, for not using their ...
yes and weekends hell lets abolish days of the week and night time.. its really unproductive
100% savenz: NZ as a food and commodities producer like wood/steel seems to has lost our way. So busy putting up speculative houses which 40% (or more) of people can’t even afford on their incomes for the world’s middle classes to get residency here as a ...
Pretty clear that the Nat vote is based on the urban upper class and farmers - class divisions are highlighted with the strong red preferences in working class suburbs, and deep blue in wealthy areas. Good to see some of the lighter blue areas that could ...
Did you not read the other link? $7 billion just to restore the Waikato There is also the Waiau and plenty more, smaller streams are even worse off because they don't make the headlines. A shameful record
To say the Nats are "right wing" would imply that they have some kind of principles. No they are simply a PR machine for foreign business interests seeking to pillage NZ, and privatise (steal) as much of our taonga as they can before anyone notices.
Current farming practices in NZ are not sustainable on multiple levels. The nutrient loading of waterways is the most obvious. The Cost of Milk: Environmental Deterioration vs. Profit in the New Zealand Dairy Industry - 2014 Master of Environmental ...
The Government has announced it will attempt to eradicate the cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis, at a cost of $886 million.
linky link https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2019/01/cams_stroke.html#comment-2406871
Nahh it's an example of "kindness" per Jacinda's eloquent example.
A bit of schadenfreude is to be expected. I don't believe in karma either, in general "shit just happens" without a reason. The question is how do we deal with it. I choose Life.
McCaw is off my Christmas list because of his political leanings and support for the odious Key. I was increasingly dismayed by the ABs allowing FjK so many photo ops. Teflon Key embodies 0 traditional kiwi male values.
Looks pretty clear that Armed forces and Police aren't taking this shit seriously and have a lot of work to do
Alison Mau wrote up a good summary on Stuff - save you from seeing Shub's clusterfuck interview https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/110073702/roast-busters-ringleader-joseph-parkers-interview-is-a-career-move They are trying to justify/promote ...
In the context of domestic abuse, it was appropriate for David Cunliffe to show empathy. It was disgusting for John Key to show that he DGAF
Hair pulling, "I'm not sorry for being a man" Lewd comments about a famous actress Trivialising prison rape http://psychotherapy.org.nz/no-white-ribbon-for-john-key/
Shub wants more clicks for their gutter journalism. Hope they attract a lot of complaints to the BSA instead.
Ahh my mistake. Everything else in my comment is accurate tho
Or just a mindless idiot
What the hell, it is misogyny day in the NZ media or something? Roastbusters on Newshub, JLR on 3 News, John Key on Seven Sharp. This is why I hate TV
McCaw and FJK are long time buddies. McCaw tweeted his followers on Election Day, telling them to vote National. FJK enjoyed lots of photo ops with McCaw. A pair of sly operators who have mastered cheating tactics, playing the man not the ball
However distasteful to the open borders left, it is perfectly valid to defend your sovereign borders. Residence/citizenship for aliens is a privilege not a right. The question of ethics and moral obligation is something for voters to decide - the Trump ...
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