Snap. I've been looking forward to the day that I can't remember his name! I remember that happened after that guy who was PM before Bill English left, the one with the idiotic son, Sir somebody or other...
came from overseas, and was absolutely unknown to Maori This is surely one of the most idiotic arguments, in a crowded field of them. As is conflating Maori language with Maori 'race' (whatever that is, that they're so hung up on), and conflating people ...
What a great, hopeful post. If course there's more to do but it's great to see a few green shoots amongst the dust!
Why, you're right. Did anyone see that great, relevant show the other day when all these men ran around throwing a ball? It was so great and relevant, how they threw that ball. Then one man ran and fell over with the ball in the grass! Then another man ...
I like the idea of the $1B regenag fund. There is still too much of lumping any green, eco-minded farmers in with the greenwashing river-shitters: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/farming/115734506/farmers-feel-new-zealand-has-turned-its-back-on-them The ...
accept responsibility for yourself & your actions Yes, the Crown starting to do this is a great first step.
Yanis Varoufakis - one of my heroes. Smart guy.
Can anyone help explain? https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/300176880/taxpayer-grants-to-lord-of-the-rings-represent-significant-fiscal-risk-to-government-finances I hate subsidising Bezos as much as anyone, but if a production brings in $5, they ...
We can’t afford to wait for parliament, but they will follow the radical edge if we make them. Jacinda has pretty much challenged us to do just that, right? With her messaging aroung looking after the 'new' voters Labour has acquired, what I hear from her...
From the Newshub story: Collins: "I thought it was reasonably well received by the delegates. There was tremendous support given at the conference for all the speeches there. The other thing is, we have 550 delegates in a year when we had a terrible loss ...
I thought that central quote of Key's, re leaking, was disgraceful. Such deceit - the very idea that the public should know what these people are like and how they operate is grounds for expulsion?! Ugh.
A good start might be to think zero-sum; i.e. power is not actually 'produced', it is mined from elsewhere and needs to be replenished somehow. An example is that hydro trickle-charge scheme gov was talking about: slowly trickle water uphill to recharge ...
Here's a familiar theme in this Independent article: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election-2020/bernie-sanders-elizabeth-warren-biden-cabinet-b1721241.html Apparently, voters wanted less progressive measures, and more of the same ...
Heh, I thought the same thing. There's only one thing I've ever heard about Maureen Pugh; and in that she suits the National party just fine!
Also, delaying the count gives DT more time to 'prove' that it's fraudulent. So any mayor or governor sympathetic to him can clutch at that straw. (They wouldn't have to deliberately obstruct counting, just under-resource it.) Yes it's corrupt, but they're...
No, because as he, Donald, said he's already won. No need to count any more, or confirm; just declare him the winner.
FYI Al Jazeera had a cool map that shows the state size by number of electoral delegates, as well as geographic size: https://interactive.aljazeera.com/aje/live-results-us-election-day-2020/index.html?utm_campaign=mapwidget&utm_medium=internal&utm_source=...
The proper link for the above tweet: https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-race-and-ethnicity-legislature-218ad4d596e87c6b1a223f19f817776e
Does anyone know the eligible population? 100m early sounds like a pretty good turnout induction, compared to earlier years maybe?
So if A/NZ is actually moving toward becoming a republic, what should our head of state's title be? Surely not "President", who [....snore....] presides over an administration [....yawn....] which, in any case, has been devalued to the point of ridiculum. ...
Totally agree. If it has to be "us and them", the decent farmers are with us not them.
What the actual, actual?!?! And the post, on the part of both Stuff and the SMH, makes no suggestion that this is in any way abnormal. "Fuck", is right.
I like it. Everyone who thinks our policies suck can stay away. Win win.
Yep big ups to the mods, and posters. It really does make a difference, noticeable in comparison to other blogs' comment sections. In fact I think it's improved over the last few years as the kaupapa of the site continues to strengthen.
I'm glad there aren't many swing voters left, as it's actually quite hard to separate these two on the surface.
Oh look at that, no need to accommodate the swingers after all: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/300138283/election-2020-there-is-no-evidence-national-voters-backed-labour-to-keep-the-greens-out
Who cares what they want, or rather what the media and business lobby says they want. They voted Labour. And that's what they get. Climate change action, better wages/welfare, inequality reduction, housing, proper health service and education and ...
Is that it? Then that's great. If LAB can accomplish green, progressive, lasting goals on their own without faffing around for 'consensus', I'm all for it.
Yes it is speculation. But there is an audible buzz in the msm that Labour ought to be somehow accommodating the wishes of those who swung from National. Not 'rewarding' them with policies the media insists they would prefer is not the same as ignoring ...
The idea that Labour somehow owes any concessions to its new-found 'swing' voters is utterly ridiculous. If people wanted National policies they should have, and would have, voted National. The fact that the Nats were a disaster is irrelevant. Labour needs...
Very good points, sanc. Given the youth quake possibility, they should factor this in to their progressive planning. Less need to try to please that fusty 'centre', as millennials (with millennial ideas on climate etc) will be a much more powerful voting ...
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