Seems like being UK Prime Minister is just an interim step to lucrative speaking engagements, not an actual job as such. The return from the dead of the delusional Liz Truss... https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/feb/04/liz-truss-expected-political-...
Don't think it's much to do with 'neo-liberal' cops. Twenty-five years ago we were a high-trust society with strong community policing.Those community police had time to check out individuals applying for licenses. Each one probably took a half day's work ...
Again, if a gunholder's license is needed for your work, it is arguably a tax-deductible business expense.
Tax-deductible expense on the farm, surely? I'd be keen on both gun-owners' registration cost, plus a lower fee per firearm, to discourage weapons stockpiling.
Collins was never the new John Key.
Interesting to see Brownlee, Nat spin man, vigorously attacking Brown. Not just a neutral stance, but a 'he's not one of us' yell. https://i.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/131103365/national-party-mp-gerry-brownlee-scathing-of-auckland-mayor-wayne-brown
Muller was PlanA. Luxon is their PlanB.
There's hope yet for NZ discourse among the many. A lively and informed discussion in the comments beneath this stuff article. https://i.stuff.co.nz/business/131075504/pain-ahead-for-workers-as-companies-cut-jobs-to-tighten-their-belts
More of a muppet than a puppet at the moment. The puppetmasters haven't got coarse control yet, let alone fine control.
What about good old radio?
You can bet Niwa onsells data it collects here to world-wide apps like this one. Good idea, if it subsidises the cost of collection.
Deputy Major Simpson may be a dyed in the wool Nat, but she has 15 years on council, with 2 terms as chair of finance under Goff. So guess she's pretty damn competent and can work well with others. Try a little research before tearing strips off 'bimbos'. ...
Visited that RAND site to check out its political bias. Quite a broad range of articles on social issues in the US, interestingly. I wrote a while ago about my feeling that the anti-vax protest movement was probably pushed by bad actors, possibly state, ...
And you could argue...
Not my job...Inspired by 'I don't hold a hose, mate' Scott Morrison, maybe? https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-05-17/scott-morrison-questioned-over-record-on-a-current-affair/101075364 Such a contrast to Phil Goff.
Wondered about the reason for low interest rates years go. I couldn't spot the source of all the easy money that kept them low. I assumed the Chinese government was pumping in liquidity, ready to pull it back strategically when it wanted. But honestly, I ...
He also explores the tension between Western cultural dominance and indigenous societies from a very personal, self-examining perspective, as well as a more historical approach.
Jared Diamond's book 'Guns, germs and steel' discussed the exquisitely-balanced, highly-complex ecological management of the New Guinea highlands, which have been farmed sustainably for 10, 000 years.
Sunak doesn't head a government, but a loose cabal of self-interested, self-delusional [blah! Can't even think of a suitable noun]. They seem incapable of the most basic administration tasks required to run a country; lie shamelessly; and refuse to take ...
The simplest motivation of all for NACTs wanting the Māori seats gone: a miniscule chance of them winning any. Interestingly, dumping Māori seats not an issue in the anti cogovernance movement initially, as seen on this website (no info on website owners ...
I agree. National bang on about being the party of prudent fiscal management. Their lies can, and should, be loudly refuted by Labour. They do not talk up their own game enough, either historically or recently.
I'm flattered my scattered musing caught your eye, weka. With minor edits, I'd be happy for that. I realised after a short think that the crux is, what model is replacing/has replaced the underpinning philosophy and political message of the Welfare State (...
Incognito,tThanks for the tidyup, please remove now superfluous posts. Ta muchly
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/26/britain-rich-pensioners-state-pension-age-68-poor
A Guardian opinion article makes a very salient point about the inherent classist nature of non-means tested pension age entitlements. UK pension age is shifting from 66 to 68, the pension is inflation-proofed, comes from the general tax fund or National ...
Ireland is in the EU, which subsidises food production and facilitates food transport across Europe, bringing down costs. Mainland UK has suffered shocking food inflation since Brexit strangled easy goods exchange with Europe.
. This is a full-stop. I gave up on periods years ago.
Like Churchill and his boiler-suits.
Sorry, pressed publish far too soon. ...allegations of rape and torture from Amnesty and the UN. The ultranationalists, by a violent terror campaign, stymied Ukraine government efforts to implement the internationally-supported Minsk accord, which aimed to...
In WW2 Ukraine collaborator militia willingly massacred many Jews horribly during German occupation, which would have been taught to children under Russian rule postwar. More recently, an ultranationalist movement ran paramilitary militia in the Donbras ...
An Aussie-based journo defending Ardern's economic record. Interesting stats. https://michaelwest.com.au/murdochs-wailing-old-white-man-scribes-get-jacinda-ardern-dead-wrong-again/
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