I made a comment on a youtube video about how it is unbelievable that a country as big as the US can't find two better candidates than what seems will be the case. I got a reply from someone saying that "one should be in jail, and the other in a nursing ...
Retailers everywhere will now be rejoicing that police are treating shop lifting as a crime worth investigating. I assume that now every time a retailer makes a complaint about shop lifting, instead of ignoring the offence, the police will be sending ...
I don't really see the point in trolling. It doesn't achieve anything other than just annoy the people who dislike the views of the troller. If that is the objective, then I guess the troller achieves that. But, other than that there is little value or ...
I think the Police pretty much ignore retail theft now given reports of people just wheeling out trolleys full of groceries from Supermarkets without paying for them etc. In the current case, I think Golriz, due to her profile, has probably suffered a lot ...
Solve that conflict, Micky, and you will earn yourself a Noble Peace Prize I suspect.
Very sad. Not the way I would like to see anyone leave parliament. I also hope that the police now apply the same standard they do to other instances of shoplifitng which is to completely ignore it.
Sure. But not all. And I don't think there is any talk of Charter Schools becoming main stream. They will always be niche, and cater for a few students only I expect.
We don't deal with the education aspect. But we do have qualified youth workers. One of our functions is to run a program called "Stay Real". This program is for kids who the schools are on the verge or expelling. basically/ The program starts with total ...
Robert, I think the criticism of Charter Schools misses some important points. I agree that most kids will likely best served by public schools for the reasons you give. But, I know from my involvement on the board of Crossroads Youth with a Future that ...
I think Charter Schools are similar to home schooling in that there will likely be a lot of variability depending on the quality of teaching etc, programs run etc. So, in the case of home schooling, parents who are great at teaching and engaging their kids...
Putting all the politics aside, I think the media should have its main concern to be be the mental health of Golriz rather than salacious media headlines. Firstly, if these allegations are true, then it just seems weird behaviour not typical of someone ...
I know it seems weird, but I would actually like to say something in support of the Greens. I have been hearing the media going ballistic about why the Greens haven't fronted about the shoplifting allegations, and that their only response is that the ...
Firing missiles and hijacking commercial ships is a bit different to marching down the street waving placards don't you think?
Looks like the Houthi Rebels are getting their beans at the moment. About time IMO.
Maybe Ghahrahman is completely innocent of this claim, maybe she made an innocent mistake, maybe she stuffed up. If she did stuff up this will not be the first time that a Parliamentarian has made a mistake and I would expect either there to be no charge ...
I guess the proof will be in the pudding in that whether the story was reported accurately or whether it has been blown out of all proportion. If it has been reported accurately, then any such connections are likely irrelevant. But, I think you are looking...
I am not sure the reporting of this situation could be construed as dirty politics against the left due to right wing bias in the media. One only has to look at the media frenzy over the Sam Uffindel saga to disprove that idea. And that was for an event ...
Obviously I disagree with Ghahraman in a lot of political perspectives. But, I do think we need to show some humanity here. If the charges are proven, (yet to be the case) then it seems to me to be something so bizzare and abnormal for someone in her ...
I think what we are seeing at the moment is the pendulum effect where an extreme swing in one direction is followed by an equally strong swing in the opposite direction. On that basis, I expect the current government to be extremely conservative and for ...
I think the description is incredibly accurate. Whether it is demeaning is beside the point. People who get that upset about such a trivial issue probably meet the description I gave. If they can't handle that, how can they possibly handle any adversity in...
Thanks for the insightful replies to my comment. I think there is very much a slippery slope argument that we have slid a long way down already imo. And, I wonder how these super-sensitive luvvies are going to cope in the real world if they can't handle an...
Another example of a crazy decision based on woke hand-wringing. The Auckland Mueseum stood to make a sizeable profit by hosting the Fantastic Beasts show, but it ended up being cancelled due to its links with JK Rowling. The chain of events as outlined ...
If people really want to learn Te Reo, they will soon be able to learn it on Duo Lingo. Duo Lingo is great for obtaining a rudementory knowledge of a language. I taught myself French on that for about six months before going to France. It enabled me to ...
Not a bribe. Just reciprocation for the union donations I expect.
Quite likely. In the samilar that unions benefited quite nicely from the Labour government with the fair pay agreements etc.
But I thin Labour was quite popular immediately after the support packages, and would have undoubtably been voted back in then. But, quite a lot of water has gone under the bridge since then.
I don't agree with Peter's attack btw. I think the government should make it clear that Peter's was not representing the view of the government's position on that.
I didn't say the media definitely was biased as a result. But, I certainly think it was a perceived conflict of interest for them to take the money. Regardless of what actually happened, people would tend to see the media as a government poodle every time ...
I don't think the media was intentionally bribed to favour the then government. But, that doesn't mean that it didn't have a subtle, unintended effect on how the media reported political issues. When I was at uni, I looked at a paper that explored ...
And, I wonder why the Israeli army is going into hospitals.
I think the key to any successful peace process requires a willingness to compromise on both sides. And hence the problem in both the Ukraine conflict with Russia, and the conflict between Israel and Hamas. In the Ukraine Russia conflict compromise is very...
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