I am thinking of putting a hundy on NZ to win the cricket tonight. They were paying $3.40 last time I looked. But, what the odds don't seem to take into account is the high impact of the toss on the outcome. They were talking about that on the news last ...
And, that is precisely why there will be a deal. NZ First cannot afford that scenario. So, they will eventually cave after they have blustered enough.
OK. I will bite. Firstly, it is three way negotiations. So, it will necessarily involve a lot of complication, and hence take a lot of time. So, that isn't surprising. Secondly, if the left wants the government to collapse quickly, then long negotiations ...
Call me a right wing optimist looking at things through rose coloured glasses if you like. But I think it is a good think for negotiations in any setting to be hard fought rather than easy. I think negotiations that are hard fought tend to be more ...
I hope it won't be a nail biter. I hope we score 300+ and skittle them for under 100. LOL.
Henry is out of the tournament. He has been replaced by Southee. So, not too much lost there. And Fergusson is back and played in the last game. But, yeah, our bowler problems didn't help us when we made 400 against Pakistan and still lost.
Yes, and there have already been some much bigger upsets in the tournament. The biggest probably being the Netherlands beating South Africa. We actually were doing really well batting against them in the pool game. But, then we weren't able to push on ...
For those of us who are cricket tragics, we are in the semi-finals against India, the game on Wednesday starting at 9.30 pm. The game is a huge challenge for us. India have been awesome, and have gone through the round-robin stage unbeaten. Looking at it ...
I agree it isn't akin to a whole new electoral system or the like. But, a super majority would safe guard the system as a whole. I think it is a case of erring on the side of caution. Otherwise it could end up as a slippery slope with respect to changes.
Fair enough. But it wasn't a super majority or the like. That is what I mean. The electoral law should require support to the extent that a super majority is required in my opinion. A simple majority means that governments can make changes any time they ...
One of the most democratic changes Labour made... And that is the contradiction. If Labour unilaterally changed the election system, then how can that be democratic? So, I think the change failed on first principles. Firstly, I think changes to the ...
Yeah. I wasn't too impressed with that.
Something I find really annoying about our democratic process is the amount of money wasted when governments change. One government may have spent millions or even billions on some projects or another only for a new government to scrap said projects ...
I think the word "reality" is very loosely applied in "reality" tv shows lol.
The other thing is, I would agree with you that most of us would intuitively know that subordinate goals help reduce conflict. But the study highlighted that as a highly effective way of reducing conflict. In the study, the experimenters tried other ...
I guess any theory is at some level in the category of "thought to be" which is why it is a theory. So, I couldn't disagree with you there in principle. The actual goals of the individual parties are not what I am talking about here. Rather, it is the ...
I think we have noticed similar when the country has faced major situations over the last decade or so. While political parties on both sides of the fence have still had their political differences at these times, they have pulled together a lot more to ...
Hopefully a lot of the conflict between ACT and NZ First will subside when the are forced to focus on the superordinate goal of governing the country. From the link: In social psychology, superordinate goals are goals that are worth completing but require ...
Good grief, these media organisaions aim for super hyped dramatic headlines to get attention. It had been predicted since the preliminary results that National would likely drop a seat or two. So, "bombshell" and "big upset" it definitely isn't.
I would wager a virtual chocolate fish on there being a coalition announcement by end of next week.
Lprent, I hope that the government is a bit less chaotic than you are predicting. And some would argue that NZ First moderated some of Labour's more extreme ideas. And this could be why many voted NZ First this time around. I think there was tactical ...
Looking at this as objectively as I can, trying to put aside my own right wing inclinations, I think, in the short to medium term anyway, Chippy will stay on as leader. One of the big problems for Labour is who they should replace him with. And I have seen...
I agree with you with respect to the delay. If 1,000,000 plus votes cast on election day can be counted that day, then why on earth should we have to wait three weeks for approx half that amount?
That is the thing though. It is possible to be doing both. That is making it less attractive to be involved with gangs while at the same time working on the underlying issues that cause people to want to belong to gangs in the first place. One doesn't ...
I agree the idea of banning face tattoos is fairly extreme. But it is all about creating an overall environment where it is uncomfortable and difficult to be involved in gang activity. I guess the proof is in the response of gangs to the prospect of ...
I think South Africa might be in trouble anyway. Two tough, draining matches in a row. One day's less rest and recovery time than the ABs. In contrast, the ABs had a bit of a cakewalk in their last game. Plus, the South Africans may have peaked early. ...
My gloomy prediction is that this conflict will still be the subject of world attention one hundred years from now, or even one thousand years, if humanity survives that long. Middle Eastern cultures seem to carry grudges and hate over events that happened...
I think the Israeli actions are understandable though undoubtably excessive. I think it is understandable in that their history has been one where multiple Arab nations have attacked them militarily a number of times; seven day war etc; and a number of ...
Anne, the Israeli-Palestinian is probably the most difficult conflict to resolve in our times. I have heard it said that if Hamas laid down its weapons tomorrow, the Israelis would happily negotiate a peace deal. But, if the Israelis laid down their arms, ...
This is a truly dreadful conflict in which there are no winners. The sad thing for me is that this latest deterioration has probably pushed back any peace process for decades. It is starting to firm up that the hospital blast was due to a misfired rocket ...
I think this whole vote counting thing is a bit of an anachronism. Surely, we could have computers with touch screens set up in the booths that feed the results straight into a central data base. The specials could be handled in a similar way, with a few ...
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