Thanks Sacha, A totally fascinating read. . . . . Well, at least until I started throwing up at the total bullshit smeared all over the place by Key. Couldn't bring myself to watch the actual video. (Its easier just to scroll past the bullshit answers and ...
Somehow, I don't think we'll see that as a headline in The Dom Post or The Press, or The Herald. Might make it onto the Drudge Report, or Zero Hedge, though, with a bit of luck.
The Key Government: Borrowing hand-over-fist to pay for Tax Cuts/Election Bribes. That is, borrowing "Like there is no tomorrow, because under the Key Government and its policies, there will be no tomorrow." But akshully, i mean, you know, Hey! The future ...
NZ Debt clock . . . . . Should hit 90,000,000,000 sometime today, or maybe this week (or thereabouts). Thanks FJK. Yours sincerely, The future generations. http://www.nationaldebtclocks.org/debtclock/newzealand
Tax cuts are easy to fund. Just borrow yet MOAR offshore to fund them. No problem. It has worked up until now, so why not next time? Mortgaging future generations of New Zealanders to pay for our present re-election? Not a problem. Many of those who will ...
According to the National Center for Voice and Speech (http://www.ncvs.org/ncvs/tutoria...) the average rate for English speakers in the US is about 150 wpm. Interestingly, publishers recommend books on tape to be voiced at 150-160 wpm ( . . . ., ...
"So eliminating the one minute ones which would be no answer/voicemails, this shows 13 phone calls over eight months, . . . " Bullshit. Once upon a time, the standard advertising slot on NZBC/TVNZ was 30 seconds. So that wasn't long enough to get a message...
Somwhat oblique or off-topic, but there is a very interesting article on The Kondratieff Wave on this link: http://charleshughsmith.blogspot.co.nz/2016/11/now-is-winter-of-our-discontent-our-era.html The article is reposted on Zero Hedge this morning. ...
Ever heard of mouse/rat traps, cheese, litterboxes, Weka? Cats, I believe, are not an indigenous NZ Species. But then, neither are humans, if you go back far enough. (Wekas may be, though!) I'm a bit of a "Morgan-fan". But I'm also a cat-lover. So I'm ...
NOT TO BE MISSED: Grahame Sydney talking to Cosmo on “Country Life” this morning (Sat 5 Nov). An articulate, sensitive, “long-term-thinking” artist vs the “Key-Establisment-type” short-term idiots that currently govern this country. Well worth a listen: “...
At last . . . . An article that convincingly summarises where all this is/should be heading: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-11-01/if-hillary-clinton-charged-obstruction-justice-she-could-go-prison-20-years And the "Click bait" i.e. a quote from the ...
Then I will leave it to others to form an opinion on whether this anti CV clique seeks to shut down rather than engage with dessenting viewpoints. I have no wish to be further dragged in to pedantic argument on the definition of an accusation while you ...
No Weka I don't, the meaning is clear enough, and they are observations not accusations. Your reaction is also clear... defensive and antagonistic. It is you that needs to consider more carefully what I might be talking about. There should be a better ...
The point is that there is scope for valid political debate outside of gender discrimination and by my observation this is where CV endeavoured to position the conversation, at least initially. It was you guys that seemed to insist the issue had to be ...
@MM Weka, PM, The Ex, J 90 etc, you guys appear to me to be just bullies who have undertaken an irrational, abusive and vindictive attack on CV who, at least originally, tried to discuss the matter of The Clintons, Trump and American politics. A discussion...
Yeah, that line "His argument is that if you abandon the TPP, you’re gonna leave Asia open to Chinese influence" struck a chord with me, too. . . . . Leave Asia open to Chinese influence. . . . . For God's sake! i recall visiting the Tokyo museum many ...
Y'all gotta see this: Trump and Clinton duetting "I've had the time of my life" . . . . As ZH notes . . ."It may well be the best thing to come out of Tuesday's debate . . ." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jB2zoidUeLU&feature=youtu.be Absolutely ...
I posted this link to a critique of mainstream economic policy, which first appeared on the “Burning Platform”, on another well-known NZ Blogsite earlier today. I think its worth re-posting here: Although written from the U.S. perspective, it applies ...
This is a good post, but it falls victim to a neo liberal insistence on discussing class issues in terms of race. While the racist implications are clear this is firstly an issue of class inequality. Being Maori just makes the class based inequalities ...
Oh, and by the way, just where exactly were OUR sovereign rights while Obama and co. were trying to ram the PPTA and TISA down our throats? What comes around goes around, perhaps? Gee, thanks, Timmy boy and Johnny boy. Idiots, one and all!
Quite so PM and CV. The significance of this event should not be underestimated, because it means that at last America is moving towards a position where it could be held accountable for its warmongering and other crimes against humanity. . . . That is ...
Yep, DTB. And its also a fine example of how "GLOBALISATION" can come back to bight you in the arse. (Unintended consequences", as Obama put it, without admitting as much . . . .) Karma's a bitch! But then again, it won't be those "Champions of ...
This is well worth a look . . . . (You need to look at the video clip) http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-09-28/obama-responds-veto-override here's OBAMA saying, in effect,: We don't want to be held "ACCOUNTABLE" for all the "Good" (his words)/WARMONGERING...
I am not sure that you or your two supporters know what your talking about...
Thanks for the post, Paul. The video at the end is well worth watching: ": Echoing the questions posed by this article, Russia’s UN Ambassador, Vitaly Churkin, asked in his speech at the UN: “Who is in charge in Washington? Is it the Pentagon or the White ...
I agree, BlueSky, "Not all growth is good". However IMO is questionable whether the country even has growth. Sure, measured GDP may be up. But my question is this; "How much of the measured increase in GDP is derived solely from "growth" (i.e. increased ...
According to "Investopedia", "Measuring GDP is complicated (which is why we leave it to the economists), but at its most basic, the calculation can be done in one of two ways: either by adding up what everyone earned in a year (income approach), or by ...
"Nature is also a human construct. So it’s entirely relevant." Yeah??? So that means - like - "Nature" wasn't already here on earth long before the human being evolved??? Interesting point of view - - Nothing exists outside of the human head? No doubt the ...
Here's a very readable and useful posting on “Zero Hedge” just now: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-09-06/industrial-economy-paper-economy-stunning-decline-manufacturing-america To quote a bit (as clickbait; but of course from the perspective of the USA...
Just watched the video. Absolutely brilliant. Thanks for posting it Bill. This is a wonderfully insightful analysis of the stupidity of basing economic policy and governance upon the twin bogey-men of "Growth" and "GDP". If only someone could get this ...
I agree, Weka. But I'm no economist by any stretch of the imagination. I do try to keep an eye out for discussions on the alternatives to Growth-based economies. But there doesn't seem to be a lot out there. However, on a finite planet with finite ...
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