Special Relationship 2

Written By: - Date published: 8:41 am, January 27th, 2017 - 58 comments
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I suppose it makes sense. Two countries that are at war against themselves internally and cutting themselves off from the world internationally are likely to end up leaning on each other for mutual support:

Theresa May to seek special deal with Trump in White House visit

Theresa May will shrug off concerns about Donald Trump’s presidency and pledge to rekindle the special relationship as she begins a two-day charm offensive that will see her become the first world leader to meet the new US president.

MPs, including some in May’s own party, have expressed anxiety about Trump’s stance on a range of issues, including protectionism and torture. Global trade experts have warned that Britain may gain little from a bilateral trade deal with Washington.

But the prime minister will deliver a warm message about the two countries working closely together when she addresses senior Republicans at the party’s annual retreat in Philadelphia on Thursday, before she meets Trump in the White House for face-to-face talks on Friday. …

It will stroke Trump’s ego, so of course he will leap at the opportunity for validation. And to be fair “a warm message about the two countries working closely together” doesn’t sound bad. But then we get to:

[May:] “So as we rediscover our confidence together – as you renew your nation just as we renew ours – we have the opportunity, indeed the responsibility, to renew the special relationship for this new age. We have the opportunity to lead, together, again.”

A special relationship. Renewing their nations. The responsibility to lead together again.

Because it worked so well last time.

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  1. Carolyn_nth 1
    27 January 2017 at 8:56 am

    Yes, it’s worrying.

    But, isn’t this special relationship #3?

    The first was Thatcher-Reagan? Although, this wikipedia article puts Reagan-Thatcher as in the middle of a long term series of special relationships throughout the 20th century.

    So maybe it tends on how old I/we are. I certainly remember the Reagan-Thatcher relationship being talked of as THE “special relationship” at the time.

    This NY Times article focuses on the Reagan-Thatcher special relationship.

    What the British like to think of as the “special relationship” between the United States and Britain flowered under Mrs. Thatcher. She offered sound advice and urged resolution on a president anxious to do the right thing. Her example taught her successor, Tony Blair, that to increase his influence in the world he must befriend first Bill Clinton, then George W. Bush. That was fine when, as in Kosovo, Mr. Blair and Mr. Clinton agreed on the same approach. When Mr. Bush became intent on invading Iraq, Mr. Blair’s opinions on the occupation of Iraq were dismissed and yet he, too, fell in line, a serious blemish on his tenure.

    To me it always seemed that Thatcher latched onto the Reagan admin because she was nostalgic for the great days of the British Empire. Consequently she wanted in on the US imperial power.

    That NY Times article makes something of a subliminal erotic relationship between Thatcher & Reagan. I can’t imagine that the prim upperclass-style of May includes any personal liking for (or attraction to) the misogynistic buffoon Trump.

    But it’s all about power. And the lonely Brexit UK, now has a yearning for some powerful allies. So it’s back to the old Anglophile 5 Eyes bonds.

    We might need to reconsider whether we want to remain as part of this icky club.

    • r0b 1.1
      27 January 2017 at 9:29 am

      But, isn’t this special relationship #3?

      Mmm – good point!

      • Anne 1.1.1
        27 January 2017 at 9:52 am

        Well no. It goes back further than that:

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FO725Hbzfls

        • Psycho Milt 1.1.1.1
          27 January 2017 at 12:41 pm

          That relationship was very “special” – the USA agreed to help Britain fight fascism by providing food, weapons and ammunition, to the extent that Britain could pay for it in hard currency (very hard currency, ie gold bullion). Once the gold was all gone and Britain was bankrupt, they were willing to provide the odd obsolete WW1 destroyer in exchange for British imperial possessions useful as military bases. It beats me why the British government keeps hankering after renewing that kind of “special” relationship – maybe it’s like women who always love the guy who’s going to treat them badly?

          • Morrissey 1.1.1.1.1
            27 January 2017 at 12:45 pm

            the USA agreed to help Britain fight fascism

            Of course, after the war the USA agreed to help Britain—and France—fight against democracy.

          • Nic the NZer 1.1.1.1.2
            27 January 2017 at 8:03 pm

            If you look at the actual Lend Lease terms the US was extremely generous. The US essentially dropped its Neutrallity in its material support for the USSR and Britain, as both had exhausted gold supplies to settle around 1941 already. While Allies were paying their own way congress considered the US neutral.
            The main reason the UK ended up with out standing loans (fully repaid in 2006) was because it wanted to maintain supplies following the war. The loan cost about 10% of the value of supplies at the time.

            • greywarshark 1.1.1.1.2.1
              27 January 2017 at 8:28 pm

              That’s interesting Nic the NZer. I have always been interested in the Lend Lease and knew that Britain was still paying it off. I had assumed that the rate was high and that they had been crippled by it but without any research. You say it was advantageous for them to take their time.

              I wonder what the interest rate was? I think I saw that NZ is paying 7% on something which seems very high for a ‘sovereign’ country.
              Maybe my eyes played up.

              • Nic the NZer …
                28 January 2017 at 8:53 am

                https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-American_loan

                Its described above. The interest rate was 2%.

                NZ could still be repaying pre GFC bonds at above 7% because the interest rate environment maintained by the RBNZ was high at the time these were issued. Issueing bonds to match govt expenditure is mostly a form of corporate welfare for financial institutions, in particular supporting the private retirement savings industry. Its not a requirement for NZ govt to spend or function however.

            • Psycho Milt 1.1.1.1.2.2
              28 January 2017 at 8:45 am

              Sure, in 1940 the USA bankrupted the only country (including its imperial possessions) still fighting the Nazis by demanding payment in gold for everything supplied, but it was very generous with the loan terms it offered once the gold had run out and there weren’t any more military bases to be extracted as payment. That’s the kind of “special relationship” that exists between the USA and the UK, and British governments that forget it are incompetent ones.

    • Cemetery Jones 1.2
      27 January 2017 at 9:47 am

      “That NY Times article makes something of a subliminal erotic relationship between Thatcher & Reagan.”

      Recommended listening:

      Dead Kennedys – Kinky sex makes the world go round.

  2. saveNZ 2
    27 January 2017 at 9:07 am

    Great the UK and USA has a warm and peaceful relationship, less great when it evolves into dropping millions of bombs on innocent civilians, getting paranoid and turning into a control freak, about your own citizens who you seem to need to survey without transparency and in short think ‘you know best’ on every issue and bend the facts to make it so. (WMD in Iraq).

  3. Wayne 3
    27 January 2017 at 9:12 am

    I appreciate that Standardnistas don’t like Five Eyes, and the relationships that underpin it.

    But it worth recollecting it is Australia, Canada, NZ the UK and the US. Our closest relationship by far is with Australia. We have a traditional relationship with the UK, and this is going to strengthen as a result of Brexit. NZer’s always have a fond relationship with Canadians. Over the last 8 years there has been an improved relationship with the US.

    One of the outcomes of Brexit and Trump, is that the Anglosphere nations are likely to get closer, especially through trade. A number of US conservative commentators see this as an inevitable outcome, particularly since Trump has stepped back fromTPP and seemingly Mexico. Part of Trumps concern seems to be that the economic differences are too great, allowing lower wage countries to undercut higher wage countries (e.g. Mexico and the US)

    It would be crazy in these circumstances that we start to distance ourselves from the group of nations with whom we have our closest cultural, economic and security relationships. Particularly if they are about to get closer.

    • Stunned Mullet 3.1
      27 January 2017 at 9:15 am

      But what about the white liberal guilt ?

      Surely it’s too much to bear !

    • Pat 3.2
      27 January 2017 at 9:30 am

      “We have a traditional relationship with the UK, and this is going to strengthen as a result of Brexit. NZer’s always have a fond relationship with Canadians. Over the last 8 years there has been an improved relationship with the US.”

      Ever the optimist eh Wayne? And these fond relationships have served us how historically? Didn’t make any difference when the UK decided to join the EEC, hasn’t helped with Canadian ag subsidies…..fondness has little to do with geopolitics and has even less place in economic ambition…are all our politicians as naive as you choose to present Wayne?

      • Wayne 3.2.1
        27 January 2017 at 9:49 am

        Pat,

        We actually got a very good deal with the UK when they went into the EEC. That is why we still export some butter and cheese to the UK. As they leave the EU they want a FTA with NZ, our agricultural exports being part of the reason.

        On Canada yes, they are protectionists. TPP was intended to reduce that a bit, along with access to the US market. But TPP as it applies to the US and Canada is dead.

        A “Five Eyes” FTA would probably be a better substitute, so it involve economies with relatively similar levels of per capita income, plus the obvious cultural similarities.

        It is easy to think about all the bad things about Trump, but perhaps it is time to also think of the opportunities.

        • Pat 3.2.1.1
          27 January 2017 at 10:05 am

          “We actually got a very good deal with the UK when they went into the EEC. That is why we still export some butter and cheese to the UK. As they leave the EU they want a FTA with NZ, our agricultural exports being part of the reason.”

          We got “A'” deal….how “good” is open to debate….the point however is that the UKs ‘fondness’ for NZ (and its tens of thousands war dead) didn’t override their perceived political and economic self interest….and Canada and the TPPA….do you really want to go there?

          A 5 eyes FTA…with a US 30 day arbitrary policing?yeah ,right

          As you say , it IS very easy to observe all the bad things about Trump….I’d be delighted for you to point out all the (realistic) uplifting opportunities offered by the orange buffoon and his lunatic cabinet

          • Tricledrown 3.2.1.1.1
            27 January 2017 at 9:18 pm

            Agriculture May be off the list when EU subsidies are withdrawn.
            The UK will not subsidise its agriculture to compete against us.
            Likewise Trump dumped the TPPA for one reason the electoral college.
            I have said all along to you and others that the US will never open it’s markets to free access for agriculture.
            Because of those 3or 4 states.
            Trump played his cards right and trumped Hillary.
            Only when those states depopulate will agriculture be given tariff free access.

        • Morrissey 3.2.1.2
          27 January 2017 at 12:32 pm

          It is easy to think about all the bad things about Trump, but perhaps it is time to also think of the opportunities.

          ?????

          You’re not in cabinet any more, Dr. Mapp. That means you’re not obliged to keep spouting crap like that.

    • saveNZ 3.3
      27 January 2017 at 9:49 am

      On the flip side Wayne, do we really want everyone’s personal details being held by 5 Eyes with Trump and May at the helm – what happens when Mexico says I’m not paying for the F++king Wall? Not to mention the possibilities of leaks and hacks of 5 eyes.

      Is Trump going to Bomb Mexico (or anyone else) and should NZ support that to hopefully sell some butter or milk powder? I think governments should try to get along with everyone including Russia, China, EU and so forth but hope our government does not become an enabler for things that are morally wrong. The US and UK abandoned many of it’s citizens years ago. It is a slippery slope. Millions marched against Tony Blair going into Iraq, and many people in the UK always knew it was going to be a disaster. Now we have ISIS created and people with legitimate hate and gripes against the West, massive refugees that should never have happened while no doubt the defence budget is siphoning off money left right and centre and keeping the war of terror discourse alive.

      Intelligence can be used for peace – that’s not the way the governments are using 5 eyes, quite the opposite – for personal control and to gain advantages over others including their own citizens who might disagree with them.

      • Wayne 3.3.1
        27 January 2017 at 9:52 am

        Save NZ

        Trump is not going to bomb Mexico. In fact he seems to want to reduce the US presence overseas. I would have thought you would have liked that.

        • Tricledrown 3.3.1.1
          27 January 2017 at 9:25 pm

          That’s what Obama said to .
          Trump wants to annihlate Isis bomb them into oblivion.
          He has also said he is going to increase spending on the military.
          So how are the 2 compatible..

      • Carolyn_nth 3.3.2
        27 January 2017 at 10:08 am

        Trump is probably going to reduce aid to Mexico and claim that will pay for the Wall. Trump has said something about getting the payment for the Wall indirectly.

        So then Trump will claim his promise to get Mexico to pay for the Wall has been fulfilled.

    • Anne 3.4
      27 January 2017 at 10:05 am

      Over the last 8 years there has been an improved relationship with the US.

      Where have you BEEN in the past few weeks Wayne? It’s gone mate! Oh yes, English will mumble on about what great mates we are, and he’s already sent his side-kick McClay to grovel at The Trump’s feet with a lick and a promise we’ll be good boys (note girls don’t count any more), but that won’t change a thing. Chamberlain found that out nearly 80 years ago!

      America is going to the dogs and you better get used to it.

      • Macro 3.4.1
        27 January 2017 at 4:02 pm

        And it’s going to go to the dogs very quickly I reckon. This 20% tax on Mexican imports is a buggers muddle if ever there was one. The man is proving to be a raving lunatic. If he is left to go on with these crazy half cocked policies without any thought to the international consequences the USA will soon become a pariah state.

    • Gabby 3.5
      27 January 2017 at 12:30 pm

      What can we offer the yankers in return for surveillance equipment?

    • reason 3.6
      28 January 2017 at 1:14 am

      Waynes never seen an illegal usa war that he hasn’t wanted to involve NZ in … for a trade deal.

      Wayne was a belligerent foghorn …. shouting bush and blair lies …. as he and yellow guts Key brayed for our armed services to kill some Iraqis ….

      National was in Govt when we joined in the illegal invasion of Vietnam ….

      I believe a National government voted in support of Pol Pot when he and was part of the Government in abstinence that was recognized in the U.N

      when the usa was supporting them with money. weapons, training …. and a seat at the u.n http://bennorton.com/wikileaks-us-supported-the-khmer-rouge-for-stability-like-the-middle-east-today/

      http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/politics/2014/04/how-thatcher-gave-pol-pot-hand

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmYZ_kWHk3Q

  4. Heather Grimwood 4
    27 January 2017 at 9:37 am

    Makes me think again that to live in a republic in the sense of neither being beholden to military or other ties, nor feeling aggression or paranoia, is the ultimate utopia. For me this would show a self-sufficient ‘adult’ state.

  5. Anne 5
    27 January 2017 at 10:50 am

    Theresa May could withhold intelligence sharing with the USA if Trump’s CIA adopt torture techniques:

    http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/theresa-may-donald-trump-us-visit-a7548136.html

    So, does that make it the four eyes 4EYES relationship?

  6. Skeptic 6
    27 January 2017 at 11:20 am

    I think both Leaders are ignorant of History. The “special relationship” between the US & UK began in 1941 when Churchill met Roosevelt on the HMS Prince of Wales and set up the forerunner to NATO. Intelligence and technology sharing was the first concrete result with Britain sharing “Tube Alloys” (nuclear research – UK was far ahead of US then) and “Ultra” (cryptography and the breaking of German enigma machine) and “Ruff Duff” (called Radar by Americans) and jet engine technology. America shared cavity magnetron (microwave), Purple decryption (Japanese codes) and contributed lend-lease. After the War this became UKUSA sharing “echelon” (electronic surveillance) between UK, US, Canada, Aust & NZ (see Nicky Hager’s book). During the Reagan years this co-operation was expanded somewhat to meet threats from USSR – pre-Gorbachev. It was, to all intents and purposes, misused by Bush/Blair during and after 2003, expending almost all the monetary surpluses gathered by Thatcher & Clinton and plunging both countries into several trillion dollar debts – thus triggering the banking crises/national economic crises in US, UK & EU. What ever else May may be, I don’t think she’ll be a big fan of “alternative facts” – I think that being committed to seeing Brexit through, she’s seeing how far she can push a trade deal with the US – and if Trump can be trusted.

    • Phil 6.1
      27 January 2017 at 1:00 pm

      I think both Leaders are ignorant of History. The “special relationship” between the US & UK began in 1941 when Churchill met Roosevelt

      The ‘special relationship’ between the two nations could arguably be said to begin in 1783. 😛

      Even so, there’s a stronger case to be made that even 1941 is far too late for the start of close ties between the US and the UK. Before WWI, the US was only a middling power, with little to no global reach or influence. It was only by dint of bankrolling the allied powers against Germany and Austria-Hungary that the US became a true global player and something resembling an equal partner with the UK. .

      • Skeptic 6.1.1
        27 January 2017 at 2:05 pm

        I’m pretty sure the article meant the formal special relationship in the modern political & historical sense, which most academics agree, was started in 1941. After 1782 (Treaty of Paris) America was focused on westward expansion, which coupled with the Monroe Doctrine, Teddy Roosevelt’s Pacific “sphere of influence” and isolationism, meant any political alliance was out of the question until FDR had won his 4th term.

  7. Sabine 7
    27 January 2017 at 11:22 am

    bwhahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

    http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/theresa-may-donald-trump-nhs-us-trade-deal-brexit-torture-a7548156.html

    Asked whether health services might form a part of a potential deal, she said: “We’re at the start of the process of talking about a trade deal. We’re both very clear that we want a trade deal.

    “It will be in the interests of the UK from my point of view, that’s what I’m going to be taking in, into the trade discussions that take place in due course.

    “Obviously he will have the interests of the US. I believe we can come to an agreement that is in the interests of both.”

  8. Incognito 8
    27 January 2017 at 12:38 pm

    From the Guardian article:

    But May has judged there is more to be gained by striking up what Downing Street sources called a “grown up” relationship with the new president than by remaining aloof.[my bold]

    The Nanny and the Petulant Child more like it.

    Since May is visiting the US a little excursion to the Hadrian Wall is out of the question.

    But on a serious note, it’s a shame to almost without exception economic imperatives trump [no pun] all other considerations.

    Lastly, I have great difficulty interpreting the words “renew” and “new” in May’s rhetoric; one’s imagination can easily lead one into ‘the wrong corner’ if one is not careful.

  9. Morrissey 9
    27 January 2017 at 12:42 pm

    That special relationship in action….

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpQFcwWglKQ

  10. joe90 10
    27 January 2017 at 12:49 pm

    Oh this is just fucking peachy, trussed up…..

    Donald Trump says he will handle trade deal with @theresa_may himself because he doesn't have a commerce secretaryhttps://t.co/4TXyviCNmM pic.twitter.com/8H6PfMjuqT— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) January 26, 2017

    …and delivered.

    Theresa May has left the door open for the greater involvement of US corporations in British healthcare as she arrives in America to lay the groundwork for a future trade deal.

    Ms May would only say that she was committed to a health service that is free at the point of delivery, but made no comment on whether the NHS would be off the table in any future talks.

    http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/theresa-may-donald-trump-nhs-us-trade-deal-brexit-torture-a7548156.html

  11. greywarshark 11
    27 January 2017 at 12:53 pm

    Just to help us remain pragmatic about politics, political figures – people and stats – and democracy. Requires an approach, a little cynical, a little idealistic, and always hopeful but resigned. Some cynical quotations from Cassell Publishing.

    Democracy is an abuse of statistics. Jorge Luis Borges quoted in Prisoner without a name…
    Jacobo Timerman 1981

    Democracy consists of choosing your dictators, after they’ve told you what it is you think you want to hear.
    Alan Coren, in the Daily Mail 1975

    Democracy: in which you say what you like and do what you’re told.
    Gerald Barry
    (Probably this man who sounds as if he was a pretty good sort.)
    Sir Gerald Barry (20 November 1898 – 21 November 1968) was a British newspaper editor and organiser of the Festival of Britain that attracted highly favourable national attention in 1951. Barry was long-time newspaper editor with left-leaning, middle-brow views, he was energetic and optimistic, with an eye for what would be popular, and had a knack on how to motivate others.Wikipedia

    In Switzerland they had brotherly love, five hundred years of democracy and peace and what did they produce? The cuckoo clock!
    Orson Welles and Graham Greene, screenplay for The Third Man 1949

    • Peter ChCh 11.1
      27 January 2017 at 1:50 pm

      To be fair, the Swiss also developed money laundering to an art form. Along with the concept of taking the stolen proceeds of ethnic and religiius cleansing and then stealing it themselves. And also lets not forget their contribution to assisting Nazi war criminals to evade justice. Yeah, the Swiss ‘peace, brotherly love and democracy’ was built upon the misery of others outside of Switzerland, guess thats what they learned over those 500 years.

      • greywarshark 11.1.1
        27 January 2017 at 8:18 pm

        Peter ChCh
        Your points aie right, and redundant. The remark was a quip, not to be taken seriously, not to be analysed.

        I have just been reading about how England broke Wales which had been relatively free and self governing for eight hundred years. What a heartbreak for their leader who had been trying to unify and get a peaceful country without fear of war. At the age of 60 he finally has a child, his wife having been held for three years by the English as a hostage to force him to obey their wishes, his wife dies from the childbirth, he is fighting in another six months and is lured to his death, and the English kidnap the child at the age of a year and put her into an isolated nunnery where she stays till death at 37. Her relations are hunted down by the English, and their women are put into convents for life also, and the leader’s brother is hanged, drawn and quartered. Poor Wales. Prince Charles is the latest Prince of Wales.

        Every country has its black spots that can’t be washed away. Switzerland has been reliably secretive about money. Key learned from that and has tried to set us up similarly, and appears to have turned us into Dodge City.
        So don’t be too quick to heave half a brick.

        And when asked to show concern and make a protest against demeaning apartheid in South Africa by ostracising South African rugby players, NZ men acted with fury, and decades later many still moan that they were not able to watch their favourite sport. If we had Nazis on our doorstep we would probably have caved in faster than Switzerland. We have done a few grand things in our haphazard way, but it’s not a sure thing mate.

  12. One Two 12
    27 January 2017 at 1:16 pm

    ‘Special’ = Plebs will not understand the words and their coded meanings

  13. AB 13
    27 January 2017 at 1:16 pm

    Trump doesn’t really do relationships special or otherwise. Probably just grab her by the …

    • Psycho Milt 13.1
      27 January 2017 at 1:45 pm

      No chance. She’s not young enough to be his granddaughter, for a start…

      • Anne 13.1.1
        27 January 2017 at 6:46 pm

        Btw, thanks to PM, Andre, AB and others for the humorous comments. It helps to lighten the repressive Trump-inspired gloom that has enveloped much of the world in recent weeks.

  14. simonm 14
    27 January 2017 at 3:07 pm

    A reminiscence from a previous “special relationship”.

    http://hungryblues.net/2004/06/11/remembering-reagan/

  16. joe90 16
    28 January 2017 at 4:27 pm

    Charming.

    (video)

    "There goes that relationship."Trump smirks and scoffs when a BBC reporter takes him to task about torture, abortion and banning Muslims: pic.twitter.com/bl42L3Luoy— Fusion (@Fusion) January 27, 2017

    https://twitter.com/i/web/status/825068505812844545

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  • How to Factory Reset iPhone without Computer: A Comprehensive Guide to Restoring your Device
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  • How to Call Someone on a Computer: A Guide to Voice and Video Communication in the Digital Age
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    20 hours ago

  • Skeptical Science New Research for Week #16 2024
    Open access notables Glacial isostatic adjustment reduces past and future Arctic subsea permafrost, Creel et al., Nature Communications: Sea-level rise submerges terrestrial permafrost in the Arctic, turning it into subsea permafrost. Subsea permafrost underlies ~ 1.8 million km2 of Arctic continental shelf, with thicknesses in places exceeding 700 m. Sea-level variations over glacial-interglacial cycles control ...
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  • Where on a Computer is the Operating System Generally Stored? Delving into the Digital Home of your ...
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  • How Many Watts Does a Laptop Use? Understanding Power Consumption and Efficiency
    Laptops have become essential tools for work, entertainment, and communication, offering portability and functionality. However, with rising energy costs and growing environmental concerns, understanding a laptop’s power consumption is more important than ever. So, how many watts does a laptop use? The answer, unfortunately, isn’t straightforward. It depends on several ...
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  • How to Screen Record on a Dell Laptop A Guide to Capturing Your Screen with Ease
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  • How Much Does it Cost to Fix a Laptop Screen? Navigating Repair Options and Costs
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    20 hours ago

  • How Long Do Gaming Laptops Last? Demystifying Lifespan and Maximizing Longevity
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    Gareth’s WorldBy admin
    20 hours ago

  • Climate Change: Turning the tide
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  • Faxing from Your Computer A Modern Guide to Sending Documents Digitally
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  • Protecting Your Home Computer A Guide to Cyber Awareness
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  • Server-Based Computing Powering the Modern Digital Landscape
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  • Vroom vroom go the big red trucks
    The absolute brass neck of this guy.We want more medical doctors, not more spin doctors, Luxon was saying a couple of weeks ago, and now we’re told the guy has seven salaried adults on TikTok duty. Sorry, doing social media. The absolute brass neck of it. The irony that the ...
    More Than A FeildingBy David Slack
    23 hours ago

  • Jones finds $410,000 to help the government muscle in on a spat project
    Buzz from the Beehive Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones relishes spatting and eagerly takes issue with environmentalists who criticise his enthusiasm for resource development. He relishes helping the fishing industry too. And so today, while the media are making much of the latest culling in the public service to ...
    Point of OrderBy Bob Edlin
    24 hours ago

  • Again, hate crimes are not necessarily terrorism.
    Having written, taught and worked for the US government on issues involving unconventional warfare and terrorism for 30-odd years, two things irritate me the most when the subject is discussed in public. The first is the Johnny-come-lately academics-turned-media commentators who … Continue reading → ...
    KiwipoliticoBy Pablo
    1 day ago

  • Despair – construction consenting edition
    Eric Crampton writes – Kainga Ora is the government’s house building agency. It’s been building a lot of social housing. Kainga Ora has its own (but independent) consenting authority, Consentium. It’s a neat idea. Rather than have to deal with building consents across each different territorial authority, Kainga Ora ...
    Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
    1 day ago

  • Coalition promises – will the Govt keep the commitment to keep Kiwis equal before the law?
    Muriel Newman writes – The Coalition Government says it is moving with speed to deliver campaign promises and reverse the damage done by Labour. One of their key commitments is to “defend the principle that New Zealanders are equal before the law.” To achieve this, they have pledged they “will not advance ...
    Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
    1 day ago

  • An impermanent public service is a guarantee of very little else but failure
    Chris Trotter writes –  The absence of anything resembling a fightback from the public servants currently losing their jobs is interesting. State-sector workers’ collective fatalism in the face of Coalition cutbacks indicates a surprisingly broad acceptance of impermanence in the workplace. Fifty years ago, lay-offs in the thousands ...
    Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
    1 day ago

  • What happens after the war – Mariupol
    Mariupol, on the Azov Sea coast, was one of the first cities to suffer almost complete destruction after the start of the Ukraine War started in late February 2022. We remember the scenes of absolute destruction of the houses and city structures. The deaths of innocent civilians – many of ...
    Open ParachuteBy Ken
    1 day ago

  • Babies and benefits – no good news
    Lindsay Mitchell writes – Ten years ago, I wrote the following in a Listener column: Every year around one in five new-born babies will be reliant on their caregivers benefit by Christmas. This pattern has persisted from at least 1993. For Maori the number jumps to over one in three.  ...
    Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
    1 day ago

  • Should the RBNZ be looking through climate inflation?
    Climate change is expected to generate more and more extreme events, delivering a sort of structural shock to inflation that central banks will have to react to as if they were short-term cyclical issues. Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The KākāMy pick of the six newsey things to know from Aotearoa’s ...
    The KakaBy Bernard Hickey
    1 day ago

  • Bernard's pick 'n' mix of the news links
    The top six news links I’ve seen elsewhere in the last 24 hours, as of 9:16 am on Thursday, April 18 are:Housing: Tauranga residents living in boats, vans RNZ Checkpoint Louise TernouthHousing: Waikato councillor says wastewater plant issues could hold up Sleepyhead building a massive company town Waikato Times Stephen ...
    The KakaBy Bernard Hickey
    1 day ago

  • Gordon Campbell on the public sector carnage, and misogyny as terrorism
    It’s a simple deal. We pay taxes in order to finance the social services we want and need. The carnage now occurring across the public sector though, is breaking that contract. Over 3,000 jobs have been lost so far. Many are in crucial areas like Education where the impact of ...
    Gordon CampbellBy lyndon
    1 day ago

  • Meeting the Master Baiters
    Hi,A friend had their 40th over the weekend and decided to theme it after Curb Your Enthusiasm fashion icon Susie Greene. Captured in my tiny kitchen before I left the house, I ending up evoking a mix of old lesbian and Hillary Clinton — both unintentional.Me vs Hillary ClintonIf you’re ...
    David FarrierBy David Farrier
    1 day ago

  • How extreme was the Earth's temperature in 2023
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    Skeptical Science
    2 days ago

  • Backbone, revisited
    The schools are on holiday and the sun is shining in the seaside village and all day long I have been seeing bunches of bikes; Mums, Dads, teens and toddlers chattering, laughing, happy, having a bloody great time together. Cheers, AT, for the bits of lane you’ve added lately around the ...
    More Than A FeildingBy David Slack
    2 days ago

  • Ministers are not above the law
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    No Right TurnBy Idiot/Savant
    2 days ago

  • What’s the outfit you can hear going down the gurgler? Probably it’s David Parker’s Oceans Sec...
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    Point of OrderBy Bob Edlin
    2 days ago

  • Will politicians let democracy die in the darkness?
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    Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
    2 days ago

  • Matt Doocey doubles down on trans “healthcare”
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    Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
    2 days ago

  • A TikTok Prime Minister.
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    Nick’s KōreroBy Nick Rockel
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  • Texas Lessons
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    Greater AucklandBy Guest Post
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  • Bernard's pick 'n' mix of the news links at 6:06 am
    The top six news links I’ve seen elsewhere in the last 24 hours as of 6:06 am on Wednesday, April 17 are:Must read: Secrecy shrouds which projects might be fast-tracked RNZ Farah HancockScoop: Revealed: Luxon has seven staffers working on social media content - partly paid for by taxpayer Newshub ...
    The KakaBy Bernard Hickey
    2 days ago

  • Fighting poverty on the holiday highway
    Turning what Labour called the “holiday highway” into a four-lane expressway from Auckland to Whangarei could bring at least an economic benefit of nearly two billion a year for Northland each year. And it could help bring an end to poverty in one of New Zealand’s most deprived regions. The ...
    PolitikBy Richard Harman
    2 days ago

  • Bernard's six-stack of substacks at 6:26 pm
    Tonight’s six-stack includes: launching his substack with a bunch of his previous documentaries, including this 1992 interview with Dame Whina Cooper. and here crew give climate activists plenty to do, including this call to submit against the Fast Track Approvals bill. writes brilliantly here on his substack ...
    The KakaBy Bernard Hickey
    3 days ago

  • At a glance – Is the science settled?
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    Skeptical Science
    3 days ago

  • Apposite Quotations.
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    Bowalley Road
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  • What’s a life worth now?
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    More Than A FeildingBy David Slack
    3 days ago

  • Howling at the Moon
    Karl du Fresne writes –  There’s a crisis in the news media and the media are blaming it on everyone except themselves. Culpability is being deflected elsewhere – mainly to the hapless Minister of Communications, Melissa Lee, and the big social media platforms that are accused of hoovering ...
    Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
    3 days ago

  • Newshub is Dead.
    I don’t normally send out two newsletters in a day but I figured I’d say something about… the news. If two newsletters is a bit much then maybe just skip one, I don’t want to overload people. Alternatively if you’d be interested in sometimes receiving multiple, smaller updates from me, ...
    Nick’s KōreroBy Nick Rockel
    3 days ago

  • Seymour is chuffed about cutting early-learning red tape – but we hear, too, that Jones has loose...
    Buzz from the Beehive David Seymour and Winston Peters today signalled that at least two ministers of the Crown might be in Wellington today. Seymour (as Associate Minister of Education) announced the removal of more red tape, this time to make it easier for new early learning services to be ...
    Point of OrderBy Bob Edlin
    3 days ago

  • Bryce Edwards: Will politicians let democracy die in the darkness?
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    Democracy ProjectBy bryce.edwards
    3 days ago

  • Was Hawkesby entirely wrong?
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    Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
    3 days ago

  • PRC shadow looms as the Solomons head for election
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    Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
    3 days ago

  • Climate Change: Criminal ecocide
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    No Right TurnBy Idiot/Savant
    3 days ago

  • Is saving one minute of a politician's time worth nearly $1 billion?
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    The KakaBy Bernard Hickey
    3 days ago

  • Long Tunnel or Long Con?
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    Greater AucklandBy Matt L
    3 days ago

  • Smoke And Mirrors.
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    Nick’s KōreroBy Nick Rockel
    3 days ago

  • What is Mexico doing about climate change?
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    Skeptical Science
    3 days ago

  • State of humanity, 2024
    2024, it feels, keeps presenting us with ever more challenges, ever more dismay.Do you give up yet? It seems to ask.No? How about this? Or this?How about this?When I say 2024 I really mean the state of humanity in 2024.Saturday night, we watched Civil War because that is one terrifying cliff we've ...
    More Than A FeildingBy David Slack
    4 days ago

  • Govt’s Wellington tunnel vision aims to ease the way to the airport (but zealous promoters of cycl...
    Buzz from the Beehive A pet project and governmental tunnel vision jump out from the latest batch of ministerial announcements. The government is keen to assure us of its concern for the wellbeing of our pets. It will be introducing pet bonds in a change to the Residential Tenancies Act ...
    Point of OrderBy Bob Edlin
    4 days ago

  • The case for cultural connectedness
    A recent report generated from a Growing Up in New Zealand (GUiNZ) survey of 1,224 rangatahi Māori aged 11-12 found: Cultural connectedness was associated with fewer depression symptoms, anxiety symptoms and better quality of life. That sounds cut and dry. But further into the report the following appears: Cultural connectedness is ...
    Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
    4 days ago

  • Useful context on public sector job cuts
    David Farrar writes –    The Herald reports: From the gory details of job-cuts news, you’d think the public service was being eviscerated.   While the media’s view of the cuts is incomplete, it’s also true that departments have been leaking the particulars faster than a Wellington ...
    Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
    4 days ago

  • Gordon Campbell On When Racism Comes Disguised As Anti-racism
    Remember the good old days, back when New Zealand had a PM who could think and speak calmly and intelligently in whole sentences without blustering? Even while Iran’s drones and missiles were still being launched, Helen Clark was live on TVNZ expertly summing up the latest crisis in the Middle ...
    Gordon CampbellBy lyndon
    4 days ago

  • Govt ignored economic analysis of smokefree reversal
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    The KakaBy Bernard Hickey
    4 days ago

  • True Blue.
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    Nick’s KōreroBy Nick Rockel
    4 days ago

  • Who is running New Zealand’s foreign policy?
    While commentators, including former Prime Minister Helen Clark, are noting a subtle shift in New Zealand’s foreign policy, which now places more emphasis on the United States, many have missed a key element of the shift. What National said before the election is not what the government is doing now. ...
    PolitikBy Richard Harman
    4 days ago

  • 2024 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #15
    A listing of 31 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, April 7, 2024 thru Sat, April 13, 2024. Story of the week Our story of the week is about adults in the room setting terms and conditions of ...
    Skeptical Science
    5 days ago

  • Feline Friends and Fragile Fauna The Complexities of Cats in New Zealand’s Conservation Efforts

    Cats, with their independent spirit and beguiling purrs, have captured the hearts of humans for millennia. In New Zealand, felines are no exception, boasting the highest national cat ownership rate globally [definition cat nz cat foundation]. An estimated 1.134 million pet cats grace Kiwi households, compared to 683,000 dogs ...

    Gareth’s WorldBy admin
    5 days ago

  • Or is that just they want us to think?
    Nice guy, that Peter Williams. Amiable, a calm air of no-nonsense capability, a winning smile. Everything you look for in a TV presenter and newsreader.I used to see him sometimes when I went to TVNZ to be a talking head or a panellist and we would yarn. Nice guy, that ...
    More Than A FeildingBy David Slack
    5 days ago

  • Fact Brief – Did global warming stop in 1998?
    Skeptical Science is partnering with Gigafact to produce fact briefs — bite-sized fact checks of trending claims. This fact brief was written by Sue Bin Park in collaboration with members from our Skeptical Science team. You can submit claims you think need checking via the tipline. Did global warming stop in ...
    Skeptical Science
    6 days ago

  • Arguing over a moot point.
    I have been following recent debates in the corporate and social media about whether it is a good idea for NZ to join what is known as “AUKUS Pillar Two.” AUKUS is the Australian-UK-US nuclear submarine building agreement in which … Continue reading → ...
    KiwipoliticoBy Pablo
    6 days ago

  • No Longer Trusted: Ageing Boomers, Laurie & Les, Talk Politics.
    Turning Point: “What has turned me away from the mainstream news media is the very strong message that its been sending out for the last few years.” “And what message might that be?” “That the people who own it, the people who run it, and the people who provide its content, really don’t ...
    Bowalley Road
    6 days ago

  • Mortgage rates at 10% anyone?
    No – nothing about that in PM Luxon’s nine-point plan to improve the lives of New Zealanders. But beyond our shores Jamie Dimon, the long-serving head of global bank J.P. Morgan Chase, reckons that the chances of a goldilocks soft landing for the economy are “a lot lower” than the ...
    Point of OrderBy xtrdnry
    6 days ago

  • Minister releases Fast-track stakeholder list
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    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    1 hour ago

  • Judicial appointments announced
    Attorney-General Judith Collins today announced the appointment of Wellington Barrister David Jonathan Boldt as a Judge of the High Court, and the Honourable Justice Matthew Palmer as a Judge of the Court of Appeal. Justice Boldt graduated with an LLB from Victoria University of Wellington in 1990, and also holds ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    2 hours ago

  • Education Minister heads to major teaching summit in Singapore
    Education Minister Erica Stanford will lead the New Zealand delegation at the 2024 International Summit on the Teaching Profession (ISTP) held in Singapore. The delegation includes representatives from the Post Primary Teachers’ Association (PPTA) Te Wehengarua and the New Zealand Educational Institute (NZEI) Te Riu Roa.  The summit is co-hosted ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    3 hours ago

  • Value of stopbank project proven during cyclone
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    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    3 hours ago

  • Anzac commemorations, Türkiye relationship focus of visit
    Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters will represent the Government at Anzac Day commemorations on the Gallipoli Peninsula next week and engage with senior representatives of the Turkish government in Istanbul.    “The Gallipoli campaign is a defining event in our history. It will be a privilege to share the occasion ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    3 hours ago

  • Minister to Europe for OECD meeting, Anzac Day
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    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    6 hours ago

  • Comprehensive Partnership the goal for NZ and the Philippines
    Prime Minister Christopher Luxon held a bilateral meeting today with the President of the Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos Jr.  The Prime Minister was accompanied by MP Paulo Garcia, the first Filipino to be elected to a legislature outside the Philippines. During today’s meeting, Prime Minister Luxon and President Marcos Jr discussed opportunities to ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    17 hours ago

  • Government commits $20m to Westport flood protection
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    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
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