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Written By: thinker - Date published: 10:11 pm, September 1st, 2026
Very nice - a white man's Buddy Guy, although Wikipedia doesn't cite Buddy Guy as one of Bonamassa's influences. I can see my late father saying, as he did about Jimi Hendrix, "that's not music - anyone could play that crap". Would be nice to think of this ...Written By: thinker - Date published: 5:45 pm, September 1st, 2026
No what I will say is that my decision to go with those engines had no bearing on Air New Zealands bad performance. It was largely because of the bottomed-out economy, and the government not helping out with jet fuel price increases. Oh s#!+, that's still ...Written By: thinker - Date published: 3:04 pm, September 1st, 2026
Belladonna, I do understand how difficult it must be to be a defender of the present government at this time, particularly today: Former Air New Zealand CEO calls out PM’s not ‘cool’ criticism of airline’s performance: "If I’m brutally honest, I suspect ...Written By: thinker - Date published: 2:16 pm, September 1st, 2026
'They should be at work': Christopher Luxon on 10,000 striking public servants... Fortunately, the Coalition of the Sorted didn't need to strike to get their pay increases... https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/politics/1207896/they-should-be-at-work-christopher- ...Written By: thinker - Date published: 3:42 pm, August 31st, 2026
I think we are seeing National-as-Government vs National-as-Campaigner. It seems to me that the cause of the past abandonment of the climate stuff might have been strong-armed onto Luxon by Seymour during the coalition talks. Now, what we are seeing is ...Written By: thinker - Date published: 12:15 pm, August 30th, 2026
Is anyone else seething that, while the government can talk away it's inability to perform by reference to the global economy. Luxon has the cheek to criticize the current CEO of air nz, his old job, as not meeting expectations? https://www.beehive.govt.nz ...Written By: thinker - Date published: 12:27 pm, August 28th, 2026
I'm not sure, but I think Hipkins might be ticking off all of National's opportunities to fetter Labour's announced policies, then force Labour to capitulate. The PREFU is coming up and I think that's the last chance for National to stuff up something that ...Written By: thinker - Date published: 3:33 pm, August 27th, 2026
Thank God that he is!! There are leaders and there are followers. Sir Ian Taylor is a man respected by many conservative people and they will take notice of his opinion that he got shafted by how he voted in the last election. Many will follow him this ...Written By: thinker - Date published: 1:41 pm, August 25th, 2026
Accepting that hindsight is always 20:20, I would have said: Labour is doing poorly in the polls because people have had a gutsful of National and Luxon and they are currently suspicious of both of the main parties. Labour is getting a bit of collateral ...Written By: thinker - Date published: 1:26 pm, August 25th, 2026
Poor Mum - Poor you - in that order. I've had a bad run with my mother this winter - I think many adult children have. I'm an only child so it all falls on me. Hence the "Poor You". Remember, you're only human and if you run yourself into the ground, your ...Written By: thinker - Date published: 2:20 pm, August 24th, 2026
They were very clear on the tv news - no NEW taxes doesn't mean existing taxes don't go up. However, I seem to remember National campaigning on both an end to people being over taxed and an end to borrowing. Post-election, we got both. Part of what Labour ...Written By: thinker - Date published: 7:44 am, August 24th, 2026
Data centres are a better investment than Taylor Swift or Robbie Williams, or whichever celebrities are the governments flavour of the month..Written By: thinker - Date published: 3:53 pm, August 19th, 2026
Here's my take on it, Alwyn, One's views haven't changed at all. Assuming Penk still supports the National ideology, I will still say I don't support his ideology or, from that, his management of his portfolios. However, I and others are happy to uphold ...Written By: thinker - Date published: 5:51 pm, August 18th, 2026
Yay, Hipkins, Davidson and Waititi, for giving credit to a member of the opposite side, because of that man's overall integrity of character and the unjust way he was treated. Churchill said something similar about Rommell, for having the guts to try to ...Written By: thinker - Date published: 7:30 am, August 18th, 2026
Part of being a public servant is the continuity and impartiality one provides. If you look at the infrastructure debacle where changing governments flip flop projects so they can take many more years to complete than they should and then roll it out ...Written By: thinker - Date published: 4:23 pm, August 13th, 2026
RNZ has an article quoting Luxon that he is sure no-one else was involved but Penk. I've always been one of those people who believe in conspiracies around JFK assassination. One of the biggest reasons in my mind is that the District Attorney said that Lee ...Written By: thinker - Date published: 7:12 am, August 13th, 2026
I realized overnight that we've all been spared the Christmas Day photo of Erica Stanford in her shorty pyjamas, watching a shallow Hugh Grant movie. The thought of that should make the undecideds minds up for them 😱Written By: thinker - Date published: 6:14 pm, August 12th, 2026
So, reading tonight's news, (several main sources), Penk vehemently denies organizing a coup, but Luxon publicly stripped him of his portfolios anyway. Can someone please advise me: is Penk a consummate liar, or did Luxon kick the dog under the table?Written By: thinker - Date published: 1:07 pm, August 12th, 2026
Message to the National Party - "LUX" You won him, now you must keep him!!Written By: thinker - Date published: 7:53 am, August 12th, 2026
Luxon at caucus part 2... https://youtu.be/KekChFdIe00?si=iWiyV1aaY638GewxWritten By: thinker - Date published: 5:25 pm, August 11th, 2026
https://youtu.be/qm0hSAgFhZo?si=euIYuDAg-heyl8o0 National Party Caucus Meeting...Written By: thinker - Date published: 3:45 pm, August 11th, 2026
I don't suppose you've ever considered standing for parliament?Written By: thinker - Date published: 3:37 pm, August 11th, 2026
He was never there to serve... Oh yes he was - to serve his own interests. Suggested analysis - there have been many (relatively many) meetings to discuss rolling Luxon. It seems to me the way the mop flops has been dependent on whether not rolling Luxon ...Written By: thinker - Date published: 1:12 pm, August 11th, 2026
I suggest there might be a "...tsunami of something resembling butter chicken..." running down Luxon's legs today, given his urgent need to have yet another caucus meeting about his leadership. I'm guessing the biggest reason for keeping him in place is ...Written By: thinker - Date published: 3:16 pm, August 7th, 2026
Brian Bennett, drummer for The Shadows (if you can remember them), when doing a media call for their 50th anniversary tour, was questioned about whether he thought they would win X-Factor if they were their original selves today. His response was that they ...Written By: thinker - Date published: 7:34 am, August 7th, 2026
It's a great idea IMHO. I work in Westgate, right next to Whenuapai and my 93 year old mother is in Auckland Hospital, which has a helipad. For the past 3 days, it took about an hour for the travel and parking, and I would be happy to help the airforce by ...Written By: thinker - Date published: 12:12 pm, August 4th, 2026
Don't rain on my parade... I'm thinking of the success of the book "The One Minute Manager" and contemplating a follow up book for corporate CEOs who want to enter politics, to be called "The One Term Prime Minister". Chapter 1. Every Christmas, publish ...Written By: thinker - Date published: 8:15 am, August 2nd, 2026
I have a friend who studied the UBI concept. He explained it to me several times but I just can't get over a concern that it is like the accommodation supplement - when you give everyone the same head start, the competition between individuals remains the ...Written By: thinker - Date published: 7:51 pm, July 29th, 2026
You haven't included the Rogernomics era (which was only technically "Labour" if you think that the big movers and shakers of the time later formed ACT; You also haven't included Ruthenasia. In my adult lifetime (I joined the workforce in 1986, just as ...Written By: Thinker - Date published: 7:48 am, July 23rd, 2026
I thought it presumptuous of Luxon to assume he will have a Cabinet to keep Nash out of. 1. NZ First could conceivably poll higher than National at current trends, leaving Luxon begging to be in Winston's Cabinet. 2. Even if National become the highest ...
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