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Well yes Martyn, there is. Last time I looked the Greens were still needed for Labour to be leading our centre/left government. Labour's 36.9 + NZF's 7.2 =/= 50%. It equals 44.1%. Where did the other 6% come from? This is not rocket science, or…
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US comedian and political commentator Trae Crowder on the rural vote (<4 mins) https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=567019814198980
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Why are parents being told to send their children back to school this Monday? Is it because the health and welfare of children is upper most in the governments mind? Maybe the psychological impact of a child losing social contact during their formative years is…
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Just when we thought liberal democracies meant real freedom was an absolute written into human rights stone, by mid-March this year almost all OECD countries had implemented the most draconian reversal of lockdowns on every single human being at a combination of school, university, workplace,…
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In terrible news, our feline masters can both get covid-19, and they can infect other cats. Fortunately so far they have largely been asymptomatic apart from some big cats. We don't know if there can be cat to human transmission. But I suspect it is…
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A round up of the Green Party's achievements in the 2020 Budget. People often say the Greens aren't doing much, so here are some concrete examples of what they gained for the green platform. Full press releases, and details of working with Labour, are in…
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Like measles, covid-19 could become endemic. Never dying out entirely. Needing to be controlled in human denser populations into the indefinite future. This is the warning from the WHO. Speaking at a briefing on Wednesday, WHO emergencies director Dr Mike Ryan warned against trying to…
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The budget site is up. I've reproduced some of it here. Budget 2020 has also been released on the Budget website: https://budget.govt.nz. A feature of the Budget website is that it organises the Estimates documents by Minister, by vote, by department and by sector. Image from RNZ Budget speech by Robertson
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Listening to some of the complete bullshit about the legislation to move to level 2 just made me realise exactly how ignorant some people are of our history and basic science. Viruses and other diseases simply don't care about abstractions like 'liberty' or 'inhumanity' or…
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Text of a pre budget speech delivered yesterday by Jacinda Ardern. [Today] Budget 2020 will be delivered within the most challenging economic conditions faced by any Government since the Great Depression. The global COVID-19 pandemic has triggered a global economic shock not of our making,…
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National has decided to play politics with Covid 19 and is opposing the Government's attempt to pass legislation to secure level 2 arrangements. From Charlie Dreaver at Radio New Zealand: The Covid-19 Public Health Response Bill, which grants extraordinary powers to both the government and…
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Poor Simon cannot buy a trick right now. Last week he chose the very unwise tactic of attacking Dr Ashley Bloomfield. From Anna Whyte at Television New Zealand: A fiery select committee meeting today saw National leader Simon Bridges accuse Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield of…
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In this time of uncertainty when mass unemployment beckons you would expect that stock exchanges would be plummeting. But think again. Because they seem to be doing fine. Here is a graph of the NZSX over the past 6 months. Bottom line, the market has…
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In the ongoing press conference (RNZ): Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced a staggered move into level 2 starting on Thursday, with schools and bars reopening later and groups limited to 10 people. and She said retail, malls, cafes, restaurants, cinemas and other public spaces…
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The well-known duo of Dermot Nottingham and Robert McKinney were the appellants in habeas corpus High Court case against Arden, Bloomfield, and Stuart-Black over the covid-19 lockdown. As was usual for this pair, the grounds that they made their case on were completely flawed, failed…
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We are heading towards decision time. Does Aotearoa New Zealand loosen up and head back to a semi normal life? There are many loud voices supporting loosening things up. Particularly those of the right, National, business interests and owners of suburban shopping malls. Why can't…
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