Open mike 23/11/2023

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   We are 3% of the way through the new parliament.
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      And nothing of note has occurred to the country … a comparative silence enabling the news to pull in interesting news for once.
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         Probably another drop in inflation coming, amazing work by the CoC (Coalition of Chaos)… or so they say.
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   One has to ask what Ilya Sutskever the Chief Scientist who ran the (now unsuccessful) coup against Altman at AI was thinking.

   https://twitter.com/gdb/status/1725736242137182594

   Came pretty close to ruining the company.
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      Sutskever was hallucinating; it happens to even the most intelligent.
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      Maybe she listened to the AI

      This is what happens when you listen to the AI, lots of positive ideas.

      https://news.artnet.com/news/prankster-trolls-internet-ai-hopper-nighthawks-2396909
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         Who is she??
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            I dunno, did I commit a gender crime?
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               Yeah, probably, but I don’t care too much about those. I was just confused as to whom you were referring, that’s all.
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   Oopps

   https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/major-international-economic-consultancy-downgrades-new-zealands-political-stability-to-lowest-since-financial-crisis-citing-tensions-within-next-government/7NLN2LPZURAXTMNCE64G4SM7DU/

   Paywalled
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      Baldrick…you’ve done it again…these three clowns are poised to embarrass our country around the world–and they will be laying into working class people within minutes of assuming office…
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      'Strong and stable strong and stable and all together now….
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         Strong and stable – I've lost count team … how many times has he said "Strong and stable" now?

         

         If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine.

         
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            Newshub collected the 42 times Luxon said on their camera "Strong and stable."

            Simeon Brown said it 10 times in less than 3 minutes.
            Edit: Micky has the detail on the next post.
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               Thanks ianmac – looks like there’s a negative correlation between the number of "Strong and stable" assertions, and the actual stability of our govt in waiting.
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            When Luxon says ‘strong and stable’ I hear ‘strangle’.
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               When I hear strong and stable I recognise the manure that's on the bottom of the stable. I guess you send in the Minister of Racing to clean it up.
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         Goes well with the tune to Oh my darling Clementine. Just the chorus maybe.
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      Well well, it looks like what the three amigos are selling… the world isn't buying.

      That is not a good start for Aotearoa New Zealand, or the standing of the new leaders.

      A very profound lesson in political realities. An unstable world demands stability for investments. They don't see the 3 legged stool offering that.
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   A plot to assassinate a political leader by Indian security forces, inside the USA discovered and foiled.

   https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ap-us-assassination-plot-india-sikh_n_655e3da3e4b0c0333bee706a?4sd

   Will Biden confess that the CIA just got a taste of their own medicine since they've been carrying out plots like this for decades? Most recent being the successful coup against Imran Khan in Pakistan.
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      Modhi appears to be unsatisfied with doing what he can within India. Time magazine last month posed the question 'Is India headed for an anti muslin genocide ?'

      Looks to have expanded his belief based purge to other countries whilst everyone looks on as he's been stoking the fires internally since before he became PM.
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         A muslin genocide would certainly ladder one's stocking
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            Could be referring to the turban
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      After the assassination of a Sikh leader in Canada, this appears to be more of the same extension of the projection of personal power on Modhis' part.

      Again, another religious State acting like a total nut bar.
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   Lets not forget their a whole lot of war mongering assholes in the world at the moment. From Africa to South East Asia, From Russia to the Middle East. They are a collection of scum we let rise to the top.

   Talking of scum – lets not forget Putin and the road he is on.

   The video below: Historian Jeffrey Sommers analyzes the plunder of public resources in the ‘90s and how the Putin-led state has embraced a toxic mix of religion and nationalism. Hosted by Paul Jay.

   https://theanalysis.news/the-russian-oligarchy-and-the-civilization-state/
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   Looks as though they have a coalition agreement – now going back to the parties for signoff

   https://www.1news.co.nz/2023/11/23/national-act-nz-first-coalition-deal-reached-awaiting-sign-off/
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   I cannot believe that Winston Peters has aligned himself alongside this rabble. Shame on him. Take the long road back. Enjoy your spoils Winnie.
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      We don't really know how many dead rats were consumed along the way. or by whom.

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