Two Bubbles Bridges’ Big Day Out
Simon ‘Two Bubbles’ Bridges feels he’s entitled to flaunt the rules because he’s, ahem, essential.
Beyond mere rescue
It’s time to plan the re-launch the very idea of New Zealand.
Open mike 06/04/2020
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Bill Gates – lets prevent the next inevitable epidemic!
Bill and Melinda Gates have been plowing wealth into mitigating and preventing epidemics over the last decade. Like the World Health Organisation and just about anyone with any sense of medical history, he predicted very accurately the type of epidemic we are now facing – a worldwide respiratory pandemic. He talks about the current pandemic, and how to prevent the next one.
Children: the pandemic has only just begun
I’m always intrigued at the capacity of most humans to be self-delusional in the way that they favour to believe regardless of facts. Nothing else could explain the delusional idiots like David Farrar and his mischievous minions wanting to go back to their business as usual – their ministerial scalp collection. It’d be nice if such dimwits thought and established facts before they wrote.
What not to do in a pandemic
The Trump regime has this week plunged new depths in the handling of the Covid-19 Pandemic in the United States
Open mike 05/04/2020
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About Carrots and Sticks
How can we improve motivation to stamp out this virus in New Zealand?
David Clark
He should have been immediately fired.
Open mike 04/04/2020
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Bauer closures not unexpected. They were invisible
As is typical these days, I heard about the Bauer magazine closures by a link in social media. My initial reaction was shock, but then I considered when the last time that I read them. No-one links to these publications. They were as invisible on the net as the NBR. Or as NZ Herald is starting to be. Realistically no real loss to the general debate.
It’s the end of main stream media as we know it …
The Covid-19 lock down has and will tip media companies already struggling to survive into closure.
Open mike 03/04/2020
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Quick Snippets
The joys of bread rising far to fast through a warm autumn night is…this post.
The kind of imagination we’re going to need
More was achieved by and for Americas throughout the Franklin D. Roosevelt era than ever before or since in American history. This may provide us with a model for how we get things back on track.
No Right Turn: A new Ministry of Works
Idiot/Savant writes: “While the economy is on pause under lockdown, the government is beginning to plan how to cope with the post-lockdown, post-tourism, post-export education world we will eventually find ourselves in”
Open mike 02/04/2020
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Cabin Fever.
The Government did exactly the right thing, telling everyone they can take outdoor exercise locally within the necessary physical distancing rules.
Trusting people to be sensible about the possibilities of virus spread. To trust that most people will , given the information and criteria, will make the right decisions for themselves and others.
Not a good day for an April Fool’s joke
David Farrar has shown that many of his commenters and followers do not understand satire.
Open mike 01/04/2020
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What about Climate Change then?
Shouldn’t this global shock from this COVID-19 virus make us all wake up to the power of collective global action on climate change?
Holding the Government to Account or Concern Trolling?
When Opposition Spokespersons behave like concern trolls, we have a problem.
Open mike 31/03/2020
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Caption contest
In the interests of Covid-19 bi partisanship keep it especially seemly.
CTU launches online tool for reporting bad employers
The Council of Trade Unions has launched an online tool allowing employees to log complaints against ill treatment by employers during the Covid-19 lockdown.
New Zealand Tourism after 2020
Post Covid-2019 what is going to happen to New Zealand’s tourism market?
Open mike 30/03/2020
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Please don’t have to bring out your dead.
Anyone who has read even briefly into written human history is going to be aware that it is as much defined by our epidemics and pandemics as by any of our technical and societal achievements. This post is essentially a quick range over the history of pandemics and epidemics with links and some focus on COVID-19.
How this may play out
Developments on Covid-19 are happening at pace as we enter the make or break stage concerning the virus’s spread.
Open mike 29/03/2020
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One Virus to Rule Them All
Trying to make sense of what’s happening is mindboggling.
Open mike 28/03/2020
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All of govt: 27th March
The daily briefing: All of Government COVID-19 National Response 27 March.
The Big Chill
A post for the duration: what’s inspiring us or helping us get through? Music, film, books, games, or just sharing what’s keeping us occupied as we hunker down.
No politics, no aggro, no politics.
Open mike 27/03/2020
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We are all socialists now
It seems that the pure free market approach is ill equipped to provide the world with the leadership and guidance it requires.