While the media is focused on what an atrocious performer Luxon is, those lefty ratbags at interest.co.nz are torpedoing the government's whole economic strategy.
06.03.2026 04:38
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While the media is focused on what an atrocious performer Luxon is, those lefty ratbags at interest.co.nz are torpedoing the government's whole economic strategy.
Meanwhile...
US launches military operations in Ecuador - POLITICO share.google/EFtSfgH0iBqa...
Given NZ's membership of Five Eyes, shouldn't it be the other way around?
I'd call it "failing upwards" except they've become the leaders of the Liberal party.
We should be getting ready to press go on our mechanism to insulate the economy from an oil price shock. It's not like we don't know that all our episodes of inflation have been powered by oil and warmongering. But, why have a plan when we can increase debt costs and throw more people on the dole?
Acknowledged, but that seems to have been a low turnout election in general. But whether new or normal it doesn't speak of a healthy democracy.
closer.ac.uk/data/turnout...
Look at that turnout, dire!
"...cheap failure is no good for anybody."
1. Adopt policies that increase the number of homeless people; 2. Blame the homeless for any resulting problems; 3. Adopt expensive measures to minimise the inconvenience on those of us lucky enough to not be homeless.
open.substack.com/pub/thekaka/...
Damned with faint praise.
And another one. The teachers' deal last year was accepted by a very narrow margin.
Maybe that's why he's been shot like he's in witness protection. Or a dentist.
What will it take for this government to finally address the firefighters' concerns?
NZ has normalised inequality. As the cost of living rises, Govt has to expand into every corner of life so people don't starve and end up homeless.
We need to reduce inequality and rampant rentierism so that people and communities have the resources they need to look after themselves.
Not much logic in draft curriculum’s sheer amount of ‘knowledge’ - Newsroom share.google/p9v7R4yD0UwC...
Here is another way of approaching it - for the 0.1% (318) most rainy known hours at Auckland Airport (in north of country, has long run of data), when were those hours distributed through time.
These are beautiful!
This from Pater Lalor - shocking. pls listen -
michaelwest.com.au/peter-lalor-...
Single-panel cartoon A brown-skinned person cowers in a room with a broken window and glass on the floor, saying "DON'T SHOOT" to a white soldier with a rifle The soldier is looking back at a man (also white) with a video camera, and is also saying "DON'T SHOOT"
Jon Kudelka drew this in 2004 and it's more relevant than ever. We're all poorer for the loss
Read to the end: this "expectation" is held by a rather narrow group of people.
I respect the precision.
The Board of Governors decided, unilaterally, that no published textbook in the field of sociology could be used in compliance with the law for an Intro to Sociology class. None. Victor: There's not a single existing textbook on the market that could be used that would qualify under state law? Zachary: Correct. Victor: I'm sorry, that's kind of funny. Like, the absurdity of not a single sociology textbook getting past the censors. I mean, it makes me kind of proud of our colleagues, but...
I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors.
Great work everyone.
"Identifying, retrieving, and reviewing this volume of material will require extensive and time-intensive searches across multiple record-keeping systems,”
Whoever's taking the minutes needs training.
Cocktail tip: twist of mandarin peel in your negroni. One improvisation I'm not regretting.
Yes, but is there an interview with Gerry Harvey on what he thinks about the Herzog visit?
Excellent, thoughtful piece by @latingle.bsky.social
