You can quibble about whether tis better to be feared than loved, but being openly mocked is the worst.
08.03.2026 07:22
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You can quibble about whether tis better to be feared than loved, but being openly mocked is the worst.
I was talking to my Act-voting sister today. We don't agree on much these days, but we both know Luxon is dog food. We also agreed that the talent pool is wafer thin. I doubt if Stanford could spell spull.
Don't you know I used to be CEO of Rubicon Airways? Everyone there called me Rube.
On the bright side, this whole Nats talking about themselves distracts attention from the previous years of the Greens talking about themselves. Neither of which impresses the body politic.
No one has eaten the magic mushrooms.
I bought this block of shrimp paste imported from Penang at the Indian dairy at Pram Beach. It was half the price of domestically produced supermarket butter.
Feel free to share any recipes that use it. Do you grind it up after browning it or just hope it dissolves it the sauce?
First time using shrimp paste. Huge but brief pong while browning it in the wok, but it was worth it for my Mee Goreng.
Ahh, the Battle of Manners St. Stick that in your history curriculum, Stanford.
It's bloody obvious, innit. He's on a mission from *checks notes* Prosperity Jesus.
Night, BSers.
The Luxon's Prayer.
Our lord, who art in Hawaii and sometimes Parnell
Hallowed be thy name
Thy landlording come like Max Key your son
From unearned wealth and inequality
Give us cake today
And forsake the bread of bottomfeeders
For thine is the kingdom
In Waiheke as well.
Amen
Anyone who wants Britain to join the war in Iran needs their head examined open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...
If you're doomscrolling, guess what? So far there are 51 kΔkΔpΕ chicks hatched and thriving this season, the same number of birds as we had in TOTAL in the 90s! Only one chick has died and there are still fertile eggs waiting to hatch!
The two aren't mutually exclusive. Hence the Nat dilemma of a shit leader or another leader facing the same shitty headwinds.
The local impacts of the war in Iran are completely foreseeable, except to the New Zealand government for which the easily accessible and common sense information below will come as a total shock as soon as disruptions hit Aprilβs scheduled deliveries
Referring to the previous boost, this why I was so flabbergasted at Luxon's Monday press conference on the subject of Iran. We're a small country. Our only hope is to preserve "in any way" (to use a Luxonism) the international rules based order. We're totally fucked otherwise.
Three cheers for @robertshrimsley.bsky.social. Am reading and listening to too many self-styled fans of liberal democracy saying, in effect, 'let's park international law for the moment and talk about....'
He's rich, sorted and doesn't care.
Luxon has a rare disorder. His Archilles heel runs from his feet to his head.
Nats still prefer Luxo over nails, broken glass and manure. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZP-w...
That image reminds me of the Goodnight Beehive part of McPhail and Gadsby.
My mate @testtubeone.bsky.social reckons there's gonna be a Nat overhang, winning more electorates than party vote, wiping the list out completely. Right now, the Nats are nuking themselves from orbit.
Oh come home, Andrew Bayly
Move on, Goldsmith. You're beginning to smell.
Waiter, this word salad is limp and has raspberries in it.
IT IS NOT THE JOB OF A PUBLIC BROADCASTER IN A DEMOCRACY TO REPORT THE NEWS IN A WAY THE GOVERNMENT LIKES. IT IS ESPECIALLY NOT OKAY FOR MINISTERS AND POLITICALLY-APPOINTED BOARD MEMBERS TO DICATE INDIVIDUAL EDITORIAL DECISIONS. THIS SHOULD BE FUCKING OBVIOUS.
a) This son was the planned successor who it turns out survived the airstrike after all b) this is also the son who rigged the 2009 presidential election for Ahmedinejad who turns out also survived the airstrike, c) still, hahahaha omg regime change
Haven't seen such blatant political fuckery in broadcasting since Muldoon's flame out over Russian submarines during a live TV interview.
*taps sign* bsky.app/profile/zipp...
