Posts by bmk
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I think in terms of tax policy we should have both a capital gains tax and another band above the top rate. Both of these are things that Australia have and while National keep going on about catching up with Australia they oppose any measures that might bring our policy closer to Australia's.
But a capital gains tax is long overdue and should be implemented regardless of what other (if any) changes are made elsewhere in the tax system.
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Legal Beagle: Referendum Fact Check #2:…, in reply to Kumara Republic,
Yes. Some unions are often anti-immigration and historically anti-women rights. As their mine goal was representing the predominantly white males who made up their membership. A lot of unions do a lot of good things but there is often a schism in left politics between the economic left socially conservative faction and the economy left socially liberal faction.
Whereas I don't really feel represented in NZ at all as I am centrist on economic issues while highly liberal on social matters. And I feel that no party in NZ really represents my views. In the UK the Liberal Democrats are probably pretty close. I would really appreciate having a party who I felt enthusiastic about voting for but am not expecting it any time soon.
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Hard News: #NetHui: it's all about you, in reply to Rich of Observationz,
Yes clearly this dishwasher hasn't been programmed in accordance with Asimov's Three Law's of Robotics. Which is obviously a serious AI fail.
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Hard News: #NetHui: it's all about you, in reply to James Butler,
The last washing machine I bought was a top-loader but didn't use an agitator at all (don't ask me how it worked) which I found made our clothes last much longer. But would have still used a lot more water and didn't provide any entertainment for the children.
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Hard News: #NetHui: it's all about you, in reply to Martin Lindberg,
Don't care too much about dishwashers, but just get me started on washing machines.
Front-loaders FTW!
Are they really better? I've never used one but to me they look like more work because I thought you'd have to bend down further to put the clothes in. Oh dear - I'm sounding old. That was when I first realised I wasn't a young spring chicken any more - when I dropped something and sighed before forcing myself to bend over and pick it up.
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Hard News: #NetHui: it's all about you, in reply to James Butler,
But then don't your spoons all clump together, preventing the water getting in to wash them?
Not if you don't put more than four or five in any compartment. More than that and that does become a problem.
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Hard News: #NetHui: it's all about you, in reply to Paul Campbell,
I hang the socks out on the line in pairs for the same reason
Same.
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Legal Beagle: Referendum Fact Check #2:…, in reply to Sacha,
Or it might force the big parties to splinter as they perhaps should under a proportional system - separate out the bigger blocs lurking within, so the trade-offs are more out in the open and contestable.
True and I don't see that as a bad thing because as you mention this will make the different elements clearer and more obvious to the general public. If National split into a Farmers party and an Employers party it would be more honest. And Labour could split into a Union party and a liberal party (the two are quite often opposed - I have nothing directly against unions but they can often be socially conservative).
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Hard News: #NetHui: it's all about you, in reply to Danielle,
Sharp knives and teaspoons down. Everything else up. Learnt the hard way about the sharp knives: is incredibly easy to cut yourself when they are facing up. Teaspoons if I try to have them facing up the handle falls through the gap and then gets stuck.
What I do which others don't is stack each of the same utensil together. Doesn't take much longer to stack but makes the emptying far quicker.
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Legal Beagle: Referendum Fact Check #2:…, in reply to Sacha,
Sadly you would be right. You think though if they then had another election and the result was the same they would have no choice but to take it because if they tried to force a third election despite their being a viable option they would both be (and rightly so) punished for it.