Posts by chris
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By “others” you’re referring to my wife and in laws? No not permanently, I wouldn’t categorise it as outrage per se, but from time to time, when I consider the FTA and the subsequent knee jerk I do find myself mildly bemused, given that any ANZ property investment portfolios in my extended family are all held by overseas based caucasian male New Zealand citizens, but that’s largely by the by. I’d assumed that Labour’s right turn may have been in anticipation of the migration that will occur on Peters’ exit. Can you shed any light on that aspect of Twyford’s bill?
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Polity: A hazy, intriguing crystal ball, in reply to Tom Semmens,
ditches his tired and reflexive racism
But why would they? Since Labour have now picked up that mantle in an attempt to corner that market, ANZ’s ideological centre has arguably been shunted further right - conservative Labour voters now face less of a philosophical hurdle if deciding to vote NZF.
I read a little about Twyford’s bill this week and I’ve been trying to find what measures are being proposed to enforce this:
those with visas for more than 12 months would have to sell any home if they left New Zealand.
Will the state be confiscating/ forcing fire sales on properties the market hasn’t met? How will this work?
nice caricaturisation btw.
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Speaker: TPPA: It's Extreme, in reply to Sacha,
It puts our lack of investment in value adding industries into a new perspective.
And the winner is Vietnam:
In a decade, the country’s gross domestic product will be boosted 11 percent, or $36 billion, as a result of the world’s largest trade pact. Exports may soar 28 percent in the period as companies move factories to the Southeast Asian country.
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An article from The Intercept on how the TPP may benefit China:
Right now, the U.S. reserves the right to slap large tariffs on China, as it has done on steel (up to 236 percent), solar panels (up to 78 percent) and tires (up to 88 percent). But under TPP, many products, from agriculture to chemicals to plastics to leather seating, can include up to 60 percent of material from a non-TPP country.
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So China would not have to raise any standards or comply with any TPP rules, yet still be able to produce millions of auto parts and textiles for TPP countries at a lower cost, without the burden of tariffs. “This will undoubtedly hurt the competitiveness of American manufacturers, particularly the American auto industry,” said Rep. Dan Kildee (D-Michl.), an opponent of TPP.
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OnPoint: The Whaledump Saga: Scooby-Doo Edition, in reply to Matthew Hooton,
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Having now watched it, all I can bring myself to say is that - based on his perfunctory dismissal of serious New Zealand health issues - I find the generosity of spirit you show towards Peter Dunne pretty inspiring.
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Seriously Russell it’s like being stuck in a fricking time warp
On the flipside, now that six new substances are prohibited, will the matured demand for these ‘advantages’ simply tip some of these substances onto the black market, enhancing the web of criminality?
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Kids still be sidling up to punga fences, purchasing anorexic tinnies laced with horse tranquillizer, so who’s to know what kind of additives will now find their way into a helping of Kronic skunk.
These days I don’t need to take anything at all, I just ponder the implementation of New Zealand’s psychoactive substances legislation for a couple of minutes and I’m out there.
I look forward to watching this and dearly hope that the 3D team can convince Mediaworks to reconsider this mistake.
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Hard News: Ten Thousand Maniacs, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
Though you would have to wonder what these guys chatted about in the Green Room
One inference seemed to be they’ve already gone through the motions of carving up the Syrian map. Fascinating viewing.
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Hard News: Ten Thousand Maniacs, in reply to Peter Darlington,
Thanks for that Peter, some very disturbing reading there
Disgusted, Von Sponeck resigned as UN Humanitarian Co-ordinator in Iraq. His predecessor, Denis Halliday, an equally distinguished senior UN official, had also resigned. “I was instructed,” Halliday said, “to implement a policy that satisfies the definition of genocide: a deliberate policy that has effectively killed well over a million individuals, children and adults.”
A study by the United Nations Children’s Fund, Unicef, found that between 1991 and 1998, the height of the blockade, there were 500,000 “excess” deaths of Iraqi infants under the age of five. An American TV reporter put this to Madeleine Albright, US Ambassador to the United Nations, asking her, “Is the price worth it?” Albright replied, “We think the price is worth it."
What now is the price of living, drinking, singing to drown out the sound of the news?
Only 6 had been confirmed dead when Obama’s vow “to bring these terrorists to justice” hit stuff.co.nz . With the imagery that conjures up; televised hangings; night vision raids; feature film cash ins; bullet strewn bodies dumped in the ocean; decade long wars, 103,160–113,728 Iraqi civilian deaths; POWs tethered to dog leashes and electrical wire; electric shocks; deprivation of food, water and oxygen; sexual abuse; sensory deprivation; waterboarding; irradiated landscape; the top brass congratulating themselves in the war room for another successful drone strike broadcast on the big screen, there was literally no time to mourn let alone even comprehend what had happened before the next round of chest thumping began.