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Covid jabs
data from new OIA response ADULT DOSE (30mcg) – 239,848
5 – 11 YEAR OLDS – 3,337 doses
0 – 4 YEAR OLDS – 32 doses
TOTAL DOSES ADMINISTERED (IN 3 MONTHS)
243,217
Health NZ reference: HNZ00203547
The Boss may be referring to https://www.facebook.com/groups/2316028331757341/posts/28099151463018341/ which covers OAI request HNZ00203547:
#. “Did you know that in early March this year (2026) New Zealand began using a new variant updated Pfizer mRNA Covid injectable.”
#. “Since March 2026 through to May 25th 2026, this many Kiwi’s rolled up their sleeves and said “yes” (yet again) to an mRNA injectable”.
The gist of the post is that another rollout of Pfizer’s depopulator has occurred with “NO PUBLICLY AVAILABLE ADVERSE EVENT DATA”.
Over what period of time?
I presume that would be March April May?
All those not from Gore have now moved there after seeing the first meme.
Isn’t that the Gore courthouse in the second meme?
early 2027 theyre going to setup a big screen with free popcorn to watch trumps impeachment.
anyone here play around on polymarket?
im not throwing any money at it but probs should esp trump impeachment, midterms and hormuz opening but its pretty interesting to see where $$$$ ranks everything.
was watching a thing yesterday about how its a far better predictor then polling the public so thought id have a nosey at things.
obviously things change over time as the deadline for the bets close in and the answer becomes more clear.
fwiw theres no decent money on hormuz opening until november, dems will take the house bigtime, trump impeached early next year and labour party slightly ahead to win but it appears theres only 1 or 2 bets by some desperate lefty as theres only $80 in the nz election pool 🤣
theres the most randomist shit on there, people will bet on literally anything. well worth a visit for a laugh at what people bet on
You gotta get out more.
Stolen from GO, but I think it’s brilliant. The difference between doing for yourself and doing for your country. It illustrates why those on the left are so willing to damage the country with reckless handouts to stay in power.
The arguments for & against the paying of NZ MPs goes back to 1854. The amounts involved were not large even by the standards at the time. In 1871 the House agreed to a flat rate of £105 per session the rationale being that without the allowance political influence would be confined to the “monied classes”.
From https://nzhistory.govt.nz/politics/parliaments-people/pay-and-travel
#. “An annual salary of £240, sufficient to enable working men to consider standing for Parliament, replaced the honorarium from 1892.”
#. “A special select committee of 1944 established that MPs’ work was full-time, and this led to an increase to £500,”
Then the rot set in. Superannuation, travel allowances, accommodation & other perks ensured that representation would become a career rather than a vocation.
Have you seen Horncastle’s smokin hot wife? Phooor. You’d leave home for it.
She said something about some pervy bloke lurking while we were have pre dinner drinks the other day…
Pervy? I had me shlong out.
That the reason we have such poor judges. Failed lawyers always drift to the easy jobs.
I follow Patrick, he puts out some very interesting stuff. Here he talks about the New Zealand property market.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qROG2uXPChY
Thanks Alice. Great post. I enjoyed his use of “dunger”, haven’t heard that kiwism in a while. Also, I did find him not blinking off-putting after a while 👀 🙂
He’s full of shit, picking the bits he wants and is very uninformed on the house market.
Wouldn’t follow him across the road.
But take heart, Bernard Hickey is right there with him.
Another wanker who has been predicting the same scenario forever. So he must be right.
All too busy interviewing their desks and selected statistics.
Meanwhile, out in the market.
Owner ‘gobsmacked’ as Tauranga townhouse sells for $100k more than CV in ‘flip-floppy’ market-
And I can say that houses around here are getting sold very quickly.
People who are going to Australia are now reporting back that it’s not beer and surfies over there. Rents are skyrocketing in the major cities, want a house, drive miles to work and all the stuff we all know. Their industries are either automating fast or closing down, stuff we have already done in free enterprise, free from Unions.
Stuff we are about to do to the public service and stuff we need to do to protected outfits like lawyers. doctors, teachers, all of whom run a union or a union-like cartel under another name.
And the Abo’s have just been let loose over there for their claims.
My son and I had this conversation last night. He is saying his kids will never be able to afford a house. But he is wrong, because it comes down to a number of things. Not intelligence, not who you know, not even how much you earn. It comes down to desire, to a plan and often to the partnership in that plan and then it’s just plain Grit.
What’s grit?
Doing what ya have to do to achieve your dream.
The happiest ladies I come across are those who don’t HAVE to go to work and like to stay home with their kids as they grow.
They then have choices.
I was in the supermarket yesterday and I saw trollies full of bottled water, sugar drinks, chippies and the same people have cars they can’t afford and the latest phones, etc.
That doesn’t get you a house.
It keeps you poor.
We also talked about the price of building per square metre. I saw some stats that showed that the build cost until recent years had followed inflation, but that the land cost had skyrocketed.
Now why has that happened and the build cot cost up by 4 times per sq Mtr.
Land costs because of the way development is funded and the councils, etc say on what is required. They are getting more and more of that money.
The build cost because since the mid 70’s we have added in all the things like insulation, fire protection (which is failing), all the water systems, added the garage to the house, indoor-outdoor flow, double glazing, heating. The list goes on and on and is added to every week.
So as new prices increase, so does the sale price for the older houses.
I live in a 1956 house, which had some updates done before I bought it, and with a spare 100k, I could do some more. That’s a third of what I bought it for.
It warm dry comfortable, and I have a big section with a garden and trees, etc.
A new shower, dunny or kitchen bench is not going to change anything for me but I’m unusual I know.
I don’t even need a new car. Haven’t had one in a long time. Lose too much money. Same with housing upgrades.
The other factor that decides house prices if how much money the buyers have.
We are seeing very wealthy people coming here and buying. The money doesn’t matter to them. It’s a nice, safe place to live. Nothing new about that, its been going on for 150 years.
But more importanly its Kiwi’s success and intergenerational cash that affects the market. Marine Parade and Ocean Beach Road at the Mount have been 2 street where success in the farming industry has allowed people to buy there and live or have as a batch. I know of one family that, up to a couple of years ago, had seven properties right on the beach, rented except for the one they used.
The other crowd are sports people and those who inherit a decent lump of money, and that is now a big factor in house pricing. Has been for several years.
And of course, people who can earn a lot more than the median he talks about.
It’s the desire to live somewhere nice because they can.
That’s why Queenstown is becoming what it is.
So a turkey like that fella is seriously lacking in his insights.
And what O-sen says.
Interfere in the market and the marked responds.
The housing “bust” is a return to the “normal” following the government’s COVID-19-related policies of slashing interest rates and throwing money out of helicopters.
Nothing to see here. Move along.
Why are politicians so stupid?
Nigel Farage
When I stood up in Parliament yesterday to tell some hard truths about two-tier anti-white policing, I knew our cowardly political class wouldn’t want to listen to what I had to say.
But what happened next shocked me.
Boos. Jeers. Mockery.
You might think that the people who call themselves your political representatives might have upheld themselves with a little decency. After all, I was discussing the callous murder of the 18-year-old Henry Nowak, who had been slain by a race-baiting killer and handcuffed by the police as he bled to death on the ground.
But none of that mattered. The political class doesn’t care about justice. They couldn’t care less about the two-tier policing system, which leaves white Brits at the bottom of the pile. They only care about themselves. And so they closed ranks and began to attack.
It’s offensive to demand justice for Henry, they say. You’re stirring up hate by sharing your rage at his arrest. There’s no such thing as two-tier policing – we’re all equal under the law.
How stupid do they think we are?
Let’s take a trip down memory lane and remember exactly what our leaders had to say in response to the death of a career criminal who had lived 4,000 miles away.
Here’s the London Mayor Sadiq Khan sharing a statement before the trial: “The brutal killing of George Floyd has rightly ignited fury around the world. I feel it too.” He was happy to “stand with” protesters and vowed to “root out racism wherever it is found”. Wherever it is found – unless, of course, it is directed against white people.
The Labour MP Dawn Butler was “filled with pride” by BLM protesters, and suggested it was “inhuman” not to be “sensitive” to their demands. Their marches didn’t have to apply to the same ridiculous Covid lockdown rules as the rest of us, according to Dawn: “don’t you dare” point out the obvious double standard!
Andy Burnham declared that the “anger and the agony is real” for George Floyd. He spent taxpayer money lighting civic buildings to honour him and created a Greater Manchester Race Equality Panel. But it took him days to bother putting out a statement acknowledging Henry Nowak’s suffering. I suppose our anger and agony isn’t “real” if it’s for a white victim.
And who could forget Keir Starmer, who posted a picture of himself taking the knee with the hashtag #blacklivesmatter? He was only too happy to exploit George Floyd’s death as a “catalyst for change”.
The hypocrisy is appalling. Unlike those seeking answers about the police’s treatment of Henry Nowak, the defenders of BLM had no moral ground to stand on. These weren’t “mostly peaceful” protests as the media class so dishonestly tried to portray them as. They caused more than a billion pounds worth of damage in the US – the highest recorded cost of a riot in history. 19 people died, including a 77-year-old man who was trying to stop a pawn shop from being looted by BLM criminals.
It’s been six years since, and hateful anti-white ideology has only become more pronounced in the meantime. Politicians aren’t the only culprits: last April, the Sentencing Council tried to put in place guidance that judges should give ethnic minority criminals lighter sentences. The deep state is just as culpable for creating and sustaining a two-tier justice system as elected politicians.
They’re hypocrites and shameless to boot. But it’s more than that. Their bigotry has real-world consequences – and made Henry Nowak pay the ultimate price. Who will be next?
When career criminal George Floyd died in police custody, our rotten political class fell over itself to show their outrage. They spoke of “rage”, of “fury”, of the need for protests and total structural reform.
But when it comes to Henry Novak, they just want us to shut up and move on.
I hope you won’t give up fighting for justice. I sure as hell won’t be.
Why do you think Henry’s inquest will not take place before September 2027?
Anyone remember the Englishman out walking his dog, stabbed by an Afghani running around with a knife after attacking his Pakistani landlord? That was murder of another white man by another illegal.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyzdrjj5rpo
The religion of the stabber is one problem, but there are others.
*Inbreeding. Why do I instantly think of Stoopid B 🤷♂️
downtick from stoopid. Noted.
wasnt even me ya clown.
hows life back on pedo island? 🙂
You’re lonely?
I’ve always said it. Import the third world become the third world.
Sunshine is finally back in the Waikato but nowhere near warm 🙂
Enjoy the beach today Mike 🏖️
Thanks, WG. Low season here, which means rain..and rain.. and more rain. Still 30 deg though which is noice. 🤗
results in sweaty smelly criutch.
I’ve just checked. Confirmed.
An interesting debate about Sikhs, Muslims, ‘Britons’; cultures and what can or not be done on this immigration, stopping it,
You Won’t BELIEVE What Tommy Robinson Just Did to Britons, This Is BAD!!
https://youtu.be/E5L3qNhglRo
18 minutes : June 6th 2026 : Andy the Gabby Cabby :
…… Tommy released a video arguing that Vikram Digua does *not* represent the Sikh community and that one criminal should not be used to condemn an entire group of people. ….
….. a response from political commentator [for GB News, Talk TV, & Lotus Eaters] Connor Tomlinson, who argued that many people are no longer judging these issues purely at the level of individuals —-
— they are looking at wider questions of culture, identity, demographics, immigration, political power, and community interests. ….
https://nitter.net/TRobinsonNewEra/status/2062971789634863279/video/1
I tried to line up & track what seems to be a good sense of this debate, to have links, but not so easy as I first thought as it became time consuming.
Now & again others say TR is a sell out, but then one may have to consider, just what is workable & is more realistic & focused than the establishment who only want to class him as a stirring toe rag, so as not challenge their systemic sell out of British culture.
Though TR often seems reactive, & with experience over time, he does put some thought, reasoning in what he says, as does Connor Tomlinson.
I agree with him. I don’t think Sikhs in general are like that. I still don’t want more here though.
Though it was disappointing that an organisation representing the Sikh community in England, released a statement by the Digua family. That family is rotten to the core, and anyone with a conscience wouldn’t represent them in any fashion.
Edit: I also think it foolish to talk of someone who served hard prison time for his beliefs, a sellout. The fact is, TR believes in what TR believes, and he’s prepared to espouse his beliefs, no matter how unpopular.
Summary of what TR said:
Tommy said psychopaths exist in every race and the whole Sikh community should not be blamed for an individual murderer and his complicit family. That Sikhs are not Islamists. It’s been acknowledged Sikhs have integrated well into British life which Winston Churchill recognised after fighting alongside the English during WW2.
Thanks FJA.
I can see both actually making good points.
The issue being individual,
or the cultures,
the change of power between cultures, even if one is on track to suicidal empathy.
Yet the other day, a post was made about who did the most of amount of record breaking Singh-ing in New Zealand.
https://ysb.co.nz/have-your-say-771/#comment-479440
So who backs & quietly supports this Singh-ing in NZ?
Maybe not so cultural, but who actually looked under the hood, seen any patterns? besides what is glossily portrayed?
The point Tomlinson is making is the cultural awakening, a cultural change to realism for ‘Britons’ to raise those broader questions.
That has become like a “now or never”!
Collateral damage?? on other peoples lives?
…..”So who backs & quietly supports this Singh-ing in NZ?”…..
Backing & supporting would be somewhat of an exaggeration but for some reason when it comes to names I have a distinct preference for “Singh” over “Mohammed”.
Agreed nasska.
The issue is beyond to what level of diversity is good?
Do the Sikhs slyly demand equity? that in some parts we can see?
How is “Inclusion” measured, in a community? district, country?
To this commentator inclusion is synonymous with assimilation. Since assimilation is now a snarl word in NZ we are predestined to live in groups forever separated by religion & culture. It’s happening in front of our eyes yet we are too dumb, too guilt ridden & too swayed by propaganda to react while there is still time.
This of course aligns perfectly with the goals of the WEF & the globalists who would rule. A fragmented nation can’t resist the economic pillage & power grabs they have planned for us.
In parts in New Zealand we had assimilation, but it was really more of an understanding, repect of each other, that was a way of working in together, a form of integration.
I recall that actual snarl being taught in the education system in the 1970’s.
—— —— —– – – – – –
Not only UN-WEF but how even our local governments have bought into & can see that division, as a means of power & to further control us.
—- — – – — – – – – – –
Sure a Sikh can wear a turban, pretty much anywhere, not even doff it in NZ establishments.
But the exceptions, when motorcyclist, scooters, bicycles, where helmets are mandated, demanded of every one else.
The turban so praised to be a part of first aid bandages here in NZ to give more “kindly” reason for that exemption.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/68604241/sikh-man-removes-turban-to-help-child#:~
The kirpan.
But as you can see, it is supposedly not for a self defense purpose, despite the reasoning in the “Sikh charter”:— .
https://policepolicy.nz/policies/offensive-weapons-knives-and-disabling-substances/u-aejyv/offensive-weapons-knives-and-disabling-substances-150922.pdf
Go to page 10 for all the culture sensitivity training.
Maybe if fully kilted regalia,? for the Scot’s hidden knife is banned in many parts of the UK, and they make do with a plastic imitation.
Funnily enough plastic cutlery is banned in Scotland. 🙃
So much dancing on a pin for other cultures higher up on the totem pole.
Like police dogs are supposed to wear booties, if entering a muslim place.
https://www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/police-sniffer-dogs-to-wear-bootees-during-house-searches-to-avoid-offending-muslims-6860325.html
So far as I know it is not demanded of the police to politely remove their boots.
Well not yet, or was their a trade off in putting much more DEI, authorisation into the establishment.
Similar how police are not supposed to just enter a maori place like a marae in pursuit of an alleged transgressor.
Will that be extended to a maori house, home? with even more power as being a whanau whare or whatever.
True, but none of those are crimes of violence. I’d be interested to see whether Sikhs stand out in that category. If I was to bet on it, I’d bet they don’t.
In a way I agree with that bet;
but when the stakes in money get very high, can we be sure that there is no intimidation, maybe in other ways, compared to the kindly mafia?
The real point is will the religion itself repudiate them?
But beware, just what is their justice system?
Is it like sharia, where justicically a hand or leg is nicked off so it is good fair enough justice??
As in the ole English justice, “come back & fight” says the (Cleesey) Black Knight. 🙃 😝
Has anyone ever dealt with the Government in any facet & thought. “Yes! You people should have far more control of my life!” ?
“Yes! You people should have far more control of
myother peoples life!”That then becomes a consensus of how we are ruled, controlled.
So did we actually consent to all that control over our life.?
Sold ourselves out?
Throwing the bathwater, baby & all out.?
The problem is that I can’t recall any instances where I asked them to to control me or mine.
They seem to have reached the conclusion that it was what I needed & that it was a very good idea all without my input.
what I needed & that it was a very good idea
To then point out “born with a silver spoon in the mouth” to “privileged” with “unconcious bias” so needs further controls in the community.
Just a matter of breaking you in.
So they put the bit in the mouth, & with the reins that goes to a martingale.
The community are well prepared to “They shoot horses, don’t they?” if the ‘faults’ are beyond them.
Imagine the fun you could have doing this here.
https://x.com/therealmissjo/status/2063297063220121708?s=20
Couldn’t do it in NZ. Nig nogs would steal ya valuables while you’re sidetracked. Right off to the beach. 👋
Only thing that bothers me, is so many people in an enclosed space being an easy target for anyone with a grudge (or religious mission).
Not many pigment enhanced in that video….
Were a caption required for that clip you couldn’t go past “The Last Supper” or perhaps “Eat drink & be merry for tomorrow we die”.
Very good Ed, to see at least they are holding on well to their culture, for the moment, despite the wailing & tears of the nay-sayers.
Fits in very well above with the earlier comments too.
Why would anyone think this was a good design for a library?
https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/2063324862588858438?s=20
Why I don’t like boats. Never trust the skipper.
https://x.com/its_The_Dr/status/2063388701648957788?s=20
There are good people in this world.
https://x.com/JustJenRX/status/2063391164707852476?s=20
This has turned up today.
Scott Bainbridge-Author
I covered the 1986 disappearance of Luana Wiliams in my 2005 book Without Trace.
During my research, it was interesting to read that in the weeks, months and years afterwards, the main focus was on her being responsible for her own disappearance. By the time I covered it, a suspect had been identified and jailed for other offences.
Detectives involved in the early stages of the investigation felt her disappearance was connected to the drug world but were dissuaded from going down this path from CIB hierarchy. Instead, Rotorua detectives Brad Shipton and Phil Seaman were brought into take charge.
While promising much, nothing progressed and in 1988, Seaman told the media they believed Luana took her own life. Years later a note was found in her file: ‘this is to be treated as a homicide, but is not to be disclosed to anyone outside police.’
No real surprises nothing was progressed. Luana once alleged that several police overlooked her drug dealing in return for sexual favours. Shipton was named on her list of prison contacts.
In 2005, Shipton was convicted for the pack rape along with three other policemen and sentenced to an 8 year stretch. (Since died of dementia).
While Shipton might not have been involved in her murder, the fact he had a position of control in the missing person case and knew of her drug dealing and was probably extorting her makes this is massive conflict of interest. It is believed by many that while he was supposedly investigating Luana’s disappearance, he was covering his tracks. It is interesting to note that at some point during Shipton’s tenure in Tauranga, all Luana’s files- drugs, prison records vanished.
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This does not surprise me in any way. Not so long ago, her boyfriend, whom I had known a long time, took his own life. Over time, I have had conversations with a number of the people in the police at the time, and they sure knew about Shipton but couldn’t get anything done about him.
No different from the Ellis, Bain sounds cases. Same rotten core.
Bain was as guilty as fuck. He’s a fucking nutter.
Phil Seaman *giggle snigger snort* 😂🤷♂️
https://www.facebook.com/reel/4420060044937698
Zespri kiwifruit licence system unfairly excludes multiply owned Māori land: Shane Jones
But thats not so.
He’s a bloody communist.
Regional Development Minister Shane Jones says Zespri shouldn’t be at tonight’s Māori agricultural awards in Whangārei, accusing the kiwifruit giant of failing to support Māori landowners trying to enter the industry it is celebrating.
Zespri rejected the criticism, saying Māori growers have a significant presence in the industry. It said it was working to increase their numbers and considering ways to address barriers to entry for aspiring multiply owned land block growers.
The kiwifruit marketer is expected to be represented at tonight’s Ahuwhenua Trophy awards, which this year focuses on excellence in Māori horticulture with three kiwifruit growers operating within Zespri’s export system as finalists.
Jones said two multiply owned Māori land blocks in Northland – Rangihamama near Kaikohe and Oromāhoe near the Bay of Islands – received government funding this year to support water storage enabling their transition into high-value horticulture, including kiwifruit.
However, they were unsuccessful in securing kiwifruit licences in a recent allocation process, which Jones said disadvantages land blocks with multiple owners, as they are typically unable to mobilise large amounts of capital.
He noted that those discussions came as the Government has agreed to extend plant variety rights protections under the Plant Variety Rights Act, which benefit Zespri. Jones said the company should therefore show greater pragmatism in return by enabling broader access for Māori landowners.
A Zespri spokesperson said the company did not choose who received licences, with all growers taking part in the same annual auction process.
Zespri recognised that the upfront cost could be a barrier and access to capital a constraint, including for owners of Māori land, the spokesperson said.
“We’re actively considering options to address this, but Zespri is owned by growers and owns Zespri Kiwifruit varieties on their behalf, and whatever we do has to be fair to all growers.”
More.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/zespri-kiwifruit-licence-system-unfairly-excludes-multiply-owned-maori-land-shane-jones/3JASXXAM5RCYPPA7JKSCB2FBKM/
He has had a brain transplant. sounding more like Hipkins every day.
So who is practicing of being the sole “whale-riders”?
…. August 2023 …. become the sole suppliers to the Hawaiian market. ….
MKG (Maori Kiwifruit Growers) would take over exports to the entire Hawaiian market,
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/farming/132711673/mori-kiwifruit-growers-send-first-shipment-to-hawaii-in-market-takeover
In that article one can see that maori science, research is more projected to be as equal importance, than how many years have Zespri worked on it?
Not that Haiwai is a big market. but nor is it as Shane Jones portrayed that Zespri is locking them out.
Boo hoo. Want to play with everyone else, then have ownership structures like everyone else. Or find a way to make it work to get the money you need, instead of blaming whitey. Oh, and pay the same fucking tax rate whilst you’re at it.
Shane has really dropped the ball on this one.
hes at a “maori agricultural awards” and its an election year. clearly hes catering to a distinct audience to perhaps garner some votes… but yeah it kinda goes against other rhetoric of nzf so hmmmmm
Jones, is just another Weasel with a gold tooth.
Your article states, “However, they were unsuccessful in securing kiwifruit licences in a recent allocation process”… It was a fucking Ballot, an allocation, not a God given right to get a Licence. But what else do you expect from Natives, oh poor me, I didn’t get what I wanted, so let me and my enablers have a big cry and a good sook.
Here is the thing, Zezpri only allocate a certain amount of new acreage each year for Gold or Red Kiwifruit and in both cases, that acreage is very small as they (Zespri) own the stock and rights to it and work hard to get the best financial return for Growers, or am I wrong did Hori develop Kiwifruit in all it varieties as we know it and own the plant stock. Otherwise, if not, as far as Hori is concerned and as far as Jones is concerned, they can just stand in line like everyone else for the right to grow the fruit.
I am sure that given the chance the Maori Kiwifruit Growers would cut Zespri out of the Markets at the drop of a hat and sell any fruit they could, even the lowest grade into any market they could and fuck everyone else.
They have already tried that back in the 90’s. Got nailed for it except for Australia IIRC.
Green, they can do, I think. But they would just undercut the market and the quality.
Whats thew chances of the chinks taking a leaf out of horis book and making a claim under te tweety to reclaim the name chinese goosberry.
…..”which Jones said disadvantages land blocks with multiple owners, as they are typically unable to mobilise large amounts of capital.”…..
Which surely suggests that rather than bullying Zespri Matua Shane might be better employed introducing enabling legislation that made advancing the needed capital a secure proposition for lenders.
He’s not daft & he’s in just the right position to offer a way forward.
A cynic could be persuaded that since it’s an election year the true target is votes rather than a solution.
As always, never trust one with a brief-case.
A brief case can be a two edge sword, when handled by a “wristy.
“.
It can very discreetly receive brown envelopes.
It can open quietly & discharge largesse to those who vote him in.
In that instance, he’s no different to any other politician
Whatever makes you think he ever was?
His boss is not averse to a brown envelope when it gets left in the koha basket.
On his recent visit to India, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio predictably touted India as one of America’s “most important strategic partners,” citing the two countries’ shared values, “people-to-people ties,” and strategic alignment on “all of the key issues that will define the new century.” But this familiar language of partnership rings increasingly hollow.
Much has been said about the impact US President Donald Trump’s public insults and weaponization of tariffs have had on America’s relations with India. But the bilateral relationship was under pressure well before Trump’s return to the White House in 2025. In recent years, as India’s regional standing has been steadily eroded by China’s expanding strategic footprint, the United States has pursued policies in India’s strategic backyard that have disregarded Indian interests—and sometimes run directly counter to them.
Bangladesh is a case in point. After the military-backed ouster of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government in 2024, the US endorsed regime change. But India knew this posed serious risks, which have since materialized: Bangladesh is now gripped by Islamist violence, jeopardizing stability on India’s eastern flank.
Then there is Myanmar. Since the military’s 2021 overthrow of a civilian government, the US has maintained a punitive approach toward the junta, including tough sanctions and “non-lethal” military aid for rebel groups, despite the security risks this has created along India’s sensitive northeastern frontier. In March, a US citizen, along with six Ukrainian nationals, was arrested in India for allegedly entering the country’s northeast without permits and crossing into Myanmar to train and arm anti-junta fighters for drone warfare.
The US has also begun treating Nepal—a country bound to India through geography, culture, and economics—as a strategic priority in its own right, rather than as part of its India policy. In recent years, high-level US officials have visited Kathmandu more frequently, often without making the once-customary stop in New Delhi.
Trump has made matters much worse, not least by pursuing closer ties with Pakistan. Never mind that Pakistan continues to provide safe haven, as well as military and intelligence aid, to terrorist groups, or that Pakistani army chief Asim Munir staged a constitutional coup last November. Trump’s family members and business associates have struck lucrative deals in the country, and that is apparently good enough reason for the Trump administration to revive dangerous strategic dynamics on the subcontinent.
The US has even begun taking a more conciliatory approach toward China.
More; https://www.interest.co.nz/public-policy/138866/brahma-chellaney-shows-how-americas-policies-toward-south-asia-are-straining
The police see that free speech in Britain is “all commonsense stuff”.
I think this is filmed “Before Novak” or was it just wise to not to bring it up & that would create an offense for these bobbies to act on.?
Muckraker
…. We asked UK police what kind of speech could get you arrested.
They told us saying something offensive was enough. …..
https://nitter.net/realmuckraker/status/2062622206539248127/video/1
4 mins : June 5th 2026 :
^ “The allegation is given and you can be arrested… based on the victim’s allegation.”
“Have you ever made arrests like that?”
“Many times. Also, be careful with your camera and your phone. It will get stolen and we won’t be able to help you.”.
It is so deeply ingrained, not only in the police, but through all the institutions, & so deep in society.
So that many now believes it is an essential for the ‘good of the community’ that “social cohesion” where it is pushed that every-one has a “social responsiblity” & be held to account for that..
Those rail tracks of emotional subjectivity are still being built in New Zealand.
New Zealand and Australia need to line up with what’s happening in other markets when it comes to investing in resilience against natural hazard risk – even if that number feels big, insurance expert says.
https://www.interest.co.nz/insurance/138853/new-zealand-and-australia-need-line-what%E2%80%99s-happening-other-markets-when-it-comes
This is worth a read.
…..”a lack of insulation & extractor fans in the property, gaps in the walls, windows that leaked & didn’t open, black mould, a loose toilet, holes in the floor, rotting weatherboards & the bond hadn’t been lodged with the Tenancy Tribunal.”……
Other than that it was a cosy home offered by the landlord out out of the goodness of their hearts, satisfying a need, blah, blah, more blah & ad infinitum.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/landlord-donna-miers-back-before-tenancy-tribunal-over-unpaid-orders/APIF62SA4NGW5OPAZAWQB7J764/
Oh & there was no mention of vermin. The absence of vermin is very important in a good tenant/landlord relationship.
the tenant and s screwdriver couldve fixed several of those issues and it wouldve been a win win. still shouldve been fixed but without reading some sob story did they actually notify the landlord?
extractor fans are a nice to have but easy to get by without.
in my experience 90% of mould issues ive seen has been the tenants doing.
Iaasb, the fans have triggered me. ⚡ 🌪
Just as an observation of some neighbours, that in one case were demanded by others to be a landlord, on a farmhouse, which they seriously were tracking to make a hen-house, pigsty & storage.
So they then reroofed, painted, even opened things up with bit with a new kitchen plus fresh paint.
Have been roped in a number of times to help others, to clean up, after a tenant leaves, and make it really nice for the new tenant.
Where do all the light bulbs go?
Then the ongoing slippery slope of increasing compliance.
Redoing the sewerage system, tank & soakage, to coucil permit as it could not cope with washing machine loads, and deteregents from dish washers.
The rain water tank system had to be up graded, then as it is roof rain water tank system runs out too often, so that is not good enough now.
Goodness knows where they run all that water for?
More regulations on supply water to humans “healthy waters standards” is now a frightening up & coming cost.
Nor did the tenants comply with monitoring & keeping rat poison stations baited.
Maize paddocks, a river, riparian plantings are great nesting places for vermin, and move into a “healthy home” to then drill through the walls, cupboards of that renovated kitchen.
The chant is extractor fans for the shower, the toilet, the bathroom, the kitchen as may well be not considered to be up to standard to be classed as a “healthy home”.
The worst part then they do not use them as it is the cost of electricity.
So some mould grows, but the land lord’s defence can be that the fans have all been installed.
Next play on the chess board, the fans now do not work.
So again, electricians may make a repair, or install a new set of fans.
Rinse & Repeat for heat pumps too, as from what I hear, they do not last long in a rental home, so the land lord always has to get a heat pump specialist, most years to make sure it is all spinning well to be a heat source.
Another stage coming is those wonderful warming double-glazed windows have lost their gas….
How much will that cost to rectify to rental standards?
While it is now looking to be the landlord must supply “approved thermal curtains”.
They do not really last long either, ok Viking that is your field, but when they are taken down, thrown into a cupboard all that thermal backing recklessly glues itself together. Now what???? $$$ gone one way or the other.
One of the old farm houses, a project to refurbish by the farm wife, to be of reasonable standard for rental.
The new farm owner, simply said, out tenant out, and then bull dozed it.
He said the return was not that great, the problems, the issues consumed far too much time, & he simply had more urgent priorities to where he could spend.
The good thing is that now in the local town, it seems that rental prices have stepped up enough, that for the first time I see now that sort of an apartment set up has been built on the 2nd floor.
Still a risky investment as I am sure his rates will soar.
you are correct about thermal curtains. Absolute trash. We have got to the point of refusing to clean so-called thermals. too much trouble all round. Even some of the blockout linings are crap. The best every time Is polyester with polycotton linings. If that’s not nough you can add a third later and have interlined curtains. Bloody expensive but lots have them in the cold places.
lol, the lightbulbs.
seriously wtf is it with tenants taxing almost every lightbulb in the house?
i remember the days checking out rentals and pretty much every one of them were missing every bulb.
lot harder when you put those ceiling lights. fucks them up.
Have you considered that no-one was forced to rent it? Or did it suddenly get like that the second the tenant moved in?
Edit: BTW -it sounds better than my house when I moved into it. Strangely enough, it was my choice to live in a dunger, just as it was theirs.
Want a nice place? Pay more rent. Dumb cunt.
myself and mrs sb chose to live in shitter houses for far cheaper rent, we were happy with that arrangement too.
$60pw for a 2bdrm when we first lived together, had a ripper fireplace too and quite warm just the floor was fooked. we put the bed through the floor…. twice…. in one night! fun times, bit of plywood under the feet to spread the load and it was algood.
You have to ask first.
Was it like that when the tenant signed up to rent the property?
Because if it was and they did, then what the fuck are they complaining about?
If you buy a second-hand car, can you go back to the seller after a year and complain? It’s fucked up legislation.
The kind you would support, of course.
If ya house is mouldy, then clean it up. (and you might know I know a bit about that subject.)
Do rotting weather boards affect your sleep and cooking, how?
Basic houses didn’t have that crap, and many houses don’t need it.
Most of it is nice to have pushed by the Fletchers and others in this country, and of course, your favourite greens.
And you are the one who complains about the costs of buying a house.
Not lodging the bond. well thats a naughty. Some don’t take a bond at all.
But answer me this.
Why the fuck is the Govt even interfering in the transaction?
Now there’s a question to challenge your claimed Libertarian views.
We await your wriggle out of that question.
We will all be interested in your excuse.
“Do rotting weather boards affect your sleep and cooking, how?”
Beats me. But since the purpose of weatherboards is to exclude the weather, holes in them will definitely contribute to dampness. On the off chance that the walls are insulated then the insulation will provide a conduit for the water.
“Was it like that when the tenant signed up to rent the property?”
Who knows? If it was then the landlord undertook to fix the problem verbally the prospective tenant would probably take them at their word.
“If you buy a second-hand car, can you go back to the seller after a year and complain?”
So to continue the analogy a tenant should expect zero maintenance & no provision for deterioration of a probably old basket case hovel over the period of a tenancy? You really consider that what a person signs up to signals the end of the landlord’s obligations? Even our commercial leases leave us liable for repairs due to fair wear & tear & the life expectancy of the cladding or whatever.
“Why the fuck is the Govt even interfering in the transaction?”
Because of the imbalance in the relationship between tenant & landlord. There’s a dearth of rental accommodation outside of the townhouse end of the market. Family homes are at a premium usually because greedy old cunts snap them up & rent them out to those who would have otherwise bought them for owner occupancy.
In a perfect world of supply & demand government intervention would not be necessary but we don’t live in Nirvana. For normal people the vagaries of house prices are largely irrelevant. Unless they cash up & go & live under a bridge they sell & buy on the same market.
Only for one grouping is continued inflation an advantage & the government of the day serves them well.
We call them private landlords.
The tenant was there for more than a year. Either they took a long lease or, more likely, extended their existing one. They must have been really unhappy to do that.
Yeah, a bit like cunt part-time farmers we subsidised for years and truck drivers who fucked our roads. (Never met a truckie yet that didn’t think others should pay for the damage that they do to roads.)
There’s a shortage of accommodation because the govt. interferes.
I would be more interested in your whining if I, as a homeowner, could write off my interest and repairs to my home before I pay tax.
You know, a bit like a farmhouse gets breaks.
You should join the Greens; you have the same shitty attitudes.
.Fancy liking McNulty. FFS.
I agree Viking. I’ve had to fork out $3k to satisfy “healthy home” requirements. Guess I must have been living in an unhealthy home for 13 years. Bunch of cocks.
I’m fucking sick of it. Don’t like it? Don’t rent it.
I lived in my Auckland unit quite comfortable for 14 years without an extractor fan in the kitchen. But when I wanted to rent it out, I had to install one. And it had to be vented to the great outdoors, not into the roof cavity. The Healthy Homes standards were thanks to Labour, if I recall correctly, designed to appeal to the renters who vote for the red team.
I’m with you. $4k for healthy home. No tax break on it either. FJA and her mates.
I’m sure the lack of vermin was just an oversight. No doubt Ms Miers can rectify that in due course.
She might have to toss the tenant out to complete that task.
As I’ve said before – police, judges and politicians in the U.K need to start disappearing:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nXKQYUU7xqM
Thanks FJA.
PJW cuts through the crap the system is dishing out.
*Matt Styler, being attacked by the supposed defensive police riot shields.
Truly the South Hampshire police are doubling down, & the figure the fix is in. like the pathologist report & how the Judge seemed to work together to get the Sikh off,.
The belated Coroners report, in late 2027 still to come, so late so one must wonder, is it so the right Coroner will be found to again exonerate the police.
Some more of how the same riots vid clips, shown here.
Henry Nowak Killer Filmed by Neighbour Firing Weapons in his Back Garden
https://youtu.be/Z7-Js_vUtBg
8 minutes :June 2th 2026 : Crime Scene 2 Courtroom
At 6 mins 32 secs we learn that *Matt Styler pleads not guilty.
For one of the others being charged & remanded already has over 55 convictions, but these days it is easy to be considered a convicted criminal in Britain.
Interesting take on the Iran situation.
https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/the-resumption-of-the-war-with-iran-part-3/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=2026-06-07&utm_campaign=TCW+Daily+Email
Has anyone seen this? New Zealand’s very own Learing Center:
https://www.taxpayers.org.nz/revealed_ot_815_more_staff_than_children_in_care?e=c27e9de61b71d5b0c123921e1198af39&utm_source=taxpayers&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=260607_newsletter&n=5
That’s about 2 weeks old all that.
All the while having the curse of a maori name; never mind all inside a government ministry, so the automatic rubber stamp on the money flow.
With no monitoring, or accountability, so no one is responsible.
Also noting how they systemically curse the ones who are supposed to be in their care.
Hegseth Cracks Down on Microsoft: No More Chinese Coders in Pentagon Clouds
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is delivering a powerful America First wake-up call, shutting down a reckless Obama-Biden era program that let Chinese nationals poke around sensitive Department of Defense cloud systems.
In a direct video address, Hegseth declared the end of Microsoft’s “Digital Escorts” scheme, where Chinese coders, remotely supervised by U.S. contractors, had access to critical DoD networks for nearly a decade.
“This never should have happened,” Hegseth stated bluntly. “The use of Chinese nationals to service Department of Defense cloud environments — it’s over.”
He slammed the program for exposing America to unacceptable risk, even if it technically followed contracting rules. “If you’re thinking America first and common sense, this doesn’t pass either of those tests,” he said. “It blows my mind that I’m even saying these things and that we ever allowed it to happen.”
Hegseth announced immediate action: an internal audit, a formal letter of concern to Microsoft documenting a “breach of trust,” and a mandatory third-party review of the entire Digital Escorts program, including all code and submissions by Chinese nationals.
“We’re requiring a third-party audit of Microsoft’s Digital Escort program, including the code and submissions by Chinese nationals,” he explained. He also ordered a separate DoD investigation into the program and the Chinese Microsoft employees involved to check for any hidden damage or backdoors.
Hegseth made it clear this is just the start. All DoD vendors must identify and terminate any Chinese involvement in U.S. systems. “We expect vendors doing business with the Department of Defense to put U.S. national security ahead of profit maximization,” he warned.
“This is America First and it’s common sense,” Hegseth concluded. “We’ve attacked it aggressively from the beginning and we’re going to follow all the way through to make sure that this is addressed.”
Finally, some adult supervision in Washington. Under President Trump, national security isn’t for sale to the highest bidder or the cheapest foreign labor. No more handing our defenses to Communist China on a silver platter.
𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐌𝐏 𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐒 𝐖𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐊!𝐋𝐋 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐃𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐎𝐍𝐋𝐘 𝐒𝐔𝐑𝐕𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐎𝐍 𝐒𝐔𝐁𝐒𝐈𝐃𝐈𝐄𝐒, 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐘 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐀𝐏𝐒𝐄𝐃
Standing beside his energy secretary, President Trump delivered the eulogy the wind lobby has been dreading: “𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘬!𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘥𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵” (via Osint613).
His case was pure economics. Wind, he argued, is 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 and only ever penciled out because investors were chasing 𝐭𝐚𝐱 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫. Strip the subsidies and the entire business model evaporates.
And that is what is happening. With the federal credits gone under the new energy law, 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐝 — the same industry that branded itself the future of American power suddenly unable to stand up without a government check.
𝐀𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲. 𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐲.
“The Earth is greening at a rate never seen before in all recorded history, according to NASA satellite records from 1982–2023.
Global crop yields have risen 15–20% since 1960, almost entirely attributable to CO₂ fertilisation (Idso, 2013; IPCC AR6 WG1 Ch5). Famine deaths have plummeted over a time when the world’s population doubled and CO₂ deserves much of the credit. We have increased CO₂ over the past century to thank for this explosion in plant life and available plant food from booming agriculture.
There’s been a more than 18% increase in the global leaf area in 40 years, with the largest gains in India and China from CO₂ fertilisation. Warmer and more balmy temperatures are lengthening the growing seasons. These are features of rising levels of water vapour and cloud cover around the world. Every 100 ppm increase in CO₂ typically boosts plant growth by 25–50% in all non-water-limited conditions.
This analysis draws on 776 studies from 1993–2019, showing an ideal average CO₂ level of 550 ppm delivers a 38% increase in global biomass.
It’s an astonishing windfall for life on earth from CO₂, a trace gas at 420 ppm (or 0.04%). It also has a secondary benefit for life by contributing to baseline levels of warmth around the planet, along with water vapour and other trace gases with similar properties, like methane (approx. 1.9 ppm or 0.00019%).
However, water vapour and cloud cover are the mainstays of rainfall and the entire hydrologic cycle, returning water as precipitation to rivers, lakes, and oceans (where 78% of rain ends up).
These are the reasons why commercial greenhouses pump CO₂ to 1,000–1,500 ppm deliberately. It ensures that crop yields jump by 20–70% depending on the crop. If 1000 ppm is good for tomatoes, why is 420 ppm an ’emergency’ for the planet?
The science says 600–1,000 ppm of CO₂ plus 1–2°C extra warming hits the sweet spot for all terrestrial and marine life, including human civilisation. We should not be waging war on a trace gas that makes the planet greener.
Higher CO₂ is a net benefit to life on Earth.”
https://x.com/peterdclack/status/2061035642273112263?s=46
Oh dear it seems that the Greens don’t believe trans women are real women after all.
https://x.com/KatrinaBiggs2/status/2063377262276444502