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Elon Musk on why the smartest people drop out of college:
“You don’t need college to learn. Learn stuff. Everything is available basically for free. You can learn anything you want for free. It is not a question of learning.”
Musk explains what college actually provides:
“There is a value that colleges have, which is seeing whether somebody can work hard at something, including a bunch of annoying homework assignments, and still do their homework, and kind of soldier through and get it done. That’s the main value of college. And also, you probably want to hang around with a bunch of people your own age for a while instead of going right into the workforce. So I think colleges are basically for fun and to prove you can do your chores. But they’re not for learning.”
On hiring at his companies:
“There is a requirement of evidence of exceptional ability. I don’t consider going to college evidence of exceptional ability. In fact, ideally you dropped out and did something. Obviously, Gates is a pretty smart guy, he dropped out. Jobs was pretty smart, he dropped out. Larry Ellison, smart guy, he dropped out. Obviously not needed.”
Musk shares how education should work:
“Generally, you want education to be as close to a video game as possible. Like a good video game. You do not need to tell your kid to play video games; they will play video games on autopilot all day. If you can make it interactive and engaging, you can make education far more compelling and far easier to do.”
He challenges the current system:
“You really want to disconnect the whole ‘grade level’ thing from the subjects. Allow people to progress at the fastest pace that they can, or are interested in, in each subject. It seems like a really obvious thing.”
Musk criticizes traditional teaching:
“Most teaching today is a lot like vaudeville. Somebody’s standing up there lecturing to you. They’ve done the same lecture several years in a row. They’re not necessarily all that engaged. That lack of enthusiasm is conveyed to the students; they’re not very excited about it. They don’t know why they’re there. ‘Why are we learning this stuff?’ We don’t even know why. A lot of things people learn, probably there’s no point in learning them, because they never use them in the future.”
On whether university is necessary:
“A university education is often unnecessary. That’s not to say it’s unnecessary for all people. But I think you learn about as much, the vast majority of what you’re going to learn there, in the first two years. And most of it is from your classmates. If the goal is to start a company, I would say no point in finishing college.”
Musk started his own school for his kids:
“I created a little school. It’s small, only 14 kids now, and it’ll have 20 in September. It’s called Ad Astra, which means ‘to the stars.'”
He explains what makes it different:
“There aren’t any grades. There’s no grade one, grade two, grade three. Not making all the children go in the same grade at the same time, like an assembly line. People are not objects on an assembly line. That’s a ridiculous notion. Some people love English or languages. Some people love math. Some people love music. Different abilities at different times. It makes more sense to cater the education to match their aptitudes and abilities.”
Musk shares a key principle:
“It’s important to teach problem-solving, or teach to the problem, not to the tools. Let’s say you’re trying to teach people about how engines work. A more traditional approach would be: ‘We’re going to teach you all about screwdrivers and wrenches. You’re going to have a course on screwdrivers, a course on wrenches.’ This is a very difficult way to do it.”
He offers a better approach:
“A much better way would be: ‘Here’s the engine. Now let’s take it apart. How are we going to take it apart? Oh, you need a screwdriver, that’s what the screwdriver is for. You need a wrench, that’s what the wrench is for.’ And then a very important thing happens: the relevance of the tools becomes clear.”
The result:
“It seems to be going pretty well. The kids really love going to school. I think that’s a good sign. I hated going to school when I was a kid; it was torture. The fact that they actually think vacations are too long, they want to go back to school. Weird, I know.”
Musk reframes what education really is:
“If you think about it, what is education? You’re basically downloading data and algorithms into your brain. And it’s actually amazingly bad in conventional education. It shouldn’t be this huge chore. The more you can gamify the process of learning, the better.”
I want to start a school for my kids.
Just can’t find them all.
His engine analogy is pretty weird.
“A university education is often unnecessary. That’s not to say it’s unnecessary for all people.”
I think he’s missing that it isn’t necessarily about people, but it possibly is for subjects. Hard for example to fully learn about chemistry or biochemistry at an advanced level without equipment that can cost millions, and chemicals that no member of the public can purchase.
All of the guys he refers to are into computer tech. Quite different – easy for anyone to work in the field practically, at home.
“… the vast majority of what you’re going to learn there, in the first two years.”
Suuuure. I’m surprised that a guy who did Physics would come out with this.
Hes also a serious stoner so can be brilliant at looking forward but has no real memory of the past and how he got there.
“A university education is often unnecessary.”
Not if you want to become a good leftie.
Why is it that to be a good lefty, you need to be told what to do, how to think, and follow like sheep?
It must be a learned thing because we are all born equal and at the end, we all go with nothing
We may go with nothing, but our children live on.
Train them well…
I’m taking everything with me.
Your wife may have other plans for you!
aww yeah
Hubbies make good compost for the garden 🪴
Hubbies, make good compost for the garden. There, one comma, and all is fixed.
And if you can’t understand the difference, well…
aww yeah
Providing they are not buried too deep!
Sir Peter Beck, CEO of Rocket Lab, does not require a degree for his staff. They just need to have the right attitude.
The ole chocolate starfish. That’s where her (half) brain is parked.
So Armageddon didn’t arrive last night, will anyone at Metservice be handing in their resignation today? Of course our weak useless leader went along with the hysteria
No bad JuJu here in the Darkest King Country, hardly a smattering of rain and no wind whatsoever, as was promised by the MetService, the Dancing Weather Midget on Pravda One or by the Ruapehu District Council who threatened the loss of life of any small dog or wheelie bin that may venture outside.
Fancy the chances of all three being 100 per cent wrong almost 100 per cent of the time.
And we pay these fuckwits to advise us accurately and honestly.
A few light gusts just up the road in the Waikato AH. It will soon be with you. Mostly just a breeze. Heavy rain has gone for now with light rain and soggy foliage.
Don’t know how the coasts are fairing but the worst disaster inland this morning has been the cat came in a bit wet 🙀
“the cat came in a bit wet”
Go on Hunty – you know you want to
I dont know what..yeah ok giver ‘er to me
“Disgusting”
unless you are careful with that hair dryer.
Had to cancel the windsurfing due to a lack of wind.
Wasn’t it absolute bullshit of the highest order, Storm Porn. I wana see public resignations.
Rough here today. Lots of wind and some rain so far.
I wouldn’t write it off yet.
80 k battering into the Coromandel and it’s moving south. Wouldn’t want to be out there in a tin boat.
part og my garden fence is blown down. It needed replacing so now no option.
V2 could try crowd funding but realistically I reckon that he’s going to end up paying for a replacement himself.
Thousands of moths will be liberated as the miserable old coot unzips his wallet. 🙂
Don’t have a wallet. We live in the 22 nd century, unlike you old truck drivers.
The 22nd century is 74 years away.
Gentle breeze and a bit drizzly.
Light rain from 11am.
Very light rain here in NSN
Cloudy and breezy in Hawkes Bay. Started to rain heavily about 1 am but only lasted half an hour.
Took the dog down the coastal walkway, not a drip to be had, no breeze, sea dead flat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNxuCK5nRqA
The Irish Convoy got the whole country behind them
Rebel News publisher Ezra Levant speaks with Irish truckers and farmers protesting soaring fuel prices who say police are on their side. …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuQOgHMIYoc
Irish farmers give their reasons why they are blocking the highway
What was the legality of this check point, stop. ???
Garda Block Peaceful Protesters Rights Questioned at Irish Checkpoint
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FD2pdaV9BY4
5 mins 50 secs : April 12th, 2026 : IENEWS
Footage emerges of citizens being stopped by Garda Síochána while attempting to deliver food supplies to a peaceful protest in Ireland.
The group claims they were exercising their constitutional right to protest, yet were turned away under instructions from Superintendent John Deasy.
Despite remaining calm and respectful, they repeatedly asked for a legal justification, one that was never clearly provided.
This video breaks down the incident, examines the legality of the actions, and raises serious questions about policing, authority, and civil rights in Ireland.
Was this lawful enforcement.
Or a step too far.
On whose command for the police to do this?
“Only following Orders”
How far would that officer go to enforce those orders?
Part of the issue, is it a “protest” ? or a “blockade”?
Does the government listen & consider things beyond their own ideology, & their own power construct?
Posted last night.
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Just saying, the numbers right or wrong are interesting;
Sometimes we do not know our strength & power.
“When the people fear the government, that’s tyranny; when the government fears the people, that’s freedom.”
https://www.monticello.org/encyclopedia/when-government-fears-people-there-liberty-spurious-quotation#:~
with variations there of.
‼️ 🚨 DAY 5 🚨‼️
Please take a moment to repost 🇮🇪
Brothers and sisters of Ireland 🇮🇪
Five days on the roads.
Five days of a nation holding its ground.
Five days of voices that refuse to be ignored.
But today the tone shifted.
What began as a peaceful gathering
has now been met with force.
We have seen scenes that have shaken people across this country.
Clashes between those standing their ground
and the tyrants sent to remove them.
Videos have surfaced online
people being pepper sprayed,
farmers being pulled from their tractors,
the army being deployed to remove Tractors,
heavy handed actions on peaceful protestors.
And now, there is talk of even greater escalation,
of stronger measures,
of the state stepping in with increased force to clear the roads.
Let us be clear
This is not how a government should respond to its own people.
These are not enemies of the state.
These are workers.
These are farmers.
These are families.
People who built this country
now finding themselves face to face
with the full weight of authority.
And for what
For asking to be heard.
For asking to be able to afford to live.
For standing in protest after years of being pushed to the edge.
The traitors in government , we say this
Every action you take now matters.
Every decision to escalate rather than engage
pushes this country further from resolution
and closer to division.
Force will not solve this.
Silencing people will not solve this.
Dragging them from the roads without listening
will not solve this.
Only leadership will.
Only communication will.
Only respect for the people who put you in power will.
And to the people of Ireland, I say this
Stay strong.
Stay united.
But above all, stay peaceful.
Because the strength of this movement
has always been in its unity and its discipline.
Do not let frustration be turned against you.
Do not let anger be used to discredit your cause.
Stand firm
but stand with dignity.
Because the world is watching now.
Day five has shown us something important
This is no longer just about fuel,
Living costs or policies .
This is about how a government responds
when its people say enough.
You, in government, must now decide
Will you listen
Or will you continue down a path that deepens this divide
Because the people are not going away.
Five days have proven that.
And if anything, they are more determined than ever.
This is Ireland.
And its people will not be pushed aside.
Éire Abú.🇮🇪
@FergusPower1 @BligheDerek @irishpatriot91 @gnh_Eastwall @real_eire @RealMessageEire @TheNotoriousMMA @Thisisdublin0 @Mickbraz1 @GrindeOptions @punishablepress
A US naval frigate needs to appear and anchor off the coast of Ireland as no European nation is going to assist the people.
I’m, of course, aware the US sailors are very busy elsewhere but it would send a very strong message to Irish politicians, the Garda and deep state authoritarian bullies pulling the strings. 🚧 ⚓️
Or Trump can send Ireland a strongly worded 🤬 Truth Social post
Gates and Microsoft, Amazon, and co can fund it from the low taxes that Ireland allows them.
The vid here shows the Irish government budget is in a good shape, & can work things for the Irish citizen, unlike NZ’s financial bleed out system. .
https://nitter.poast.org/Irish_PatriotHQ/status/2043036248281891326
2 mins 42 secs : 11th April, 2026
The video there shows how the Irish government is taking more tax, then sending money overseas, locking some of the government take of taxes into untouchable funds.
Many supporting comments, and from the experience of the Candian Truckers Convoy.
Strait of Hormuz in plain Language
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Nu4qbbOj2M
Great presenter. Know his stuff and explains it brillianty.
Sal is consistently good. I have been following him since that ship hit the bridge in the States a couple of years ago.
Very good. Thank you for sharing.
Why can’t I tell my deceased father’s bank that he died?
Every estate lawyer will tell you to NOT advise the bank that your relative (spouse , parent, child, whomever) with whom you share an account died.
Why? Because that account will immediately be frozen so that the tax authorities can be alerted. The problem arises, however, when you actually NEED THAT MONEY to get things finalized. It’s a pain. You can’t finalize the estate because you have no money and you have no money because you can’t finalize the estate.
IT DOESN’T MATTER IF IT’S “YOUR MONEY,” TOO (AS IN A JOINT ACCOUNT). IF ONE OF THE ACCOUNT HOLDERS DIES, THAT ACCOUNT GETS FROZEN UNTIL THE COURTS RELEASE IT.
Same is true of safety deposit boxes. They are only to be opened with an official from the taxing authority present. Another pain. They think you might be hiding cash in there (a crime). They will confiscate that. Other stuff like gold and jewels will be subject to an inventory so it can’t get “lost” or distributed “off the record.”
Any estate lawyer who knows anything will tell you to clean out everything before you tell the bank. It’s not being dishonest. It is being wise. Say nothing one way or the other.
Years ago the banks would actually check the obituaries. Now that’s impractical.
Can’t say that I had this issue at all.
It’s contrary to the advice we received a few years back. Most of what we own is in our joint names but we have bank accounts in our own names. The account that covers day to day bills & expenses is held jointly & severally & only requires a death certificate for the survivor to take over control.
At least that was the way it was explained to us.
Nasska, the advice you received was based upon the law. As such it has little relevance in 2026. Nowadays the frontline of the banks is run by dumb bitches who will make the surviving partner’s life an unnecessary misery. Our Editor’s advice is much more timely. I have had to seek the guidance of anger management classes having had too many dealings with those dumb bitches.
Hasn’t this person thought this through?
Emergency fund, anyone?
Seperate bank accounts
National’s former Attorney-General prospect James Christmas switches allegiance to Act.Former National Party candidate James Christmas, who was tipped as a potential minister and Attorney-General, will contest this year’s election as a candidate for the Act Party.
He is one of eight people vying to become Act’s candidate in Auckland’s Tāmaki electorate, which will be an intriguing contest after the departure from politics of MP Brooke van Velden, also Act’s deputy leader.
Christmas, a barrister who worked under senior National figures including Sir John Key, Sir Bill English and Chris Finlayson, will be considered a significant loss for National given he was considered a possible option to take on the Attorney-General role and act as a Treaty Negotiations Minister.
With a deep understanding of Treaty settlements and New Zealand’s constitutional arrangements, Christmas also presents as an ideal candidate to articulate the party’s next attempt at constitutional reform after the failed Treaty Principles Bill, which Christmas’ former mentor Finlayson condemned as divisive.
Speaking exclusively to the Herald, Christmas acknowledged some in National might be “disappointed” by his decision but he insisted it was not prompted by any ill will towards his former party.
more
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/nationals-former-attorney-general-prospect-james-christmas-switches-allegiance-to-act/BPB7UOCRUBFPDAQ7FDMJHQMBWQ/
Look out for possibly one more or even two. There are seriously disgruntled Nat MP’s.
ACT leader David Seymour has long pushed to cut the public service back to 2017 levels, but when it comes to shrinking government, he says reform should start at the top.
Seymour in February cemented the view he first floated more than a year earlier – calling out what he described as “vanity portfolios” such as the establishment of the Minister for Auckland, and promising no more than 20 ministers and no more than 30 government departments.
Speculation around the reduction of public service agencies circulated widely last year, with the outcome that eventuated being a merger of Ministry of Transport, Environment and Housing and Urban Development.
Expanding on his policy proposal, the Deputy Prime Minister told Interest.co.nz, “MMP has led to this proliferation of ministers and portfolios.”
“As soon as you’re a minister, you start producing Cabinet papers. Now you imagine a Cabinet of 10 people. Maybe they average a paper a week. So you’ve got to read 10 papers.
“But once you get 28 ministers, if they all produce a paper every week, then that’s an average of 28 papers,” sometimes getting up to 50 a week going through government.
“My challenge is, can any government… really say that it’s fixing what matters when you just get this mass proliferation?”
Then there’s the number of departments, he says.
“A lot of ministers are, in theory, controlling multiple departments.
“But then… actually a lot of departments have multiple ministers. So you look at the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE), there’s 23 different ministers that the chief executive of MBIE theoretically answers to.”
Seymour said he was in the minority of one of about five ministers who are not part of MBIE.
“In that environment, can you say that you’ve got a minister with a budget of taxpayers’ money, a contract with the department to deliver certain services and strong… accountability?
“If you really bring in the focus, then I think you can get a lot better results. Because at the moment, I think there’s a frustration on both sides of politics – we just put all this cash in, and the results don’t come.”
On how he would logistically propose to reduce government, Seymour said it was “surprisingly easy to establish or disestablish a department.”
“I would start, and this is what we’ll campaign on, 20 ministers all in the Cabinet.
“No department has more than one minister, no minister has more than two departments. If you did that, I think you’d very quickly focus the mind of those ministers on how do we crunch down and focus on what matters most?”
It’s Seymour’s long-held belief that has drawn criticism from the Public Service Association (PSA) – calling his proposal in February as being “straight out of the hard-right playbook – slash and burn now, worry about the consequences later.”
PSA national secretary Fleur Fitzsimons called the “lazy politics.”
“The truth is New Zealand needs a capable, well-resourced public service to tackle the challenges ahead. Seymour’s slash-and-burn approach would leave us weaker, less prepared, and less able to protect New Zealanders when they need it most.”
https://www.interest.co.nz/public-policy/138034/david-seymours-smaller-government-and-smaller-public-service-plan-how-he
And Mr Christmas’s Mentor is one, Christopher Francis Finlayson, IWI lover and Class 1, Grade A, New Zealand Traitor. Mmmmm!
AND confirmed dirt track cowboy
An Up Hill Gardener, well I never!
I can’t see having Finlaysons name on his C.V will be very helpful in his quest to become Acts candidate in Tamaki. At least I suppose that helps to explain why he rides the chocolate escalator.
I think he was talking about findlayson.
Have you seen a photo of him? Doesn’t look the type you would leave with Finlayson, not without a chaperone anyway.
Holyhekatuiteka on to it
🚩Act have announced the replacement for Brooke, and it’s a doozy.
James Christmas is a lawyer, he’s gay, vegan (so far on brand for Act) and also identifies as Māori… his husband moved to Seattle to work for Bill Gates while he stayed here and unsuccessfully ran for National in 2023.
For 5 years James worked as an advisor for that nasty piece of work , Treaty gravy train frequent rider – gay progressive : Chris Finlayson.
Finlayson under National caused literally BILLIONS of dollars of additional treaty claims, and set into motion co-governance on a wholesale scale. Who helped him to transform the steam powered gravy train into a bullet train? Acts newest candidate.
As Treaty negotiations minister Finlayson repealed the Seabed and foreshore act, replacing it with the Marine and Coastal Areas act, which allowed iwi to lay claim to the NZ coastline. Thankfully NZFirst had it as a coalition agreement to get rid of M.A.C.A which will hopefully stop more iwi land grabbing.
James Christmas drafted M.A.C.A and worked with Finlayson on co-governance. Christmas IS Finlayson’s protege.
In fact in 2021 Chris and Christmas wrote a book together : ‘He Kupu Taurangi: Treaty Settlements and the Future of Aotearoa New Zealand’.
The book discusses the need for Māori mandates, crown redress, apologies, endorses co-governance, and defines the Crown-iwi relationship as a ‘Partnership’. It is quite the read, it’s total leftist activist propaganda, and it’s what James Christmas is all about.
Act have always been an act. Just last month Seymour said he’d vote against any move from Central Govt to legally stop non elected iwi from voting on Local council committees – “that’s discriminatory to Māori” Seymour told a disgusted Michael Laws on the platform.
Brooke Van Robot contentiously entrenched Tikanga into the NZ fire and emergency department, and now Act is wheeling in another, more capable Trojan horse.
Do not vote for these clowns. It’s a very weird and twisted party at the best of times.
“Act have always been an act. Just last month Seymour said he’d vote against any move from Central Govt to legally stop non elected iwi from voting on Local council committees – “that’s discriminatory to Māori” Seymour told a disgusted Michael Laws on the platform.”
got proof of that? all his mps are dead against this shit, seymour has been too. me thinks a retard has got something lost in translation, happy to be proven wrong.
your source is a rabbid nzf cultist so biased as fuck and loves to not let the truth get in the way of his narrative
And yet last month you were singing his praises on here. Has the change in country fried your brain?
Given that, I’d go so far as to say don’t vote ACT!
We will have to wait and see on that. We will need to hear his take on this but I assume Seymour will have done that.
Otherwise, there’s a name for people who infiltrate
Its what happened to democracy NZ. Unfortunately.
You are giving Seymour far to much credit to actually do that.
There are others watching as well.
I will check for you in the next while. But I am aware that there could be another one who will be a good addition.
Where’s Chuck? He will know what is going on in National. //
Is everyone alive? I slept through the cataclysmic life threatening catastrophe last night so missed the action. Light drizzle at the moment in Franklin area. Unless I am dead, about to meet Huey, and haven’t realised yet. Should I phone Hipkins? So many questions….
send some rain here would ya! we’ve parked gear up for a lil bit to wait for some moisture.
same thing over here end of march, big fearporn cyclone that was an absolute fizzer no one really even needed a jacket for.
Good steady rain most of the day. The Waikato needs it. Still warm so bumper pasture growth before winter.
Where you are maybe but further north it was kinda wet.
Drizzle and light winds in Auckland.
(Will they shut down the Harbour Bridge? (Pearl-clutchers everywhere!)
Dead calm with light drizzle in South Taranaki
3mm in the rain Guage overnight
This is the best explanation of the war in Iran that I have seen:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sG6-lFdhlsg
yet i point out the same retardedness on here and get massively downticked…. is it cuz im not a ginger?
yes
He left out the bit where Iran still has all its enriched uranium and the original regime is still running the show.
Original regime? Minus at least 50 droned.
Breakaway factions running around killing each other to gain power and control.
you deserve at least 18 downticks for that horribly accurate fact sagz.
Latest from the Gulf. More humiliation for Britain.
https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/doctorcocks/keir-starmers-a-wanker-football-chant-2
By his fellow countrymen
He’s been taking surrender lessons from Macaroon!
Ian Drury summed it up well.
“There Ain’t Half Been Some Clever Bastards” doing AI these days:
https://x.com/FurkanGozukara/status/2042936947102916733
Amelia shows such great “kindness” in the UK.
The Slow, Gentle Goodbye
https://youtu.be/RduyJTJan9I
13 mins 42 secs : 12th Feb., 2026 : Bill Whittle.
Britain’s own Virtual Joan of Arc is back again, and this time she’s singing a different tune.
Amelia — product of a totalitarian state [Pathways] Reeducation Camp campaign gone horribly right — flips the script on the Left’s cruelty narrative in a remarkably kind and gentle way.
This is political messaging at its absolute finest.
Just the first 3 & half minutes message is so well done.
No wonder the officialdom, authorities want so much more, legislation, to gain absolute total control over all social media platforms, computers, cell phones etc…
“Serenity” 2005 — “They can’t stop the signal”
But, but she doesn’t tell who will pick up her rubbish, nor who will clean the sewers and all the rest.
None of the poms wanted to. Same here.
I thought about posting this, but the agro would be more than even my broad shoulders want.
For me the adoption of “Amelia” by those opposed to having their homelands overrun by ME invaders is the sweetest revenge. As a character in the social engineering Pathways ‘game’ who was meant to be an antagonist to teenagers opposed to immigration she has instead become a figurehead for those who want shot of Starmer, Labour & their policies.
An exemplar of an ‘own goal’ unlikely to be equalled any time soon.
Breach that paywall:
https://waikanaewatch.org/2026/04/12/avoid-the-heralds-paywall/
Or, if you are on firefox, there is an add-on that also works.
Just search NZHerald Unblock.
As a comment to the WW article points out the app costs $60/year. Certainly cheaper than a subscription to the Herald but still very poor value when you consider the socialist verbiage it exposes you to.
If you’re determined to rot out your brain reading that dross far better to wait until V2 cut & pastes it on this forum.
hilarious, trumps now threatening china… wouldnt it be epic if his iran fuckup extends to china having a crack at taiwan?
best stock up on popcorn.
imagine being a pos president of a country who arms china and russias enemies yet get upset if china or russia were to arm usa enemy?
boohoo, if i were xi and trump started his TACO threats id call his bluff and move hard and swift against taiwan while usa forces are occupied in the middle east and a good chunk of their arsenal depleted.
plus, aint much trumpy can do against a nuclear armed nation except make TACO threats… or be that complete piece of shit that launches nukes
Now that you can breach the paywal,l you can read this.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360962600/damien-grant-hug-your-kids-today-they-may-be-drafted-tomorrow
Not one of his best efforts.
Rain and wind ramped up here.
Not a nice summer’s day I can say.
https://scissorlifttauranga.nz/surf-cams/
Someone needs to clean the camera lens
nope its just the spray. was all good yesterday
Im just leavin for the beach
Thames under water.
ROL will be in denial, he will insist you ignore everything you see and hear
Not everything. Mostly what you post, and anything from a NZ politician, Journalist, or weather forecaster. Anyway, what does Thames under water mean? How about some precision, and accuracy?: , eg 2cm, 1 metre, How much of Thames is under water, 1 street, 1 block, the whole town? Good writing is accurate, precise and concise. That statement only fulfils one of the three criteria. The reader is left asking more and more questions….
you believe in god ffs, an imaginary twat with absolutely zero proof of existence yet wont believe its raining when theres solid proof of flooding.
seriously youre an absolute fucktard, and now youre proven wrong youre going into specifics to try wriggle out and backtrack from your fucking muppetry and denial.
yeah the fearporn is over the top but youre couple mm of rain and stiff breeze like suggestions got shat all over.
That was Cindy’s arse slamming shut pior to running.
hunty will still give it a dab with his tongue and a bit of the old john hopoate
Possibly 🤔
UN’s Latest Insult to Common Sense: Iran Nominated to Key Committee on Women’s Rights and Human Rights.
The United Nations just can’t help itself. On Friday, during the ECOSOC session, the Islamic Republic of Iran was nominated for a three-year term on the Committee for Programme and Coordination. This elite body helps shape UN policy across programs, budgets, human rights, disarmament, and even counterterrorism.
You read that right. The same regime that stones women for “improper” dress, hangs protesters in the streets, funds global terrorism, and builds nuclear weapons is now getting a say in coordinating UN work on the very issues it tramples daily.
This comes hot on the heels of Iran’s February election as vice-chair of the Commission for Social Development, tasked with pushing “democracy, gender equality, tolerance, and non-violence.” The mullahs’ thugs were beating women for refusing the hijab and gunning down civilians while the UN rubber-stamped their new title.
The US rightly disassociated from the consensus on Iran’s latest appointment, calling the regime unfit. Israel and human rights voices have slammed the pattern as a sick joke.
The UN loves to lecture free nations about morality while handing power to the world’s worst tyrants. It’s not incompetence anymore. It’s contempt for decency, for women, and for anyone who believes human rights should mean something real.
Time to stop funding this circus and evict it from American soil. The UN has become a shield for evil, not a force against it.
Angus Kebbell’s third report of the Irish investigation into the Brazilian beef industry, one of the largest livestock industries in the world and one where traceability is opaque and troubling, often not central in trade deals
There are moments in agriculture when a story stops being about farming and starts being about something much bigger. Over the past few weeks I have been following an investigation carried out by the Irish Farmers Journal into Brazilian beef production, and what began as a look at farming systems on the other side of the world quickly turned into a conversation about trade, standards, public health and the future direction of global food production.
The Irish team travelled more than 3,000 kilometres across Brazil visiting farms, feedlots, livestock markets and agricultural supply stores, trying to understand how one of the world’s largest beef exporting nations actually operates on the ground. What they found has sparked debate across Europe and it should also be of interest to farmers here in New Zealand, because we operate in the same global marketplace and increasingly under similar pressure to prove how our food is produced.
more here. https://www.interest.co.nz/rural-news/138035/angus-kebbells-third-report-irish-investigation-brazilian-beef-industry-one
Not a good story for Human Health.
wind dropped and has gone from east around to south with rain.
Rain is heavier and wind is up, direction is now from the south
Howling south wester and light rain up this way. I think it’s light – hard to tell when it’s going sideways at a high speed.
Must be the colour of his hair
https://x.com/hoang_hq/status/2040642685690843360?s=46
I had no idea you were so devout brother.
Looks like The Boss has gone over to the other side. Still to come on this blog are the Bible text for the day, a hymn board under the YSB logo & ROL’s weekly sermon.
Amen
That’s not her
https://x.com/tiana_celine_23/status/2042660561570402662?s=46
hilarious, trumps won so much iran have said to get fucked to his peace deal 🤣.
cant bomb nutters into submission, looks like theres gunna end up being a whole lot more dead americans if they go full retard and put boots on the ground.
Which faction? It rivals the ngapuhi and their sealord deal. No faction can agree on who is going to be top dog and do the negotiation.
As Ed above in this morning’s comment on the 2 US destroyers with mine detection & sweeping abilities as shown with one putting on its transponder proving how far it went.
It would seem that the Hormuz Straits traffic jam is looking to start unwinding.
Started off small, weeks ago, testing the waters. 😑
Doha, March 29 (QNA) – The Ministry of Transport (MoT) announced the gradual resumption of maritime navigation exclusively for vessels licensed to engage in marine fishing activities, starting Monday.
In a statement on Sunday, the MoT said that the gradual resumption of maritime navigation will be in accordance with the following technical controls and requirements:
https://qna.org.qa/en/news/news-details?id=mot-announces-gradual-resumption-of-maritime-navigation-starting-monday&date=29/03/2026#:~
Now to start a bigger flow, slowly under the new system.
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Is Qatar too optimistic?.
Qatar’s Ministry of Transport says maritime navigation will resume “for all types of maritime vessels and ships” from 6am-6pm local time (03:00-15:00 GMT) on Sunday
https://nitter.net/AJEnglish/status/2043042059666227550
More risk of so many large ships having a collision than hitting a mine.
A controlled slow start & to get the new sea lanes understood by the ship’s Captains & navigating Officers.
Still it remains to be seen, but if the empty freighters can get out for elsewhere, like Venezuela or the USA to fill up, and then figure out just what can be filled up.
Not so sure when the oil refineries & facilities will be on the go, whether months or even a year or so.
Will be a big employment of hard working guys from Pakistan, Indonesia, India on work only Visas.
Certainly not a place for the NZ Ministry of Labour Inspectorate or Immigration Department. 😆
Trump has been busy making announcements.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeKqlaLeMIg
They just LOST EVERYTHING.
MattMorseTV
President Trump is due in China on 15 May for a meeting with Xi.
That is why a few rail & road bridges were taken out, that linez up with China’s new Silk & Belt railway that runs through Pakistan from China,
Of course so many said, amplified by mainstream media, that it was a war crime in taking out so called “civilian infrastructure”, namely bridges.
Trump has also done a reset, of Congress’s time limits on the President Trumps scrap with Iran.
By having that sort of cease fire that starts the clock again if & when, or maybe not if Commander in Chief orders some more bombings or shootings on Iran.
Bitch movie nominated for EMIs?
someone up ticked that. FFS, where are you at?
Im just here for the shits and giggles
Might be after gayford was praising his bike.
Oil crisis: Why New Zealand needs a ‘kamikaze Cabinet’ to fix the economy – Bruce Cotterill
We’re getting ourselves quite worked up about oil prices. And it’s probably fair.
Despite three decades of climate mumbo jumbo warning us that we need to abandon fossil fuels for the sake of the planet, the events of the last few weeks have highlighted that we’ve made little such progress and we are still heavily reliant on the black stuff.
We’ve seen a little bit of panic buying, thankfully not too much. The odd gas station has run out. But it hasn’t been too bad. The national airline is cutting flights and ferry services have been curtailed. I heard this week that an earthmoving firm had parked up their machines. Not because they’ve run out of work. But because the price of diesel makes running them uneconomical for the time being.
Donald Trump’s on-again off-again approach to the war in the Middle East is creating massive uncertainty across the world. The financial markets are experiencing substantive swings, after – and sometimes before – every announcement. Entire economies are hanging on every press conference. Even our bulletproof mates across the ditch are looking wobbly.
For us, the timing couldn’t be worse.
And as you all know how to get a free read now.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/economy/oil-crisis-why-new-zealand-needs-a-kamikaze-cabinet-to-fix-the-economy-bruce-cotterill/premium/LUFZQFYKTZGL5PQTP5Q4UPEOWY/
The green goblin in blowing up.
https://i0.wp.com/medforth.biz/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/greta555.webp?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1
….. Berlin decreed: close perfectly safe nuclear plants, flood profitable coal mines, bet everything on unreliable wind and solar.
Then ram the same madness down the throat of every EU member through the unelected European Commission.
Europe followed Berlin like lemmings
Result? Germany now has the most expensive electricity in the world.
Contracts for German power were trading at up to five times the price of French nuclear power as recently as March 2026.
German industry is being gutted.
Hundreds of billions of euros have been burned on grid overhauls, subsidies, backup power plants, and energy imports.
All while households and factories get crushed by prices four times higher than in the United States. ……
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/04/germanys-green-energy-diktat-is-about-blow-up/
The problem here in New Zealand, so many are still enthralled with so called Green ideals, like electric trucks, electric trains, public electric bus transport etc.. with no idea of numeracy, mathmatics, physics etc.. along with the te reo mythological science which bring harmony for all.
So much to figure before the coming NZ elections & just will there even be more stupid candidates.
Faster than a diesel truck. …. yeah right …. of course ….
Diesel is not dead, and this EV truck proves it. Topher Project Ep 393
https://youtu.be/q-_8Xbk7o5I
10 minutes 29 secs : 8th April, 2026 : Topher Field
They just damned themselves with their own stunt… if this is their ‘proof’ then they’ve already lost the argument.
At the end of the day there is a lot of money to be ‘gained’ fleeced by bringing in mandates to enforce this load of ev, and more money to be ploughed into cover the rotten consequences.
Just to keep up with demand on electricity, as NZ’s immigration flow, new houses and whatever in a minor way in electric vechicles.
12th April, 2026 ……. countries with a high percentage of solar and wind power such as Germany and the U.K. have the highest consumer price for electricity.
This is due to the short 15 – 25 year life of wind and solar plant, and the need for ~40% capacity in high inertia turbine systems as back-up (e.g. coal, gas, geothermal, hydro, nuclear) to stabilise the grid when there is a high percentage of solar and wind generation. ……
…… Using domestic solar panels and EV batteries as backup is not viable, as domestic solar power costs three times more than that from utility-scale solar farms and is unlikely to expand dramatically.
Furthermore, shutting down industry and commerce for demand-side management would be a disaster for the economy, whose lifeblood is a reliable and reasonably priced supply of electricity. …..
…… Lake Onslow Project [4], but it is now being reconsidered by a private consortium.
This scheme was ruinously expensive, with 24 km of tunnels, a large dam at the top and a small pond at the bottom replenished with water pumped from river flow.
It was estimated to cost at least $16 billion ($13,000/kW), more than twice the cost of a geothermal station that generates continuously.
To recover that investment, it would need to charge around $1.60 per kilowatt-hour during shortage periods – about ten times the current spot price. ……
….. energy strategy:
· Prioritise geothermal and hydropower expansion.
· Use wind and solar energy as a minority contribution, not the backbone of the system.
· Keep coal-fired and fast-start gas turbine plant available for peak demand.
· Invest urgently in large LNG storage and greatly expanded refined fuel tank storage to reduce our vulnerability to global supply shocks.
· Accelerate domestic gas exploration to reduce reliance on imports.
· Consider a new refinery – for strategic resilience rather than as a market-driven choice.
· Plan for nuclear power, as many countries around the world are doing. …..
https://www.brashandmitchell.com/post/bryan-leyland-and-john-raine-the-energy-storage-elephant
As Topher Field shows in my other comment, to replace the energy from fossil fuels, for cartage, transport, farming, some industries is very expensive dreaming. …….
Other than “Drill baby drill” at least do the exploration, research & serious consideration as some of that can easily be mined & developed.
The Kamikaze aspect of going to electric vechicles.
What price should electricity be, when one properly weighs up the demand plus the distribution.
Ok very suitable if one can only work & live & stay a lockdown of 15 minute zone of city apartments.
It’s not the lack of chargers… it’s WAY worse than that. Topher Project Ep 395
https://youtu.be/DWfr2u7vbpk
12 mins 16 secs : 10 April, 2026 : Topher Field.
They tell us we just need more chargers… if only it were that simple.
It’s not a lack of chargers, it’s a lack of power, and a lack of distribution, and fixing that will destroy their whole business model.
Sure a roof solar panel or 2, a wind mill or 2 may help, but what about industry?, your job? freight? & the real what will become the full price of unsubsidized electricity?
It seems to be come a cost saver, only because the price of electricity seems to have increased in price.
Electric trains do not work so well on the main trunk line, when it actually takes at least 2 of them, and often see a back up diesel electric locomotive as back up.
I see that they have been put back into work, to save some diesel, & the hydro lakes, are full.
My neighbour just bought a plug-in EV and is now thinking solar and maybe a battery. I know that the battery would end up a couple of metres from my house and I’m very underwhelmed by the prospect.
The council won’t allow windows on a house wall adjoining a driveway due to fire risk, but I’ll bet they’re ok with the neighbour having a bomb by my house. Very uncool.
you already have multiple bombs within your house, theyre just a tad smaller but theyre more likely to get abused and fail, burning your house down vs a battery bank on your neighbours house.
You might as well post the rest of Cotterill’s crap & save any reader mad enough to want to read it the time wasted downloading it & $60 a year.
For the rest of us our scroll wheels will get around the garbage.
That’s why you are such an uneducated retard. You refuse to listen to others’ points of view.
Cotterill is a tough director who knows what he is doing, unlike you, who cannot even open Facebook or read a newspaper without rubbishing everything you come across.
I guess that’s why you are a really wealthy, contributing citizen with a wide world view of everything.
You should buy his book and read it. You just might find that you agree with a lot of what he says.
Oh, looks like you did the free thing, which makes you a blugger as well.
Not sleeping well, Viking? ( and its bludger)
No problem at all.
And it is, and it’s true.
Definition of a bludger.
noun · a person who scrounges ·
those who want to pay for nothing but don’t want to pay for the work of others.
Typical beneficiary.
Indeed, I know beneficiaries with more principles than these freeloaders.
Why the fuck would anyone pay for the Herald’s shit? Their editorial bias is not my bias & they demonstrate time & time again that they can’t report a traffic snarl up or run a lost cat story without introducing a lefty, globalist, climate change spin.
I use them as I would use a news aggregator site. Google their headlines & the odds are good that it will lead back to their source. There you will find the facts without the spin.
You are their perfect target. Compliant, obedient, trusting & gullible.
Why are you such a grumpy old cnut.? Asking for a friend.
Far from it.
Just can’t stand the hypocrisy of the fella.
pot kettle black old chap
𝐌𝐄𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐄 𝐏𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐏𝐒 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐒𝐀𝐈𝐃 𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐍𝐎 𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐒𝐀𝐘
Melanie Phillips (@MelanieLatest) — former 𝘎𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯 journalist turned one of Britain’s sharpest conservative voices — just delivered the most precise diagnosis of the West’s moral collapse on the Israel question that anyone has put on camera.
Her argument is surgical: the entire Western framework for understanding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is built on a lie. The lie is that indigenous Palestinian Muslims were displaced by European Jews after the Holocaust. The truth is that the Jews are the only people for whom the land of Israel was ever their national kingdom — the Kingdom of Israel under David, the Temple built by Solomon in the tenth century BCE, the Hasmonean dynasty in 165 BCE — all of it 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐦 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 (American Jewish Committee). The earliest documented mention of “Israel” as a people appears on the Merneptah Stele from 𝟏𝟐𝟎𝟖 𝐁𝐂𝐄 — over 1,800 years before Muhammad was born.
Phillips doesn’t mince words. She calls Palestinianism an invention, and she’s not the only one. Zuheir Mohsen, a PLO executive committee member, said it explicitly in 1977: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵. 𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘗𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘡𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘮. That was published in the Dutch newspaper 𝘛𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘸. Not a Zionist outlet. A mainstream European paper. And the West buried it.
Phillips hammers the point that this isn’t a land dispute. If it were, it would have been solved in the 1930s when Palestinian Arabs were offered their own state and chose war instead. It would have been solved at Camp David. At Taba. At Annapolis. Every single time, the answer was the same — no.
She goes further than most are willing to: Israel itself bears responsibility for the misapprehension. The Jewish diaspora bears responsibility. 𝘕𝘰𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘦. Nobody tells the West that the two-state solution is the answer to a problem they’ve misidentified. And the silence has been catastrophic.
Meanwhile, the EU handed 𝐄𝐔𝐑 𝟐𝟎𝟐 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 to UNRWA and the Palestinian Authority (European Commission) — the same PA that funds “pay-for-slay” payments to families of terrorists. Germany’s CDU just voted to 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐳𝐞 all PA payments until they stop bankrolling terrorism and purge antisemitism from their textbooks (Jerusalem Post). One country in Europe finally noticed what they’ve been subsidizing.
Phillips’ closing line is the one that will stay with you: 𝘗𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘦𝘴𝘵, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘶𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴, 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘦𝘴𝘵’𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴.
She’s not wrong. The West didn’t lose its moral compass by accident. It handed it to people who promised to destroy it — and then wrote them a check.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭.
Roger Partridge: What Freedom of Speech Is For – The case against silencing
In 1633, the Roman Inquisition condemned Galileo for heresy. His offence was to argue that the Earth moves around the Sun.
The Church was not acting out of malice. It was protecting a politically approved consensus against what was considered to be dangerous nonsense. The theologians and philosophers who condemned Galileo were not fools. They were defending what every educated person knew to be true.
They were also wrong. And being wrong with institutional authority behind you is far more dangerous than being wrong alone.
One of the unfailing truths of human history is that we get things wrong. Not occasionally – routinely. The authorities who silence heretics are not reliably better informed than the heretics they silence – and sometimes they know it. They are simply more powerful.
We do not need to reach back four centuries for examples. When scientists first suggested that Covid-19 might have originated in a laboratory, they were dismissed as conspiracy theorists, denied publication, and labelled purveyors of misinformation. Social media platforms removed their posts. Journalists who took the hypothesis seriously were accused of racism. Yet, by 2023, the FBI and the US Department of Energy had assessed it as the most likely origin.
Philosopher Karl Popper warned that scientific knowledge advances not by confirming what we believe but by subjecting our beliefs to the most rigorous challenge available. The platforms that removed posts about the lab leak hypothesis were doing the opposite: treating a testable scientific proposition as too dangerous to test.
The case for free speech begins here. Not with arguments about the right to offend, but with a darker observation: the people who hold the power to suppress are wrong often enough that society cannot afford to let them use it.
More…
https://rogerpartridge.substack.com/…/what-free-speech…
Ukraine Begs Russia to Extend Easter Truce as Aid Dries Up
Ukrainian officials are now urging Russia to stretch out the 32-hour Orthodox Easter ceasefire announced by Putin and restart peace talks. Zelenskyy confirmed Ukraine will honor the pause but pushed hard for it to last longer than the holiday weekend.
Putin ordered Russian forces to halt from Saturday afternoon until midnight Sunday, calling it a humanitarian gesture for Easter. He made clear this is no blanket stop to fighting — Moscow wants a real, permanent deal on its terms, not just another short timeout.
Past ceasefires have collapsed fast with violations on both sides. Skeptics on the ground in Kyiv and Moscow see little chance this one leads anywhere. With U.S. support under new leadership looking less open-ended, Kyiv’s sudden interest in talks and extensions smells like desperation to many observers.
Prediction markets reflect the doubt: traders give almost no chance of any ceasefire holding by end of April. Russia holds the battlefield momentum and shows zero interest in letting up while it has the upper hand.
This feels less like a breakthrough and more like Ukraine scrambling for breathing room while the West shifts focus. Real peace will take far more than holiday photo-ops.
The bets have been placed, like the 90 billion the EU will send to the Ukraine to keep fighting.
Held up by Prime Minister Oban
Just holding on to see if Victor Oban & his partner wins or loses the election this weekend.
She has done a lot of work to drag Oban down.
https://i0.wp.com/medforth.biz/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/vonderleyennostalgia.webp?resize=370%2C450&ssl=1
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2026/04/11/u-s-congressmen-accuse-eu-commission-of-election-interference-against-hungarys-orban/
The EU has held back a lot of money from Hungary, which Oban’s opposition will then give the ok to the above for money to War & payout what will come to Hungary.
So will the Hungarians take the EU offer, where later the EU will flush them down.
https://i0.wp.com/medforth.biz/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/eu.webp?resize=548%2C377&ssl=1
Also an interesting point is also made about small banks, & what happens when banks almagate to become conglomerate too.
As the EU funds for Hungary will change banking.:—-
https://europeanconservative.com/articles/commentary/hungarys-advantage-at-risk-in-tiszas-brussels-bargain/
Soon we will know, do the Hungarians go for the “time for a change”?
That will reaffirm Ursula Von der Leyen & the EU Parliament, & the War against Russia.
Where’s Wally?!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6cGfj9UmaU
Leftie media has full-blown meltdown over obvious ‘Trump tactic’ in Iran war negotiations
Outsiders
President Trump warned in a controversial Truth Social post that “a whole civilisation will die tonight”
The civil defence mandarins in this country are out of control.
So fired up on their self defined goals to keep everyone in a state of perfect & absolute safety that they are insisting that residents of the areas of Whakatane/Ohope where evacuation was ordered stay away from their homes for another night.
Although it will never be acknowledged now or in the future the evacuation was excessive nannying with the sole purpose of covering the sorry arses of the jumped up clipboard carriers. Civil Defence after their third unnecessary pressing of the panic button for 2026 need to pull their fucking heads in & realise that their repetitive screeching can be likened to the cries of the boy who called wolf.
Kneejerk calls for personal safety at all costs are wrecking NZ psychologically & financially.
Ya reckon.
Obviously, you have never dealt with people much.
Plenty of stupid and dumb out there.
And look at all the whinging when the mount slipped and killed people.
Think about all the sheep you have chased around with dogs. Same deal.
OPEN LETTER
Hon Brooke van Velden
@BrookevanVelden
Minister of Internal Affairs
Hon. Simeon Brown
@SimeonBrownMP
Minister of Health
Dear Ministers van Velden and Brown,
As the Ministers tasked with receiving and reviewing the Phase Two report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into COVID-19 Lessons Learned (Te Tira Ārai Urutā), I am writing to you jointly to raise a serious and urgent complaint regarding the clear and demonstrable bias exhibited by Grant Illingworth KC in his role as Chair of Phase Two.
During a recorded interview with former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on 7 October 2025 — months after the public submissions closed — Mr Illingworth made the following statement about the 2022 Parliament protestors:
“We don’t want to make the Hilary Clinton mistake and call people ‘undesirables’ but it seems even as portrayed in the Prime Minister movie, which I have seen, that there were people who had virulent hatred for what Government was doing during the period of time, to the point where it’s very, very difficult to understand the motivation behind it unless you accept the idea that they were believing stuff that is just totally inconsistent with the science.”
This comment reveals an extraordinary level of pre-judgment and bias. Mr Illingworth openly relied on Prime Minister – a panegyric documentary produced by Augusto, Jacinda Ardern’s favoured advertising agency – as “evidence” of the protestors’ motivations. He treated this US-edited film as a legitimate portrayal of events.
However, the film misleadingly depicts protestors mainly parading Trump flags (which were present for only two hours of the 23-day occupation) and uses footage of protestors’ actions on the day of the 2 March police clearance, while failing entirely to explain the protestors’ reasons for being there — namely, their opposition to vaccine mandates, job losses, and vaccine safety concerns. The film ignores the lived experiences of those directly affected and appears tailored for its primary US anti-Trump audience.
It is also very alarming that a Labour Party propaganda film was influencing his line of questioning. Prime Minister was seeded with $280,000+ of public money given to Augusto during the 2020 campaign as part of the Labour Party’s ‘broadcasting allowance’.
As someone closely involved with the protestors’ perspective, as director of the film River of Freedom @RiverFreedom22 , and co-writer (with Siân Clement) of a book with testimony from many of those who attended the Parliament protest, #HeartoftheProtest, I can confirm that the Royal Commission was provided with a copy of our independent documentary. It offers an authentic, first-hand account from inside the protest. It captures the genuine concerns of ordinary New Zealanders who lost their jobs, their livelihoods and their trust in government due to mandates and policies they viewed as unjust and unscientific.
The Commission also received approximately 30,000 submissions from affected individuals, many of them would have been supporters or protesters – their letters and other materials detailing the human cost of the Government’s response. These were at his disposal to review for six months.
Despite all of this, Mr Illingworth chose to reference the Augusto propaganda film as his primary “evidence” of the protestors’ “virulent hatred” and alleged rejection of “the science.”
This is not neutral inquiry. It is selective and partisan. Mr Illingworth did not appear to question Ms Ardern on the specific “science” she claimed justified her policies – for example, the assertion that 6,500 New Zealanders would certainly have died without the vaccine mandates. He simply accepted this narrative while characterising protestors’ motivations as irrational, hateful and anti-science.
The Chair’s comments signal that he approached the entire inquiry with a predetermined view that those who opposed the Government’s COVID-19 measures were unreasonable or misinformed. This lack of impartiality fundamentally compromises the credibility of the entire Phase Two process and its findings.
The Royal Commission was established to learn lessons and restore public trust, not to whitewash the actions of one political leader or to delegitimise the voices of tens of thousands of affected citizens. When the Chair himself signals a willingness to label dissenters as “undesirables” (while claiming to avoid the term) and relies on state-friendly propaganda rather than the evidence placed before him, the inquiry becomes worthless.
I therefore respectfully but firmly request that you, as the responsible Ministers:
1. Immediately review the conduct of Mr Illingworth as Chair and the impact of his demonstrated bias on the integrity of the entire inquiry.
2. Consider the Phase Two report and its recommendations in light of this clear lack of neutrality.
3. Reconsider all the evidence of this inquiry with another Chair and individuals who can demonstrate genuine impartiality, so that the voices of all New Zealanders – especially those harmed by mandates – are given equal weight.
Public confidence in our institutions has already been severely damaged by the events of 2021–2022. Allowing a biased chair to shape the official “lessons learned” only deepens that distrust. The Government has both the authority and the responsibility to act.
@SimeonBrownMP @BrookevanVelden @winstonpeters
“…that there were people who had virulent hatred for what Government was doing during the period of time, to the point where it’s very, very difficult to understand the motivation behind it unless you accept the idea that they were believing stuff that is just totally inconsistent with the science.”
Is the guy for real? For starters, only a part of it was about science – the greater part was about freedoms and rights. I should have the freedom to choose not be treated like a lab rat for an illness which is basically a bad cold. I also should have the right not to be punished for making that decision by losing my employment and being treated like untermenschen.
I thought Jacinda was a cunt. This guy takes it to the next level.
Open letter by Gaylene Barnes
Of course it will just be ignored, and nothing will happen to the KC who should be disbarred forever.
and so it should. let it go ffs it was half a decade ago.