Who You Gunna Call?
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Economy
Read the Headlines and Weep
Yesterday’s MSM headlines were enough to bring tears to your eyes. They revealed terrible ongoing job losses while one headline trumpeted that New Zealanders are really happy with the PM that caused them. Every day more and more jobs are going to disappear. How long will people keep thinking
Brave New World Makes No Sense
Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com Simplicity of idea is always desirable. But the idea still has to make sense. A professor reported on RNZ says: “I think the pandemic spells the end of the neoliberal era and I think the idea that government should be small and inactive and everything
Literary Poseurs
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Over the last two months those of us following the news on the array of international television channels, must have viewed literally hundreds of proclaimed health experts, mainly American. Nearly every one of them has been interviewed against the background of bookshelves. Books are my
Level 2 Lockdown Madness
I have fared pretty well during Levels 3 and 4, leaving home infrequently, only to make trips to the supermarket where, after one or two teething issues with keeping my distance from other shoppers, I encountered no real problems. Being in lockdown in a town with no reported cases, the
Will New Zealand’s $50 Billion Budget Boost Jacinda Ardern’s Chance of Being RE-elected?
Grant Duncan Massey University New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has won global admiration for her personal style. But how will Kiwis judge her government’s performance at the ballot-box in September? A major factor in that decision will be how well today’s budget is received – and how well
“Know Us by Our Deeds”
Fine rhetoric from our PM does not allay my fears that this government will introduce new taxes to pay for their gargantuan 50 billion dollar loan. “Know us by our deeds”? What rhetorical codswallop. The entranced media, like possums stuck in the headlights, print her responses but do not challenge
NZ Will Never Be The Same
George According to some we are entering a new beginning where all the wrongs of our past can be rectified. They claim “it will never be the same”. Or in other words, for the betterment of mankind, let’s prepare society to embrace a new ideology which, through targeted social
Madness
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com The NZ Herald recently highlighted the suicide of a young self-employed butcher who saw his life’s work go down the drain by the utterly insane edict that meat could only be purchased at supermarkets. The farcical rule was subsequently wiped but here’s the
A Huge Debt- but Not of Gratitude
An article in a weekend newspaper featuring Grant Robertson talking about his $50 billion dollar bill showed just how little understanding he has of what is needed to get out of the canyon he has put us in. Referring to last week’s article by Audrey Young, it was stated
Lockdowns Are Hurting the World’s Poorest Workers
As Eric D. July observed at the beginning of the COVID-19 lockdowns, “folks with guaranteed jobs are telling people that can’t work they have to be imprisoned in their houses for an indefinite amount of time”. Not one of the people mandating lockdowns and at the stroke of a
A Barnum and Bailey Budget
Ardern and Robertson are running a circus. I leave it to you to work out who is the ringmaster and who is the clown. Ardern warned beforehand to prepare for pain. She, of course, didn’t divulge just how much. As it turned out, for obvious reasons. If I’d
The Politics of Fear
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com In her pre-budget speech, the Prime Minister said, “There is no playbook for the recovery we are about to embark on. But nor do we need one. When it has come to COVID-19 we have carved a path based on our people, our health system,
