Politics 🗳️ NZ Politics
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Yep there's opportunity out there for sure, grass isn't always greener though, specially in London. Wouldn’t call Spain an economic powerhouse, they have their cost-of-living crisis like most places, other Spanish-speaking countries in South America have a lot worse crime probs than nz, but hard to know what's in our kid's future re. employment, AI might take half today's jobs in 20 years. I'm not so sure it's as dire here as you're thinking, but you could be right.
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Still got a dog, kids and parents keeping me here but as they slowly leave (in more ways than 1) the tie to NZ will dwindle.When are you going??
I just find myself increasingly frustrated as we slowly accept mediocracy, keep going backwards and everyone wants more of the same problem rather than the solution.
I moved to Oz in my 30s and stayed for 23 years. Enjoyed very much as most of the early part I was single and partied like no tomorrow.
Returned when parents were struggling health wise and now they are gone often think about going back.
Visit often and every time I find the joint is going backwards.
GC now has 2 tent cities for the homeless.
Just one example.
Enjoy visiting mates and the sports etc.
Happy here now but each to their own.
PS All my friends over there complain about exactly the same things as us.
Cost of living health education transport roads houses blah blah blah
The biggest complaint is fuckin politicians.
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Tuvalu mate. When it eventually succumbs to the tide (not in my lifetime) there will be some serious compensation from someone who didn't cull enough cows or didn't buy enough Teslas
Speaking of which, isn't it funny how once the subsidies are removed, all those green leaning people can't actually afford the RRP. Sales of EVs have gone down the toilet.
#Chevysilverado
Non political until he got to the 2nd to last paragraph and then his DNA kicked back in.
Was a good read until then.
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To be fair I said ‘neither main party offers the solution’ so I will say it’s more anti all NZ politics
As slippery as the politicians!To be fair I said ‘neither main party offers the solution’ so I will say it’s more anti all NZ politics
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By the sound of it, the former PM’s residence, Vogel House, was in much better condition but was sold back to the Vogel Family in 2020. Vogel House wasn’t up to Muldoon’s liking so he kicked out the dental students out of Premier House and had it returned to the PM’s official residence.Stuff
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Thank goodness the derelict premier house didn’t fall down on the guests for Christmas
Apparently, it’s not the reception areas that are the problem with Premier House (John Key had them redecorated) but it’s the PM’s apartment and the earthquake resistance to the whole dwelling that’s the issue.
Although Luxon may not live there full time, it’s still used for official receptions…. and the occasional Christmas get together.
I'd rather have the $30m!
Surely the morons down in Wellington can come up with an agreeable solution for the PM's residence
Although, given the way that Wellington Council started with a $30m budget for their town hall and are now spending $300m, I have no faith that anyone down that way has any care or regard for spending other people's money
'Sinking' Pacific nation is getting bigger: study
The Pacific nation of Tuvalu—long seen as a prime candidate to disappear as climate change forces up sea levels—is actually growing in size, new research shows.
phys.org
@Rick O’Shay what about our whole Tuvalu scam now?
'Sinking' Pacific nation is getting bigger: study
The Pacific nation of Tuvalu—long seen as a prime candidate to disappear as climate change forces up sea levels—is actually growing in size, new research shows.phys.org
Noticed you mentioned a 2018 article. I googled Tuvalu land size and cross referenced articles after 2018/19 and I was surprised to find there were some other articles from that timeframe that corroborated at least some parts of it. Some mention islands can shrink or grow depending on many variables. Even the article that had that information said there was nothing positive for these islands from climate change. Just thought some boring facts and nuance would brighten your day.
'Sinking' Pacific nation is getting bigger: study
The Pacific nation of Tuvalu—long seen as a prime candidate to disappear as climate change forces up sea levels—is actually growing in size, new research shows.phys.org
I think it’s all very complex, and a whole bunch of people whose ordinarily aren’t very relevant, suddenly decided they were in fact smart enough to figure it out if they just massage the numbers in a dataset.
That type of type has infected a whole realm of things. Look at the COVID vaccine. Regardless of anything looks like risk factors were off by 10x
. Climate “science” is just that. I quote science because they don’t do any science. They simply crunch numbers according to models given to them.
When you mention 'they' is that a specific quantifiable that can be researched or just a gut feeling?I think it’s all very complex, and a whole bunch of people whose ordinarily aren’t very relevant, suddenly decided they were in fact smart enough to figure it out if they just massage the numbers in a dataset.
That type of type has infected a whole realm of things. Look at the COVID vaccine. Regardless of anything looks like risk factors were off by 10x
Climate “science” is just that. I quote science because they don’t do any science. They simply crunch numbers according to models given to them.
the ones I’ve run into are almost exclusively all Caucasian, mediocre ,male and all share a direct university to research life experience . They’ll waive a million studies and predictions all from other mediocre academics and not a single one of them has every built anything ever.
That’s not to disparage real scientists doing real work.
But from crime, to health, to COVID , to the climate; a lot of what we are seeing in terms of “government research” is bullshit.
Do you think all these climate science PhD guys are complicit in some political conspiracy to bullshit everyone? What are they supposed to be building?
Ego money and ignorance will do amazing things.
What’s wrong with these climate models?
Climate models accurately predicted ocean warming, but observed sea surface temperatures show the reality is more complicated.
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