Daily review 07/08/2025
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5:30 pm, August 7th, 2025 - 11 comments
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I was reflecting on utterances by our Minister of Justice Paul Goldsmith.
Many lack justice, seem questionable in law, and sound very mealy mouthed. imo
If that seems unkind, so be it!!!
PB, whenever you comment,your comments have more truth in them than the
KarateTaekwondo kids own works….Yes, for a National Party hack he seems more Act than old school, and thank you. PsyclingLeft.Always.
You might, or not, have seen this Newsroom article about the man hisself? There has also been other comments/Links… I think Mountain Tui had a Post on him also? Yes, ACT to his core IMO…
Blood and soil!
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https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:dry4szhzrm3uq6c4xex5kfrc/post/3lvqwqzopvs2d
“Serve your country! Defend your culture! No undergraduate degree required!” the post read. The agency also announced that it would be removing the department’s age cap for applicants in its quest to hire 10,000 new agents, prompting White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller to encourage prospective applicants to “fulfill your destiny.”
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/ice-taps-fema-employees-help-204026693.html
In light of high unemployment, Simon Bridges has suggested Luxon, Willis, Seymour etc need to stimulate Auckland. I would suggest those 3 have been very busy stimulating something, especially Seymour, he is a real stimulator
https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360782938/think-you-might-come-out-ahead-when-petrol-tax-goes-looks-unlikely
I wonder if the cocs have factored in the massive loss of revenue they'll get due to boats and lawn mowers etc have been paying road users through the petrol pump that won't under an ruc system?
Treasury reviews COVID.
Our spend is on par with UK, Oz and Japan and Singapore but less than the USA.
Willis claims it was too much as if National would have been better than Liberals in Oz and Tories in the UK etc. Words.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360784463/66-billion-covid-spend-treasury-asks-if-government-went-too-far
This has the graph comparing nations
https://d9qyk61aw7zb9h.archive.li/sHF5w/eab4e2099ac04e0bc3f4b0af12bf9c9e852c6dd8.avif
The Europeans were constrained by their budget rules.
This was not evidenced based as the graph above shows. The cited IMF and OECD did not make such a claim.
The stuff article is in need of correction or be classified as misleading by factcheck.
For comparison see this alternative approach (more fact based)
https://archive.li/sHF5w#selection-3973.0-4020.1
Is there a systematic plan to block public access to DOC reserves and the coast via enabling landowners to block access.
Is this part of selling off land to foreigners used to having control of the coast off their properties?
Excellent point SPC. CoC always finding ways to limit or remove the commons.