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This could have been worse.
Thank God Prime Minister Ardern banned semiautomatic weapons.
https://www.1news.co.nz/2023/07/20/we-can-hear-firing-gunshots-ring-out-in-central-auckland/
Hipkins: “No national security risk”
He’s right, just another day in NZ.
Lord Voldemort rises again. Roger Douglas in his 80’s regurgitates. https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2307/S00031/on-sir-rogers-lament-and-the-commonwealth-games.htm
Gordon Campbell
…Douglas, 85, has reportedly penned a 22 page letter of complaint about how the ACT Party of David Seymour has strayed from the one true path and has quote, “lost the plot” unquote…
Here are some last words from Tony Benn UK that would actually be informative and useful.
We are not just here to manage capitalism but to change society and to define its finer values.
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Britain today is suffering from galloping obsolescence.
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I’ve made every mistake – but mistakes are how you learn.
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I think there are two ways in which people are controlled. First of all frighten people and
secondly, demoralise them.
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The Marxist analysis has got nothing to do with what happened in Stalin’s Russia: it’s like
blaming Jesus Christ for the Inquisition in Spain.
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Hope is the fuel of progress, and fear is the prison in which you put yourself.
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Five questions for politicians: 1. What power have you got? 2. Where did you get it from? 3. In whose interest
do you exercise it? 4. To whom are you accountable? 5. How can we get rid of you?
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I’ve got four lovely children, ten lovely grandchildren, and I left parliament to devote more time to politics, and I think that what is really going on in Britain is a growing sense of alienation. People don’t feel anyone listens to them.
Tony Benn
More thoughtful quotes:
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Albert Einstein
and
If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.
Wayne Dyer (The Father of Motivation , think of yourself as god! Bit heavy, to look at?)
and
Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. George Bernard Shaw
and
We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.
Carl Jung
and
If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Frederick Douglass
(And Douglass knew well about this.
He taught himself how to read and write. …
He helped other slaves become literate. …
He fought a ‘slavebreaker’ …
He escaped from slavery in a disguise. …
He took his name from a famous poem. …
He travelled to Britain to avoid re-enslavement. …
He advocated women’s rights. …
historyhit.com https://www.historyhit.com › facts-about-fred
I’d vote for Fred Douglass rather than Roger Douglas the Dodger. ‘Right said Fred’.
Here are some last words from Tony Benn UK that would actually be informative and useful.
We are not just here to manage capitalism but to change society and to define its finer values.
.
Britain today is suffering from galloping obsolescence.
.
I’ve made every mistake – but mistakes are how you learn.
.
I think there are two ways in which people are controlled. First of all frighten people and
secondly, demoralise them.
.
The Marxist analysis has got nothing to do with what happened in Stalin’s Russia: it’s like
blaming Jesus Christ for the Inquisition in Spain.
.
Hope is the fuel of progress, and fear is the prison in which you put yourself.
.
Five questions for politicians: 1. What power have you got? 2. Where did you get it from? 3. In whose interest
do you exercise it? 4. To whom are you accountable? 5. How can we get rid of you?
.
I’ve got four lovely children, ten lovely grandchildren, and I left parliament to devote more time to politics, and I think that what is really going on in Britain is a growing sense of alienation. People don’t feel anyone listens to them.
Tony Benn
More thoughtful quotes:
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Albert Einstein
and
If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.
Wayne Dyer
and
Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.
George Bernard Shaw
and
We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.
Carl Jung
and
If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Frederick Douglass
(And Douglass knew well about this.
He taught himself how to read and write. …
He helped other slaves become literate. …
He fought a ‘slavebreaker’ …
He escaped from slavery in a disguise. …
He took his name from a famous poem. …
He travelled to Britain to avoid re-enslavement. …
He advocated women’s rights. …
historyhit.com
https://www.historyhit.com › facts-about-fred
I’d vote for Fred rather than Roger the Dodger. ‘Right said Fred’.
B…ger – you can say that again. Very sorry I mucked that up. Is there any way the first lot can be removed?
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/494120/kaitaki-ferry-had-many-old-parts-in-its-engines-when-one-blew-out-stocktake-finds
Malfeasance by someone in a position of authority? When are we going to start stringing people up? No bring back the stocks and let us see the smooth face of evil!
Nuclear fusion. We can’t wait to up the stakes.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/ourchangingworld/audio/2018898681/inside-the-nuclear-fusion-reactor-iter
https://thedailyblog.co.nz/2023/07/20/the-daily-blog-open-mic-20th-july-2023/#comment-759713
https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=153754Why We Need Lower Not Higher
The subject needs consideration. I haven’t read the article but I have definite opinions about height and design. I think it is important to think of the human impact of inadequate housing.
Yes duplex housing in the city. But going up high is bad – no. That was found a long
time ago but today’s child-adults can’t learn stuff from the past! Over three stories an escalator is needed for infirm people and tradies with materials and carrying up furniture. But go above 5-6 stories the escalator is a chokepoint. If it breaks down, or is colonised by unpleasant things, people can be put off leaving their homes to participate in normal life. People getting far from ground floor start to become isolated, also children will be. It upsets socialisation and community and enables malicious behaviour against vulnerable residents.
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