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No.2 Useful policy from me.
(NO.1 was educating using the Scocratic method
https://thedailyblog.co.nz/2023/08/18/the-daily-blog-open-mic-18th-august-2023/#comment-769462)
I reckon that we are stuffed election-wise! So being wise need to vote as suggested by Martyn who, along with cohort, has been in the field for some time! Doing the best with what we have.
But right now set up another party for people who want to join with others in doing practical things to help us in our living and trading in an mainly honest, imperfect way in which we care for each other and try to live and work to ethical standards and try to behave with goodwill, recompense for wrongdoing, not make mistakes, hold grudges, and try for co-operation while allowing individuality as much as possible. Long-winded
but spelling out what is in one’s mind, not leaving others to guess erroneously is good!
The group would call each other unofficially GASPERS – because our society and perhaps world is at its last gasp – also referring to attributes needed G for Guts, S for Spirit, P for Principles, and with a silent ‘h’ for that necessary thing humour. So we have an outfit that isn’t called a Party as a Non-registered one for a start. We don’t waste too much time on trying for elections – that political system has been destroyed – will be sold at Dutch auction eventually to some overseas entity or plutocrat if not already. We have regular meetings some face to face, some just emails, and some with physical presence. And co-ordinate action where needed, have clear-minded people as hubs in their discipline and discuss and organise ourselves. We will commit to NZ and minimise money spent on foreign stuff. The dream of globalisation has turned into a nightmare.
Some useful things to refer to:
Can we get people enthused for a good NZ as the guy did in the Jumpers Clap video? Can we try to raise the same level of enthusiasm?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiDUECPvvvY
Suggested reading – about registration of NZ political interests *https://www.elections.nz/assets/pagecomponent-file-files/Party-Registration-Handbook-2020.pdf
* John Wyndham The Day of the Triffids – how the lead character survives and copes yet does what he can for others on his way to his goal and co-operation within his new family and ultimately a safe spot to join in scientific work on finding a solution.
This from Gordon Campbell on our defence spending is a good read.
https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2308/S00036/on-why-china-isnt-a-real-military-threat.htm
Not that anyone would know it, but there has been quite a massive spendup on Defence since 2017 by the Labour government. The big ticket items have included roughly $3 billion to buy, equip, house and operate the four new Posiedon anti-submarine planes, the $1.5 billion spent on the five new Hercules cargo planes, the $1 billion set aside to replace the Sea Sprite helicopters and this year’s $419 million pay increases to recruit and retain Defence personnel. Unlike nurses and teachers, Defence personnel didn’t have to fight publicly for their pay increases which were handed to them in this year’s Budget.
Along the way, the recent upgrades of the two ANZAC frigates provide a good example of how our military alliances are driving us to spend huge amounts on projects that (a) have little to do the defence of this country while (b) incurring rather large cost over-runs:
The Marshall Islands got marshalled and became martialed. What punny jibes can be made about our little islands?
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