Deconstructing Headlines

We can’t entice migrant workers here, have them exploited by unscrupulous bosses and then tell them to piss off back home.

There are two ways to look at this new announcement by the Wellington Bureaucracy…

Bridges can demand daily reflections to level 2 all he likes, unfortunately for him, the virus (like the majority of NZ), doesn’t listen to the Leader of the National Party.

…folks, this isn’t geek boy political point scoring, this actually matters.

So we are 5 months away from the 2020 election and all of a sudden EVERY SINGLE previous prediction means nothing!

NZ could become the Plague Ark, a country free of the virus. Every single time in this stupid country we price ourselves like basic bitches. We sell milk powder cheaply, we sell trees cheaply, we sell immigration cheaply, for once we have something everyone wants – we are plague free – so why not price that accordingly?  

…In 1918 plague followed war. if China has had a hand in accidentally starting this pandemic,  war might follow plague.

WINZ is a neoliberal weapon used to punish, intimidate and terrify those unfortunate enough to require their assistance. It’s not built to actually help people and now it’s being required to, there is massive bottleneck from the purposely obtuse processing regime.

I want to believe Winston.

I really do.

The thing that always sickens me about expanding Police powers in this country is the disgusting manner in which the Police assure us that whatever grotesque over extension of power they are seeking, they will only ever use it against the worst examples they are holding up for justification.