Did you know that nitrates in our ground water may be linked to a rise in bowel and colon cancers or that some NZ Farmers are being paid millions of dollars by our government NOT to farm in order to preserve two of our largest lakes ?
If Jacinda Ardern today announced that she had personally developed a Vaccine in her bathroom at home overnight and had resurrected Elvis, Frank Sinatra and Jesus Christ to front the public health campaign Mike would describe it as, “An Incompetent Government desperately trying to wrap itself up in cheap publicity”.
Stop being a Dick David.
The realisation that we need economic sovereignty to empower a functioning State that has the resources to protect us from external shocks in a world being defined by external shocks can have powerful consequences politically, culturally and economically.
When times are tough, as they are now, people are more open to sharing and working towards the common good.
4 weeks lockdown is not going to be enough and we need to start admitting that so citizens are prepared.
The crisis engulfing the globe seems to be on a trajectory towards levels of economic decline not seen since the Great Depression of the 1930s. At that time unemployment surged to levels of 20 or more percent in the capitalist world, including New Zealand.
Hi Guys – good to get your texts and the odd phone call – hope you’re all adapting to this unusual time. Well, since I’m probably home most of the time, it’s not really that unusual for me, but it is hard for Mum because she loves to get out and about with her mates – and away from me.
I can honestly claim to be the one that spotted Boris was out of sorts the other day. He doesn’t look too good to me, I ventured. The stress must be getting to him.