The Daily Blog Open Mic – 13th June 2025
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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Warning – this content could be dangerous for your mental health. and bank balance?https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/564050/manufacturing-reversal-shows-economy-could-come-to-a-grinding-halt-economist
…The employment sub-index suffered its sharpest one-month reversal in the index’s history, while new orders, production, and deliveries fell heavily to their lowest levels since the end of last year..
Steel said other indicators such as consumer confidence, electronic card spending, filled jobs, and building consents were also looking weaker in the second quarter, which were clearly negative for the growth outlook in the short-term….
also
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/564069/police-pull-back-from-mental-crisis-callouts-continues
So much for this Government’s talk of growth
Global March to Gaza including NZ delegation stuck in Cairo
https://www.timesofisrael.com/katz-urges-egypt-to-block-gaza-bound-activist-convoys/
Katz urges Egypt to block Gaza-bound activist convoys
Cairo says it backs ‘pressure on Israel’ to lift blockade but stresses foreigners seeking to visit border with Strip must receive official approval
By AFP and ToI Staff
the Hamas-ruled territory, in Gabes, Tunisia, June 9, 2025. (AP)
Defense Minister Israel Katz on Wednesday called on Egypt to block two pro-Palestinian activist convoys planning to head to Egypt’s Rafah border crossing with Gaza.
“I expect the Egyptian authorities to prevent the arrival of jihadist protesters at the Egypt-Israel border and not to allow them to carry out provocations or attempt to enter Gaza,” Katz said in a statement.
Katz added that such actions “would endanger the safety of (Israeli) soldiers and will not be allowed.”