The Daily Blog Open Mic – 18th February 2022
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
Moderation rules are more lenient for this section, but try and play nicely.
EDITORS NOTE: – By the way, here’s a list of shit that will get your comment dumped. Sexist language, homophobic language, racist language, anti-muslim hate, transphobic language, Chemtrails, 9/11 truthers, Qanon lunacy, climate deniers, anti-fluoride fanatics, anti-vaxxer lunatics, 5G conspiracy theories, the virus is a bioweapon, some weird bullshit about the UN taking over the world and ANYONE that links to fucking infowar.
Tariana Turia calling our PM a nazi is bad I think she is losing the plot in her old age and her hate for Labour still shows and in my view this is not not good for our Maori people. She forgets her party sided with John key for years and we saw very little improvements but a divide in Maoridom between the haves and have nots.
Now we have Winstone chiming in giving his two cents worth anything so he can still be relevant he is just shit stirring.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/461793/dunedin-students-face-criticism-discpline-over-large-parties-during-covid-19-outreak
The entitled while they are young – what sort of humane creatures will they grow into? If at all. Are they male and entitled? It must be easy to get a degree these days. If they don’t succeed they can always join the good-time guys in real estate. We don’t have a housing problem, it’s just a farm problem. Not enough are giving up their farms for the speculators and house collecters to buy up.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/on-the-inside/461506/ukraine-russia-and-china-behind-antony-blinken-s-flying-visit-to-south-pacific
Winken, blinken and Nod.
What’s the usa doing sending their Secretary of State around here. What tricks are they up to – these Knights in White Satin. Butter wouldn’t melt in their mouths.
Where are you going, and what do you wish?”
the old moon asked the three.
“We have come to fish for the herring fish
that live in this beautiful sea;
Nets of silver and gold have we!”
said Wynken, Blynken, and Nod.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wynken,_Blynken,_and_Nod
This is good well balanced stuff on present Covid Omicron.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2018831132/dr-bryan-betty-suggests-change-of-mindset-with-omicron
We are getting some good info from the medics and the researchers and modellers – when we read their stuff we understand enough to get the gist of it and can work out what is likely instead of going off half-cocked.