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		By: Pat O'Dea		</title>
		<link>https://thedailyblog.co.nz/the-daily-blog-open-mic-21st-june-2025/#comment-332776</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Pat O'Dea]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2025 07:36:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Netanyahu says he understands the true cost of war. 

Maybe he could tell it to the families in Gaza whose children&#039;s dismembered bodies had to be gathered in plastic bags. Or to the highest number of childe amputees in the world.

&lt;b&gt;Netanyahu: I understand the true cost of war - my own son had to postpone his wedding&lt;/b&gt;
By Tom Watling, 3 min read

https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/other/netanyahu-i-understand-the-true-cost-of-war-my-own-son-had-to-postpone-his-wedding/ar-AA1H5Yzd?

They can&#039;t get bread in Gaza, Benjamin Netanyahu can&#039;t eat cake at his son&#039;s wedding ceremony

Benjamin Netanyahu understands the true cost of war about as much as Marie Antoinette understood hunger]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Netanyahu says he understands the true cost of war. </p>
<p>Maybe he could tell it to the families in Gaza whose children&#8217;s dismembered bodies had to be gathered in plastic bags. Or to the highest number of childe amputees in the world.</p>
<p><b>Netanyahu: I understand the true cost of war &#8211; my own son had to postpone his wedding</b><br />
By Tom Watling, 3 min read</p>
<p><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/other/netanyahu-i-understand-the-true-cost-of-war-my-own-son-had-to-postpone-his-wedding/ar-AA1H5Yzd" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/other/netanyahu-i-understand-the-true-cost-of-war-my-own-son-had-to-postpone-his-wedding/ar-AA1H5Yzd</a>?</p>
<p>They can&#8217;t get bread in Gaza, Benjamin Netanyahu can&#8217;t eat cake at his son&#8217;s wedding ceremony</p>
<p>Benjamin Netanyahu understands the true cost of war about as much as Marie Antoinette understood hunger</p>
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		By: Greywarbler		</title>
		<link>https://thedailyblog.co.nz/the-daily-blog-open-mic-21st-june-2025/#comment-332775</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greywarbler]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2025 06:38:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A study that I only accessed by WIT (Weird Idea Technology) shows that a country can run more effectively with a skeleton staffing of politicians and administrators  and diploma holders in civil management drawn from the retired enabling twice as much action, on half as much funding, and all the present fat cats can stay at home, leave disconsolately,  or go to a health farm and drink themselves silly.  

The below on transport shows that so-called political service actually refers to time spent on what is a giant jigsaw solution.   At the beginning of a political term the board is upended, the government pays contractors to pick up and place pieces around the reversed board and MPs et al embark on play.   Nothing new can be added as it would spoil the setpiece that is the finished product to perfection.   But to enable change, there may be interminable meetings and discussions and studies and so on.   And if the government cannot head off change, then this is incorporated often by inserting the change and taking out a previous scenario, often resulting in a smaller jigsaw or a change from straight-edge oblong to a round version. 

 There may even be a double-sided puzzle but partway through a political term there may be realisation that some of the double-sided pieces have been wrongly placed causing confusion.  It has become accepted that political decisions are very complicated and only people with rare genes can execute the many tasks required for  this highly involved past-time.

&lt;i&gt;https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO2506/S00105/transport-rules-reform-welcome-but-dont-forget-safety-mta.htm
Transport Minister Chris Bishop has announced a work programme to increase productivity and efficiency through comprehensively reforming New Zealand’s land transport rules.
MTA Head of Advocacy James McDowall says MTA has been actively involved as part of the core group of industry stakeholders engaging with the Minister and the Ministry of Transport on the work programme...&lt;/i&gt;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A study that I only accessed by WIT (Weird Idea Technology) shows that a country can run more effectively with a skeleton staffing of politicians and administrators  and diploma holders in civil management drawn from the retired enabling twice as much action, on half as much funding, and all the present fat cats can stay at home, leave disconsolately,  or go to a health farm and drink themselves silly.  </p>
<p>The below on transport shows that so-called political service actually refers to time spent on what is a giant jigsaw solution.   At the beginning of a political term the board is upended, the government pays contractors to pick up and place pieces around the reversed board and MPs et al embark on play.   Nothing new can be added as it would spoil the setpiece that is the finished product to perfection.   But to enable change, there may be interminable meetings and discussions and studies and so on.   And if the government cannot head off change, then this is incorporated often by inserting the change and taking out a previous scenario, often resulting in a smaller jigsaw or a change from straight-edge oblong to a round version. </p>
<p> There may even be a double-sided puzzle but partway through a political term there may be realisation that some of the double-sided pieces have been wrongly placed causing confusion.  It has become accepted that political decisions are very complicated and only people with rare genes can execute the many tasks required for  this highly involved past-time.</p>
<p><i><a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO2506/S00105/transport-rules-reform-welcome-but-dont-forget-safety-mta.htm" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO2506/S00105/transport-rules-reform-welcome-but-dont-forget-safety-mta.htm</a><br />
Transport Minister Chris Bishop has announced a work programme to increase productivity and efficiency through comprehensively reforming New Zealand’s land transport rules.<br />
MTA Head of Advocacy James McDowall says MTA has been actively involved as part of the core group of industry stakeholders engaging with the Minister and the Ministry of Transport on the work programme&#8230;</i></p>
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		By: The Chairman		</title>
		<link>https://thedailyblog.co.nz/the-daily-blog-open-mic-21st-june-2025/#comment-332774</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Chairman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2025 04:16:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Youth offending drops with safe, stable housing - study
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/564781/youth-offending-drops-with-safe-stable-housing-study]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Youth offending drops with safe, stable housing &#8211; study<br />
<a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/564781/youth-offending-drops-with-safe-stable-housing-study" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/564781/youth-offending-drops-with-safe-stable-housing-study</a></p>
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		By: The Chairman		</title>
		<link>https://thedailyblog.co.nz/the-daily-blog-open-mic-21st-june-2025/#comment-332773</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Chairman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2025 22:14:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The market will fix it. Rich investors will fix it. More tourists will fix it. Yeah right.

Why Living in New Zealand Is No Longer Possible
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICNr8LoTcDI]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The market will fix it. Rich investors will fix it. More tourists will fix it. Yeah right.</p>
<p>Why Living in New Zealand Is No Longer Possible<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICNr8LoTcDI" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICNr8LoTcDI</a></p>
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