The Daily Blog Open Mic – 29th July 2025
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
The Editor doesn’t moderate this blog, 3 volunteers do, they are very lenient to provide you a free speech space but if it’s just deranged abuse or putting words in bloggers mouths to have a pointless argument, we don’t bother publishing.
All in all, TDB gives punters a very, very, very wide space to comment in but we won’t bother with out right lies or gleeful malice. We leave that to the Herald comment section.
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https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/568280/weather-live-severe-thunderstorm-watch-for-top-of-north-island-heavy-rain-expected-into-wednesday
The images of collapsing banks cut away on main roads by water bombs, is an actual example of NZAO washing away. There are millions-b? spent on these transport routes which makes lots of money for those involved, but not being spent where it would do more good. Hospitals would be better, at least the people get up, and live for some years before falling over, useless So it is obvious that people need the money more than roads..
My idea as well as more medical spending. is also more rail ways round the country which can be used by people between train schedules. So in between one can hire a little cab using the unused rail in that area, can be worked by hand lever for short trips, or fuelled up for longer ones. But there would be no ACC available as it’s a modern short, version of enterprising exploration like Shackletons etc.
As our social system is failing, I think we should change our mindset and methods. The modern way seems to be to stop people doing things for themselves; the tech will do it for you. It’s the opposite of Skinners pigeon-pecking, showing-initiative approach. We must act now or may be wakened by a cool female voice, telling us the time, and how to get out of bed, finishing with a message about our new shoes shaped to fit on either foot as we’re too dense to cope with left and right. Also in politicians.
You deserve a medal if you have read through this. But it does required thinking so you will have done something requi=ring cognition today.