The War on News: Unemployment Spin, Aussie Colony Dreams & Trump’s Racist AI Rant
📉 Unemployment Rises — National Calls It a Miracle: The unemployment rate was expected to fall. It went up. 140,000 Kiwis fleeing in two years turns out… damages the economy. Who knew? Now we’ve got: • 600,000 relying on food banks • 1 in 6 young people unemployed • 11.2% unemployment for Māori • 12.3% unemployment for Pasifika • 900,000 living in poverty • 112,000 severely housing deprived
And the Government’s response? “We don’t know how lucky we are.” Apparently, 5.4% unemployment is just capitalism’s green shoots blooming beautifully under a boot stamping endlessly on the poor.
🇦🇺 David Farrar Wants Us to Bow to Australia: National pollster David Farrar argued New Zealand should become a colony of Australia. Ironically, we already are economically — Aussie-owned banks, supermarkets, insurers, infrastructure. The solution isn’t to kneel harder. It’s to cut the cords. If Farrar loves Australia so much, we’ll happily ship him over. They send us 501s — we can return the favour.
🤖 Trump’s AI Jungle King Meltdown: Donald Trump posted an AI-generated video portraying himself as “king of the jungle” while using racist imagery involving the Obamas. The White House called the backlash “faux outrage.” We’ve now reached the stage where racist tropes aren’t racist and street executions are self-defence. Progress, apparently.
From economic spin to colonial submission fantasies to AI racism — it’s a lot. Maybe medicinal cannabis isn’t a luxury anymore. It’s coping strategy.
