Frank
@fmacskasy.bsky.social
Social Democrat~Blogger~LGBTQI ally~Critic of the alt.Right/neo-liberalism~BDS~Free Palestine!~Slava Ukraine!~He/him #NationalNotFitToGovern TIME TO EXPEL THE ISRAELI & RUSSIAN AMBASSADORS! I blog,sporadically,@ frankmacskasy.substack.com
THAT WAS THEN: “I am sick of taxpayers being treated like a bottomless ATM, to be raided at any time, for any reason.” - Luxon,15 May 2023 www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/politic...
Kiwis treated like a 'bottomless ATM': Luxon promises 'taxpayers' receipt'
National leader Christopher Luxon is promising to introduce a “taxpayers’ receipt” as one of three initiatives to promote fiscal discipline in a potential
newstalkzb.co.nz
Free & open for all: Unemployment rate up to 11-year high of 5.6%; Underutilisation rate up to 13-year high of 13.8%; Youth underutilisation up to 37% of workforce; Yet 111,000 work visas were granted & the RBNZ hiked to take 'heat' out of the economy. #nzpol open.substack.com/pub/thekaka/...
Unemployment worse than forecast & real wages fall
Unemployment rate up to 11-year high of 5.6%; Underutilisation rate up to 13-year high of 13.8%; Youth underutilisation up by 21,500 in a year to 37% of youth workforce; Yet 111,000 work visas granted
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>>>[Jetstar] carrier said it was part of a change in its carry-on model, which included removing its 7-kilogram carry-on weight limit.<<< No weight limit on carry-on?!? This will be diabolical. (1)
How exactly is a new baby boom in Aotearoa NZ going to helpful when folk can't afford food, housing, education, health care, there's huge unemployment, wage stagnation, and general misery? You know what encourages folk to have kids? Great social investment, secure income, and fewer RW twats
TW - violence by teachers. I was at a UK primary school in the 70s. The headmaster used to regularly cane my classmates aged between 8 and ten. He'd threaten the whole school with it. Said we deserved it. Perhaps he thought we were little shits. 1/5 www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
ACT candidate Paul Henry unveils plan to let teachers use 'reasonable force' on students
ACT wants to give teachers the legal power to remove "seriously or persistently disruptive" students from a classroom.
rnz.co.nz
“Stuff we campaigned on was the most that bypassed select committee” isn’t an excuse for lack of due process & scrutiny.
RNZ News Feeds@rnzrss.bsky.social · 3d agoMore laws rushed through Parliament under urgency than any term since 2008
John Campbell eviscerated Luxon on Morning Report today. Shamefully,the interview was cut short by the News pips. Hey RNZ,do better! 8 or 9 minutes to canvas matters affecting the country is insufficient!Especially as Luxon has canned appearances on TVNZ's 'Breakfast' & Q+A. @rnzrss.bsky.social
It reads as a pretty patronising lecture to me. But also, he wasn't a CEO in Chicago. He was a senior manager then. He was in Toronto when he was a CEO. At least, of his LinkedIn bio is to be believed.
henry cooke@henrycooke.bsky.social · 5d agoThe full comments the PM made at the Rotorua event, which the PM's office say Labour are mischaracterising as a "patronising lecture". www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...
The full comments the PM made at the Rotorua event, which the PM's office say Labour are mischaracterising as a "patronising lecture". www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...
Honestly, really, i dont know whether to laugh my head off or curl up in a foetal position in abject fear... Actually, i'll do both. www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/8...
OpenAI finds evidence other AI agents escaped containment as it widens hacking probe
OpenAI has discovered other instances in which autonomous agents escaped containment as the company expands its investigation of the hacking incident at tech firm Hugging Face that drew global attenti...
rnz.co.nz
Either this govt has had a change of heart... Or it must be election year. This is a cynical election-year lolly scramble at its height. No one in the media has spotted this,and other similar spending announcements,and called it out as such. www.rnz.co.nz/news/health/...
Funding for more local GPs to remove suspected skin cancer
The government has announced funding for more local GP clinics to be able to remove suspected skin cancer.
rnz.co.nz
Another brilliant piece from Dr Dickson... This really deconstructs Luxon and his utterances, open.substack.com/pub/andrewdi...
Luxon's Wearing Daddy's Pants
The Prime Minister goes to Rotorua, tells drowning businesses to swim harder, and confesses
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Said with passion and truth... open.substack.com/pub/mfriend/...
Xenophobia
Be careful what you wish for
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This should be the election anthem for a truly leftwing Party... youtu.be/Gxd23UVID7k?...
Leonard Cohen - Everybody Knows (Official Audio)
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This is the future Simeon Brown pants for us #nzpol
Mother Jones@motherjones.com · 6d agoA county official warned that the hospital in her city was understaffed and cutting corners. A year later, a woman froze to death on the roof. This is the untold story of the for-profit healthcare company behind this hospital, and many more:
I don't believe a word of it. I'm calling bollicks. www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/8...
Trump announces agreement for 'complete disarmament' of Hamas
US President Donald Trump has announced an agreement for the "complete disarmament" of Hamas, calling it a critical step toward a new Palestinian government in Gaza.
rnz.co.nz
People I speak to in NZ about this are shocked every single time. Some have forgotten, but most never knew it was that bad overseas.
Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · 7d agoRunning out of body bags, using forklifts to transfer corpses into makeshift morgues, a mortician conducting 200 funerals in a month when he usually does 30, crematories running at double capacity… And these senators just want to memory-hole it all www.nytimes.com/2020/04/30/n...
This is damning... Luxon's response will be predictable: "We have more work to do." More of the same? Isnt that the definition of crazy? Doing the same thing and expecting different results? #OneTermGovernment www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Labour considered most capable of managing New Zealanders' top five concerns - survey
The Labour party is considered most capable of managing all of the top five concerns for New Zealanders - including the economy, the latest Ipsos Issues Monitor has revealed.
rnz.co.nz
#nzpol Hello Seymour, Peters, Luxon... following the USA is where your policies and ideology are taking our nation The tragic results when 'freedom' has been sold as freewheeling capitalism, deregulation, individualism...
The US public is fed up with RFK Jr. To really ‘make America healthy again’, it should look to Europe | Devi Sridhar
Americans are dying younger than Europeans, despite being the wealthiest people on the planet. Wellness fads won’t change that, says public health expert Devi Sridhar
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If this isnt corruption writ large, i dont know what is. Any safeguards we have in this country is weak like week old tea. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
National donor Bayleys pockets $2.5m for selling state houses
Kāinga Ora says Bayleys Real Estate won the lucrative contract in a competitive tender.
stuff.co.nz
How TPU Ltd's Auckland offshoot worked with right-wing Councillor from Howick to oppose Mayor's Budget. @haydendonnell.bsky.social
How an anti-rates lobby group tried to influence a breakaway council budget
Wayne Brown is accusing a group of councillors of secretly pushing the agenda of the Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance. They strongly deny the claim.
thespinoff.co.nz
We destroyed Irans military then had to go back to fighting the non existent military but had to stop because we were using too many expensive missiles attacking the not-military because we weren’t flying over the country with no military because their non military was still a threat to our planes.
Excellent historical context by Russell Palmer, at RNZ; www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
National, Labour unearth parental leave skeletons
National is accusing Labour of appealing to "old-fashioned gender norms", while Labour says National has a "serious trust problem".
rnz.co.nz
Benjamin Netanyahu gives specific orders to Marco Rubio and Pete Hegseth at Lindsey Graham's funeral
