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The new Government again deciding they know the right thing and damn any pesky evidence. Study on the effectiveness of school lunches show it works- including dropping truancy rates,. I am shocked that research backs up the opinions of people working on the sector and not David Seymours rhetoric ht...

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The new Government again deciding they know the right thing and damn any pesky evidence. Study on the effectiveness of school lunches show it works- including dropping truancy rates,. I am shocked that research backs up the opinions of people working on the sector and not David Seymours rhetoric ht...

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The new Government again deciding they know the right thing and damn any pesky evidence. Study on the effectiveness of school lunches show it works- including dropping truancy rates,. I am shocked that research backs up the opinions of people working on the sector and not David Seymours rhetoric ht...

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Yeah, and I'm not sold on it. I'm pleased that the 7s coach seems to be up for it, the introduction of the new blood against the Rebels provided a hungry attitude to the team when others might have started to rest on their laurels and happy to give the credit for the squad management to Laidlaw. Obv...

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Brumbies are getting there, Drua will be hard to beat at home for sure and a visit to Eden park is going to be tough... still early days yet.

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In my view, this current government hasn't formed an identity yet. It's probably due to having 3 parties in the mix, and having a number of Ministers who are inexperienced in their roles. When I look back at NZ governments of the past 20 years, one had a stronger sense of what was in store for the ...

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Seven paragraphs and not a single fact to be seen. Total conjecture. You see what you choose to see I guess. There's two sides to a debate after all. :P Fairy muff, but I'd have been much happier if the common wisdom premise had been challenged. If we look at the rental costs in NZ https://figure.n...

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Yep I just don’t fathom the mindset of people who could do that Just don't get it. Some things you can imagine, stealing to feed your starving children or whatever, but this... what is the point of bang, bang, bang, and a bunch of random bloody corpses? What does it achieve? Revenge you'd imagine. ...

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Winnie wrote: ↑Fri Mar 22, 2024 7:05 pm Yep
I just don’t fathom the mindset of people who could do that

Just don't get it. Some things you can imagine, stealing to feed your starving children or whatever, but this... what is the point of bang, bang, bang, and a bunch of random bloody corpses? What does it achieve?

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Going to be an interesting game this from a neutral’s perspective. I see the Crusaders have stuck with Havili and Auma as their preferred midfield. Opportunity to deliver there. Who is going to kick for the Blues? How far down the replacement to the replacement are the Crusaders going to go with the...

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In a report last year by Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand, New Zealanders learnt, for the first time, the extent of these staffing issues. The estimated shortfall was 1,700 doctors, a gap that is projected to increase to 3,400 by 2032. Many New Zealand doctors are choosing to move overseas to prac...

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The gazillions they spent on repeated Benghazi investigations of Hillary were at least politically effective. When even Fox has started to question the impeachment efforts of the current mob the writing is on the wall. Not that they will read it of course.

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Eye likes the look of Godfrey. Solid execution of the fundamentals.

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Curious the way Nikki is still getting votes. I’d guess these are effectively protest votes and unlike the primaries where her votes included an estimated one third who would still vote for Trump the majority of these won’t.

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Some strange goings on with the classified docs case. Trump’s judge raising a few eyebrows. Weird and wonderful thing, law.

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Ted. wrote: ↑Sun Mar 17, 2024 11:29 amColo-768x761.jpg[/img]

I'll add to that -

Preached redemption and forgiveness. Not, you went to a fancy dress party when you were 18 in a Hitler outfit which got posted on Facebook so now you are a pariah for the rest of your social and professional life.

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Iose is a strange one. Doesn’t look that big, awkward gait that doesn’t look that fast (but is), seems to run far too upright into contact, yet is really effective.

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Wonder if they'll start Higgins again. He's tracking well but might be worth giving PUG a proper run. Still prefer Proctor at 13 for now. He's CC and I think doing a good job organising the defensive line.

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... The Rebels may well be looking forward to a road trip to see the thriving metropolis of Palmerston North, regarded by some as the jewel of the North Island, if that jewel was a Cubic Zirconia. Inlaid in a bed of iron pyrite. All that glitters is not gold. Like to see the Canes being more clinic...

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TheFrog wrote: ↑Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:18 pm
puku wrote: ↑Fri Mar 15, 2024 10:50 pm Mike Pence choses to not endorse Trump, and seems to be stepping away from politics. The base wouldn't give two shits, but Pence's decision may influence the Nikki Haley-type voter.
And soon, we'll see Lindsay Graham coming back licking Trump's boots and crawling on the floor.

He already is.

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He certainly can impose them https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_tariffs But all this is about getting re-elected and avoiding jail. He’s worked out that he can say whatever he wants and the dumb fvcks will still vote for him I am genuinely convinced he will try to extend his period as President ...

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What do you make of Trump promises to impose tariffs on imports (I think he said 60% from China, 10% from the rest of the world). Is this just election talks or is he serious about it? Will his administration keep him in check or comply? Can America live without an export market if a tariffs war en...

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. It seems we're moving away from what's best for NZ and more into American style politics where it's us and them. I think we’re already there…….. We've always been there to a greater or lesser degree. That was always the issue with the first past the post. Yet that was when the two major parties a...

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What do you make of Trump promises to impose tariffs on imports (I think he said 60% from China, 10% from the rest of the world). Is this just election talks or is he serious about it? Will his administration keep him in check or comply? Can America live without an export market if a tariffs war en...

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I thought Love and Roigard were the pick of the Canes Backs, with Procter not far behind. Moorby looked dangerous but was well marked. Don't know if either team played to a game plan tonight. Love seems to have settled this year. No longer looking for the miracle play. He's a serious talent. Moorby...

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Canes need to be more lethal in the opposition 22.

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As much as the H2H this game will be about structure and discipline. Isaia needs to watch himself. A couple of lazy penalties last week.

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November2019 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2024 11:39 pm Chuck Schumer must be feeling some heat to be calling for Netenyahu to quit.

That’ll just be politics. Biden’s in a fair old bind here. Schumer can play good cop/bad cop.

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To be fair it's a world wide property issue, not just a NZ centric one. I think both Nats and Labour know CGT is a soundbite only with little to no effectiveness. As with other systemic issues, I don't know that there is an answer. Not one we could easily put into practice anyway. Health, education...

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I note too one of the areas with what they are terming negative stock is one of the areas of highest immigration, Canterbury. Auckland has the highest immigration of all though, yet up 11% Just checked this out. It seems Auckland is in a hump of new build completions while consents have gone down. ...

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I note too one of the areas with what they are terming negative stock is one of the areas of highest immigration, Canterbury.

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It would be good to know because I really hope this isn’t driven by financial difficulties. A lot of people have been caught out by the mortgage rates increases coupled with adventurous purchasing due to lax loan guidelines.

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I still expect falling interest rates to have more impact on rental prices, especially if renters switch to being owners and demand falls. I don't get this. Surely it's the "same" house - i.e. they are still in a house whether owned or rented, and it is the still the same supply/demand pressure. In...

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JB1981 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 13, 2024 4:44 am Barrett isn’t just out for this match, he is out for six weeks.

Tough times.

That's rough.

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JPNZ wrote: ↑Tue Mar 12, 2024 10:50 pm Forecast to be very cold and wet in Christchurch for the game. I've just been given tickets to a corp suite so all is not lost. The first Crusaders game I'll be able to watch this year.

You can look gloatingly across at me shivering in the south stand.

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The Canes have a reasonably balanced squad but they've ridden their luck a bit to date. The Crusaders should be better for a week to reorganise a bit at home. It's far from a done deal.

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Finally a chance to end the tyranny of the evil empire. The Crusaders have their backs to the wall (for fear of being manshamed), blood will flow (given just how lax the refs have been with head clashes over the initial rounds), we shall drive them before us (hopefully, scrum time), we shall hear th...

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openclashXX wrote: ↑Tue Mar 12, 2024 8:48 am Watched 20 Days in Mariupol. Terrific - heavy, but necessary viewing.

Available on 4 on Demand, for UK viewers.

Thanks, didn't know it was a thing. I'll keep an eye out for it.

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"Yearly GDP is going to be negative" says expert.

This is not the kind of headline I expected nor want from the 3-headed hydra

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I’m not sure that’s quite right though. I believe the genderfluid got mixed up with the non-binary mechanism. There’s always been problems with the transgender and as for the cisgender! Better to scrap the DEI and stick to agender.

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