Terry Bellamak

Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Climate breakdown is driven by a storm of lies. This lying is systemic, funded and coordinated, and operates across almost all media, old and new.
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
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"Questions to the IPCA at the time noted that it was understood the officer had been stood down pending an investigation into his alleged inappropriate behaviour with female officers."

NOTE: female officerS, plural

Yet the investigation has gone nowhere after THREE YEARS!!!

A screenshot of text in the article: Based on "feedback" from those who have arrived already in South Africa, Sooliman said Israel appears to be "removing people from Gaza ... and sending them on chartered planes" without stamping their passports. "Israel deliberately did not stamp the passports of these poor people to exacerbate their suffering in a foreign country," he added in a post on social media. Other humanitarian groups are also now offering to provide support for the Palestinian visitors, he added. Nigel Branken, a South African social worker who assisted those held on the plane, said the passengers from Gaza had told him of being ordered by Israeli authorities to leave all their belongings behind before boarding an unmarked plane at an Israeli air force base. "Very clearly all the marks of Israel involved in this operation to take people...to displace them," Branken told Al Jazeera.

Fuck Israel for everything they do. Absolutely cruel evil people they are

'They tried to scare us to death': Row at Auckland retirement village as management bans EVs Affected residents have called the ban 'silly' and 'unreasonable', taking it to mediation.

By all means bring in flammable liquid and a device to set fire to it but do not bring in a thing with batteries that has very few moving parts that might cause disaster.
Clap. Clap. Clap.

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Remember this is the guy who tugged on a young woman's pony tail at the cafe she was working at because 'he found it alluring', with his wife beside him. That's sexual assault

Fcuk off pervert

In today’s NZ Herald

tamatha paul is owed an apology by the media and most of her colleagues in parliament.

Controversial Regulatory Standards Bill passes third reading The bill got the backing of the coalition parties

Whoa boy ‘controversial’ doing a lot of heavy lifting there. ‘Almost universally unpopular and condemned by legal and constitutional experts’ was obviously too long for the headline.

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Can none of these millionaires sex criminals write in full sentences? Have you heard of paragraphs? Punctuation? No wonder ChatGPT sounds like a genius to these clowns.

#NZLabour needs to repeal this and anything else this awful 8% f@#ker has pushed through
#nzpol #workers #union

HE’S ON A MISSION FROM GOD

Charter School Agency signed sports school contract with non-existent trust The contract would see a secondary school with a focus on young athletes in Years 11-13 established in Trentham, near Wellington, next year.

Slow clap

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We are all experiencing severe funding cuts, seeing social services decimated, and seeing our communities hurting and hungry while this govt gives money to Michelin reviewers and tobacco companies and their donors pet projects. Those injustices are fueling a lot of anger and political energy.
#nzpol

"Most voters don’t need convincing the system is broken – they need inspiration that it can be fixed. The ideas dismissed as “undeliverable” are the very ones we most require."

Hope you're listening, Mr Hipkins. You need to work with the Greens, not against them.
#nzpol

Jeffrey Epstein claimed he gave Russians insight into Trump Newly released emails show the late convicted sex offender’s extensive network of foreign contacts, whom he corresponded with about Trump’s policy decisions.

In case you'd been wondering why Trump rolls over for Putin at every turn:

Have the billionaires gone too far yet?
Cause they are only getting to be this awful, cause we have let them.

There is under 3000 billionaires - and yet we are absurdly loyal to them while they steal from us.

We can stop letting them. Start by taxing them. Properly. Then move to regulating greed.

Sorry kids, greens fantasy politics don't add up

And today it's the turn of The Times to try and patronise us all.

Every single day the right wing establishment tries to close ranks.

And every day we are growing.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

this is hardly the most salient point in the article but they only withdrew the charges against Ms Z *this week*? fucking hell

The Trump Administration's lack of duty, responsibility, or leadership to address the climate crisis is an abomination and a disgrace.

California remains a stable and reliable partner in low-carbon, green growth.

Didn’t mark Mitchell promise to resign if he wasn’t good at his job. He is objectively terrible. Why hasn’t he resigned.

We get that here in Aotearoa too.
#nzpol

agreed. it's "the guy who makes you uncomfortable for reasons you won't articulate isn't the future. this guy who looks and talks like you is."

NYT opinion: OPINION BINYAMIN APPELBAUM Mamdani Isn’t the Future of the Democrats. This Guy Is The picture is of PA Gov Josh Shapiro

You have to understand what pieces like this from the NYT are and are not.

They are not an honest assessment of the state of politics today.

They are a negotiation tactic—an effort by a calcified, right-leaning legacy institution to steer the discourse in a direction more palatable to elites.

Cartoon. Title: “Just Around the Corner” Image shows a woman and child walking towards a street corner. The woman is saying, “I hear bells. Do you hear bells?” Around the corner, hidden from view, is Father Christmas holding a Christmas tree with bells on, waiting to hit them.

It’s that time of year when layoffs are announced, the cost of living crisis really bites, the govt continues to screw over Māori, the disabled, low-wage workers, the unemployed, AND the climate.
But hey, #Christmas is just around the corner…
My Stuff #cartoon today #NZpol

Gendered Corruption: How Gender Norms Underpin Experiences of Corruption in Asian and Pacific Countries There is a growing recognition that corruption not only exacerbates gender inequality, but that gender inequality undermines anticorruption efforts. As such, anticorruption policy actors are increasi...

Govt, Police - Academic research & evidence show a robust link between patriarchal systems, male-dominated networks & higher levels of corruption - Patriarchy fosters corruption by perpetuating power imbalances - creates environments where self-serving male networks operate with impunity
#nzpol

'Most deteriorated' - NZ plummets in global tobacco control ranking An anti-vaping group calls the ranking an "international disgrace".

From 2nd place to 53rd since election

“The main factors damaging New Zealand's standing are the repeal of the smokefree generation laws, the tax break benefiting tobacco giant Philip Morris and the movement of staff between POLITICS and the LOBBYING industry.”
#nzpol
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People Watching: 'Mega-strike' - Healthcare staff, educators and firefighters march in central Auckland on a Thursday

So as a police minister, what you are saying is that you (mark Mitchell) have been completely ineffective and the police don’t take your seriously and don’t keep you informed.
Looks like you failed in your job Mr Mitchell.
You have not hit one single KPI - why have you still got your job?

Dead on arrival.

The problem for women in NZ has always been cis men & the lack of consequences for them if they commit SA/DV/abuse - especially men in positions of power at work or in sports.Their prospects, potential, promotions, reputations, businesses come 1st - it’s said out loud, it’s not even a secret. #nzpol