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  • Instead of ‘Aut Zuck Aut Nihil’

    … his t-shirt should’ve accurately said ‘Zuck miserabilis est adulator’ https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/27/politics/big-tech-ceos-donald-trump-election/index.html What ever, tough guy…

  • Business leaders are done with David Seymours racist bullshit

    The reason for Seymour’s rating came through loud and clear in some savage commentary. “This divisive approach needs to end,” said one respondent, who believed he was “losing support from many of those who may have voted for him in his electorate”. A legal firm leader said “I worry they are not focusing on the biggest issues…

  • Why Tech Won’t Save Us

  • Tis the Onion: Peter Thiel Rushes To Restart Glitching J.D. Vance During Commercial Break

    Cursing under his breath at yet another round of inapt debate answers from the vice presidential candidate, venture capitalist Peter Thiel reportedly rushed onstage Tuesday to restart a glitching J.D. Vance during a commercial break. “Seriously? For what I paid for this thing, it should work flawlessly,” https://theonion.com/peter-thiel-rushes-to-restart-glitching-j-d-vance-during-commercial-break/

  • Peter Thiel sucks at politics… JD Vance fave update

    In which the error bands now separate.

  • Dear PM…

    Your confirmation that the National Party will not support the Treaty Principles Bill beyond the select committee stage provides no comfort that the divisive and misinformed nature of the conversation will stop. Māori will bear the brunt of that misinformation now and for generations to come. The repeated reliance on the coalition agreement with the…

  • Seymour is digging his own political grave

    While there is discontent with the current political system, many New Zealanders are wary of the extreme positions Act is pushing. The rise of global indigenous rights movements, alongside a growing understanding of New Zealand’s colonial past, means the public is more aware of the nuances of te Tiriti than Act might have expected. By…

  • Has Communism Happened Yet?

    Arguing that communism hasn’t failed because those who claimed to be communist does smack a little of neoliberals and other ideologues screaming that their system has never really been implemented, so their ideas are still fine, but Marx was clear about the process of how Communism would occur and it didn’t include revolutions in agricultural…

  • Treaty Principles Bill: Officials advise government against redefining principles

    The Ministry of Justice has warned the proposed Treaty Principles Bill isn’t “grounded in the Treaty” and relies on a “novel reading” of the founding document that isn’t supported by the “available evidence”. Advice provided to Cabinet on the proposed Treaty Principles Bill recommends the coalition continue the status quo – rather than redefining the principles. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/527682/treaty-principles-bill-officials-advise-government-against-redefining-principles…

  • ‘Erasure agenda’ – global indigenous leaders slam NZ government’s treatment of Māori

    The bill, alongside proposals to review the Waitangi Tribunal, have been described as “a profound violation” and akin to past colonial attempts to undermine Indigenous treaties in countries such as the United States and Canada, Indigenous Environmental Network executive director Tom BK Goldtooth said. https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2024/09/10/erasure-agenda-global-indigenous-leaders-slam-nz-governments-treatment-of-maori/