"Soon I shall fall through the stars"
Christchurch, New Zealand
Joined October 2010
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NZ Govt was advised that more contracting out of surgery risks “loss of specialist surgeons, anaesthetists & medical imaging technicians to private hospitals. Technicians already lost "as private sector dramatically enhanced salaries to attract staff": rnz.co.nz/news/national/5609…
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In 2024, America swung to the right, powering Donald Trump back to the White House with the popular vote behind him and his Republican Party winning majorities in both the House and the Senate.
Just two years later, the country appears to be shifting in the opposite direction. nbcnews.com/politics/2026-el…
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Clerk of the House David Wilson reveals that half of all the submissions received by Parliament in the last 30 years were received in this term of Parliament.
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NEW: Russia is actively supporting Houthi operations to disrupt global energy markets by providing the Houthis with satellite imagery of Saudi oil and military infrastructure. Russian satellites have routinely been positioned above major Saudi energy and military sites in the days prior to and after Houthi attacks on those sites since July 2026. (1/2)
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Because of the war, a 77-year-old Ukrainian grandmother was trying to escape her home and started walking alone down a road.
Fortunately, she was spotted by a drone, and because her escape route was under fire, they sent a UGV (unmanned ground vehicle) for her to sit in.
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BREAKING: The Pentagon is preparing for a major war that could CRIPPLE America’s power grid, collapse supply chains, and disrupt critical infrastructure on U.S. soil, developing plans to keep military bases operational for 90 DAYS without outside assistance. The initiative, called FORTRESS, includes backup power, fuel reserves, and preparations to convert civilian factories into wartime production facilities.
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Discover our North Yorkshire Viking Gemstone Ring.
A museum-quality reproduction cast directly from the original find, individually hand cast in the UK and finished by hand.
Was in Port.Friend had just come back from where we expected an event to be. It wasn't, moved for the night.Just as he said "It's at....." there was crack of thunder and a flash of lightning.Drama aside it was good in the end.
⚡️⚡️Some decent downpours and thunderstorms coming in to #Christchurch and Banks Peninsula right now: View via our lightning tracker: weatherwatch.co.nz/maps-rada…
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Another general gone. No reason given. No replacement named.
Hegseth just fired the Pentagon's chief war planner… while the White House weighs more strikes on Iran.
Think about that. The man who plans the war is OUT. The men who want the war are IN.
That's not strength. That's a blindfold. And…buckle up.
To which I can only say a mature, considered "ha! ha!"
BREAKING: Netanyahu’s far-right coalition is projected to LOSE its parliamentary majority in Israel’s election, with 53 seats for his bloc, 48 for Gadi Eisenkot’s opposition, and a historic 19 for Arab parties. Neither major bloc has the 61 seats needed to govern. After years of war in Gaza, Lebanon, and Iran, Arab voters have emerged as a potentially decisive force in determining Israel’s next government.
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The head of Africa CDC has warned that the unprecedented Ebola outbreak could reach the UK. Comparing the threat to Covid, he said: "We want all countries to know that they are not safe."
theguardian.com/global-devel…
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Zuckerberg already admitted it wrongly suspended the No Kings Instagram account during the peak of a massive voter-mobilization effort.
Now, seven days before the midterms, Zuckerberg has suspended the account Angie Nixon’s Senate campaign uses to organize Latino voters.
At what point do repeated “mistakes” that suppress organizing by Democrats become an election-integrity crisis?
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🚨🚨NEWWWWW --- @FBI agents are privately sharing a grave concern in recent days: that they'll be ordered to seize voting machines or take other legally questionable steps to disrupt the mid-term elections.
@KDilanianMSNOW & me
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New data out today shows Wellington City's estimated population is now lower than it was in 2017. It looks like Hamilton City could overtake it as New Zealand's third-largest territorial authority within the next 5-10 years.
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I believe that Texas voting machines are rigged. I went with 2 others and all 3 of us had this problem, on separate machines. When we press the button for James Talarico, Ken Paxton lit up. We had to change our votes back several times before a vote for him would stick
In Austin
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I now have two sources close to Susie Wiles who claim that Trump is preparing a vast misinformation campaign for November 4th, built around conspiracy theories alleging widespread election fraud.
The plan? Declare victory regardless of the results, accuse Democratic officials of manufacturing ballots overnight, claim voting machines were secretly manipulated, and demand that Republican candidates refuse to concede.
In this scenario, the goal isn’t to prove fraud. It’s to convince millions of Americans that any election Republicans lose must have been stolen.
And yours are? "Yes Winston, Yes, David"?
Labour and the Greens need to front up and be clear on their coalition plans.
Questions remain unanswered almost 24 hours since Labour and the Greens were challenged to tell Kiwis what their coalition agreement would involve.
Both Chloe Swarbrick and Chris Hipkins have been silent about which Green Party policies would be non-negotiable and what concessions Labour would be prepared to make.
Chris Hipkins has promised to form New Zealand’s first-ever four-party coalition government with the Greens, Te Pati Māori and Opportunity by Christmas.
The Greens are set to be around half Labour’s size and are campaigning on $49 billion of new spending, with nine new taxes to pay for it. Greens co-leader Marama Davidson told Ryan Bridge today that the Greens will have a ‘heck of a mandate’ and ‘no politician will be able to ignore that’. That’s a clear warning to Labour that the Greens will demand serious concessions.
New Zealanders deserve to know what policies would be on the negotiating table to get that agreement by Christmas, what a deal with the Greens would cost, and which new taxes will be introduced to pay for it.
National is specifically seeking answers on behalf of Kiwis on what percentage of the Greens’ new spending it will adopt.
What percentage of that will Chris Hipkins sign up to in a coalition deal? Is it 20 per cent, which would cost around $10 billion, or more?
What is Chloe Swarbrick’s bottom line – how much of that $49 billion will the Greens demand before they sign?
And how will it be paid for? How much more borrowing and which of the Greens’ nine new taxes will Kiwis be hit with?
In the past, Labour and the Greens have agreed to an accord on finance policy. This time, there is no such accord. That, together with the fact that the Greens are larger than ever, means that the Greens have enormous leverage.
There is a clear impasse, with the Greens insisting on record borrowing and tax, and Labour claiming that won’t happen. Can we really believe Labour, which has increased borrowing and tax at every opportunity?
This election is tight, and with Kiwis now voting, the choice couldn’t be clearer.
Stick with National’s plan for a more secure future, or risk it all by going back to a Labour-led coalition with Chloe Swarbrick as Finance Minister with nine new taxes on the table.