Independent US presidential candidate, RFK Jr has announced Nicole Shanahan as his running mate. This is a good decision, she's educated and successful, and the right age-range and demographic.
In what must be seen as some kind of corporate takeover of NZ Rugby, sweeping changes have been proposed to the governance structure of the game in New Zealand.
Provincial unions, the heartland of the game will be sidelined and a new Council will rule the game as a supreme all-knowing and all-seeing entity, answerable to itself only, and dictating everything to the provinces.
Are you going to take this lying down provincial NZ?
Dame Patsy Reddy threatened to resign if the proposals weren't adopted. Who cares, she's a softly spoken nincompoop. Tell her to leave.
The obvious answer to what is going on in the game of Rugby in NZ; tell them to go heave, leave and set up your own governance structure. Leave NZ Rugby an orphan child, with no pathway to its representative teams, much like the Harlem Globetrotters, remember them?
I'm convinced that Washington DC and NATO have no idea of what, exactly, Russia is capable of. The people now in charge have no understanding of what an out of control Russian army is like. Keep poking the bear, and you'll find out.
About time, finally we have a UN Security Council vote calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. But the big question now must be, will Israel listen?
Has anyone else noticed the MSM are pushing Kamala Harris more these days? This has me thinking that Joe Biden will soon be replaced by Harris, and they'll go into the Presidential Election with her.
My thinking: the Democratic party would love to have the first female President of the United States. Not only that, the move may stop the migration of college educated women to the Republicans and independent candidates such as RFK Jr.
With Joe Biden obviously senile, he's turning a lot of voters off, and this move could also stem the outgoing tide leading into the 2024 House of Representatives elections.
Replacing Joe Biden would be the right move. I've read how the Dems are caught like a deer in the headlights, not knowing which way to go. This move makes them look modern and listening to their voter base. If this is to happen, they need to make it so within the next month.
The World is waking up to the news that Catherine Middleton, aka The Princess of Wales has received a cancer diagnosis and is undergoing chemotherapy. We all wish her a speedy recovery. Her full statement can be found at the following link:
Someone seems to have sat down France's President with the Napoleon complex, Emmanuel Macron and explained to him that NATO is not going to put boots on the ground in Ukraine. Word is that Ukraine is now at 30% of nominal strength and could implode any day. As I said before, watch for Zelensky and the Ukrainian cabal making a run for it. When this happens, Ukraine will fall in less than a week.
Below you will find Matt Taibbi being interviewed about US Government overreach in censoring speech, and the case involving social media companies currently before the US Supreme Court.
The justices have a balancing act to perform. On the one hand, private companies must have the right to trade profitably, legally, and to make decisions about the environment its staff and customers inhabit. In this case, what kind of social media experience users will enjoy. On the other hand, government must be able to call anyone up about anything that concerns them, and not be hamstrung by rules that may prevent them from governing effectively.
So, what happens if the government is effectively threatening, cajoling and coercing social media to behave, and what if the result of these actions are people cannot communicate with one another in a way that allows the free flow of information. Is there such a thing as acceptable, and unacceptable information?
Is the government always right, and does the government know what truth is, and does it decide what a fact is? Clearly, they are not always right and are not the single source of truth. But in a social media environment, some moderation is required as if you don't moderate to some extent, the place becomes a shouting match where bullies prevail and where the boorish fill up the place with distasteful behaviour.
Matt Taibbi proved that governments have backdoors into these social media companies; they ban people, remove content, censor free speech. As an example, right now my replies on YouTube are being scrubbed. Only certain opinions are countenanced. Quite frankly, I fail to see how that approach helps anyone, it certainly doesn't lead to greater understanding by those involved in a conversation.
I should point out the elephant sitting in the corner of the room. Clearly, there is an agenda here limiting free speech. Across the developed world, governments are at war with its own people. Some would argue this has been going on for a long time, but I would say that that has certainly been the case since 2020. So, when it comes to the US Supreme Court making a good decision in balancing private and government interests, I'm not holding my breath.
They're flaunting it in our faces once again; now former US President, Barack Obama has visited the British prime minister, Rishi Sunak and used the front door to No.10 Downing Street in London. No.10 is the official place of business for the prime minister of the United Kingdom.
Who is really in charge now appears obvious, Obama is running the show. Clearly, it cannot be the senile Joe Biden.
What did they talk about? The below article says he was at No.10 to talk about AI. Oh really, well I'm not buying it. More likely, they talked about what's in store next in their quest to destroy everything. That's not how they see it of course, but that's the end result of their actions thus far.
What is in store? War with Russia must be top of the agenda. Good luck with that one Britain, as you'd last a couple of months at best. Then the rigging of the upcoming General Election, the date yet to be announced. Sunak is a useful toady, do they really trust Keir Starmer?
Those would be the two items top of any agenda, not AI.
Then lastly, if Donald Trump by some miracle overcomes the obvious rigging that goes on, and if Keir Starmer also wins in the UK, we could face a global takedown; internet gone, power grid down or intermittent, the global supply chain disrupted. Sounds conspiratorial I know, but after the last four years, can you blame me?
I've been closely following statements by New Zealand cabinet ministers, about the plight of TV3's News operation and its planned shutdown by Warner Bros. Discovery. It's looking increasingly likely that this private company will be getting a taxpayer funded bailout. It makes my blood boil.
These were people who championed lockdowns and the jab. They're the lowest of the low.
This latest government hasn't been in office very long, so it's about time they learnt to read the room. TV3 are loathed by the majority of the people. Bail them out at your peril as if you do, your re-election chances will plummet. Use taxpayer funds to deliver long awaited improvements to the country's infrastructure instead.