Progress Made on Release of THOSE Files

Gradually, inexorably, the truth is being revealed. Just release the files already!

Disillusionment

This is quite touching, all sides of the political spectrum in the US are coming to the realisation that everything is a lie - everything.

Become a Welder

Worldwide there is a critical shortage of welders. When I talk to a young person about job prospects, I always say, learn how to weld. The courses are not expensive and everyone wants a welder.

https://weldingonlineacademy.com/the-state-of-welding/

• Most welders are nearing retirement
• Schools direct people away from trades so you have less competition for jobs
• The pay is better, and no large student loans
• Advanced welding is complicated, leading to further expertise in areas of automation, basically putting you at the top of the hiring tree
• Welders are better looking
• You are everybody's friend

Weird Ideas from Billionaires

Peter Thiel is one very strange Dude. He bought New Zealand citizenship at one point, what was that all about? He's been reported as in Argentina, they're welcome to him, stay there Mr Thiel and while you're at it, take Elon Musk with you. But the strangest thing of all is his vision for the future. He and a few of his billionaire mates see a future that is a techno feudal state. I laugh when I hear about this stuff as these people seem to think they'll prosper from such a thing. Err...no, they'd be disposable. What do these Peter Thiel types actually do? They're not useful, so all those who are useful would simply dispose of them.

AIPAC Defeat in Colorado

Following major upsets in Democratic Party primaries in New York, Colorado has voted to unseat Diana Degette, the long time representative for Colorado's 1st Congressional District. It is a safe Democratic hold, so the new anti-AIPAC candidate, Melat Kiros, will be the new congressperson in the House of Representatives in Washington DC. 

It seems the Democratic Party is undergoing transformation, removing AIPAC-backed candidates. This is a grassroots level movement, not something imposed from the top down. It will be interesting to see how the party responds, as the Israeli lobby pretty much owns the Democratic Party for now.

Big Pharma Suppressed Warning Signals

Amazing how many still think the jab was somehow a good thing. For truth head over to my useful links page for resources which explain the extent of the horror unleashed.

War on the Ground Against Iran

The US may go to war against Iran on the ground. This is next level stupidity, but the US appears upset that it lost the war.

Claim and Counterclaim

Who to believe? The US and its tame media says that it has delivered a stunning blow to Iran. Meanwhile, Iran says it has caused serious damage to US interests in the Persian Gulf. The below report seems to substantiate the latter; US bases in the Persian Gulf have been severely impacted.

America Is Tired and Getting Angry

Imagine needing a subscription to possess the keys to your house. How about your car thinks you're too tired and won't let you drive. Cashless society, say hurty words online, card payments disabled. Not long to go now, the surveillance state will kick things off for real.

Idiocracy Was Documentary

When I first saw the movie, Idiocracy, I knew it was accurate. 

King Charles Breaks with Constitution

On the quiet, while no-one was watching, King Charles has stopped describing himself as Head of the Church of England and Defender of the Faith. Now he describes himself as protecting the space for faith within the multifaith nation. He spouts complete drivel in other words. 

The below video explains what has happened. I'm finding it hard to obtain a video explaining this succinctly. Most commentators blather on about irrelevancies, even this one, but at least it does get around to spitting it out.

Les Mills - Legend

New Zealand fitness industry heavyweight, Les Mills, has died at the age of 91. Les Mills founded Les Mills World of Fitness. Their fitness programs are sold by thousands of gyms worldwide. In the US alone there are about 4,000 gyms selling a Les Mills program. If you've seen BODYPUMP, BODYPUMP HEAVY, or BODYATTACK then these are Les Mills intellectual property. I often joke that we'll soon see PUMPIDYPUMPPUMP as a brand. Maybe BOOTYPUMP. There is no limit to the number of PUMPS possible.

Les Mills was a New Zealand Commonwealth Games field athlete who won a gold medal in the discus. He also won a silver medal in the shot put. Later, he coached Beatrice Faumuina to a world championship in the discus. 

Apart from sport and fitness, Mills was mayor of Auckland for eight years. He was big man, big in character and stature. His son built the business he founded into an international success story, but back in NZ he had little understanding of how big his name was. When visiting Texas, he was surprised at people's reaction upon meeting him, they were surprised Les Mills was a real person, not some French company!

I sometimes use Les Mills as an example of NZ's soft power. 

https://www.rnz.co.nz/life/people/celebrity/gym-chain-founder-and-olympian-les-mills-snr-has-died

Why Is Keir Starmer So Hated?

Interesting discussion this; examining exactly why the outgoing British PM, Keir Starmer, is so hated. Who thought promoting him into the highest office in the land was a good idea? Consider, when the question was put to him, Davos or London, he chose Davos.

That Trillionaire Elon Musk

Is Elon Musk a trillionaire? No, he isn't. The trillion dollar value people put on him is derived from his stock holdings, multiplied by the current value of those shares. A company may have a large market cap, but not be making a profit. Oh wait, that's SpaceX. 

Elon Musk cannot simply sell his shares and bank a trillion. In theory he can, but in reality if he put his shares on the market, the market as a whole would tank and he'd end up getting cents on the dollar. 

There are different ways of looking at this, I realise that, and there is no doubt Elon Musk deserves to be a billionaire off the back of Starlink alone. But beyond that, Musk's ventures are foolish, mostly flimflam. Look at the list; Tesla is the worst car ever made, SpaceX rockets blow up often, the boring company wasn't any kind of new idea, that hyper loop was stupid. Paypal leaves me wondering why people use that platform, I checked it out once and found that you basically give your money to them and they decide whether you can access it - not like a bank which rarely behaves like that. Twitter has always been a US government operation, governments have backdoors through which they monitor people. 

I look at Elon Musk as performance art. PT Barnum was the greatest and remains so.

One Million Reached - Thank You

The number of readers of my blog has reached more than one million over the past four years. And most of those readers have been visitors over the last two years. Readers come from all over the place, notably, Singapore, Brazil, USA, Hong Kong, France, Vietnam and Mexico. 

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Crash 2026?

We are due for a correction and there are a lot of overvalued stocks. AI is a bust, face it, it is often wrong. SpaceX doesn't make a profit, and may never make a profit but it is meant to be highly desirable. We've seen this before: the 1987 stock market crash and then the industrial property crash of the early 90's, the dotcom crash of the late 90's and early 2000's, then the GFC 2008, and now, 2026.

My issue is with the thinking that some companies are too big to fail. Constantly rescuing failed enterprises is a fool's errand. After 2008, all that happened was governments bailed out the chosen few and doubled down. We are living in a bubble. 

Elon Musk isn't a genius: according to some, he's an illegal migrant who should be deported to South Africa. His predictions turn out to be nonsense, and he's never invented anything. Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates are university dropouts we are expected to listen to. How did these individuals get to be super rich? My explanation is they're all the beneficiaries of taxpayer largesse, one way or the other. 

What I am describing is a situation where we're living on a leaky boat, and the people expected to keep us afloat are only interested in making the holes in the boat larger so it can sink faster. The politicians are owned by these same people, so they'll ignore the leaky boat. When the boat looks to be sinking and going under, they'll blame us. 

Funny - Royal Mail

I wonder if the UK's Royal Mail knows where New Zealand is? Today, I received an expo guide from the Quarrying Institute in Britain, promoting Hillhead 2026, a working quarry show held in Derbyshire every two years. I am a regular attendant, but did not plan on going this year. I received the guide after the show was held, 23-25 June 2026. The envelope was sellotaped together, it had broken in transit.

Normally I would receive such mail well in advance of the event. So I looked at the post mark - Sweden. The origin point was Nottingham, England; so I'm assuming this letter went from England to Sweden first. The mail system saw New Zealand, and thought, oh, Sweden (there is a Zealand in Denmark and the Netherlands, don't know about Sweden). It arrived there, and the Swedes nicely repaired the package and sent it on to the correct destination, New Zealand, on the other side of the world. 

Sweden can find New Zealand, but not the Royal Mail. Imagine the type of people they hire in mail sorting in England!

Prof Keen Explains Inflation

This is a good explanation of what is coming, and how those in charge lack the intellect to deal with it.

This is my way of explaining what he's describing: I want to cut down a tree in my backyard, but my axe handle is broken. I can choose to use the axe with the broken handle, and take a long time, or I can buy a new handle. The new handle costs $20 now, when it used to cost $10. Adjusting interest rates won't make the handle cheaper as energy is used to make all axe handles, and so no matter what I do, I am faced with paying more or going without and taking a long time to cut down that tree. Because all economic output consumes energy, if you restrict the flow of energy, prices rise and consumer behaviour has nothing to do with it.

Some will point out that we have had no shortages of fuel, the stock has always been there when needed. That is correct, but why the price of energy rose is due to the reserves being depleted. When Trump surrendered he appears to have done so after being told that the world had about 90 days of oil reserves left. The world had been running by topping up using reserves. Thus, we saw no empty tanks at gas stations, but in the background the feedstock was running low. 

Now we are faced with trying to rebuild refining capacity in the Gulf, and trying to get shipping back to normal. This may take a year or two. In the wake of that, we may be about to experience a major collapse, along with the AI bubble and all the other bubbles.

40% of Kids Cannot Read

It isn't just the US, this is a problem throughout the English speaking world. AI will make it worse. The children are not reading.

Nigel Farage Takes Victory Lap

Nigel Farage has been the most influential political figure of the twenty-first century in Britain. He was responsible for getting the UK out of the EU, and now he's effectively caused the end of the Labour prime minister. Labour has panicked and parachuted in the mayor of Greater Manchester. Such an undemocratic move just to avoid extinction.

The media are now relentlessly attacking Farage. Those swamp creatures are shameless, but when Reform UK do become part of a government they'd better look out, Farage doesn't strike me as a forgiving type. They've all got it coming.

The below interview is one of the few I could find that let Farage simply speak for himself.