The media failures are starting in New Zealand and about time. These mainstream grifters have been lording it over everyone, about time that lot found a real job.
Today FM is the first to announce its closure and there will be more to follow.
The message to all people is this; if the media were promoting the jab, if they supported this criminal government, don't listen to them, and tell their advertisers what you think and that you won't be buying their products.
A bit of a stir Downunder with the visit of Kellie-Jay Keen, the noted British women's rights activist. Currently in Australia, will she be allowed into New Zealand? Does NZ still have free speech?
Three banks have gone bust in the last few days; the collapses started with Silvergate, followed by Silicon Valley Bank which became the USA's second largest bank failure in history, and now on Sunday, New York based Signature bank has had regulators take control.
Clearly this is serious and yet more banks will fail. I predicted this would happen. Back with GFC 1.0 there was little financial rigour put in place, goalposts were moved and institutions were rescued. The term 'too big to fail' became a thing. I complained loudly, saying where were my bargains? Governments propped up failure. That never leads anywhere and only causes more harm. And here we are.
Word is that SVB spent more time on trendy causes than actually paying attention to risk management. I can believe it. The other rumour is that Prince Harry and his wife have a lot of money deposited with SVB. We'll see, but don't be surprised if you see the pair suddenly head back to England and for King Charles to bail his son out. If this does happen, watch the reaction from the British subjects, the Coronation could end up being booed.
As the saying goes, we live in interesting times.
Here's a very intelligent essay examining how we got to where we are now in the Ukraine.
https://labourheartlands.com/jacques-baud-the-military-situation-in-the-ukraine-update/
Let’s try to examine the roots of the conflict. It starts with those who for the last eight years have been talking about “separatists” or “independentists” from Donbass. This is not true. The referendums conducted by the two self-proclaimed Republics of Donetsk and Lugansk in May 2014, were not referendums of “independence” (независимость), as some unscrupulous journalists have claimed, but referendums of “self-determination” or “autonomy” (самостоятельность). The qualifier “pro-Russian” suggests that Russia was a party to the conflict, which was not the case, and the term “Russian speakers” would have been more honest. Moreover, these referendums were conducted against the advice of Vladimir Putin.
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Many Western commentators were surprised that the Russians continued to seek a negotiated solution while conducting military operations. The explanation lies in the Russian strategic outlook since the Soviet era. For the West, war begins when politics ends. However, the Russian approach follows a Clausewitzian inspiration: war is the continuity of politics and one can move fluidly from one to the other, even during combat. This allows one to create pressure on the adversary and push him to negotiate.
Here we go, Lake Taupo had an earthquake and small tsunami, and aftershocks continue. It's actually a volcano and knowing New Zealand's luck at the moment, it could be about to blow:
I saw the start of this process and so I'm not surprised to read about it. While a very picturesque State and the eastern regions are very 'real', the western regions have become unbearably 'woke' and the place has now descended to hellhole status:
By the end of this month, there will be no more Walmart stores in Portland. More than 641,000 people live within the city limits of Portland, and so you would think that there should be a lot of money to be made there. But Walmart has decided to wave the white flag. Portland has been transformed into a complete and utter hellhole, and apparently Walmart executives have determined that things are not going to turn around any time soon.
It's a year since the Labour government crushed peaceful dissent. A new report finds the media were heavily biased, becoming shills for tyranny:
Key findings are:
