I've elevated Winston Peters to, Lord Winston.
Go get 'em Winnie. For the record, these people turned on us all. They were clearly serving their paymasters, the criminal Labour government of New Zealand. Now they want to be seen as independent. Yeah...nah...no mercy.
And while we're at it, cut ALL government advertising to only the essentials across all media, not just state owned.
"Well, we'll see the speed at which TVNZ and RNZ - which are taxpayer owned - understand this new message. We'll see whether these people, both the media and journalists - are they independent? Well, isn't that fascinating, I haven't seen evidence of that in the last three years."
He then laughed, and said "you can't defend $55 million of bribery, cannot defend $55m of bribery. Get it very clear".
That last remark was a reference to the Public Interest Journalism Fund, a three-year $55m contestable fund for journalists initially set up to shore up public interest media during the Covid-19 pandemic, which was wound up in July.
This included funding for 219 jobs and 22 industry development projects. Political coverage was exempted from eligibility to benefit from it. The fund was administered by NZ On Air.
RNZ's charter requires the broadcaster to be independent, including providing "reliable, independent, and freely accessible news and information".
While the organisation is funded by the government, by law no ministers of the Crown or person acting on their behalf may give direction to RNZ relating to programming, newsgathering or presentation, or standards, and cannot have staff removed.
I've been wondering, when exactly did the United States become a sham of a free country?
Was it the rigged election in 2020, and the installation of a President with dementia? Joe Biden isn't running anything.
Was it the election of Barack Obama, the architect of literally nothing constructive?
Was it the seizing of power by George W Bush after the dead heat of his contest with Al Gore?
Nope, it appears obvious now that the coup was the assassination of John F Kennedy in 1963. From that point on everything has been a sham. The CIA, and what is often called the Deep State killed him.
Since the scamdemic in 2020, and the resulting controls, pharmaceutical interventions, censorship and quite frankly completely authoritarian measures - we can see them. They're above ground and we can see them.
So, Americans, now you know.
I feel a great darkness is being lifted. For the first time in many years I can actually see New Zealand having a future. Things have been so bad, for so long. Watching New Zealand circle the drain has been agonising. But, my initial reaction to this government: the little country has a chance. It could survive but it has to rid itself of WEF agendas and globalist tyranny. Don't let us down, we are playing for all the marbles here, this is not tiddlywinks. Saddle up, spurs on, this is going to be a long hard ride.
More later....still thinking.
Here are the full coalition agreements for the incoming National/ACT/NZ First government of New Zealand:
National and New Zealand First https://assets.nationbuilder.com/nationalparty/pages/18466/attachments/original/1700778597/NZFirst_Agreement_2.pdf?1700778597
National and ACT https://assets.nationbuilder.com/nationalparty/pages/18466/attachments/original/1700778592/National_ACT_Agreement.pdf?1700778592
There is a lot to unpack here and so I'm going to think about it before commenting. It does look positive though, it appears Winston Peters has delivered.
I've been a follower of Scunthorpe United since Ian Botham played for them in the 1970's. Eventually he had to choose between association football or cricket, and of course he chose cricket. But I stayed with Scunthorpe.
In recent years, they've fallen below the English Football League and are now in the sixth division, or National League North. For a few months it was looking like they may fold, but no, they've received a rescue led by Michelle Harness, a local businesswoman. Phew.
Let's hope they can rebuild and get back up into the EFL.
Is Argentina about to go under for good? The new president is either a genius or a complete fool, only time will tell which.
The NBA's Houston Rockets have won six straight games. They have turned their fortunes around with some clever player acquisitions. Notably, they've taken on players with championships to their name; Jeff Green and Fred VanVleet. This makes a difference, I believe, as the addition of heads that know how to win brings experience to their talented lineup. This could be the Rockets year.
For those who missed it or cannot find it online, here's the resignation letter of Suella Braverman to the UK Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak.
Time for a General Election, or a leadership contest?
It's a brilliant letter, very well written, although some pedants have said she doesn't know where to place an apostrophe (but then who does). If you cannot see the images clearly, right click the image and select 'open link in new tab', then click on the image in the new tab - it will increase size for you.
We see them now. The UK has a cabal running the country. Rishi Sunak is an appointed Prime Minister, rejected even by his own party. Now we see former PM, David Cameron making a comeback by being appointed Foreign Secretary and being placed in the House of Lords instantly. Yeah...the game is rigged.
Did Steve Ballmer make the worst investment in human history when he paid...wait for it...two billion dollars for the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers?
They've currently got; Paul George, Kawhi Leonard, Russell Westbrook and James Harden and they still cannot win games.
Shut the franchise down.
Two well known YouTube channels went head to head, driving their cars from John o' Groats to Lands End in the UK, to see who would get there first and which was cheaper.
The outcome is quite surprising - watch the embedded video to discover the result.
The new NBA in-season tournament is a good idea. They don't admit it, but I think this is an attempt to address an ongoing problem of regular season games becoming far less competitive than post season contests. Regular season games, especially those before Christmas have become shooting exhibitions. I've complained about this before, and found a weight of evidence to show that these games appear to have an element of at least tacit understandings allowing open looks.
We'll see how this pans out, but these games have money on the line and so the players are likely to go for it:
Winston Peters is kingmaker. New Zealand First can make either side the government. That's the conclusion of the finalised results just announced.
Now, watch the fur fly.
Here's a link with some analysis:
