Showing posts with label Election 2020. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Election 2020. Show all posts
August 26, 2022
November 08, 2020
Joe Biden 46th President
A couple of points come to mind with the apparent election of Joe Biden as President of the US. The first is, remember 2016 and the electoral outcome in favour of Donald Trump, it was all about how Russian interference helped him get over the line. Now in 2020, the same group of people are saying election interference is simply not possible. Huh?
Then COVID-19, what's the bet with Joe Biden in office early next year, within a few weeks the US announces the pandemic is over. Daily reporting of cases will end, everything back to normal with travel worldwide starting again. Yeah, I think the chances of this happening are very good, what you think?
I predict a major war will be started by the US within 6 months of Biden being sworn in. I expect all those cheering his election will be fully behind this war and if old enough, volunteer to fight in it. That last sentence, yeah I know that won't happen, those cheering will hide in their universities and send the poor and uneducated to do the fighting.
And what of Kamala Harris? She's a lot like NZ's Judith Collins, well educated lawyer, worked at the highest levels, a safe pair of hands and tough on crime.
November 06, 2020
Failure of the Polls
The outcome of the US Election hangs in the balance, Joe Biden has the inside track and may win, while Donald Trump still clings on and he could come through to win. However, in all of this confusion one thing does stand out and that is the failure of the American polling companies to make any prediction. The conclusion must be that the pollsters are now trying to influence outcomes rather than reflect or report which way the wind is blowing. Henceforth, we should never trust these poll results, they're clearly worthless.
September 23, 2020
Judith Collins Wins Debate
The odds were against her; TVNZ had stacked the deck by having current public opinion polling released an hour before the leaders debate itself, but Judith Collins pulled off a stunning victory. She did all the right things, said the right things, and looked like a prime minister in waiting. Meanwhile, her opponent Jacinda Ardern looked as if she wanted to be somewhere else. Maybe her mind was somewhere else, we'll never know. She was average, lacklustre and considering this is 2020 and global economic shambles time, we expect more of our leaders.
Currently National are trailing in the polls, but I don't trust them, they've got to be rigged. National are doing fine and I'm picking a change of government will be the result on election day. Remember, I called it the other way back in 2017.
July 28, 2020
Coronavirus, Elections and Lack of Patriotism
Right now, New Zealand is in the middle of an election campaign. The result will decide the government for the next three years. The NZ Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern is the front runner, but hot on her heels is the National Party leader, Judith Collins.
Ardern is playing a shrewd game and I think quite dishonestly so. That's because she's using the current Coronavirus panic as a mechanism to bolster support for her regime. It is quite easy to do, here's Hermann Goering on the subject:
"Of course the people don't want war. But after all, it's the leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it's always a simple matter to drag the people along whether it's a democracy, a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism, and exposing the country to greater danger."
-- Herman Goering at the Nuremberg trials
Ardern is using the Coronavirus, COVID19 as a means to convince the population they're being attacked, not by foreign armies but by the virus itself. Any opposition is considered unpatriotic and thus exposing the country to even more danger. This is duplicitous to say the least but this is the standard of discourse these days.
Will people wake up? Eventually they will, but it may be too late by then. The country will have slipped into bankruptcy and possibly no longer exist in any real sense, it will have to fold and become a State of Australia, a status it technically holds but has never activated.
Ardern is playing a shrewd game and I think quite dishonestly so. That's because she's using the current Coronavirus panic as a mechanism to bolster support for her regime. It is quite easy to do, here's Hermann Goering on the subject:
"Of course the people don't want war. But after all, it's the leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it's always a simple matter to drag the people along whether it's a democracy, a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism, and exposing the country to greater danger."
-- Herman Goering at the Nuremberg trials
Ardern is using the Coronavirus, COVID19 as a means to convince the population they're being attacked, not by foreign armies but by the virus itself. Any opposition is considered unpatriotic and thus exposing the country to even more danger. This is duplicitous to say the least but this is the standard of discourse these days.
Will people wake up? Eventually they will, but it may be too late by then. The country will have slipped into bankruptcy and possibly no longer exist in any real sense, it will have to fold and become a State of Australia, a status it technically holds but has never activated.
November 26, 2019
West Coast - Word of Advice
The West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand is under constant attack from lawmakers and environmentalists. They want to lock the coast up as some sort of living museum.
Okay, that said, my advice is for the West Coast to grow up and stop voting for EITHER Labour or National. That's right, neither offers any hope for their future. Labour was born on the coast but they've long since moved to Auckland and the all-important South Auckland party vote. National for its part curries favour with the rest of Auckland and farmers in general.
The problem for the West Coast arises out of MMP and the need for blocs of party votes. Only about 35,000 people of any age live on the coast, not enough party votes to matter. What they need to do is vote for an independent in the electorate, or a representative of a minor party. Thus, they could find themselves in the role of kingmaker. With the main parties, there is no way their voice will ever be heard. At election time they're pandered to, but when in office both Labour and National do nothing for the coast.
Okay, that said, my advice is for the West Coast to grow up and stop voting for EITHER Labour or National. That's right, neither offers any hope for their future. Labour was born on the coast but they've long since moved to Auckland and the all-important South Auckland party vote. National for its part curries favour with the rest of Auckland and farmers in general.
The problem for the West Coast arises out of MMP and the need for blocs of party votes. Only about 35,000 people of any age live on the coast, not enough party votes to matter. What they need to do is vote for an independent in the electorate, or a representative of a minor party. Thus, they could find themselves in the role of kingmaker. With the main parties, there is no way their voice will ever be heard. At election time they're pandered to, but when in office both Labour and National do nothing for the coast.