James R

James R

@jecryan.bsky.social

Living large and happy in the Bay of Plenty NZ - found myself to be more left wing as I get older - firm believer in the need for action on climate change, poverty, and equity for women, LGBTIQA+ and Māori all those things empower the world to be better.

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James R
@jecryan.bsky.social

And so begins the next phase in the Kakistocracy that America has decided to turn into.

CNN@cnn.com

President Donald Trump imposed new tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China — signing them at his Mar-a-Lago club on Saturday. It's a reversal of virtually duty-free trade between the three nations that's existed for several years. cnn.it/4hXLtR1

James R
@jecryan.bsky.social

Love days like today - a walk through the bush with the family lunch at a seaside cafe and then a dip in the nice warm ocean. The best part I cannot remember that last time I heard the orange man’s voice.

James R
@jecryan.bsky.social

I have a lot of feelings about what David Seymour said in his "State of the Nation" speech today but they all boil down to one simple statement. David Seymour can go and F*CK himself with a canoe - sideways.

James R
@jecryan.bsky.social

Would the new Minister for the South Island have anything to do with the ferry debacle? I mean post Kaikoura and Christchurch earthquakes which hit large parts of the island just got a Minister for recovery of those areas - so what’s changed other their ham fisted handling of the ferry issue?

James R
@jecryan.bsky.social

What an absolute DB bag - it hasn't crossed his enfeebled brain that we can have both? Regulations to protect people from earthquakes AND funding for cancer drugs that saves lives.

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James R
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Yes CEO who don’t meet KPIs but also Public organisations that don’t met the KPIs set out by Ministers That could be judges, doctors university professors too Maybe I think too much www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/high-inco... High-income workers lose unjustified dismissal claim rights under new policy

nzherald.co.nzWorkers on $180k won't be able to claim for unjustified dismissal under new policyHigh earners to lose unjustified dismissal rights after the Government's rule change.
James R
@jecryan.bsky.social

I hear the economy has reduced again by 1% - wow so glad we have the fiscally competent party in charge of the Treasury benches it is making all the difference. Yeah keep telling me why a tax cut will fix all the problems we have

James R
@jecryan.bsky.social

The vast majority of people in Western nations are a 1 serious economic crisis from living in their car or on the streets + capitalism for someone to have lots someone has to have a lot less. Never look down on someone suffering because they are direct out come of the system & it could be you

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James R
@jecryan.bsky.social

You know age is kicking your butt when you have to change the size of the cursor on your computer. Not quite to the point of changing the colour but getting there!

James R
@jecryan.bsky.social

And yet the Government is still trying to make public transport options harder and harder and therefore reinforcing their own stupid arguments.

Mark@maetl.bsky.social

New Zealand seems to have the most expensive per-km transport project costs in the OECD. Rather than seeking to identify and understand the causes, our politicians use this as a wedge to wind up voters and justify political interference in projects—which drives costs even higher.

James R
@jecryan.bsky.social

I think the 1 thing that it missed is that for many Trump wasn't a hold your nose vote it was a vote for someone who had what capitalism teaches us is the most important thing: wealth. 2/3

James R
@jecryan.bsky.social

Consumerism and capitalism reinforces it as if we were in church. The latest iphone and this seasons clothes are the outward signs that we are wealthy and successful in a capitalist country. Few people would turn down Trump's wealth if offered to them 3/3

James R
@jecryan.bsky.social

I am personally not going to read with the Royal Commission on the COVID Response because the reality is that it came hard and fast the government did they best they could - they were really cautious because it is easier to be firm first then let up 1/3

James R
@jecryan.bsky.social

If they did it the other way like other countries our death toll would have been greater Yes lockdown sucked but it worked Yes the economy tanked but guess what it is still here and people are still working 2/3

James R
@jecryan.bsky.social

There is one reason for this report and he is a 79 year chain smoking whiskey swilling career politician who is playing to the lowest common denominator and giving fuel to the conspiracy flames 3/3

James R
@jecryan.bsky.social

I thought Governments in NZ got these sorts of polls after 6 years not a year in! Sadly wouldn’t change much NZF would continue to be the ones with all the power 😭

James R
@jecryan.bsky.social

I am thoroughly enjoying seeing the always vaunted Aussie Test team getting royally slapped about on home soil by the Indian side that the Kiwis demolished 3-0 in India a few weeks ago. Who says Test cricket is dead?

James R
@jecryan.bsky.social

Dam straight he should - he is still in charge. Once complete they are then released to the public - Transparency baby!

Simon Rosenberg@simonwdc.bsky.social

Trump is itching to get his Cabinet in place. President Biden should help him by ordering FBI background checks on all Trump nominees to begin immediately.

James R
@jecryan.bsky.social

Too f*#King right!! Those two ladies have endured years of abuse and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. What they did is the modern media equivalent to the Chamberlain piece of paper!

Just Jack@just-jack-1.bsky.social

When I think about Joe & Mika appeasing Trump so they can maintain their comfy lives, I think about Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss enduring years of harassment for simply doing their jobs. So when Joe defends it by saying people need to live in the real world, he should respectfully go screw himself.

James R
@jecryan.bsky.social

US Executive and Cabinet = Celebrity Apprentice Just wait for the live shows from the cabinet room where one of them gets fired!

CNN@cnn.com

President-elect Donald Trump has picked Dr. Mehmet Oz to serve as the administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. cnn.it/3CB8lpY

James R
@jecryan.bsky.social

Every kiwi needs to read this to understand why the Act Party are doing what they are doing - on the face of it it has a racial point of view it really is the continuation of their efforts to sell the country to their rich mates and screw everyone along the way. thespinoff.co.nz/politics/30-...

thespinoff.co.nzThe real reason behind Act’s push to redefine the Treaty principlesIt's a calculated move to remove a significant barrier to the party's privatisation and deregulation agenda.
James R
@jecryan.bsky.social

It is great to see thousands(est. 35k) march onto Parliament peacefully expressing their rights and outrage at politician's attempt to stigmatise and create a sense of fear, envy, outrage and anger against Māori. Equity is worth fighting for.

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