Worth a read, the Pope says some sensible things:

Amongst a few others this one stands out:

"Lonely grandparents, discarded grandparents: this is cultural suicide. The future is built by the young and the old, together. Please, when talking about the birth rate, which is the future, let us also talk about grandparents, who are not the past, but help the future. Have children, lots of them, but also look after your grandparents."

https://www.mercatornet.com/pope_francis...e_children

Why Canadians are angry with their biggest supermarket

Why does this seem familiar?  Except for the eggs which are expensive here as well.



https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd11ywyg6p0o

3 signs the US economy is nearing a recession have flashed in the last week, SocGen says

https://www.businessinsider.com/recessio...rds-2024-6

Alternate link:

https://archive.is/u3qjx

"Even if Armageddon looms, I guarantee the investment air will be filled with the sound of bulls singing their soft-landing siren songs," Edwards said in a recent note to clients.

I have an old photo that has been scanned as a .pdf file. I have found a site on the web that has converted the .pdf to .jpg. The .pdf was copied at 38% which I can increase when on .jpg to 100%. 

Try as I might, I cannot get the photo to save at 100%. Any ideas how I can save at 100%? I am running Windows 11 Pro.

"I wasn't dead enough for an abortion": Texas mom blames Trump for almost losing her life



https://www.salon.com/2024/06/03/i-wasnt...-her-life/

when one of the cancer patients die. 

'Be patient' he says...  

Some good pictures here of people living a different life from us in NZ:

https://apnews.com/article/panama-island...9534405a84

Bryan Bruce on Luxon & this govt.

Probably the only chance we have of attempting to restrain some of this govt's more damaging policies.

Quote:There is a game show on TV ONE called┬áThe Chase┬áwhich IÔÇÖm sure many of you will have seen. When the contestants get a score that is just below 20 and it might not be enough to beat The Chaser, the cry is often ÔÇ£WeÔÇÖll need some pushbacksÔÇØ to set the Chaser back a step every time they get an answer wrong.
What we need to learn is to pushback against some of the things LuxonÔÇÖs ┬áCoalition Government is getting wrong through protests and select committee hearings.
A good example is the pushback on David SeymourÔÇÖs attack on the School Lunches programme. Public reaction made him back track ÔÇô at least enough to make sure it wasnÔÇÖt completely abandoned.
Pushing back on the Governments treatment of people with disabilities has helped a bit.
Pushing back on their failed promise to fund 13 new Cancer drugs is showing signs it will work.
Pushing back of SeymourÔÇÖs Treaty Principles Bill is unifying M─üori who are pushing back with protests that IÔÇÖm hoping will prove effective in persuading Luxon not to support it.
I say ÔÇ£hopingÔÇØ because Luxon is proving to be such a weak leader even his own party are worried he is being run by Seymour and Peters. Polls show his popularity has plummeted so quickly after becoming Prime Minister that this is starting to look like a one term government.So itÔÇÖs a good time to pushback on ACT and NZ First more extreme policies.

This could probably wortk well here, whether new builds or using older large homes.

Quote:https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjjjvnq4665o
Proponents of fourplexes, which include the Canadian government, hope they will spread out across the country. They want them to provide the ÔÇ£missing-middleÔÇØ between large apartment buildings and single residency houses.
It comes as fourplexes made headlines this year in Canada after Prime Minister┬áJustin Trudeau announced┬áthat the federal government would be making $CAN 6bn ($4.4bn; ┬ú3.4bn) in new money available to help provinces tackle the national housing crisis ÔÇô a lack of affordable properties.
Federal Housing Minister Sean Fraser has required allowing fourplexes as a condition for municipalities to collect their share of this federal housing money.
This has been welcomed by some provinces, such as British Columbia (BC). The BC government has passed legislation to require fourplexes, and even five and sixplexes, to be permitted in any city with a population of more than 5,000.

Thankfully, just for a couple of days.. all being well & we'd better pray all goes well because frankly Kermitthefuckingfrog is just about the last person we need as leader at this point...

I just hope they're not going on one of our ancient & frequent ailing, planes...

Quote:https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/national/it-ll-be-fine-david-seymour-to-be-acting-prime-minister-next-week/



David Seymour will be acting Prime Minister for a couple of days this week while Christopher Luxon and Winston Peters are overseas for diplomatic duties.
Prime Minister Luxon confirmed on Sunday he'd be out of New Zealand from Tuesday until Friday for visits to Fiji and Niue.
"The Government is committed to deeper and more comprehensive relationships in the region and this visit is an opportunity to reaffirm New Zealand's position as a trusted partner," Luxon said in a statement.