He was dragged from his car & sprayed with pepper spray & pinned down by ICE agents. He told them he's a citizen & an army veteran, but was still taken to a detention centre.
He wasn't allowed to shower or change clothes despite being covered in pepper spray. After 3 days he was released with no explanation.

Trump is making America a fascist country, a place best avoided.


https://apnews.com/article/us-army-veter...WYLcbeaHgw

Damn.
Christopher Faiumu, founder of Fat Freddy's Drop has died.


https://www.rnz.co.nz/life/music/dj-mu-h...ddy-s-drop

A man died while attempting to escape an ICE raid last week & field workers have decided to strike in protest.



https://paydayreport.com/following-death...oric-high/



https://lamag.com/news-and-politics/farm...-on-monday

Deeply repugnant, scary stuff. And he has a place here...

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/s-BQhXdCs8Y

They're close to taking the prize for most devious, underhanded political party ever.   I could comment further but not without swearing profusely..



The long Neo Liberal con, the regulatory standards bill. Their aim is to enshrine the rights of individuals - particulalry propety holders & business owners, over  the collective good of all Kiwis.

This could make it more difficult for govt to regulate harmful business practises or corporate  exploitation, even if that's in the public interest.



https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/18/the-lo...beral-con/



https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/07/15/anne-s...-for-whom/

11 years ago...


Part of original doco

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcjRdFVn6fU

A bit of a faux pas in wording a headline of a serious issue didn't do this study any favours, and its correction provided fodder for the climate change deniers unfortunately.

Chrome version 138 has turned off all my manifest 2 extensions and won't let me re-enable them...

Thanks to a post here
https://www.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/co...hrome_now/

The next best work around is to modify the 'Target' field of the chrome shortcut - modifications in bold

"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --profile-directory="Default"   --disable-features=ExtensionManifestV2Unsupported,ExtensionManifestV2Disabled

How long this lasts is anyone's guess - bit of an irony calling something being disabled or unsupported as a feature me thinks...

Ever more blatant about their vicious Neo Liberal agenda, this disgraceful govt is moving ever closer to privatised health. They're no longer bothering to disguise their quest for ever more profit.

Phil & Sue Bagshaw set up the charity hopsital here, & are well respected. I suspect if David Seymour attacks these two, he may be very surprised at the reaction.

Very clearly privatised health isn't in any way at all a good idea - apart from making money. I think they make an excellent point in that private health Drs will lack experience.
And there has been zero consultation on this issue - why not? Is it because most of us do NOT WANT privatised health?

Really, apart from some very, very wealthy people - does anyone want a privatised health system? Wouldn't we be better to pay a bit more tax, sufficient to cover health & education as some of the Scandinavian countries do.


Jack Tame, Q&A with Dr Sue Bagshaw & Dr Phil Bagshaw.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CI1cYi69upI

Be interesting to see who you'd put at the top of the table...