What truly delightful creatures these Taliban are.


https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20rq73p3z4o

"You've got to know when you've got enough."

I wish they all did....





https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-depth/5279...got-enough

Size of Tokyo compared to London and the UK.

https://i.redd.it/wnxrhh1xvgod1.jpeg

And they were told that BEFORE they made the cuts. So they knew the cuts were going to have an impact on the well being of kids, but went ahead anyway.

What the hell is wrong with these idiots - just feed the kids for pity's sake! 
Cost doesn't matter since whatever it may be, its cheap at the price if it means kids are better able to learn; that benefits all of us. How the devil can they deliberately ignore this, knowing the result.

I do so hope this govt is on track to be a one term govt...

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/527...uan_s5a6DA

According to this, he may well be. With any sort of luck...

His divisive ideas seem not to be going down at all well, despite having been welcomed with open arms by racist plonkers. I think this govt has had quite a shock, that so many - including a large-ish number of pakeha - have turned out to be strongly opposed to their appeal to the racist element.


https://thespinoff.co.nz/atea/12-09-2024...eBv6Aug0cA

They don't appear to care about what voters want. Already, Nicole McKee has reduced regulation for gun clubs.


https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/thehouse/5278...rs-on-guns


https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/09/08/offic...aw-change/

An idea to deal with heavy traffic, pods suspended above streets. It could perhaps work, they have similar things in some countries. 
An American firm is currently funding one in Queenstown, should be interesting to see how it goes. I wonder if they'd also work in Auckland, perhaps as an alternative to the harbour bridge.



https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/5277...-like-pods

It seems that the ministry set up to slash red tape has so far spent more than $400,000 on contractors in six months...

The department is paying its staff an average of more than $150,000 & would eventually employ more than 90 people....



https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/527...ontractors

TV1

At 1pm today, lunchtime

ABC News Presidential Debate (1:00pm)

If you aren't completely sick of Trump

Newly Discovered Antibody Protects Against All COVID-19 Variants

https://news.utexas.edu/2024/09/03/newly...-variants/