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AUKUS beyond submarine basing (& fuel disposal) is a tributary extorsion instrument; IMO not one Ohio class submarine will ever be delivered to Australia - the U.S. simply isn't capable of serving its own needs and Australia's.. so what will be instrumental in maintaining an ostensible 'oil blockade'?

Mark my words: AUKUS will be instrumental in maintaining this oil blockade in the Pacific. The US are sowing the seeds of a world war. China and Russia haven't responded thus far and that's probably why.

@actparty Arsonists Crooks Terrorists --------------- ACT

Labour will do anything except control their own spending. Here's how they reacted to the manifesto of "Tax Justice Aotearoa". We. Must. Keep. Them. Out.

@carlworker Rank hypocrisy. It's never a 'SCOOP' when Ukraine is provided targeting data from American spy satellites then attacks Russia's nuclear triad or Putin's Kremlin residence using Starlink, for example.

China, China, China, China.

Taxing wages & salaries at higher rates is NOT a solution. Govt spending (creating new $) whatever is required to be spent then recovering those sums by taxing everything rentier; business & individuals, *IS* the solution. NZ is one of the only nations on the planet to have a positive net-worth (assets vs liabilities).. we're sovereign and issue our own debt to ourselves.. thus govt creating all the required monies is not a problem.

@ElizabethMouat @nzherald Nooo! GST hurts those with the least the most. How about reversing landlord tax relief and increasing the higher tax bands. We could afford to put in all the infrastructure we still use today because we paid higher taxes, this before we had GST so we could ditch it.

Inland Revenue says taxes will need to rise; favours a higher GST rate and a capital gains tax, via @nzherald nzherald.co.nz/business/perso…

@NZNationalParty Liars. National is playing politics with energy security.. The electorate knows National is lying.. No one is ever going to take 4'10" goblin-boy Simeon Brown seriously, even if he was a decent human (he's not); NOT EVER. #Incompetent #Liars #NZNationalParty #nzpol

This is irresponsible scaremongering from Labour. Kiwis deserve better. In fact, fuel levels are the essentially the same or even higher today than they were a month ago.

Of course Luxon is lying.. anyone with an internet connection can easily demonstrate with provenance & veracity that "inflation" following covid restrictions was driven by international energy & supply chain constraints. RBNZ then, in true revanchist fashion, stomped on the nation with crippling and *inflationary* OCR increases throwing 50k workers on the scrap-heap.. while at the same time removing $5B / annum from circulation by hyper-aggressively winding up the LTSA bond programme.

Hey @chrisluxonmp If we “maxed out our debt” during COVID, as you claimed today, how have you managed to increase borrowing since?

Calling the US blockade a blockade in "Hormuz" is completely inaccurate. It is not new either. First, this blockade will be in the Indian Ocean. Second, it's a blockade that began in Greenland, months ago, stretches all the way to Venezuela, and now to Iran. youtube.com/watch?v=0nt1Cg…

of course the new zealander of the year is a guy who asked young woman employees to have "business meetings" at his apartment after hours this country is beyond parody

It only gets worse for National (and everyone else).. what are they going to say when inflation hits 6%? 10%? Blame Labour? Inflation is coming in a big way and National, by doing nothing, incrementally elevate the risk of more severe outcomes. Neoliberalism is disintegrating in real-time.. and NZ has it's proverbial head stuck up America's backside thanks to Luxon, Peters, Collins, et al.

I see a lot of attacking Labour, from National. I see nothing on their economic record the last 3 years. I wonder why that is…

EXCLUSIVE: EXIT FROM AFFCO can reveal NZ Police used Palantir after the Christchurch massacre to "analyse data including social media returns". How did the company enter NZ, and why are we growing closer with a company accused of enabling mass surveillance and war crimes?

@Eastandbays Being a Sinophile is Brash's only redeeming feature.. yet he's 100% on point and it's a good thing he is speaking out. That said, I'd wager this is what a majority of NZers believe.. those of us not totally propagandised that is.

You know the world's turned upside down when you find yourself agreeing with Don Brash. He's saying that NZ should not be too closely aligned with the US and that Trump is acting like a warlord. I hope the government takes note. #Independence

Physicist has written a fascinating big beautiful paper.Let’s not be afraid to call it what it is - groundbreaking. For hundreds of years, mathematics had dozens of “basic” functions: sine, cosine, logarithm, square root, exponential. You know these from school. Everyone does. Now it turns out that all of it is one single operator: E(x, y) = exp(x) - ln(y), and the constant 1. Sin, cos, π - everything follows from this neatly , just nest it properly. Nature hid the simplest possible description of reality. And it was just been found. The whole thing is beautiful and remarkable, here the word “groundbreaking” is not a marketing buzzword. For instance, instead of writing π or 3.14, one can now elegantly write E(E(E(1,E(E(1,E(1,E(E(1,E(E(1,E(E(1,E(1,E(E(1,1),1))),1)),E(E(E(E(E(1,E(E(1,E(1,E(E(1,E(E(E(1,E(E(1,E(1,E(E(1,1),1))),1)),E(E(1,E(E(1,E(E(1,E(E(1,1),1)),E(E(E(1,E(E(1,E(1,E(E(1,1),1))),1)),E(1,1)),1))),1)),1)),1)),1))),1)),E(E(E(1,E(E(1,E(1,E(E(1,1),1))),1)),E(E(1,E(E(1,E(1,E(E(1,E(E(1,E(E(1,E(1,E(E(1,1),1))),1)),E(1,1))),1))),1)),1)),1)),1),1),1))),1))),1)),E(E(E(1,E(E(1,E(1,E(E(1,1),1))),1)),E(E(1,E(E(1,E(1,E(E(1,E(E(1,E(E(1,E(1,E(E(1,1),1))),1)),E(1,1))),1))),1)),1)),1)),1) arxiv.org/abs/2603.21852

@meco78526 As distasteful and corrupt as Orban's Hungry was made.. this is a misread. Watch what the EU under VdL does now.. none of it good, pretenses aside.. the EU is 100% aligned with genocidal USA grand strategy.

All in all you're just another bric in the wall

BREAKING: "Rich Starry," a Chinese oil tanker sanctioned for shipping Iranian oil, flying the flag of Malawi — a country with no coastline — just sailed through America's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. The Navy, with its many "big beautiful ships," issued repeated warnings. Reportedly, The tanker's captain upgraded to premium to skip the ads. EDIT: We're being told the blockade only applies to countries the US isn't afraid of. That list used to be long. It now fits on Trump's McDonald's receipt, Delivered by DoorDash.

Shipping data shows that approximately 15–20 ships have crossed the Strait of Hormuz in the past 36 hours. Most of these vessels were Chinese, Pakistani, Russian, and Iranian.

JUST IN: Xi Jinping to Pedro Sánchez: China and Spain are both principled and reasonable countries. We are willing to stand on the right side of history. We should oppose the law of the jungle and together maintain true multilateralism and protect world peace and development.

@FrankMcRae No need to insult dirt.. These are turds pending proverbial waffle-stomping.. neighbourly-like.. yeah nah bro 'we don't like ur type of shit' waffling.. 'put ya heel into it boi.

President Xi Jinping made four propositions on safeguarding and promoting peace and stability in the Middle East. 1️⃣ Stay committed to the principle of peaceful co-existence. The Gulf states in the Middle East are close neighbors that cannot move away. It’s important to support the Gulf states in improving their ties, work to build a common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable security architecture of the Middle East and the Gulf region, and consolidate the foundation for peaceful co-existence. 2️⃣ Stay committed to the principle of national sovereignty. Sovereignty serves as a foundation for all countries, especially developing countries, to survive and thrive, and it must not be violated. The sovereignty, security and territorial integrity of the Gulf states should be earnestly respected, and the safety of their personnel, facilities and institutions vigorously safeguarded. 3️⃣ Stay committed to the principle of international rule of law. It is important to firmly uphold the international system with the U.N. at its core, the international order based on international law, and basic norms governing international relations underpinned by the purposes and principles of the U.N. Charter. 4️⃣ Stay committed to a balanced approach to development and security. Security is a prerequisite for development, and development serves as a safeguard of security. All sides should work to create a sound environment for and bring positive energy to the development of the Gulf states. China stands ready to share with the Gulf countries the opportunities through Chinese modernization, and work with them to nurture a fertile ground for regional development and security.

BIG news - the implication is, China will defend its energy supply against American belligerence & piracy.