Dear StuffCould your headlines about the phoenix be less negative? Phoenix ride their luck. Really? Did they ride their luck or did they play well and beat last years runner ups. Do us a service and be little more positive with your spin, you make it sound as if we barely scraped through the game yet the reality was a solid opening performance with promising signs for the season.
Top of the list should be stop the operation of what is starting to look like the intentional creation of a black market economy for criminal organisations to profit from. Who really benefits from the prohibition of drugs? Follow the money.
I like the extra degree of control over what the car is doing that is provided by the clutch pedal. When driving automatics I find myself having to make do with a lesser amount of control over the vehicle.
Whats more, theres so much methamphetamine around these days that youd almost consider buying it just to convert it back into cold medicine that actually works. So banning pseudoephedrine medicines has done nothing to the meth trade, and has made millions of peoples lives worse when they get sick.
The government is prepared to spend on recruiting teachers from overseas but what about recruiting new teachers here at home?Im studying physics and mathematics right now, I would quite like to be teacher. Give me one good reason to go through with it instead of earning more money with my degree in the private sector. Give my fellow students a reason to consider the profession instead of anything else they could do.There are shortages in STEM teachers all over the world, we need to raise new ones at home and right no there is no incentive for someone with a degree with that much demand to move into the classroom.
You could eliminate the illegal drug market by making drugs legal? You really cant eliminate the drug scene though. Mammals are gonna get high one way or another.
The $100,000 donation is mentioned in the tape recording, Bridges acknowledges its existence and that he spoke the business men about it.And it appears such a donation did not take place but rather several smaller donations took place instead. That might be legal? But seems shady as all heck and not in the spirit of law at all, effectively concealing donors and it points to culture of such shady dealings being normal within the national party.
But I could just not study for another year, not add to my student loan and get paid better in the private sector is my point. Is it a good or objectively appealing decision to move into teaching? No.Also we face a shortage of STEM teachers and as far as I know Im the only one in my year thinking about the profession, in physics anyway.Besides that Im interested in the profession I have every reason not to move into it, and my fellow students who arent naturally interested in the profession and less than no reason to be so.
Its pretty likely that well stop driving our own cars for daily transport, but petrol engine human piloted cars will be around for a very long time. There are millions of them, and they have made such an impact on society that they will be collected, restored and raced probably for as long as mankind lasts. And the manual ones will always be better. :)
I turned 18 in 2000 and every single one of my peers then knew that leaving the recreational drug industry to the criminals was a ridiculous thing to do. Will all the old people please hurry up and die so we can fix your mess.
Bruce, for as long as capitalists such as your self are allowed to define what is valuable we will have this argument between wages and value. The wheel will turn sooner or later.
nexttime - this might be tough to swallow but we allow gangs to exist because for some reason recreational drugs are illegal. Its a hang up from the past that is really getting old for a lot of us and we just want the gangs to go away but people are still too brainwashed by the prohibition propaganda.
So just dont use Quinovic? Other property managers might not choose to charge these fees. Or manage your property yourself.At the end of the day this makes sense, the property managers are selling their services to the landlords not the tenants so the landlords should be paying them not the tenants.Seems obvious.
Cant drive over 100kmh because some idiots will crash. Cant have recreational drugs because some idiots have no self control. Cant have pet cats in a kiwi zone because some idiots will let them outside at night. Always more idiots. :/
The National Party is objecting to Chelsea Manning speaking in New Zealand because they believe this will advance the narrative that Chelsea Manning is just as bad as Lauren Southern & Stefan Molyneux.
We used to... Thats how we got every perk, privilege and right employees have today. From the 5 day work week, to 9-5, to holidays. Every decent condition in the work place today was won by unions years ago. Maybe wages in this county wouldnt be so stagnant if people were still involved in a union advocating on their behalf.
I am actually insane, but thats not the point here. The point is that illegal meth is already very easy to get and making it legal will allow us to deal with it in a much healthier way. Drugs are not going to go away but legalising them will allow us to mitigate the harm done to the people around addicts, and allow us to treat addicts far more effectively.
There definitely needs to be some kind of incentive for people with STEM degrees to move into teaching. Even if you want to be a teacher the conditions and pay make it less appealing than any other option.I advocate raises by stealth, student loan forgiveness based on time spend teaching for in demand subject areas.That way after a few years those teachers will have no student loan debt and wont have to make to make repayments which reduced their effective tax burden by 12% which is something to consider when thinking about how much better off youd be in the private sector.
They might still charge you GST anyway because of NZ credit cards/IP address. But that said you could get around both of those anyway with temporary credit card services and VPNs so kind of a moot point.
KatieDan - that is an extremely unrealistic expectation. Most of the time the goods need to be destroyed to recover the contraband. Please think about what you are saying.
SteveJenkins - Prostitution, gambling, violence for hire, stolen goods, protection money, goods and services in prison - gangs do all this now, so they wont be replacing drug revenue with any of those. Any increase in these crimes will expose them to law enforcement and these crimes are all much more visible in that regard than drug dealing. The social cost of gangs is MUCH greater than the social cost of a people getting high. Honestly think about what you are saying.
Niro - the idea that drug use is immoral is killing people and destroying lives. The thoughts you are expressing have proven to be far more dangerous than the actual drugs.
Because hundreds of tons of containers arrive at our ports every day and do you really want to wait an extra month for your packages to be delivered while customs opens every single one?
Government has always been far more interested in spying on and infiltrating environmental activists than stopping gangs. Any apparent police incompetence is just part of the public relations smokescreen.
Niro - why does recreational use have to be justified? Your line of thinking has nothing to do with reality and everything to do with your idea that drug use is some how immoral.
The mental demand on people playing DOTA or League or any game in real time is not comparable to turn based games like bridge, chess etc. It is more like motor racing.
Well yeah and thats fine. That is only assuming that you do increase the landlords cost and property managers bill the landlord the same amount instead of competing to provide a lower cost service.The landlord will pass the costs on and thats fine but it should be included in the rent, the letting fees, viewing fees were ridiculous. Now the property managers have an incentive to lower to letting fees because landlords can shop around for a better deal, when tenants were paying it they didnt have that option and landlords had no reason to care.Over all this might lower the costs to tenants, letting fees might go down even if that cost gets spread out over the rental agreement tenants will pay less than if they paid upfront.It might even incentivize landlords to run longer tenancies instead of short terms ones to avoid paying the fees again.
Colin - thats correct. The drugs arent killing people, the consequences of prohibition are killing people. If your knowledge of drugs comes from a DARE program and some stuff articles, and you arent familiar with the concept of prohibition, then I dont think I can explain myself to you.
I should elaborate for the down voters to my earlier comment - control of black market drug supply is a very easy method to control the behaviour of people for prostitution. If methamphetamine was legal it would not be such an effective leash for prostitution. The cost of drug prohibition is the destruction of the lives of the people touched by the effects of prohibition.
Specifically, braking distances become much longer with automatics. This makes it harder to maintain consistent speeds and also makes it harder to steer the weight of the vehicle within the limits of the suspension and tyres.
Nonsense. Teachers actions are long overdue. Unions put off action first because of the GFC and then the Christchurch earthquake, the unions have said as much.Action has been deferred and kicked down the road and now it has culminated in some urgency during this term and would have regardless of who was in government.
lagbort: braking distance is not equal to stopping distance. In an automatic, without the drag of the engine on the driveline to slow the vehicle down, you have to brake earlier - this results in the normal loss of handling ability associated with applying the brakes lasting for a longer period of time. Ergo, less control.
Seriously everybody is it really worth all the petty crime, murders, sexual assaults, suicides and car accidents that circle around the enormously profitable black market for recreational drugs? I dont think it is. Prohibition is killing us and destroying our lives...
The correct analysis here would be that medicines are not affordable for a section of the population, creating a grey market for the goods. Unfortunately the blame lies at the foot of pharmaceutical companies outside of New Zealand who have a fiduciary responsibility to maximise profits for their shareholders.The problem is economic and will not go away without significant change to the way we organise ourselves.
So... tell me why the recreational drug industry is still being run by gangs? Someone really needs to let people know that gangs are gonna keep selling drugs until we make them all legal.
No this is not a new tax. This is just GST actually being applied to goods (the G in GST stands for goods).It removes an exemption to a currently existing tax that everyone in parliament agrees should not exist.You wont see National opposing this, in fact they will vote for it, because they would have implemented the same thing anyway. Theyve been talking about it for years.To call this a new tax is completely disingenuous. It is the same tax being equally applied to imported purchases and local purchases.
I support the teachers.Both improved pay and conditions are necessary to attract new teachers into the profession and to keep existing teachers there. I support teachers campaigning for to have those demands met.
Anyone who thinks these strikes are something to be blamed on this labour government needs to open both their eyes. Thank you Jacinda Ardern and coalition for providing the conditions for these underpaid public servants to have a voice.
"Wellington Phoenix mix good fortune with bad in season-opening win over Newcastle",
Dear StuffCould your headlines about the phoenix be less negative? Phoenix ride their luck. Really? Did they ride their luck or did they play well and beat last years runner ups. Do us a service and be little more positive with your spin, you make it sound as if we barely scraped through the game yet the reality was a solid opening performance with promising signs for the season.
Five good reasons to decriminalise drugs
Top of the list should be stop the operation of what is starting to look like the intentional creation of a black market economy for criminal organisations to profit from. Who really benefits from the prohibition of drugs? Follow the money.
Health Select committee criticised for handling of medicinal cannabis bill
The law is unjust. Civil disobedience is necessary.
Is the manual gearbox dead? Numbers seem to hint our love affair for stick driving is over
I like the extra degree of control over what the car is doing that is provided by the clutch pedal. When driving automatics I find myself having to make do with a lesser amount of control over the vehicle.
Health Select committee criticised for handling of medicinal cannabis bill
Whats more, theres so much methamphetamine around these days that youd almost consider buying it just to convert it back into cold medicine that actually works. So banning pseudoephedrine medicines has done nothing to the meth trade, and has made millions of peoples lives worse when they get sick.
"Education funding boost unlikely to sway teachers voting on strike action, union says
The government is prepared to spend on recruiting teachers from overseas but what about recruiting new teachers here at home?Im studying physics and mathematics right now, I would quite like to be teacher. Give me one good reason to go through with it instead of earning more money with my degree in the private sector. Give my fellow students a reason to consider the profession instead of anything else they could do.There are shortages in STEM teachers all over the world, we need to raise new ones at home and right no there is no incentive for someone with a degree with that much demand to move into the classroom.
Motueka community concerned about public display of gang patches
You could eliminate the illegal drug market by making drugs legal? You really cant eliminate the drug scene though. Mammals are gonna get high one way or another.
Scarlett Johansson slammed for 'trash' response to anger over trans role
Real historical Jesus was black or at least dark skinned.
"Big business has no business in legal cannabis use",
The same way we stop them operating when they are drunk?
"Jami-Lee Ross releases text message exchange with National Party's Greg Hamilton",
The $100,000 donation is mentioned in the tape recording, Bridges acknowledges its existence and that he spoke the business men about it.And it appears such a donation did not take place but rather several smaller donations took place instead. That might be legal? But seems shady as all heck and not in the spirit of law at all, effectively concealing donors and it points to culture of such shady dealings being normal within the national party.
"Education funding boost unlikely to sway teachers voting on strike action, union says
But I could just not study for another year, not add to my student loan and get paid better in the private sector is my point. Is it a good or objectively appealing decision to move into teaching? No.Also we face a shortage of STEM teachers and as far as I know Im the only one in my year thinking about the profession, in physics anyway.Besides that Im interested in the profession I have every reason not to move into it, and my fellow students who arent naturally interested in the profession and less than no reason to be so.
Nurses' union to announce result of latest pay offer from DHBs
attracts smarter, more capable and more educated people to the profession for starters
Motueka community concerned about public display of gang patches
Agree, but we can take away a significant portion of their income by legalising drugs.
Motueka community concerned about public display of gang patches
Misuse of Drugs Act should be renamed Gang Financing Act.
Motueka community concerned about public display of gang patches
Its not lateral thinking, it requires no leaps of logic or any great intellectual insight. Just make the drugs legal.
Is the manual gearbox dead? Numbers seem to hint our love affair for stick driving is over
Its pretty likely that well stop driving our own cars for daily transport, but petrol engine human piloted cars will be around for a very long time. There are millions of them, and they have made such an impact on society that they will be collected, restored and raced probably for as long as mankind lasts. And the manual ones will always be better. :)
Motueka community concerned about public display of gang patches
Down votes = number of stuff readers who dont understand economics.
Syn city: NZ's deadly designer drugs crisis
I turned 18 in 2000 and every single one of my peers then knew that leaving the recreational drug industry to the criminals was a ridiculous thing to do. Will all the old people please hurry up and die so we can fix your mess.
Motueka community concerned about public display of gang patches
Fungoolie - gangs are state sponsored by the Misuse of Drugs Act.
Wages must represent value rather than fairness
Bruce, for as long as capitalists such as your self are allowed to define what is valuable we will have this argument between wages and value. The wheel will turn sooner or later.
Motueka community concerned about public display of gang patches
nexttime - this might be tough to swallow but we allow gangs to exist because for some reason recreational drugs are illegal. Its a hang up from the past that is really getting old for a lot of us and we just want the gangs to go away but people are still too brainwashed by the prohibition propaganda.
New tenancy fee for landlords likely across property management sector
So just dont use Quinovic? Other property managers might not choose to charge these fees. Or manage your property yourself.At the end of the day this makes sense, the property managers are selling their services to the landlords not the tenants so the landlords should be paying them not the tenants.Seems obvious.
Call to lift kiwi-protection ban on pet cats and dogs in the Far North
Cant drive over 100kmh because some idiots will crash. Cant have recreational drugs because some idiots have no self control. Cant have pet cats in a kiwi zone because some idiots will let them outside at night. Always more idiots. :/
Big cheeses from UK and US cleared to buy farms in NZ
So... the problem is capitalism?
Is the manual gearbox dead? Numbers seem to hint our love affair for stick driving is over
The first one. How many people were killed by human piloted vehicles in the few weeks since then?
Motueka community concerned about public display of gang patches
Killing people is not an acceptable solution.
National wants Chelsea Manning barred from New Zealand
The National Party is objecting to Chelsea Manning speaking in New Zealand because they believe this will advance the narrative that Chelsea Manning is just as bad as Lauren Southern & Stefan Molyneux.
Motueka community concerned about public display of gang patches
The moral outrage of people like yourself is ultimately the root cause of 90% of the crime in our world. If you dont like cannabis, dont smoke it!
Teachers and principals vote on Governments latest contract offers
We used to... Thats how we got every perk, privilege and right employees have today. From the 5 day work week, to 9-5, to holidays. Every decent condition in the work place today was won by unions years ago. Maybe wages in this county wouldnt be so stagnant if people were still involved in a union advocating on their behalf.
Motueka community concerned about public display of gang patches
I am actually insane, but thats not the point here. The point is that illegal meth is already very easy to get and making it legal will allow us to deal with it in a much healthier way. Drugs are not going to go away but legalising them will allow us to mitigate the harm done to the people around addicts, and allow us to treat addicts far more effectively.
Motueka community concerned about public display of gang patches
Theyre already in the face of everyone.
Motueka community concerned about public display of gang patches
If gangs no longer had a monopoly on drugs, what exactly is it that you think theyll suddenly start replacing that income with?
"'It concerns us all day, everyday': Lack of STEM teachers hitting hard at schools",
There definitely needs to be some kind of incentive for people with STEM degrees to move into teaching. Even if you want to be a teacher the conditions and pay make it less appealing than any other option.I advocate raises by stealth, student loan forgiveness based on time spend teaching for in demand subject areas.That way after a few years those teachers will have no student loan debt and wont have to make to make repayments which reduced their effective tax burden by 12% which is something to consider when thinking about how much better off youd be in the private sector.
Motueka community concerned about public display of gang patches
Lies - Im sorry that your critical thinking faculties have been subverted by prohibition propaganda.
Motueka community concerned about public display of gang patches
At least with a patch on we know who they are. The less visible a gang is the more dangerous it is.
"Tax-free internet shopping to end next October",
They might still charge you GST anyway because of NZ credit cards/IP address. But that said you could get around both of those anyway with temporary credit card services and VPNs so kind of a moot point.
Syn city: NZ's deadly designer drugs crisis
Serious question - why is the manufacture, distribution and sale of these chemicals still controlled by criminals?
Motueka community concerned about public display of gang patches
War on drugs more like war on freedom.
Motueka branch of ANZ to close in July
Take all of your money out of the bank and light it on fire.
Motueka community concerned about public display of gang patches
KatieDan - that is an extremely unrealistic expectation. Most of the time the goods need to be destroyed to recover the contraband. Please think about what you are saying.
Motueka community concerned about public display of gang patches
Niro - anyone who supports drug prohibition implicitly supports gangs. You cant separate the issue.
Motueka community concerned about public display of gang patches
We put up with these gangs because we keep choosing prohibition.
Motueka community concerned about public display of gang patches
SteveJenkins - Prostitution, gambling, violence for hire, stolen goods, protection money, goods and services in prison - gangs do all this now, so they wont be replacing drug revenue with any of those. Any increase in these crimes will expose them to law enforcement and these crimes are all much more visible in that regard than drug dealing. The social cost of gangs is MUCH greater than the social cost of a people getting high. Honestly think about what you are saying.
US popstar Katy Perry has eye on New Zealand property
Dairy farming does not belong in our future.
Motueka community concerned about public display of gang patches
Niro - the idea that drug use is immoral is killing people and destroying lives. The thoughts you are expressing have proven to be far more dangerous than the actual drugs.
Motueka community concerned about public display of gang patches
Because hundreds of tons of containers arrive at our ports every day and do you really want to wait an extra month for your packages to be delivered while customs opens every single one?
Hacker uses fake invoice to steal $53,000 earmarked for child care centre
Business administration fail here... fake invoices are easy to spot. You should have more checks in place.
Motueka community concerned about public display of gang patches
Government has always been far more interested in spying on and infiltrating environmental activists than stopping gangs. Any apparent police incompetence is just part of the public relations smokescreen.
Motueka community concerned about public display of gang patches
Niro - why does recreational use have to be justified? Your line of thinking has nothing to do with reality and everything to do with your idea that drug use is some how immoral.
The gap between what business needs and what is being taught in our institutions
40 years of low wages and youre surprised that nobody in this country has the skills you need?
Motueka community concerned about public display of gang patches
Nubag - yes, there is a place in society for them, that we have created mostly through kneejerk reactions similar to what you have expressed.
US popstar Katy Perry has eye on New Zealand property
Excellent! Hopefully shell buy a huge dairy farm and turn it into something that isnt an environmental disaster.
Motueka community concerned about public display of gang patches
MDMA, psilocybin, LSD and ketamine are all pretty safe as well.
Canterbury meteor may have been a fist-sized rock
I would guess it was part of a satellite, probably one without a lot of tungsten in it.
The debate over esports: Are they just gamers or are they actually athletes?
The mental demand on people playing DOTA or League or any game in real time is not comparable to turn based games like bridge, chess etc. It is more like motor racing.
New tenancy fee for landlords likely across property management sector
Well yeah and thats fine. That is only assuming that you do increase the landlords cost and property managers bill the landlord the same amount instead of competing to provide a lower cost service.The landlord will pass the costs on and thats fine but it should be included in the rent, the letting fees, viewing fees were ridiculous. Now the property managers have an incentive to lower to letting fees because landlords can shop around for a better deal, when tenants were paying it they didnt have that option and landlords had no reason to care.Over all this might lower the costs to tenants, letting fees might go down even if that cost gets spread out over the rental agreement tenants will pay less than if they paid upfront.It might even incentivize landlords to run longer tenancies instead of short terms ones to avoid paying the fees again.
Motueka community concerned about public display of gang patches
Colin - thats correct. The drugs arent killing people, the consequences of prohibition are killing people. If your knowledge of drugs comes from a DARE program and some stuff articles, and you arent familiar with the concept of prohibition, then I dont think I can explain myself to you.
Donald Trump: The illegitimate US president
So we have the problem. Now comes the reaction, then the solution?
Motueka community concerned about public display of gang patches
I should elaborate for the down voters to my earlier comment - control of black market drug supply is a very easy method to control the behaviour of people for prostitution. If methamphetamine was legal it would not be such an effective leash for prostitution. The cost of drug prohibition is the destruction of the lives of the people touched by the effects of prohibition.
New tenancy fee for landlords likely across property management sector
How is it another tax? They banned a type of fee...
Is the manual gearbox dead? Numbers seem to hint our love affair for stick driving is over
Specifically, braking distances become much longer with automatics. This makes it harder to maintain consistent speeds and also makes it harder to steer the weight of the vehicle within the limits of the suspension and tyres.
Suspected meteor causes 'sonic boom' over North Canterbury
pretty colors! hope theres more...
Policing boost to tackle thieves and gangs in Canterbury
Burglaries and gangs are symptoms of prohibition.
"Education funding boost unlikely to sway teachers voting on strike action, union says
Nonsense. Teachers actions are long overdue. Unions put off action first because of the GFC and then the Christchurch earthquake, the unions have said as much.Action has been deferred and kicked down the road and now it has culminated in some urgency during this term and would have regardless of who was in government.
Is the manual gearbox dead? Numbers seem to hint our love affair for stick driving is over
lagbort: braking distance is not equal to stopping distance. In an automatic, without the drag of the engine on the driveline to slow the vehicle down, you have to brake earlier - this results in the normal loss of handling ability associated with applying the brakes lasting for a longer period of time. Ergo, less control.
Forestry not agriculture is NZ's most dangerous job
These industries would be a lot safer if loss of life was not an acceptable cost of doing business. Probably wouldnt be as profitable though.
Motueka community concerned about public display of gang patches
Do you really keep receipts for everything you own, forever? Thats pretty impressive.
Employers must respect other religions and cultures
There is always an inbalance of power between employer and employee. The employee wants to eat, the employer wants a yacht.
Motueka community concerned about public display of gang patches
Seriously everybody is it really worth all the petty crime, murders, sexual assaults, suicides and car accidents that circle around the enormously profitable black market for recreational drugs? I dont think it is. Prohibition is killing us and destroying our lives...
Real men are empathetic and take ownership of their actions
The traditional paradigm of masculinity is a big driver of suicide in older men who struggle to feel relevant as their physical strength wanes.
Facebook sales of prescription medicines in New Zealand draw wrath of pharmacist
The correct analysis here would be that medicines are not affordable for a section of the population, creating a grey market for the goods. Unfortunately the blame lies at the foot of pharmaceutical companies outside of New Zealand who have a fiduciary responsibility to maximise profits for their shareholders.The problem is economic and will not go away without significant change to the way we organise ourselves.
Motueka community concerned about public display of gang patches
So... tell me why the recreational drug industry is still being run by gangs? Someone really needs to let people know that gangs are gonna keep selling drugs until we make them all legal.
Motueka community concerned about public display of gang patches
If we make drugs legal then it would be a lot harder to lure young girls into prostitution.
Motueka community concerned about public display of gang patches
Killing people is not an acceptable solution.
"Tax-free internet shopping to end next October",
No this is not a new tax. This is just GST actually being applied to goods (the G in GST stands for goods).It removes an exemption to a currently existing tax that everyone in parliament agrees should not exist.You wont see National opposing this, in fact they will vote for it, because they would have implemented the same thing anyway. Theyve been talking about it for years.To call this a new tax is completely disingenuous. It is the same tax being equally applied to imported purchases and local purchases.
Primary school teachers and principals vote to strike across country
I support the teachers.Both improved pay and conditions are necessary to attract new teachers into the profession and to keep existing teachers there. I support teachers campaigning for to have those demands met.
Primary teachers and principals strike for first time since 1994
Anyone who thinks these strikes are something to be blamed on this labour government needs to open both their eyes. Thank you Jacinda Ardern and coalition for providing the conditions for these underpaid public servants to have a voice.