Madrigal

My point exactly. Trump has served his purpose. Now for the new puppet.

4 more years? Nah. 6 months before they turf him.

This’ll be a Vance presidency.

Judith Collin’s is a truly awful person, but even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

Y’all should watch the head of IRD tell them to get fucked (more or less) at this year’s FEC hearing.

“Influencer”

The real world.

The law: Do what we say, don’t challenge us, give us all your wealth, we can change the law at any time.

Main home and a holiday home/cabin or similar. Seems perfectly reasonable to me.

Led Poisonin

For web browsing? No.

Personally I’d rather supermarkets charged more reasonable prices for groceries.

Well, with their track record…

For a while there I thought “moved to Belarus” was going to become the new “fell from a window”, but I guess they’ve decided to stick with tradition.

In my experience, influencers are people who:

• destroy natural monuments and works of art for attention
• play cruel pranks on others for attention
• present a completely false image of themselves and their lives
• constantly demand special treatment while offering nothing in return

And about a million other things I can’t think of right now.

In short, they’re among the most awful people around. You really don’t need a more insulting term.

Federated?

Yep, that’s what it is.

The ten second version is that New Zealand has a rather unique situation in that the country is founded on a treaty between the indigenous people and the British Crown, rather than just straight invasion. Due to - among other things - translation issues, as well as some pretty egregious breaches of said treaty by the Crown, there are major disagreements over the extent to which Māori ceded their sovereignty, if at all.

It’s a complicated situation with no perfect outcome possible. By and large, Māori have been entirely reasonable and conciliatory in seeking redress for historical wrongs and restoration (where possible) of elements of their self-sovereignty. But it’s an uphill battle with heavy opposition, from a loud minority of thinly-masked racists, of any attempt to give them any real say in the governance of the country.

All because I want the law to be gender neutral? Wow.

Heaven forbid anyone care about real world injustices that rape victims have suffered because the law doesn’t recognise them.

I think you should take a good hard look at yourself and reflect on your statement, to be honest.

No that’s pretty much exactly what you’re saying.

Oh don’t hold back. Let’s hear your valuable insights!

Great, as long as it’s written (and applied) in a gender neutral fashion.