@Crazy-Horse said in Coronavirus - Overall:

I reckon in a few more years it would have been a great snap shot of what it was like to live through the times.

It'll still be getting relitigated by the zealots on both sides 😞

Agree with him 99%. Right up until his last statement.

@MiketheSnow said in Israel, Iran, Syria, and the rest of the ... Middle East:

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"Their pronouns in middle east would be was/were"

The oppressed declaring war on poor, impoverished, oppressed $90k a year University students.....

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Running out of list MPs with all these scandals

Just in case you thought this place was being run by serious individuals, the government reportedly wants to subsidise a green hydrogen industry here. What's the greatest input cost to green hydrogen? Energy. What's being made more expensive every year in both comparative and in real terms? Energy.

But no doubt there's some sweet, sweet union pay rates associated with it.

I think Elon is going to use Grok to provide optional context (If you want it) or see straw man/steelman summaries of a posts topics.

Like Duluth I use lists, and 90% of my for you Is developer based, it’s great

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(Azzarello was the guy who set himself on fire outside the Trump trial)

@Tim said in Ukraine:

Mr. Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for the third time, had actually soft-pedaled his opposition to Ukraine aid in recent days as the dam began to break on the House Republican blockade. He stood by Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana, who assembled the complicated aid packages for Ukraine, Israel and America’s Asian allies, and against threatened efforts to bring down Mr. Johnson’s speakership and plunge the House back into chaos. And he stayed quiet on Saturday, declining to pressure Republicans to vote no.

It looks to me that they couldn't get Trump on Board with the money side. As he already had enough

But the (corrupt) legal actions and fines have done it. He's now on-Board with the elite's agenda. Including endless wars.

We now need to prepare for a major war. Promoted entirely by the West. But in a way so that they can blame Iran, Russia or China to the (sound asleep) Blue pill takers.

@Winger said in Climate Change:

Nutcases are running Air NZ

Maybe it's best to fly on another airline if possible

I don't understand your point.

@Tim Did they track anything to Pizza Express in Woking?

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@antipodean said in China:

@Virgil said in China:

Fair to say China is serious about invading Taiwan..

The bottom pic shows the Presidential Palace in Taiwan, the top pic is a training ground in China's inner Mongolia

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And yet they still haven't. Despite success being virtually assured.

Playing the long game i assume, think i read somewhere the above training ground started in 2014.
The failed Russian invasion of Ukraine might have given them pause as well, the way the rest of the world reacted and mostly united in condemnation of Putin.

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News is a very expensive product. Just on wages alone, if you take a very conservative guess of 90K per staffer for 300 people you are looking at 27 mil. But, we need it to be made. I keep on hearing the likes of Sean Plunket saying that the model has changed (which it certainly has), but a lot of the punditry from the likes of Plunket and the other requires a news article to base their content on.

By my maths Newshub, at its full schedule was providing around 35 hours of news, which reflects well over a hundred interviews, articles, promotional ops and investigative pieces. Most of which would be shared again through online channels and used by the agencies involved, or developed as starting points for pundits.

The problem is that while linear tv is the starting point and where the advertising needs to come from, the product is ubiquitous. When networks like Three are doing well financially, there is a Corporate Social Responsibility to maintain a news service for the area you are operating in. When they are going poorly, it is their most expensive liability. It simply can't be justified.

The Government's response has been disappointing. Not due to their refusal to do anything, but more due to the complete lack of knowledge around how the industry works.

In terms of the 'go woke go broke', label. From a political reporting stand point you hear the likes of Jenna Lynch get called a Labour mouth piece, in the pocket of the Act Party, the Nats biggest supporter. It has been wide and varied. If accusations are flying around from all sides, generally the product is ok. Sure there have been some mistakes, especially around commentary on gender issues, treaty discussions and probably the end of the COVID response.

The only way some of the Newshub reporters/products can be saved in my mind is through Sky TV. Even if that is to occur it would be a much reduced option. Half an hour bulletin, significantly reduced newsroom, a short and sharp breakfast programme and maintaining some political programming.

Whether people like Newshub or not, going to one main broadcast provider is not a good thing.