December 22, 2024 - Personal blog of Rick Giles

Our New Zealand Lysenko

By NZB3

In Stalin’s Soviet State one man was given supremacy over science: Trofim Lysenko. He was later disgraced because it turns out he was wrong about so much. Lysenko said what his State liked to hear. Stalin and the Council of People’s Commissars of the USSR fast tracked his career and made him a prominent public […]

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April 16, 2020

Commission on a Mission

By NZB3

The Climate Change Commissioner is still talking of achieving carbon zero targets! Even now, when the country, the world, is being bent over backwards to appease the COVID-19 demon they don’t let up. Of course not. Give someone a title and a portfolio to be in charge of a budget and staff and projects….they’re going […]

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April 14, 2020

Economic Haircut

By NZB3

I was just thinking about haircuts this morning. My last time was in January and what’s that barber doing now? He was working on creating songs at his computer but otherwise had a steady flow of walk-in customers. Now he can’t pay for the lease on the place or any equipment he was paying off. […]

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April 13, 2020

TraceTogether

By NZB3

On the one hand, New Zealanders might be civilised enough to intellectually propose proper civil rights for themselves a priori. Figure it out. Listen to Anarchists. Tell the State to bite me…. “Ardern said the data would be stored on the phone and if the user tests positive they would then need to release the […]

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April 12, 2020

Each of us is a Climate in Himself

By NZB3

Few people, even thinkers, would give the Pope’s statement more than a derisive chuckle. Vincent Jamie McLeod is probably the only other guy I know who wouldn’t. “Pope says coronavirus outbreak may be one of ‘nature’s responses’ to climate change”- The Hill   Unless you’re acquainted with Chaos Theory or fractals…unless you’re a really big […]

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April 12, 2020

“Part of Anarchy is freedom, so I understand booting me out of the group would be contrary to your beliefs or constitution.”

By NZB3

A member of Anarkiwi Group of 3 years standing has just voluntarily departed after a very amicable, brief, chat. He admitted he was no Anarchist but was lurking because he was interested in our ideas. My response was that there’s plenty of opportunity to read our thoughts on the public page [anarkiwi.co.nz] and to contact […]

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April 11, 2020

Why Can’t We Have A State?

By NZB3

At some point you realise that all politicians do, all they ever can be, are opportunists who rely upon public lack of attention. Whatever we are soft about gives an opportunity for them to put some policy in place. Whenever we’re looking in another direction, that’s the essential opportunity for a politician to react. They […]

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April 10, 2020

A Labour 6.0 Education Scam At Last

By NZB3

The Minister of Education, Chris Hipkins, made himself up in front of the mirror back in 2017. He put on his nice dress and make up and went’a courtin’. He told everyone he was available for dates and liked nice men with fast cars who would make good fathers to help raise his future education […]

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April 9, 2020

C-19: Cases vs Active Cases

By NZB3

  You’d think there had been some kind of death knell sounded at the discovery of this ‘Bluff Wedding Cluster’. In reality these 11 people will shortly recover from their sniffles and join the growing ranks of the recovered… “The Bluff coronavirus cluster has risen by 11 more cases in 24 hours, bringing it to a […]

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April 8, 2020

Unlocked MPs

By NZB3

Two very successful members of parlaiment are under fire for not abiding by the Lock Down edict. Simon Bridges (Leader of the Opposition) and David Clark (Minister of Health) have both exceeded the travel permitted to any of we poor tax livestock. Health Minister David Clark demoted after taking beach trip amid lockdown; Stuff I […]

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April 7, 2020