December 22, 2024 - Personal blog of Rick Giles

I’m poor but I’m kind

By NZB3

“I’m broke but I’m happy, I’m poor but I’m kind”   Alanis Morissette: Great lyrics! I’ll make that into a song. Think I’ll call it ‘One hand in mypocket”   Jacinda Ardern: Great lyrics? I’m going to make that into political policy. Think I’ll call it ‘Two hands in the taxpayer’s pocket’ — The subtext […]

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May 25, 2020

Lockdown Clown Diary

By NZB3

Covid-19 Diary: May 11th Seem to be living on another planet. Have to keep reminding myself that the strange and paranoid behavior of the people living around me is based on the idea they believe- really believe- thousands of lives depend on obeying Big Brother. While Labour 6.0 re-negotiates their New Deal with businessmen we […]

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May 11, 2020

COVID Masks are Gang Patches

By NZB3

One of the visible features of the COVID-19 crisis has been the waring of surgical  masks. These, like much of this political crisis, are not there for health reasons alone. It’s also about theatre and superstition. They signal to others that the waringer is serious about the political fantasy and that’s quite separate from any […]

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May 6, 2020

Money for Nothin’

By NZB3

As Anarchists feared, the post-COVID “help” from The State is going to be worse than the alleged ailment it sets out to cure. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand have added a bunch of zeros to their special spreadsheet and nobody stopped them.. “Twenty years ago this would have been called unconventional monetary policy. Now, […]

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May 1, 2020