November 21, 2024 - Personal blog of Rick Giles

Ashley Bloomfield to Retire

By NZB3

The medical theatre part of the Cinders and Ash duo, Ashley Bloomfield, is to “retire” according to headlines. That word, retire, conjures up an image of an old man literally retiring to his rocking chair in the provinces leaving politics alone. Perhaps he’ll just put on an apron for the local school PTA not to […]

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April 20, 2022

Another Police Virtue Signal on Wheels

By NZB3

Again? Gay car, farmer car, Pacificar, Maori car and now this. Urban cancer virtue signal police wheels….”A desire to support a good cause and a love of motorbikes has a West Coast Road Policing Officer taking on the Southern Alps on two ‘very small wheels’ in support of the Cancer Society….an endurance event which is […]

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April 15, 2022

Nationalisation of Tar

By NZB3

Government has decided to take over the bitumen import business in New Zealand because it doesn’t trust private enterprise. Z Energy is backing off and wishing them luck. Because New Zealand can’t make its own oil-infested rocks now we must ship in the expensive and heavy stuff. Because Labour 6.0 had Marsden Point oil refinery […]

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April 13, 2022

The Three Rules of Believing

By NZB3

“Whoever wants music instead of noise, joy instead of pleasure, soul instead of gold, creative work instead of business, passion instead of foolery, finds no home in this trivial world of ours.” Hermann Hesse, in this quote, didn’t need to tell us that the most trivial-fool-business-gold-pleasure-world is that of the politician. Prime among politicians in […]

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April 12, 2022

Operation

By NZB3

Governments are simply opportunistic parasitical organisms out for all they can get. The Kiwi resembles the sleeping and prone character in the Milton Bradley board game Operation. While the New Zealander sleeps, the politicians carefully extract his organs while trying very hard not to raise the alarm! — Ref. 2011: NZ Productivity Commission, AHNZ  

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April 9, 2022