ACC: “Have a hmmm”
By NZB3
“Have a hmmm” The Government health insurance agency, ACC, is liable every time a New Zealander has an ‘accident’ (though that word is used very liberally.) As a direct result of being our Big Brother the ACC, of course, tries to limit financial liabilities by using some of its budget to lecture the public about […]
Read more..August 25, 2023
Government accused of manipulating news with paid content on TVNZ and STUFF
By NZB3
Apologies to the street I was walking down early yesterday morning when I yelled out “I DID!” Had my headphones on at dawn taking a stroll while listening to Sean Plunket interview Chris Trotter on The Platform. One of them had said you’d be considered mad to think this was happening and nobody suspected it […]
Read more..August 24, 2023
Debating people with horrible ideas legitimizes them
By NZB3
Vincent Geloso, Assistant Professor of Economics at George Mason University, said an interesting thing 4 hours ago about debate and legitimisation. Ref. Facebook (22/8/23) “I dislike the argument that debating people with horrible ideas legitimizes them.” he said. Leaving to one side that he put his argument in the form of what he “likes” or […]
Read more..August 22, 2023
$20,000 Robo Turtle
By NZB3
“Meet Cornelia, the Kiwi-built robo-turtle”says Newstalk ZB newsvertising. “It looks like a turtle and swims like a turtle, but this Kiwi-built green machine is more robot than reptile.” Because, Jamie Morton (reporter,) it is 100% AUT robot turtle and 0% reptile. But you were going for a Star Wars riff and I can respect that. […]
Read more..August 9, 2023
Christian Software Patch: Uninstall
By NZB3
The Roman era is different to the Christian because of the object of sacrifice. Like primitives, the Romans held that gods both large and small determined forces of nature and that they were personal and could be appealed to. Food or drink, the lives of animals or children or slaves were taken in the name […]
Read more..August 6, 2023
Happy to let itself be ruled
By NZB3
This information interferes with several of their cherished beliefs… “The greater part of the population is not very intelligent, dreads responsibility, and desires nothing better than to be told what to do. Provided the rulers do not interfere with its material comforts and its cherished beliefs, it is perfectly happy to let itself be ruled. […]
Read more..August 5, 2023
Optimus Prime Toaster
By NZB3
Returning home last night from watching the film Transformers: Rise of the Beasts I took a tangent away from an image-editing job. This was a kids movie and a kid persuaded me to see it with them. Even movies I do not enjoy can be deconstructed and diagnosed but this film was at least watchable […]
Read more..July 23, 2023
Indiana Jones 4
By NZB3
As a very late Generation X, and for other reasons, I was excluded from being a part of the culture of my cohort. A bit like not being in on the joke except it’s no joke, it’s generational identity. When it comes to films, I was too late to be part of things like Ghost […]
Read more..July 2, 2023
Measurement, Epistemology, Politics
By NZB3
Here is a question I found interesting from an unknown person wanting a connection between measurement, epistemology, and political groups to be elaborated upon. This association seems to explain the different points of view that Conservatives, Libertarians, Progressives, and Woke Leftists have about reality itself. And, it maps right on to the basic textbook learning […]
Read more..June 25, 2023
Vodafone Rebrand
By NZB3
Q: What do you think of this. Am I missing something: Vodafone to block child pornography sites? Or is it a warm up for hate speech? A: It’s copying Countdown’s branding. Remember how Countdown supermarkets brought in Kiri Hannifin came in to re-brand them as the Social Justice supermarket chain? Gone the assuring white male […]
Read more..June 24, 2023
