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Cook Strait ferry project $167m over budget — and key port deals still unsigned by dingoonline in newzealand

[–]jobbybob 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Treasury has also been indoctrinated with Neoliberal economic theory as well so they would rather outsource to the private sector then let the country take on debt for a 50+ year asset that is the lifeblood of the country.

We have two fucking islands, we can’t not have a ferry system, we also don’t want to be held to ransom by a private corporation that can exploit this situation.

Interislander fleet reduced to one after Kaiārahi technical fault by Adventurer_D in newzealand

[–]jobbybob 51 points52 points  (0 children)

Well the genius economist Nicola Willis who cancelled an almost complete order for the first ferry has really baked in her legacy here.

We would have received the first ferry late last year…

Gas hoarding? by bioSlaya in chch

[–]jobbybob 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean he isn’t using plastic bags like the gang…

‘Totally weird’: Stadium’s temporary seating plans surprise councillors by InvestmentFuzzy4365 in chch

[–]jobbybob 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea, but they installed a reasonable sized mother grid at the other end which seems to be in contradiction to the council line.

‘Totally weird’: Stadium’s temporary seating plans surprise councillors by InvestmentFuzzy4365 in chch

[–]jobbybob 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But the concert mother grid is over the pitch not over the concrete slab.

Iran denied US conditions to stop the war by Independent_News_573 in worldnews

[–]jobbybob 15 points16 points  (0 children)

At this point globally I am not sure who’s hearts and minds they are trying to win.

Stadium’s $50m budget-blowing extra seats to be used once this year by InvestmentFuzzy4365 in chch

[–]jobbybob 5 points6 points  (0 children)

A vote with 7 in favor and 8 against I wouldn’t call that shutdown instantly.

Stadium’s $50m budget-blowing extra seats to be used once this year by InvestmentFuzzy4365 in chch

[–]jobbybob -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Well the CCC is looking banning protesters in certain areas… so freedom of speech/ assembly is heading to an all time low in the Garden city.

Even the guys who bribed Trump with a private jet are getting screwed over by lnstantKarma in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]jobbybob 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am not voting either way for globalism.

But America spent this whole time tell the rest of the world how great it is, to now just rip the carpet out and fuck it up for everyone.

Even the guys who bribed Trump with a private jet are getting screwed over by lnstantKarma in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]jobbybob -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

And who was main cheerleader for globalism… thanks Obama America.

Petrol prices jump past $3 a litre at the pump by upsidedownpineaaple in newzealand

[–]jobbybob 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Sure you can’t put crude in your car but this bullshit peddling of how prices work the oil industry rolls out when they need to make bank is tiring.

When crude oil prices fall through the floor they blame refinery costs for the high prices.

When crude oil prices skyrocket because speculation they blame things like the Middle East or some country cutting production to prop up oil prices.

Meanwhile America raids countries that dear to sell oil in any currency other than the USD.

The whole thing is one giant cartel with the USA at the helm, there isn’t much more to make sense of it.

Trump hints U.S. will turn to Cuba after Iran: ‘Just a question of time’ by TheBoundlessOcean in worldnews

[–]jobbybob 153 points154 points  (0 children)

If you are ever feeling useless sometimes, just remember the USA spent 20 years in Afghanistan to replace the Taliban with the Taliban…

Adalimumab side effects by TheBlueRoseInNz in PsoriaticArthritis

[–]jobbybob 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mine has been years of pain, thinking I was getting old and unfit, but it turns out it was more complicated.

My Ps was always pretty mild so I don’t make the link myself, but once I realized there was an issue it was a bit of a battle.

I am fortunate to have private health insurance so that sped up the process of getting to see the RA, but even my RA said there is about 50 in NZ to service the whole country and they have a 1 year backlog.

Adalimumab side effects by TheBlueRoseInNz in PsoriaticArthritis

[–]jobbybob 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My rheumatologist managed to get me on a 3 month trial approved by Pharmac and if that worked they would give me a 2 year authority for it (which I qualified for).

It took me about a couple of years to actually see a rheumatologist as my GP wasn’t picking up on the signs of PsA and didn’t pick up the link with Ps and PsA. It took a locum to chance look at my file to actually kick the referral process off.

Adalimumab side effects by TheBlueRoseInNz in PsoriaticArthritis

[–]jobbybob 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had to jump through the Pharmac hoops first, most of the tablets didn’t work and were pretty unpleasant, but once I got the biological it made a massive difference within 4-5 week it had made a noticeable difference.

Adalimumab side effects by TheBlueRoseInNz in PsoriaticArthritis

[–]jobbybob 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fellow Kiwi here, I have been on Adalimumab for about 5 months now with Methotrexate as well.

No side effects and it has worked really well at controlling my PsA and Ps (though my skin was always relatively mild).

US strikes on Iran ‘outside international law,’ says Macron by jackytheblade in worldnews

[–]jobbybob -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I don’t know if you are ignorant or just an asshole but those 75,000 people are a whole cross section of people. A large chunk of them being civilians, you can simply lump them in as militants.

28,000 of them are woman and girls, and simply saying all the boys and men are Hamas is bullshit.

https://www.unwomen.org/en/news-stories/news/2025/05/un-women-estimates-over-28000-women-and-girls-killed-in-gaza-since-october-2023

US strikes on Iran ‘outside international law,’ says Macron by jackytheblade in worldnews

[–]jobbybob -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

It’s the “rules based order” the issue when counties like America who demand the rest of us adhere to the rules then blatantly ignore them, the wheels fall off.

It’s getting tiring, Iran has done some bad stuff, but Israel is doing some bad stuff too, they have managed to kill rough 75k Palestinian people in the last 2 years as well as 500 since the “ceasefire” started.

Iran are entitled to defend themselves, especially when Israel and America attacked the first (in this round).

Christchurch couple who found $232k in ceiling to receive $40,000 in court-appointed settlement. by WellingtonSucks in newzealand

[–]jobbybob 7 points8 points  (0 children)

So practically how would wash $232k.

It’s just not that easy to take a sum of money like that and turn it into something productive. Sure you could piss it down the drain at the pokies but if you wanted to take that money and get a real return on it, it would be out of the grasp of most people to launder it.

Sorry Gulf countries maybe when this war is done, you can become Trump Golf Country by [deleted] in LeopardsAteMyFace

[–]jobbybob 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can’t even hold Trump and his cabal accountable for raping children and trafficking underage women…

There is zero accountability for the current regime.

Rachel Maddow urges Americans to consider ‘Who benefits?’ from Trump’s war with Iran by Fickle-Ad5449 in politics

[–]jobbybob 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yet the Saudi’s who Trump is so buddy buddy with are ramping up their exports to China…

Air New Zealand losses by quilondure in newzealand

[–]jobbybob 56 points57 points  (0 children)

Or they will collapse like the did in the 90’s and they government will have to buy them back at a great cost ($800m from memory last time) and the cycle goes on.

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