#Iran claims self-defense under U.N. Charter. Warns #US to stay out of it. Says retaliation complete, unless Israel counter- strikes:

Biden has shrunk Trump's lead to 46% to 45% in ⁦The New York Times⁩ ⁦SienaResearch⁩ poll, an improvement for Biden from late February, when Trump had a sturdier 48% to 43% edge. ⁦Shane Goldmacher⁩ nytimes.com/2024/04/13/us/…

Ha! Please let it be so….

The crazy thing is, Google is headquartered in California. Google is, by definition, a California-based publisher of news and information. Will Google remove links to itself??

O.J. Simpson Allowed To Remain Living After Coffin Doesn’t Fit bit.ly/4cVP7ZC

Now THAT is a fantastic result - 79th minute winning try…

OH in a random cafe:
Guy off street tells barista Christopher Luxon is 'talking to Murdoch' to bring Fox News here to replace Newshub. 'All that phone hacking and shit'

Another patron: 'Be better than what's been there now'

Third guy: 'I wish it was TVNZ news stopping, not 3'

Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown has maybe met his match, telling councillors he would soon meet Housing Minister Chris Bishop:

'He’s very forthright and blunt. I've reread the [National housing policy] and I think if I've got to meet with a blunt person I've got to be blunt.”

Big 79th birthday party for Foreign Minister Winston Peters no doubt in Washington DC when the 11th rolls around US eastern time.
Next year he'll be marking the big one by standing down from the role of Deputy PM.

At the same time Foodstuffs is telling ComCom a merger would provide efficiencies through using just one supplier deal, its South Island co-op has decided to handle negotiations on a store-by-store basis. Over on Newsroom this morning. --$ newsroom.co.nz/2024/04/11/sup…

Amazing how many people are taking offence and self-declaring as the unoriginal and uninformed in response to the Patrick Gower ‘get stuffed’ comment.

Classic

Good on Pat, telling the haters and wreckers where to go.

Trump Media: Down 9% for the day, 28% for the week and 52% for the month. Very SPAC-y. $DJT

'The next caller Louise, is in the Rhondda Valley and you're through to the Prime Minister, go ahead Louise.'

'Good morning Prime Minister.'

'Hi Rhonda...'

A huge move from the Rabbitohs...

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Auckland charms its way into the top 10!

The world's most livable cities, 2023:

1. Vienna 🇦🇹
2. Copenhagen 🇩🇰
3. Melbourne 🇦🇺
4. Sydney 🇦🇺
5. Vancouver 🇨🇦
6. Zurich 🇨🇭
7. Calgary 🇨🇦
8. Geneva 🇨🇭
9. Toronto 🇨🇦
10. Osaka 🇯🇵 (tied)
10. Auckland 🇳🇿 (tied)

According to The Economist Intelligence Unit

What’s National got against Samoa?

A social media commenter gets to the crux of today’s media job losses:

“Who’s gonna ask our questions when they’re gone?’