This shows why David Seymour is no libertarian. He LOVES taxation if it suits his personal views. He is an authoritarian trojan horse wearing a libertarian cape, who wants to bring digital slavery to all if theres a dollar in it for his mates, or tax revenue in it for government.

If you don't follow Sony Thang, you should. He displays a clarity of vision of the west, our so called 'democracy' and the west 'rule of law' that only someone outside the western fishbowl can properly articulate.

Iran knows this. The west has created its own nightmare. A place where no one will give up its defenses (real or imagined) for any (imagined) security guarantee from the west. From here on, its always going to be a fight the west is increasingly unlikely to prevail in.

I judge people only by behaviour. Your politics is a clear signal of your behaviour. If you show up wearing insignia associated with politics I don't support, you will not get to rent a house off me, get credit, or the best price. The question is, is a Moko political signal ?.

So much fog of war here. But to my unexpert eye it looks like a small dust cloud, no real damage. Those who are claiming the B2s never dropped anything and all the damage was from Tomahawks may well be right. Surely a half dozen bunker busters would have left some obvious crater.

It's 'tumbled' to a price higher than the maximum the oil price cap allowed Russia to charge. Does this mean the oil price cap wad not working?

Many thought NZF would die a natural death if WP passed. I think a natural successor exists, and he will lift the party to heights it has never before experienced. More.. he came from radical Maoridom, and he has seen the future is a united NZ with one government and equality.

Irans minding its own business, Israel killed senior military leaders & Iran turned other cheek. Then Iran was attacked by Israel, & it attacked back. Then US attacked Iran & Iran turned other cheek. Then Israel attacks Iran, again & Iran is bad for not agreeing to a ceasefire.

Article 5 of the NATO requires member states to take "such action as they deem necessary," which could include military force but also other forms of assistance like diplomatic, economic, or logistical support. Or nothing. Its only a promise to have a talk-fest.

Its claimed these troops are deployed to maintain humanitarian corridors. Russia has been scrupulous about NOT hitting border crossings or the Dnieper Bridges. So someone is telling a pork pie...

📜 The United States Cannot Defeat Iran Those whose calculus of a US/Iran war assumes overwhelming American air superiority will abruptly find the parameters of their equations altered. (~500 words / 3 minutes) imetatronink.substack.com/p/the-united-s…

The 0.8% GDP increase is driven by increased spending on food, rates and insurance. In this case it's a measure of increased costs, not economic growth.

Rejoice Kiwis! We have left BOGA (bogus) the anti fossil fuel global club, Jacinda bound us to it. Dig baby dig!!

Propaganda.. 10000 Russians killed at tiny village, 200 train carriages destroyed. 80 ships sunk and 40 SU35s gone. Reality: May 2025, Ukraine received bodies of 6,060 fallen Ukrainian soldiers, while Russia received 78 bodies of Russians. Almost 80:1 Russian advantage. Play on.

This is our problem and we have to fix it.

For a clever guy, Kasparov shows he lacks basic comprehension skills. The guy he is critiquing is NOT talking of eliminating rich people, quite the reverse...

12 hours ago, Ukrainians were proudly talking of stormshadows, drones & missiles launched at Russian targets, of car bombs murdering civilians they didn't like, etc etc. Herein lies the problem. The Russians shoot back, with much more than an order of magnitude more material.

Article 5 is a promise to have a chat. It is not a promise of any kind of military response, a firm email to the bad guy more than meets its obligations.

📜 A Bird's Eye View of the Ukraine War They will endeavor to talk tough and “keep up appearances” for a while yet, but as a credible and capable military/political alliance, NATO is irreparably broken. (July 8, 2022 — 1200 words / 7 minutes) imetatronink.substack.com/p/a-birds-eye-…

Lockheed make < 1000 PAC2/3 missiles a year. Russia are launching 500+ drones in a single strike. PAC2/3 aren't the only tool NATO have, but the others aren't made in greater volumes. Trump has restricted supplies to Ukraine as he knows NATO are out of ammo.