Looks like #nz relying almost entirely on #renewable #energy is now looking at #blackouts on #friday as their #capacity is pushed to the #limit https://aardvark.co.nz/daily/2022/0811.s.. As #aardvark suggests, this is is *without* widespread #ev #adoption .
Great #discussion from #aardvark that indicates that #banning #automatic #rifles has not #helped curve #gun #violence - in fact it has actually #increased https://aardvark.co.nz/daily/2022/0328.s.. And the only way forwards now as he suggests is to arm the #police . Also if shit kicks off with #russia , I imagine they may want #citizens #armed again.
#aardvark (correctly in my #opinion ) #predicts that things are about to get bad in #nz and the cruisy #lifestyle is over: https://aardvark.co.nz/daily/2022/0309.s.. The #weather #forecast is cold with a hint of misery.
Interesting #discussion by #aardvark about the #paypermile #law the #nz #government intend to #introduce to #generate #tax once everybody stops using #fossil #fuels https://aardvark.co.nz/daily/2022/0304.s.. He talks about ways in which this could be technically #circumvented ... I also don't want any government knowing how and where I #dive ...
#aardvark 's #article on #russia - #ukraine is very interesting: https://aardvark.co.nz/daily/2022/0225.s.. Apparently both the #uk and #us are working together in order to launch #cyber #warfare on #russian #infrastructure ... This could get quite messy quite quickly. Also there is belief that #russia and #china have been planning this for a while now.
Great points raised by #aardvark about #corporate #greed during these times also increasing #inflation in #nz https://aardvark.co.nz/daily/2022/0224.s.. The #government will even #encourage this - as it means they can #tax the #companies more without being perceived as #taxing the people as much... In real terms, the average person is absolutely screwed.
#aardvark starts a new #youtube #channel - has a #discussion about #freedom of #choice for #covid #vaccination - gets immediately #censored https://aardvark.co.nz/daily/2022/0215.s.. Very tempted to help him #host it elsewhere...
@barray on Sun Feb 13 15:21:47 UTC 2022 said: &e#aardvark points this out quite well in his #article https://aardvark.co.nz/daily/2022/0214.s.. It's a #shame with how the #nz #government have treated anti- #covid #vaccine #mandate #peaceful #protestors by blasting #music on #loop , turning on #sprinklers and #police taking #liberties ... All because the #government of the day is losing face! How on earth can #omicron #spread when #vaccination rates are so high? It's as if they #lied to the public... #news #media will #blame #protests soon!The #protest the #nz #government do not want you to know is happening: https://youtube.com/watch?v=kK8B69JM4IE Great to see #kiwis #unite over something, even if it is #covid #vaccine #mandates !
Even #aardvark is coming around to the #idea of opening up the #nz #border and be-what-may as a result: https://aardvark.co.nz/daily/2022/0209.s.. Even the worse case #projections of #deaths are really not so bad at all. Also I love how his #website #predates #html #layout #elements and #modern ideas regarding not using #tables ! Still works though!
Interesting #article by #aardvark regarding the #definition of an #nz #maori and who would get #compensation if/when it is given: https://aardvark.co.nz/daily/2022/0208.s.. It's insane to me to think that in this day and age there are #maori #families living out of #garages or #cars - zero excuse for that. Apparently this can be because of a #distrust of #white #people . The problem is #complex and something #kiwis actually need to address, rather than brushing it under the carpet.
@barray on Wed Feb 02 23:09:41 UTC 2022 said: &e#aardvark also #discusses the #nz #journalist in his #article https://aardvark.co.nz/daily/2022/0203.s.. Apparently the #nz #government #paid $36.50 per #vaccine #shot to #pfizer ! As #aardvark suggest, it's time to open the #border up. #omicron isn't so bad and people desperately need #immunity to some form of #variant !Wow, the #nz #government initially #rejected a #pregnant #citizen #journalist whose #visa ran out in #holland - based on the grounds of the " #risk " the #covid #omicron #variant is supposed to represent: https://youtube.com/watch?v=h022-JZSslY She then had to seek #refuge in #afghanistan , who welcomed her openly. Only after some bad #pr #jacinda 's government reversed their decision, but not before #smearing her #personal #details to the #press ... Disgusting.
Interesting to hear #aardvark being approached by #chinese #drone maker for a " #review ", but he is not allowed to actually #criticize the #product https://aardvark.co.nz/daily/2022/0202.s.. Makes you wonder how many people sold their #morality in favour of getting that #review #money ...
Damning #article written by #aardvark regarding #nz tightening #gun #laws in " #response " to the #christchurch #mosque #terrorist #attack - despite #gunlaw having nothing to do with the reason why it happened: https://aardvark.co.nz/daily/2022/0201.s.. The awful #irony here is, as he says, that it was actually a #failure by the #police to correctly carry out the law in the first place. The only people who have been #punished are #lawabiding #kiwis as he says.
#aardvark is not so #educated on the current #omicron #covid #variant it seems: https://aardvark.co.nz/daily/2022/0121.s.. There is no #threat from #omicron - the #uk are stepping down #restrictions despite due to #underwhelming #hospitalisation rates... It has clearly become #endemic ! Currently #nz 's #strategy is to keep #omicron out and to keep #delta in, the most #deadly #strain ...
Interesting, the recent #volcano in #tonga wiped out the #internet entirely. #aardvark raises the point that this would be a perfect time for #decentralised #radio #communications - such as #ham #radio #operators https://aardvark.co.nz/daily/2022/0120.s..
Glad to hear that #aardvark is beginning to #question the #narrative on #covid https://aardvark.co.nz/daily/2022/0111.s.. You must #beware of #omicron ! For it cannot be distinguished from the normal #flu ... I think if that really is the case, with it outcompeting the #delta #variant - we're done now. No more #vaccines , no more #boosters , no more #passports , no more #restrictions . It has become an acceptable level of #risk - it will not #overwhelm the #health system. Checkout the #uk !