When the #uk #government was having a #party in #downingstreet , the #queen was #burying #prince #philip https://www.lotuseaters.com/downing-stre.. The absolute insanity of this situation... #boris should #resign .
The #uk #government are #installing 300k #carbondioxide #monitors into #schools and #classrooms in aid of combatting #covid https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/233154/c.. This might be the most accidentally #brilliant #policy ever introduced. A lack of good #air #quality is a massive #issue in general, especially during #early #child #development !
I agree with #aardvark that people being #paid not to #work should have been #encouraged to #learn a new #skill https://aardvark.co.nz/daily/2021/1217.s.. The #nz #government for example could have made #online #courses #available to all, teaching people #virtual / #office based #trade that allows them to get #employment outside of the #tourism #industry for example. What a missed #opportunity !
@barray on Wed Dec 15 16:28:00 UTC 2021 said: &eWow, the #uk #parliament #government actually #voted for the #covid #vaccine #passports "for #large #gatherings ": https://www.lotuseaters.com/parliament-v.. It #passed with 368 #ayes to 126 #nays , 101 of the nays coming from #conservative #mp #party #members ! I think it's about time we see a #replacement to #boris - he's completely at the #mercy of the #opposition now to pass #legislation - he cannot be effective like this.Haha, to #avoid having to #implement the #uk #government 's new #legislation , a #footbal #stadium has reduced their #capacity to 9,999 - one under the #legal #requirement for #covid #vaccine #passports https://www.lotuseaters.com/carlisle-uni.. The irony is, due to COVID they have not been seeing a #crowd greater than 8,000 anyway!
Haha, to #avoid having to #implement the #uk #government 's new #legislation , a #footbal #stadium has reduced their #capacity to 9,999 - one under the #legal #requirement for #covid #vaccine #passports https://www.lotuseaters.com/carlisle-uni.. The irony is, due to COVID they have not been seeing a #crowd greater than 8,000 anyway!
The #snp #scottish #government casually asking #underage #children about #anal #sex https://www.lotuseaters.com/scottish-gov.. They told the #school #kids that it is #anonymous - whilst *actually* have the ability to #uniquely #identify children. Not only is it a major #ethics #violation on many levels, I'm pretty sure it breaks #gdpr which the #uk is still signed up to for now. #fine when?
Apparently the #nz #government believe that the #maori #system for #collecting #information ( #matauranga ) is as #valid as #science - if not more valid: https://youtube.com/watch?v=7YXJD0Ytb0I #university #academics are apparently fighting against this... Good on them. Throwing #evolution out the window is *not* going to bring #nz forwards...
Apparently the #snp #scottish #government are now putting #tampons into #men 's #bathrooms encase #trans staff need them: https://www.lotuseaters.com/scottish-gov.. Note that this is by direction by #stonewall - whom have apparently been paid nearly half a #million #pounds for this exceptional #advice over 4 years. I'm sure nothing bad will come of this.
Looks like #china definitely has the #covid #delta #india #variant now: https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/covid.. People are also now #panicbuying #food after the #government told people to 'prepare' for a #war on #taiwan ... What the hell is going on over there?
#aardvark raises a great point about #pandering to *some* of the #maori people who believe that the entire of #nz should be on their hands and knees just for them: https://aardvark.co.nz/daily/2021/1020.s.. As he correctly says, #equal #opportunity is available to *all* people - to the point where the #nz #government is almost *too* #proactive in trying to get people the #covid #vaccine ! Madness.
More slipping of #privacy and #security - with #secret #gagorders by the #us #government to inflict #google https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrews.. Scary stuff.
I heard about this #protest going on up in #auckland #nz https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/weve-.. Apparently this #apostletamaki is a #religious chap pushing back on the #lockdowns they've been having. Bare in mind, on the #southisland , we are still in level 2, despite *zero cases* this entire time. The #government need to give people a path out of this madness.
Damn, looks like #boris could be looking to stiff me up on my old #student #loans by increasing the amount of time I have to pay them for *and* increasing the #interest rate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz6-ZRt8.. Apparently these changes very well could be applied retroactively, even more likely given the #uk #government is absolutely broke right now.
Apparently there are still some ongoing #recounts in #texas regarding the 2020 #vote at the request of #trump https://timcast.com/news/texas-secretary.. Honestly, in the grand scheme of things, a #audit is not so #financially #costly when considering the strength it gives to the #government 's #mandate . #democracy only works if people believe in it.
@barray on Fri Sep 24 00:26:55 UTC 2021 said: &eThe #evergrande story just keeps going - apparently they are about the #default on $18 #billion in #foreign #debt https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/evergr.. Apparently they will enter into a 30 day grace period and then shit gets real. Apparently the #chinese #government has been warning #locals to #prepare for #evergrande 's collapse.This #evergrande story just keeps blowing up - apparently the #founders of #evergrande #property apparently also setup #evergrandeauto - a company that has processed #billions of #dollars without ever selling a single #car https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/evergr.. They had done a bunch of #investor rounds as a way of generating #income and #inflating #stocks - very weird.
The new #enact #uk #political #party certainly has some interesting ideas, but it's also quite scary: https://www.lotuseaters.com/enact-modern.. A #mandated #government #app to be able to #vote sounds like hell - one tiny #bug could mean the entirety of #british #democracy is #corrupted (even more than it is). Also, voting by #majority *does not* always produce better results - more brain power yes, but also less focus.