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As long as the data has always been recorded consistently, it's still useful. I would suggest it's pragmatic to err on the side of caution where consequences are dramatic.
Legal or otherwise, worse drugs are consumed, we need to deal the best we can. Maybe we need old school testing where police can make a judgement on a person's capacity to drive. We're going to have a growing population of ageing drivers. What kind of objective roadside test for dementia is available? I think disincentives are important, we can't just give up because it's hard. And we need a more comprehensive approach too. If it's accepted that getting off the hook is something we do, maybe we should make it easy for that to happen while mitigating the risks?
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13th May 2019, 15:01 | #4883 | |
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https://roadtoll-nz.blogspot.com/201...o-believe.html Since some of the red flags appear to be "IT migration clusterfuck" and "all the knowledgeable staff quit or got made redundant" I would not be surprised if government shortsightedness is at the root of it after all. |
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23rd May 2019, 20:49 | #4885 |
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24th May 2019, 11:43 | #4886 |
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This internet thing will be great it will place power back in the hands of the people
https://mashable.com/article/amazon-...cann-approved/ |
24th May 2019, 12:23 | #4887 |
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ROFL
"At one point, the company had even offered $5 million in gift cards to Brazil and Peru, the ACTO member states who originally filed the complaint, to no avail." WTF. Gift Cards. Not cash. Gift cards. They probably took the view that there is leakage with gift cards, so the $5m is really on $3m |
24th May 2019, 13:36 | #4888 |
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27th May 2019, 17:27 | #4889 | |||
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Syphilis cases spike in Auckland (Dec 2016)
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27th May 2019, 20:46 | #4890 |
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The amazing thing is how cuts to Auckland health services cause an increase in syphilis rates worldwide. 09 sluts must be frequent flyers.
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27th May 2019, 21:26 | #4891 |
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Yeah, that totally wasn't an excuse to justify any reduction in services. Unlike us, the rest of the world hasn't engaged in any kind of austerity measures, what we're seeing is some social phenomena unrelated to the decisions of our leadership. Social collapse is just something that happens, who knows how or why. Social services are just like love to a child. Indulgent but ultimately unnecessary.
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28th May 2019, 11:32 | #4892 |
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ah, the slippery slope fallacy, a new one for LS.
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28th May 2019, 13:20 | #4893 |
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Do you have a set of fallacy dice that you roll when you want to dismiss someone without having to think about it?
Babies you make dumb. That the conclusion I've come to. Formerly intelligent people have their brains eaten away by the effort of raising children. The world becomes this place where things happen for unknowable reasons, suggestion to the contrary evoking anger. I get that could earn me an ad hominem rebuke, but that would only be if that's what coincidentally comes up on your dice. Not like I have to worry about anyone actually trying to explain themselves.
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28th May 2019, 13:28 | #4894 |
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World changes, sees consequences.
New Zealand changes similarly, sees similar consequences. SLIPPERY SLOPE FALLICKICY GUYSES!
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28th May 2019, 14:15 | #4896 | |
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28th May 2019, 14:18 | #4897 | ||
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28th May 2019, 14:44 | #4898 | |
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28th May 2019, 14:59 | #4899 | |
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28th May 2019, 15:04 | #4900 |
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Rates of homeless Māori in Auckland should be a wake-up call
Maori must be the cause of their own problems. Certainly there could be no larger forces at play which undermines people's ability to make sound decisions, vulnerable groups being most obviously impacted.
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28th May 2019, 16:07 | #4901 | |
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Or is it something as simple as the rise of antibiotic-resistant strains of syhphilis? |
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28th May 2019, 16:41 | #4902 | |
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Those seem like helpful questions to ask. Who might be the most appropriate people to ask such questions, able to bring a body of knowledge and experience as well as a disciplined approach? Maybe there are even more useful questions an experienced researcher might be aware of. Have we seen evidence of these questions being explored? Do you think that's what DHBs meant with their do-it-yourself services they spoke of? Was it your sense they were keen to invest in developing such knowledge?
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28th May 2019, 16:58 | #4903 | |
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3rd June 2019, 11:52 | #4905 |
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Cmon people those seniors gold cards aren’t gonna pay for themselves
https://i.stuff.co.nz/business/opini...the-tax-burden |
3rd June 2019, 13:42 | #4906 |
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Come on Ab, don't you care about the most vulnerable in society?
Also though, $70,000 as the top tax rate is retarded. Should be more like $100,000.
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3rd June 2019, 15:02 | #4907 | |
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That's my point. It is retarded. There's no reason for having the top tax rate start down that low unless you were trying to squeeze the middle class for every cent you can get.
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3rd June 2019, 17:26 | #4908 |
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What cost power? $7.7 million, so far...
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3rd June 2019, 19:25 | #4909 | |
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Income Distribution shows that many more people earn less than $70k (~1.7M) than those who earn more (~700k). If $94k was the new boundary, ~300k people [who are already above average earners] would be better off by up to about $14/week (depending on where they sit in the bracket). When things are so bad that $10/week on a $1000/week income changes your life, I think it is safe to say it is not the tax bracket that is the problem.
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3rd June 2019, 20:15 | #4910 |
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That Deutsche Bank tho.
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3rd June 2019, 21:16 | #4911 | |
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Oh and a CGT. Forgot that. Super, super, double, double, gold card and a Capital Gains Tax is what it will cost your party. What else is there?
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4th June 2019, 00:03 | #4912 |
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The Provincial Growth Fund, 3 billion dollars that obviously weren't needed anywhere else and which are allocated solely to an electorate that NZ First wants Shane Jones to win.
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4th June 2019, 11:38 | #4913 |
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The tax brackets should be adjusted every 5 years in line with inflation.
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4th June 2019, 14:25 | #4914 |
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MMP's not perfect (I reckon 0.83% party vote = 1 seat could be worth a look) but on the positive side Northland is a pretty rundown provence.
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4th June 2019, 15:35 | #4915 |
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We'll have to wait and see how much Northland actually ends up benefitting from Jones's largesse.
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"Today Deutsche Bank is valued at just over $14 billion and the stock price is in a free fall. If we could raise the capital, it would be interesting to purchase the failing bank and revive it by embracing Bitcoin. Crazier things have happened." ... but also... "When designing a space rocket you don’t need the Wright Brothers plane.” |
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4th June 2019, 20:50 | #4917 | |
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Chinese banking system not looking good after Baoshang failure
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As for buying Deutsche Bank - what's the saying? Don't try to catch a falling knife?
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4th June 2019, 20:59 | #4918 | |
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5th June 2019, 08:04 | #4919 |
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7th June 2019, 11:23 | #4920 |
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