James R
@jecryan.bsky.social
Living large and happy in the Bay of Plenty NZ - found myself to be more left wing as I get older - firm believer in the need for action on climate change, poverty, and equity for women, LGBTIQA+ and Māori all those things empower the world to be better.
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Rep. Green Previews Articles of Impeachment Against Pres. Trump, Alerts of Constitutional Crisis. Watch the clip of Rep. Green's floor speech by clicking here: youtu.be/uT2gy4SS6uQ?...
Rep. Green Previews Articles of Impeachment Against Pres. Trump, Alerts of Constitutional Crisis
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May 2, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Rep. Green Previews Articles of Impeachment Against Pres. Trump, Alerts of Constitutional Crisis. Watch the clip of Rep. Green's floor speech by clicking here: youtu.be/uT2gy4SS6uQ?...
I am just going to leave this here - sums everything up nicely - Luxon is no leader - he is a shinny head that managed to fail upwards.
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3606...
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3606...
Opinion: How breathtakingly bad was your Marmite sandwich line, Luxon?
The worst part about this response wasn’t just that it was a complete shirking of responsibility. It was the fact he didn’t seem to get why people cared so much.
www.stuff.co.nz
March 4, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I am just going to leave this here - sums everything up nicely - Luxon is no leader - he is a shinny head that managed to fail upwards.
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3606...
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3606...
I am just going to leave this here - I have expressed my thoughts on Alphabet Inc and their cowardice
February 13, 2025 at 3:33 AM
I am just going to leave this here - I have expressed my thoughts on Alphabet Inc and their cowardice
And so begins the next phase in the Kakistocracy that America has decided to turn into.
President Donald Trump imposed new tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China — signing them at his Mar-a-Lago club on Saturday.
It's a reversal of virtually duty-free trade between the three nations that's existed for several years. cnn.it/4hXLtR1
It's a reversal of virtually duty-free trade between the three nations that's existed for several years. cnn.it/4hXLtR1
February 1, 2025 at 10:26 PM
And so begins the next phase in the Kakistocracy that America has decided to turn into.
Love days like today - a walk through the bush with the family lunch at a seaside cafe and then a dip in the nice warm ocean.
The best part I cannot remember that last time I heard the orange man’s voice.
The best part I cannot remember that last time I heard the orange man’s voice.
January 25, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Love days like today - a walk through the bush with the family lunch at a seaside cafe and then a dip in the nice warm ocean.
The best part I cannot remember that last time I heard the orange man’s voice.
The best part I cannot remember that last time I heard the orange man’s voice.
I have a lot of feelings about what David Seymour said in his "State of the Nation" speech today but they all boil down to one simple statement.
David Seymour can go and F*CK himself with a canoe - sideways.
David Seymour can go and F*CK himself with a canoe - sideways.
January 24, 2025 at 3:52 AM
I have a lot of feelings about what David Seymour said in his "State of the Nation" speech today but they all boil down to one simple statement.
David Seymour can go and F*CK himself with a canoe - sideways.
David Seymour can go and F*CK himself with a canoe - sideways.
Any day in the next 4 years when I don't hear his voice is a gift and I will cherish it!
January 21, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Any day in the next 4 years when I don't hear his voice is a gift and I will cherish it!
Would the new Minister for the South Island have anything to do with the ferry debacle?
I mean post Kaikoura and Christchurch earthquakes which hit large parts of the island just got a Minister for recovery of those areas - so what’s changed other their ham fisted handling of the ferry issue?
I mean post Kaikoura and Christchurch earthquakes which hit large parts of the island just got a Minister for recovery of those areas - so what’s changed other their ham fisted handling of the ferry issue?
January 19, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Would the new Minister for the South Island have anything to do with the ferry debacle?
I mean post Kaikoura and Christchurch earthquakes which hit large parts of the island just got a Minister for recovery of those areas - so what’s changed other their ham fisted handling of the ferry issue?
I mean post Kaikoura and Christchurch earthquakes which hit large parts of the island just got a Minister for recovery of those areas - so what’s changed other their ham fisted handling of the ferry issue?
What an absolute DB bag - it hasn't crossed his enfeebled brain that we can have both? Regulations to protect people from earthquakes AND funding for cancer drugs that saves lives.
January 17, 2025 at 12:00 AM
What an absolute DB bag - it hasn't crossed his enfeebled brain that we can have both? Regulations to protect people from earthquakes AND funding for cancer drugs that saves lives.
Yes CEO who don’t meet KPIs but also Public organisations that don’t met the KPIs set out by Ministers
That could be judges, doctors university professors too
Maybe I think too much
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/high-inco... High-income workers lose unjustified dismissal claim rights under new policy
That could be judges, doctors university professors too
Maybe I think too much
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/high-inco... High-income workers lose unjustified dismissal claim rights under new policy
Workers on $180k won't be able to claim for unjustified dismissal under new policy
High earners to lose unjustified dismissal rights after the Government's rule change.
www.nzherald.co.nz
December 20, 2024 at 8:31 AM
Yes CEO who don’t meet KPIs but also Public organisations that don’t met the KPIs set out by Ministers
That could be judges, doctors university professors too
Maybe I think too much
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/high-inco... High-income workers lose unjustified dismissal claim rights under new policy
That could be judges, doctors university professors too
Maybe I think too much
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/high-inco... High-income workers lose unjustified dismissal claim rights under new policy
When Act Party has lost big daddy Roger it shows they aren't what they were!
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
‘I never thought I would say it’ – Roger Douglas on Act, NZ First
The Act founder said his old party was 'sending NZ bankrupt'.
www.nzherald.co.nz
December 19, 2024 at 7:32 PM
When Act Party has lost big daddy Roger it shows they aren't what they were!
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
Super happy Liam Lawson has a seat in a major F1 team for 2025 but why did it have to be RBR??
Why not Mercedes or even better a McLaren!?
Why not Mercedes or even better a McLaren!?
December 19, 2024 at 4:49 PM
Super happy Liam Lawson has a seat in a major F1 team for 2025 but why did it have to be RBR??
Why not Mercedes or even better a McLaren!?
Why not Mercedes or even better a McLaren!?
I hear the economy has reduced again by 1% - wow so glad we have the fiscally competent party in charge of the Treasury benches it is making all the difference.
Yeah keep telling me why a tax cut will fix all the problems we have
Yeah keep telling me why a tax cut will fix all the problems we have
a cartoon of a man carrying a briefcase and saying mr lanley
ALT: a cartoon of a man carrying a briefcase and saying mr lanley
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December 18, 2024 at 9:52 PM
I hear the economy has reduced again by 1% - wow so glad we have the fiscally competent party in charge of the Treasury benches it is making all the difference.
Yeah keep telling me why a tax cut will fix all the problems we have
Yeah keep telling me why a tax cut will fix all the problems we have
The vast majority of people in Western nations are a 1 serious economic crisis from living in their car or on the streets
+ capitalism for someone to have lots someone has to have a lot less.
Never look down on someone suffering because they are direct out come of the system & it could be you
+ capitalism for someone to have lots someone has to have a lot less.
Never look down on someone suffering because they are direct out come of the system & it could be you
December 13, 2024 at 2:17 AM
The vast majority of people in Western nations are a 1 serious economic crisis from living in their car or on the streets
+ capitalism for someone to have lots someone has to have a lot less.
Never look down on someone suffering because they are direct out come of the system & it could be you
+ capitalism for someone to have lots someone has to have a lot less.
Never look down on someone suffering because they are direct out come of the system & it could be you
Because I have not seen much rugby in this big beautiful Blue Space - there has to be a bit of Blackness!
December 12, 2024 at 1:38 AM
Because I have not seen much rugby in this big beautiful Blue Space - there has to be a bit of Blackness!
As much as I wish this would make a difference - the reality is that it is a Hail Mary sort of action - there is no way KCIII will do anything
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
Māori tribes make rare plea to King Charles for intervention in New Zealand politics
Exclusive: Open letter seen by the Guardian asks King to ‘ensure the government does not diminish the crown’s honour’ amid tensions over policy direction for Māori
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2024 at 7:53 PM
As much as I wish this would make a difference - the reality is that it is a Hail Mary sort of action - there is no way KCIII will do anything
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
You know age is kicking your butt when you have to change the size of the cursor on your computer.
Not quite to the point of changing the colour but getting there!
Not quite to the point of changing the colour but getting there!
December 10, 2024 at 9:10 PM
You know age is kicking your butt when you have to change the size of the cursor on your computer.
Not quite to the point of changing the colour but getting there!
Not quite to the point of changing the colour but getting there!
And yet the Government is still trying to make public transport options harder and harder and therefore reinforcing their own stupid arguments.
New Zealand seems to have the most expensive per-km transport project costs in the OECD. Rather than seeking to identify and understand the causes, our politicians use this as a wedge to wind up voters and justify political interference in projects—which drives costs even higher.
And with help from @egoldwyn.bsky.social Transit Costs Project and the Eno Center, we’ve put Canadian transit costs in the global context.
Canada is the 9th most expensive country in average per-km costs - and alongside the rest of the anglosphere - has one of the widest distributions.
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Canada is the 9th most expensive country in average per-km costs - and alongside the rest of the anglosphere - has one of the widest distributions.
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December 8, 2024 at 3:01 AM
And yet the Government is still trying to make public transport options harder and harder and therefore reinforcing their own stupid arguments.
I’m just going to leave this here.
December 8, 2024 at 2:36 AM
I’m just going to leave this here.
As kiwi as it gets
Spotted in small village Aotearoa New Zealand:
Most. Kiwi. Sign. EVER.
That is all. 10/10 no notes.
Most. Kiwi. Sign. EVER.
That is all. 10/10 no notes.
December 6, 2024 at 2:23 AM
As kiwi as it gets
When Seymour has lost Prebble it might mean there is fracturing in the far idiotic right
December 4, 2024 at 12:12 AM
When Seymour has lost Prebble it might mean there is fracturing in the far idiotic right
This is a great piece and goes through why people didn't vote in the US basically why would you vote to protect something that people believe isn't working/worth saving. 1/3
eladnehorai.substack.com/p/the-deeper...
eladnehorai.substack.com/p/the-deeper...
The Deeper Reasons Democrats Lost
It wasn't just that Trump got more votes. It wasn't just that Harris had lower turnout. A deep dive into the psychological, existential, and systemic reasons Harris and Democrats didn't win in 2024.
eladnehorai.substack.com
December 3, 2024 at 10:11 PM
This is a great piece and goes through why people didn't vote in the US basically why would you vote to protect something that people believe isn't working/worth saving. 1/3
eladnehorai.substack.com/p/the-deeper...
eladnehorai.substack.com/p/the-deeper...
Yeah why!?
December 2, 2024 at 8:49 AM
Yeah why!?