Awesome stuff you see on the internet
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<p>I thought I saw something the other day saying it would be another 1/3 on top of the existing budget in NZ?</p>
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<p>And there is ZERO chance that they would get rid of welfare, they would still need top ups.</p>
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<p>I thought I saw something the other day saying it would be another 1/3 on top of the existing budget in NZ?</p>
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<p>Might be a remark about welfare levels in NZ in general, cost of living etc. Unemployment rate is only 5.8% compared to our 6.2% for example. Smaller population.</p>
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<p>Just to move away from music videos ~ I just got a surface pro 4 (through work) and went online to see what it can do (I just wanted it because you don't have to take it out when going through airport security ~ lazy bastard that I am). </p>
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<p>Just to move away from music videos ~ I just got a surface pro 4 (through work) and went online to see what it can do (I just wanted it because you don't have to take it out when going through airport security ~ lazy bastard that I am). </p>
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<p>University (and school) would be a breeze.</p>
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="NTA" data-cid="566638" data-time="1458683987"><p>Someone at work here did the back-of-napkin calculations: social welfare versus a basic living wage in Australia worked out to be within $2B of each other.</p></blockquote><br>I sincerely doubt that. Social security and welfare consumes $154 billion and about 80% of the population are adults. That would mean everyone would get about $8,000<br><br>If you gave only half the adult population a living wage of the tax free threshold it would still require another 10% and that's a pretty shit "living wage".
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<p>Labour have shown just how bad they are politically with this. They never intended to endorse this concept or hold it out as policy but what they were doing was a fairly (for them) forward thinking bit of brainstorming about where we are heading as a society and what kind of things we should be looking at.</p>
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<p>The overall concept of creating a system where the production advantages from technology create wealth which is redistributed among the population is not an entirely stupid one. The devil is in the detail and the transition would be all round scary.</p>
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<p>For me it wouldn't be a question of creating layabouts it would be a re-designed society where 'social' tasks are done to qualify for a living entitlement. This is all idealism but certainly worth discussing and thinking about.</p>
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<p>Now if labour had any smarts they would have packaged this as a whole 'Labour are thinking long term and holding various events and conferences to look at where we may be and what we may need to be doing sometime in the future. This can help shape current short and medium term policies.'</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/78257845/hotter-than-the-sun--kiwi-footballer-laura-merrin-hits-the-headlines'>http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/78257845/hotter-than-the-sun--kiwi-footballer-laura-merrin-hits-the-headlines</a></p> -
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Toffees, respect<br><br><a class="bbc_url" href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/78257845/hotter-than-the-sun--kiwi-footballer-laura-merrin-hits-the-headlines">http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/78257845/hotter-than-the-sun--kiwi-footballer-laura-merrin-hits-the-headlines</a></p></blockquote>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/europe/78265023/op-shop-given-so-many-copies-of-fifty-shades-of-grey-it-built-a-fort-with-the-books'>http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/europe/78265023/op-shop-given-so-many-copies-of-fifty-shades-of-grey-it-built-a-fort-with-the-books</a></p>
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<p>any racing and Grime fans? very clever mash up</p>
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<p>Scientists try to replicate climate denier findings and fail.</p>
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<p>LOL I have been thinking about that. So fuck it, let's go in boots and all:</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://reneweconomy.com.au/2016/base-load-power-a-myth-used-to-defend-the-fossil-fuel-industry-96007'>http://reneweconomy.com.au/2016/base-load-power-a-myth-used-to-defend-the-fossil-fuel-industry-96007</a></p>
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:tahoma, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px;">Last week, leading lights of the global fossil power industry gathered </span><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://ceraweek.com/2016/'>at a conference</a><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:tahoma, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px;"> in Houston, Texas, for CERA, known in the sector as the “Davos of Energyâ€. They reportedly got the shock of their professional careers.</span>
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<p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:tahoma, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px;">They had invited the most senior executives from the biggest network owner (Chine State Grid Corp) in the biggest energy market in the world (China). The organisers fully expected their Chinese guest to endorse the “all of the above†marketing pitch, which is underpinning the “keep coal†campaign.</p>
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<p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:tahoma, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px;">No such luck. Despite prodding by leading oil industry commentator Daniel Yergin, the chairman of State Grid Liu Zhenya <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.eenews.net/energywire/2016/02/26/stories/1060033055'>reportedly said</a> the “fundamental solution was to accelerate clean energy, with the aim of replacing coal and oil.â€</p>
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<p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:tahoma, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px;">Gasp number one. And then to more stunned silence, he and State Gridâ€
s R&D chief Huang Han dismissed coalâ€s claim to be an indispensable source of “base load†generation.</p>
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<p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:tahoma, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px;">As the network operator builds out its clean power sources, they noted, coal-fired generators could only serve as “reserve power†to supplement renewables.</p>
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<p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:tahoma, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px;">“The only hurdle to overcome is ‘mindsetâ€,†Liu said. “Thereâ€s no technical challenge at all.â€</p>
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<p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:tahoma, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px;"> :lol: Not what they were expecting from China :biggrin:</p>
