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  1. Three Strikes, Minister

    Three times MFAT has warned Cabinet its climate policies will damage New Zealand’s standing. Three times #Cabinet has proceeded. The tort-ban redactions tell you which warning frightened #ministers most ...

    substack.com/inbox/post/205143 deserves close study by anyone concerned with #NZ's standing among world nations, i.e.: every eligible #voter.

    "...By 2026, #MFAT is no longer warning that New Zealand will look like an unreliable #climate partner. It is warning that New Zealand will look like an unreliable rule-of-#law partner - a materially worse place to be, and one that speaks directly to how #Pacific neighbours and the #ICJ will see this country going forward. ..."

    "The 2024 advice was released by accident; the 2025 memo leaked; the 2026 material is being locked down under the strongest #OIA withholding ground available. That is not because the substance has changed. It is because the substance is now more damaging to say out loud.

    "If you want to know what the #coalition's climate #policy actually looks like from the outside, you don't need to read the redacted paragraphs. You just need to notice that the redactions are getting darker, and they're getting thicker.

    "Three strikes."

  2. Three Strikes, Minister

    Three times MFAT has warned Cabinet its climate policies will damage New Zealand’s standing. Three times #Cabinet has proceeded. The tort-ban redactions tell you which warning frightened #ministers most ...

    substack.com/inbox/post/205143 deserves close study by anyone concerned with #NZ's standing among world nations, i.e.: every eligible #voter.

    "...By 2026, #MFAT is no longer warning that New Zealand will look like an unreliable #climate partner. It is warning that New Zealand will look like an unreliable rule-of-#law partner - a materially worse place to be, and one that speaks directly to how #Pacific neighbours and the #ICJ will see this country going forward. ..."

    "The 2024 advice was released by accident; the 2025 memo leaked; the 2026 material is being locked down under the strongest #OIA withholding ground available. That is not because the substance has changed. It is because the substance is now more damaging to say out loud.

    "If you want to know what the #coalition's climate #policy actually looks like from the outside, you don't need to read the redacted paragraphs. You just need to notice that the redactions are getting darker, and they're getting thicker.

    "Three strikes."

  3. North Western State of Somalia Withdraws from Talks with Somali Government, Labels Prime Minister’s Las Anod Trip as a 'Calculated Provocation' #Somalia #Anod #Calculated #government #Labels #LAs #ministers #north #Prime #provocation #Somali #Somalia #state #talks #trip #western #withdraws 
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  4. North Western State of Somalia Withdraws from Talks with Somali Government, Labels Prime Minister’s Las Anod Trip as a 'Calculated Provocation' #Somalia #Anod #Calculated #government #Labels #LAs #ministers #north #Prime #provocation #Somali #Somalia #state #talks #trip #western #withdraws 
    tinyurl.com/29gbof5f

  5. Recently it was discovered that a Methodist pastor was dealing meth. Now we can’t all be in the glamourous business of drug dealing, but here are some other things the religious might be a front for.

    If you guessed that a yogi might be a gateway religious icon for yoga, you would be very right. The words are very similar for a reason and lends credence(creedence?) to the rest of our examples.

    Have you ever thought that Presbyterians were a bit too nosy for their own good? Well, they might be a front for the press of the world. Always searching for that big scoop that will make a big name for themselves.

    Many protestant clergymen are known as ministers. This word is also a verb as to minister to the sick. These twisted people might rejoice in giving service. That’s sick, itself, needing more ministering.

    Lutherans could be a front for luthiers, you know, those who make and fix stringed instruments. So if you hear a hoedown coming from behind a Lutheran church, you know what is what.

    Monks could be a front for Monkees lovers. They do their awesome chanting until no one is within earshot, then break into, “Hey, hey, we’re the Monkees, and people say we monkey around, but we’re too busy singing to put anybody down.”

    The priesthood could mean any criminal priest. Maybe he sells meth like his methodist friend. Or perhaps he’s known for other crimes.

    Rabbis could be a front for selling rabbits. Do you have a petting zoo? Go see the rabbi for your rabbits and other small, yet cute, mammal needs.

    No matter how much you give to nuns, they are giving none away. After all, they are too busy being married to Jesus.

    Anglicans may think they are a front for angels. But they are too busy eyeing the angles for their best advantage.

    https://larryrusswurm.com/2024/03/09/things-the-religious-might-be-a-front-for/

    #angels #angles #Anglicans #cergymen #chanting #criminalPriest #drugDealing #Lutherans #luthiers #marriedToJesus #meth #MethodistPastor #ministers #Monkees #monks #nuns #Presbyterians #press #priesthood #protestant #rabbis #rabbits #singing #yoga #yogi

  6. Recently it was discovered that a Methodist pastor was dealing meth. Now we can’t all be in the glamourous business of drug dealing, but here are some other things the religious might be a front for.

    If you guessed that a yogi might be a gateway religious icon for yoga, you would be very right. The words are very similar for a reason and lends credence(creedence?) to the rest of our examples.

    Have you ever thought that Presbyterians were a bit too nosy for their own good? Well, they might be a front for the press of the world. Always searching for that big scoop that will make a big name for themselves.

    Many protestant clergymen are known as ministers. This word is also a verb as to minister to the sick. These twisted people might rejoice in giving service. That’s sick, itself, needing more ministering.

    Lutherans could be a front for luthiers, you know, those who make and fix stringed instruments. So if you hear a hoedown coming from behind a Lutheran church, you know what is what.

    Monks could be a front for Monkees lovers. They do their awesome chanting until no one is within earshot, then break into, “Hey, hey, we’re the Monkees, and people say we monkey around, but we’re too busy singing to put anybody down.”

    The priesthood could mean any criminal priest. Maybe he sells meth like his methodist friend. Or perhaps he’s known for other crimes.

    Rabbis could be a front for selling rabbits. Do you have a petting zoo? Go see the rabbi for your rabbits and other small, yet cute, mammal needs.

    No matter how much you give to nuns, they are giving none away. After all, they are too busy being married to Jesus.

    Anglicans may think they are a front for angels. But they are too busy eyeing the angles for their best advantage.

    https://larryrusswurm.com/2024/03/09/things-the-religious-might-be-a-front-for/

    #angels #angles #Anglicans #cergymen #chanting #criminalPriest #drugDealing #Lutherans #luthiers #marriedToJesus #meth #MethodistPastor #ministers #Monkees #monks #nuns #Presbyterians #press #priesthood #protestant #rabbis #rabbits #singing #yoga #yogi

  7. Recently it was discovered that a Methodist pastor was dealing meth. Now we can’t all be in the glamourous business of drug dealing, but here are some other things the religious might be a front for.

    If you guessed that a yogi might be a gateway religious icon for yoga, you would be very right. The words are very similar for a reason and lends credence(creedence?) to the rest of our examples.

    Have you ever thought that Presbyterians were a bit too nosy for their own good? Well, they might be a front for the press of the world. Always searching for that big scoop that will make a big name for themselves.

    Many protestant clergymen are known as ministers. This word is also a verb as to minister to the sick. These twisted people might rejoice in giving service. That’s sick, itself, needing more ministering.

    Lutherans could be a front for luthiers, you know, those who make and fix stringed instruments. So if you hear a hoedown coming from behind a Lutheran church, you know what is what.

    Monks could be a front for Monkees lovers. They do their awesome chanting until no one is within earshot, then break into, “Hey, hey, we’re the Monkees, and people say we monkey around, but we’re too busy singing to put anybody down.”

    The priesthood could mean any criminal priest. Maybe he sells meth like his methodist friend. Or perhaps he’s known for other crimes.

    Rabbis could be a front for selling rabbits. Do you have a petting zoo? Go see the rabbi for your rabbits and other small, yet cute, mammal needs.

    No matter how much you give to nuns, they are giving none away. After all, they are too busy being married to Jesus.

    Anglicans may think they are a front for angels. But they are too busy eyeing the angles for their best advantage.

    https://larryrusswurm.com/2024/03/09/things-the-religious-might-be-a-front-for/

    #angels #angles #Anglicans #cergymen #chanting #criminalPriest #drugDealing #Lutherans #luthiers #marriedToJesus #meth #MethodistPastor #ministers #Monkees #monks #nuns #Presbyterians #press #priesthood #protestant #rabbis #rabbits #singing #yoga #yogi

  8. Recently it was discovered that a Methodist pastor was dealing meth. Now we can’t all be in the glamourous business of drug dealing, but here are some other things the religious might be a front for.

    If you guessed that a yogi might be a gateway religious icon for yoga, you would be very right. The words are very similar for a reason and lends credence(creedence?) to the rest of our examples.

    Have you ever thought that Presbyterians were a bit too nosy for their own good? Well, they might be a front for the press of the world. Always searching for that big scoop that will make a big name for themselves.

    Many protestant clergymen are known as ministers. This word is also a verb as to minister to the sick. These twisted people might rejoice in giving service. That’s sick, itself, needing more ministering.

    Lutherans could be a front for luthiers, you know, those who make and fix stringed instruments. So if you hear a hoedown coming from behind a Lutheran church, you know what is what.

    Monks could be a front for Monkees lovers. They do their awesome chanting until no one is within earshot, then break into, “Hey, hey, we’re the Monkees, and people say we monkey around, but we’re too busy singing to put anybody down.”

    The priesthood could mean any criminal priest. Maybe he sells meth like his methodist friend. Or perhaps he’s known for other crimes.

    Rabbis could be a front for selling rabbits. Do you have a petting zoo? Go see the rabbi for your rabbits and other small, yet cute, mammal needs.

    No matter how much you give to nuns, they are giving none away. After all, they are too busy being married to Jesus.

    Anglicans may think they are a front for angels. But they are too busy eyeing the angles for their best advantage.

    https://larryrusswurm.com/2024/03/09/things-the-religious-might-be-a-front-for/

    #angels #angles #Anglicans #cergymen #chanting #criminalPriest #drugDealing #Lutherans #luthiers #marriedToJesus #meth #MethodistPastor #ministers #Monkees #monks #nuns #Presbyterians #press #priesthood #protestant #rabbis #rabbits #singing #yoga #yogi

  9. #Editorial | Fire Israel's Far Right

    Sunday’s remark by Heritage Minister Amichai #Eliyahu (Otzma #Yehudit), who said that dropping a #nuclearbomb on the #GazaStrip is an option, is a problem not for #Israeli public diplomacy but rather for Israeli reality.

    The problem is not any particular statement, but rather the power and legitimacy enjoyed today, in Israel as a whole and in the government, by the #Kahanist, messianic Jewish far right, which supports# annexation and #occupation and Jewish prayer on the #TempleMount, sees the current war as an opportunity and scorns the international community, international institutions and the laws of war.

    This was not a slip of the tongue. In an interview with Radio Kol Barama, Eliyahu said that “there are no uninvolved [civilians]” in the Gaza Strip. Asked by his interviewer whether that meant Israel should drop a nuclear bomb on the Strip, he responded, “That’s one way.” And his subsequent “clarification” – “It is clear to anyone who is sensible that the nuclear remark was metaphorical” – is ridiculous. A #metaphor for what?

    Nor is he a lone exception. Eliyahu’s party colleague, lawmaker Yitzhak #Kroizer, told Army Radio on Sunday that “the #Gaza Strip should be flattened, and there should be one sentence for everyone there – death. We have to wipe the Gaza Strip off the map. There are no innocents there.” Entire swaths of the government belong to the dangerous far right: Bezalel #Smotrich, Itamar Ben-#Gvir, Simcha #Rothman, Orit #Strock, Avi #Maoz, Zvi #Sukkot, Limor Son Har-#Melech and their confederates.

    Prime Minister Benjamin #Netanyahu’s response was lame. Eliyahu’s statement, he said, was “disconnected from reality,” and the minister will be barred from cabinet meetings until further notice. He ought to have fired Eliyahu, but he chose not to do so; he prioritized preserving his government over preserving Israel.

    Netanyahu isn’t the solution, but the problem. He has legitimized Kahanism and the far right. During his years in power, Israel has grown more extreme, and people who used to be loathsome #pariahs are now senior cabinet #ministers. Ideas and values that used to be outside the consensus, such as “transferring” Arabs from Israel, a second #Nakba and Jewish prayer on the #TempleMount, have been normalized under Netanyahu’s irresponsible #leadership.

    He is the one who lent legitimacy to political alliances with admirers of Rabbi Meir Kahane, the mass murderer Baruch #Goldstein and the murderer of the #Dawabsheh family. Under his leadership, the settlers have begun setting their sights on the #WestBank’s Area B, which under the #Oslo Accords is under #Israeli security control and #Palestinian civilian control. And the settlers’ radical “hilltop youth” have moved from being intelligence targets of the Shin Bet security service to serving as ministers, #Knesset members, aides and advisers.

    The far right’s membership in the government has painted the entire government, and all of #Israel, in far-right colors. The only way to solve the problem is to remove the far right from the government, and from the bounds of Israeli legitimacy. The only way to repudiate Eliyahu’s statement is to repudiate him and those like him. The Otzma Yehudit and Religious #Zionism parties must be fired from the #cabinet immediately.

    The above article is Haaretz’s lead editorial, as published in the Hebrew and English newspapers in Israel.

    haaretz.com/opinion/editorial/

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    The Ideal of #Democracy in a Jewish State Is in Jeopardy - from the #Editorial #Board of the #New #York #Times

    "While Mr. #Netanyahu clearly has the support of the #Israeli electorate, his coalition’s victory was narrow and cannot be seen as a broad mandate to make concessions to ultrareligious and ultranationalist parties that are putting the ideal of a democratic #Jewish #state in #jeopardy"

    '#Ministers in the new #government are set to include figures such as #Itamar #Ben-#Gvir, who was convicted in #Israel in 2007 for #incitement to #racism and supporting a Jewish #terrorist #organization. He will probably be #minister of #national #security. #Bezalel #Smotrich, who has long supported outright #annexation of the #West #Bank, is expected to be named the next #finance #minister, with additional authority over the administration of the West Bank. For the #deputy in the #prime #minister’s office in charge of Jewish identity, Mr. Netanyahu is expected to name #Avi #Maoz, who once described himself as a “#proud #homophobe.”'

    #NYT

    without a paywall -
    dnyuz.com/2022/12/17/the-ideal

    original article -
    nytimes.com/2022/12/17/opinion