The few that I’ve read are, quite literally, the only books I’ve considered burning.

I even gave KJA a sporting chance and read his seven book Saga of Seven Suns.

Garbage.

This is, of course, only my opinion. People are allowed to like different things.

Dr Fauci, you seem like a sensible person.

Come to NZ we like sensible people here.

one in $9

That prompted me to wonder what the population split between islands is.

Over three-quarters of the population (76.4%) live in the North Island…

From the Wikipedia page, but I can’t find a citation for that particular figure.

So 1/9 of the roading spend is disproportionate to the population: $2.5/9 would be fairer.

With a similar geographic area and only a third of the relative population, SI would need more than their population based share to have equivalent quality roading.

pied-à-terre

A secondary or temporary place of lodging. Smaller temporary or secondary lodging; a second home.

For those, like me, who’ve never encountered that term before.

Luxon, known for his strategic thinking.

Derp. I can maths, promise.

I was going to say Opp would be kingmaker, but Luxon’s already thrown his toys out of his cot about them.

I just hope Opp and TPM get in. The more minor parties in parliament means less power for the big parties.

Looks like NZF might be kingmaker again.

Apparently not Luxon.

Luxon’s just another CEO failing upwards. He’s accustomed to telling his inferiors what’s important and having them to fall on their swords when that inevitably fails.

His move into politics puts him at the mercy of even the least experienced career politicians. Going up against Peters (one of the most invincible politicians we have) and Seymour (a chump, but experiencd) is a little bit of a rude awakening for him. So, of course, it’s democracy and the electorate that’re the problems.

If he had any ability for introspection he’d quit and go sit on the board of Fulton Hogan and stroke his ego there.

Facism 101: the enemy is both strong enough to be feared and weak enough to ignore at the same time.

Because he wears a red tie or whatever the team colors are

Hopefully, though they depend on Labour not shitting their pants and negotiating their way out of government.

There will suddenly be a lot of “fake birth certificates” and “fake passports” for blue electorate voters.

Just hit her until she gives in.

Kegsbreath, probably.

It’s always someone else’s fault.

kūpapa is probably the apt term.

He definitely plays to his voter base of old white men.

On brand for a political wing that typically exploits celebrity rather than expertise.

In a situation where perhaps time is of the essence, there seems to be a little bit more urgency, but there was no urgency here.

Same reasoning applies with a corpse.

You know what? I’m quite happy that the US doesn’t send it’s war fleet down here.

If you count drawing on his bedroom walls in ‘gold’ crayon.