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Cantering Mad Cath
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Their cruelty is beyond comprehension.
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Cantering Mad Cath@catherinejmckenzie.bsky.social |
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Gen Xer living in Wellington, Aotearoa/NZ. Magpie fancier. Enjoyer of most excellent music. Animal welfare supporter and anti fireworks campaigner at "We care, no fireworks here" (on FB) Wants to see a fairer, more equitable society. That's vital
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Cantering Mad Cath
@catherinejmckenzie.bsky.social
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Their cruelty is beyond comprehension.
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Cantering Mad Cath
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"8 months treatment for PTSD" When will the men of the right wing, whether in power, or playing with power, ever give women in leadership roles the respect they deserve by not abusing, harassing and humiliating them. Why is that such a hard ask?
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Cantering Mad Cath
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I do hope you are OK and that help is coming your way. Constantly dealing with medical environments can be so fraught at times. Take care.
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Cantering Mad Cath
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Wellington libraries did this awhile ago too. Really handy if your reading speed has slowed down.
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Cantering Mad Cath
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Apologies to all if my language has veered even further into the feral. Everyday is a WTF day with our Govt, but their actions are all so scatter gun some days are a 2000's "are you serious" meme face all day long, and, I don't have the time to change the Peggy profile to Rosie Rage Face. Peace.
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Cantering Mad Cath
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I hear you. I agree. He is more than a "Hollow Man" too. And weak AF.
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Cantering Mad Cath
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I don't know why a totally inexperienced newbie fresh into Govt even got her her role.
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Cantering Mad Cath
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Yeah. One rule for all of us. No rules for them. Shocking really.
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Cantering Mad Cath
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Oh yes, I remember this now and I remember thinking "have we just got Rimmers word for this, because this seems weird". So if what Rimmer says is true, in the case of ACT, it must apply to both COALition parties. So, Costello gets away with it. Astonishing. They have to be accountable, to US.
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Cantering Mad Cath
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I wasn't aware of that. That seems like a weak position to be in, for the PM. You need to be able to demonstrate some kind of leadership, to, you know, lead. Why would a PM agree to that kind of powerlessness? He has a duty to the country first and foremost, not COALition partners. Bloody hell.
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Cantering Mad Cath
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Totally unsurprised by that sadly. In fact thats what I'd expect from him, given Costellos' one of theirs. Pathetic.
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Cantering Mad Cath
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I don't understand how she gets to keep her job.
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Cantering Mad Cath
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Yeah, like why the hell is she still in her job even?
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Cantering Mad Cath
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Not pleasant places for a visit.
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Cantering Mad Cath
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That sounds like such a frightening experience. None of those delays are your fault. I'm wondering if some empathy and clinical knowledge of what a panic attack looks like, and being supported thru, might have assisted in you being able to stay, allowing the necessary procedures to be put in place.
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Cantering Mad Cath
@catherinejmckenzie.bsky.social
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Oh no. I'm so sorry. Are you there now?
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Cantering Mad Cath
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I still need an edit button. Was meant to say the above but with the addition of being kept in a corridor for those 9 hours. All sense of safety was lost after being wheeled out of the ambulance and into Wgtn ED.
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Cantering Mad Cath
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Yikes! Looks like he's a geezer about to smash someone.
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Cantering Mad Cath
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Hey. It's not normal circumstances. Just remember your water before bed. Hope you can get some rest tonight.
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Cantering Mad Cath
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If you are talking about Wgtn ED, that is completely normal sadly. Spent 9 hours screaming in agony on an ED bed, after been bought in by ambo a few years back. That was a Tuesday arvo. Not a weekend night.
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Cantering Mad Cath
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Really sorry to hear that news. I would go down the same emo coping route. Take care xox.
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Cantering Mad Cath
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I love trains. When we lived in Ngaio, after living away from Wgtn for so long, I loved hearing them. And as a child and teen I loved catching "the unit" from Paraparaumu into town. It was nice to see your photo, on that familiar line. Thanks for sharing.
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Cantering Mad Cath
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What a lovely photo. Hope you can hear the train from there.
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Cantering Mad Cath
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🤣
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Cantering Mad Cath
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Oh, they mentioned there was a scam. That must be it.
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Cantering Mad Cath
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Last night I had my first full nights sleep since 7th March. This must be what its like to feel like a regular human. Niiiiiiice.
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Cantering Mad Cath
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Not Europe, but we have an increasing number of electric buses here in Wellington. I'm sure the city air is cleaner to breathe than it used to be. (just my obs as an asthmatic). If you are waiting at a busy bus stop you are less likely to be blasted in diesel fumes than you would have been before.
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Cantering Mad Cath
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Yikes! I know she was lampooned in the UK. Often wearing fangs, depicted as a vampire, so that fits.
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Cantering Mad Cath
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They have so much damage to repair.
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Cantering Mad Cath
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She was the one that gave the order to "redirect" illegal migrants to Rwanda right? Or was it someone else?
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Cantering Mad Cath
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I find it so hard to know what to say. It's just too awful. I am so very sorry to hear of this outcome.
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Paul 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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Byron couldn't get a restraining order against a far right white supremacist who regularly calls for him to be executed. We need: (1) Hate Speech Laws (2) Hate Crime Laws (3) Gender in the HRA (4) Easier conditions for restraining orders (5) Focus on the far right from agencies
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Cantering Mad Cath
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What an excellent article. Shock and awe. Explains a lot too, for those who are social justice minded/activists. So many fires flare up with every new sociopathic policy announcement, It becomes bewildering.
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Cantering Mad Cath
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The comparison can't be ignored. Oh and junk tanks. I like it. More polite too, than the term in my head for "think tanks"
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Cantering Mad Cath
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Cantering Mad Cath
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The footage on the news last night was hilarious and the tourists were laughing at being squirted with water. Jolly japes all round really.
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Cantering Mad Cath
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Dr Siouxsie did us proud, supported us with her amazing knowledge and now we need to give her a bit of a hand.
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Cantering Mad Cath
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Yes, good point. For big businesses they are boosted by Labour's enthusiasm for international trade /good smoozing skills and pandemic wages to retain staff as an example. It's just an allergy because it's the wrong colour.
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Cantering Mad Cath
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Same!
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Cantering Mad Cath
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Ewww Reform you are gross and so are your donors. Yes, I think the more left you go, the more the donors look away, unless, maybe parties agree to big green industrial policy etc.
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Cantering Mad Cath
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Yes, I follow Marama but understand this is time for her to recover now. Thanks, I didn't know Teanau Tuiono was here.
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Cantering Mad Cath
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Would be good to have the leadership of The Green Party and Te Pati Maori in the house.
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Cantering Mad Cath
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Nice one Oliver! Yeah, totally do a bribe! I guess you saw the donations bar graph that RNZ published after the general election........it was.......alarmingly low for team red but through the roof for team blue. I think this is a regular thing decade after decade though.
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Cantering Mad Cath
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Btw, I'm thinking of emailing C Hipkins office to suggest he get an account here at b sky. I see he has a Twitter one. The FB page is just pants bcos it's just cray cray trolls. I think folks need to give him a chance but first they need to be able to ask questions and be able to engage.
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Cantering Mad Cath
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Well said. Nice reciprocity. It's really important I can put a small amount in tomorrow. Just teeny tiny sorry because I have no income, but I have my life which I could have lost during the pandemic because I am high risk. We were lucky at that point in time, to have the right people backing us.
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Cantering Mad Cath
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Totally agree with you. I do sincerely suspect the opposition are speaking on themes/values that bind them. Important too, for us as voters, members, supporters to show solidarity with one another and other left bloc parties. We need to be prepared to do this. My reckons.
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Cantering Mad Cath
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Trouble is, how do we unseat them in the first place? What would that mechanism look like?
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Cantering Mad Cath
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I get the feeling they may have learnt doing that comes at a cost.... Put it this way. I want to say I feel optimistic and thats a big thing for a glass half empty kind of a girl like me to say. We're getting ready, already. And now, I must zip it, sweetie!
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Cantering Mad Cath
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The Party requested the membership to provide their thoughts on what the Party could have done better. Out of 1200 replies info has been distilled into what I see as 4 main areas. I don't think it's my place to divulge this, but I see much change ahead as a result. There's tons going on.
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Cantering Mad Cath
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They are so stead fast in their belief that they think we're all mad for not believing them, so launching a Parliamentary petition is a completely logical step for them to take in "making it stop"...
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