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Kiwiken

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  1. 11 hours ago, lungbing said:

    Would a review have been ordered if Hillary had won?

    I would think that regardless of who won the hacking would be revealed. That any Foreign Country can covertly undermine your electoral Process is forboding. Nations should be allowed to decide their own future direction. Sadly the major player whether through Proxy or direct intervention will not allow smaller players their own destiny. But now it is the big boys poking their fingers in to their adversaries pies.

    What is the saying. "Keep you friends close and your enemies closer"

    Et metis quod non seminasti

  2. Am glad to see the back of him. The Leader of the Pack of dogs chewing on the Peoples back. In a time of extreme Housing crisi this Guy sell Government owned houses. Instead of building 30,000 Houses after the Chch earthquake he stepped back and let the market decide. Hence people pay $500-700 week for cold old houses or still cram in Garages. And he is called Our best prime Minister. God we need saving then. The best may yet be to come. But we have had some good PM's MJ Savage, Norman Kirk, Jack marshall and keith Holyoak sadly after the fall of the R Muldoon regime the far right Friedmanites have run Our Country into the ground. making it a speculators paradise. 

    I have fought all my life for the Welfare state a system designed to get you back on your feet if you fall over through no fault of your own. But it has been modified and abused. Time to return to the state of 1935. Lessons learned and protection for the future. Long Live the people.

  3. Thai Buildings are woefully under strength. In the event of a major shake of reasonable length 35 seconds to 1.5 minutes I would expect significant damage and loss of life. Japan adopted many earthquake resistant ideas pioneered in NZ. Sadly NZ did not. I have seen precious little reinforcing going into Thai Buildings I would doubt their viability in anything 6 and above

  4. 2 minutes ago, Morch said:

     

    I find it alarming that you can read anything resembling "fright" in my post. Not surprising, mind, got accustomed to the constant hyperbole misrepresentations by now.

     

    There's nothing wrong with challenging the PRC, and there are good reasons to do so. It is merely asserted that this ought to be done in more structured ways. It was also suggested that Trump may wait until he assumes office before engaging in actions which may results in consequences currently not under his jurisdiction.

    You are right the PRC does need to be challenged. SE Asia is in a state of flux. And soon enough China will have to contend with a surging India. However for many of us in the Asian sphere of Influence. China economically here will rule the roost. And with the prospect of the USA killing the TPTA then the chinese Trading bloc with less checks and balances will be the norm. China is challenging the USA and others in the South China sea but it is not just about territory it is about who controls the next main currency vis - a - vis the US Dollar versus the Chinese Yuan. And the Chinese are positioning themselves for this. China has already bought into most Asian and Pacific Nations so in this they are on the front foot. If the USA becomes more Isolationist then they will lose by abdication. I hope this is not the case. Militarily i do not fear China. It is its economic muscle that must be watched and monitored

  5. Taiwan is not part of China. it was only after the Portugese set up Trading posts there in the 1600's that the han Chinese moved in. Formosa as it was known is an occupied Country where the native population have been pushed into the highlands by the han Chinese. Chiang Kai Shek made it Chinese in 1949 when he fled there with the remnats of the  Kuomintang . The natives have been marginalised. They are the ancestors of the pacific peoples and not chinese

  6. I just wonder if you know the true cost of bringing back your out sourced Industry. I just got 4 pairs of Wrangler jeans from the USA US$36 a pair. But they were made in Mexico. Sure you can make them in the USA as we all can. But are you willing to pay 3-4 times the price. Same for your TV's, electronics etc. We can all make things but if you pay your workers reasonable wages expect everything to rise in price. And expect you CPI to inflate dramatically

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