Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un walk into a bar.
Or at least, they appeared together today for the first time at a military parade in Beijing. CNN describes the event as "China's superpower coming-out party". Mr TinyOrangeFingers naturally sees this as a threat to US superiority and messaged Xi.
"Please give my warmest regards to Vladimir Putin, and Kim Jong Un, as you conspire against The United States of America."
Paranoid, much. But guess who else attended? Both John Key and Helen Clark. Anne-Marie Brady is being understated when she says our former leaders are sending entirely the wrong message.
https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/wrong-message-clark-key-chinas-military-parade-rnz
Trump quote - CNN via RNZ:
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/571946/trump-alleges-china-russia-north-korea-are-conspiring-against-the-us
Key's ponytail obsession was more than annoying. His fetish is called Trichophilia and it's creepy for victims.
Here's a link to the passport story.
#NZ needs to think hard about why so many of our 'centre-right' politicians drift into #fascism.
Why does our 'centre-right' party have a standing policy of guaranteeing far right extremists win a seat?
I think we know the answer but don't want to think about it.
"Why is #JohnKey favouring a #Trump win?" https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/11/04/why-is-sir-john-favouring-a-trump-win/
#nzpol #NactionalFirst #NZNational
Simon Wilson's latest piece on John Key's moronic, but totally on trend endorsement of far-right, neo-fascist Trump.
Key has shown who he is, and what he supports for yonks now, and i'm sure Wilson wasn't sucked in by it. But it is still nice to have some daylight shone on what and how he thinks.
The "nice guy to have a beer with" vibe that was declared about Key did a lot to obscure the sort of person he is, what and who he values.
#10yrsago First 100 pages of #AaronSwartz’s Secret Service files https://www.wired.com/2013/08/swartz-foia-release/
#10yrsago Ruling: Copying articles for patent lawyers’ reference is #FairUse https://web.archive.org/web/20130804061153/http://gigaom.com/2013/08/01/judge-says-patent-lawyers-have-right-to-science-articles-under-fair-use/
#10yrsago #NZ prime minister #JohnKey: We have to spy on you because al-Qaeda has training camps here. Also: FISH! https://web.archive.org/web/20130803111024/http://www.rotoruadailypost.co.nz/news/john-key-defends-Al-Qaeda-statement/1967860/
#10yrsago #WinCo: #WorkerOwned grocery chain that pays benefits, pensions, living wages — and has lower prices than WalMart https://business.time.com/2013/08/07/meet-the-low-key-low-cost-grocery-chain-being-called-wal-marts-worst-nightmare/
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