Mark Johnson

Writer.
Geopolitics Watcher.
Has a little problem with coffee.

[Mark Johnson @LuxIgnisStylus]

@JordNZ Seriously?

[Mark Johnson @LuxIgnisStylus]

The dog's eloquence had quite confounded me. The crowd stepped back. As I watched, a group of blue cats gathered beneath the tree, their tails swishing and their teeth glistening in the winter sun.

The hour for the dog to descend the tree had drawn nigh.

[Mark Johnson @LuxIgnisStylus]

This tweet is about New Zealand.

I walked past a tall tree the other day and there was a dog stuck up at the very top.

That's odd, I thought. Dogs normally don't get stuck in trees.

"Are you all right, mate?" I called.

"Yep, fine, it's great up here," the dog responded.

[Mark Johnson @LuxIgnisStylus]

At which point the dog began barking, "What I'd say to you, the reality is, no doubt about it, that at the end of the day, I'm in a tree and we've got a lot to sort out, both within and outside the trees."

[Mark Johnson @LuxIgnisStylus]

@greytownbuilder Soper's gripe with her was that she didn't call on him first at briefings and never attempted winning him over. That is why he considers her the worst PM of his lifetime. NZ's media establishment, folks.

[Rob Henderson @robkhenderson]

"When rents are capped...Developers build fewer apartments, landlords convert rental units into other uses, and maintenance becomes less attractive...the supply of housing shrinks...intensifies the very scarcity that drove up rents in the first place." https://t.co/iSRy6BGTT5

[Mark Johnson @LuxIgnisStylus]

@dpfdpf And no one is happier than Winston Peters.

[Bryan Caplan @bryan_caplan]

Very good.

[Rob Henderson @robkhenderson]

"How to ruin a youth: instruct him to hold in high esteem only those who think like him."
-Nietzsche (Daybreak)

[Mark Johnson @LuxIgnisStylus]

@aniobrien Paywall. Please elaborate?

[Mark Johnson @LuxIgnisStylus]

Everything is fine

[Britain Elects @BritainElects]

Gorton and Denton by-election result:

GRN: 40.7% (+27.5)
REF: 28.7% (+14.7)
LAB: 25.4% (-25.3)
CON: 1.9% (-6.0)
LDEM: 1.8% (-2.1)

Green GAIN from Labour.

[Matt Wallace @MattWallace888]

James Van Der Beek’s final message to the world is one of the most powerful things I have ever heard. Stop whatever you are doing and listen to this! 🥺

[Konstantin Kisin @KonstantinKisin]

Btw, I was a liberal in the 2000s and haven't changed any of my opinions other than on tax (running your own small business is a bit of a red pill!).

Then people came along and said being liberal means open borders, men in women's sports and arresting people for hurty words 😂

[Mark Johnson @LuxIgnisStylus]

Honestly just get out of California.

[Resist the Mainstream @ResisttheMS]

MUST-SEE: James Cameron says he moved to New Zealand because the people there are "sane as opposed to the US."

"This is why I love New Zealand!"

"I'm not there for the scenery, I'm there for the sanity."