ProfAnanish

Author; Professor; Commentator and Purveyor of common sense in a world desperately in need of some.

[ProfAnanish @ProfAnanish]

For those interested:
The election was fine. Labour stuffed up. That is why they lost. Deal with it. https://t.co/g7kHM0viEr

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Some thoughts on the state of NZ journalism over on LinkedIn. This seems to have struck a chord with a huge amount of engagement. Feel free to check it out. https://t.co/gCzEOM9obZ

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Yesterday, the team of 5 million spoke loud and clear and made obvious that they wanted no part of the mendacity and divisiveness of the last government. What a gigantic repudiation of the hypocrisy and unkindness.

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I want to give a shout out to my Covid Plan B colleagues. We went through some difficult times at the behest of this government and their lackeys. But we persevered and it is gratifying to see that Kiwis have rejected the lies and the authoritarianism of the Labour government.

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Thankfully, our long nightmare is over. I am sure I will find plenty of fault with the NatACT government. But the mendacity, vileness and incompetence of this last government was so extra-ordinary that I feel as if a great weight has been lifted tonight.

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Claim that New Zealand saved 20,000 lives is inaccurate and meaningless. I explain why here:
https://t.co/tB59Mn4g4y

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@aniobrien Does anyone remember the book by Al Franken "Lies and the lying liars who tell them?"

[Ani O'Brien @aniobrien]

Really sad. Would’ve thought Ayesha would be above this. Hipkins got Covid that’s why the original debate isn’t going ahead. This is a really yuck deliberate attempt to manipulate less engaged voters who don’t know this. Disinformation.

[Trudi @TrudiNewZealand]

ACT calls for Royal Commission into COVID-19 to open for public submissions https://t.co/qXXVL0IK0U

[ProfAnanish @ProfAnanish]

Ummm...sorry to disappoint you.
https://t.co/AWx8RkwUwy

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@4crosspurposes @ProfAnanish He’s obviously not a professor. In the US teachers at uni are called “Professor”. I once taught for a US organisation based in California and was called “Professor” when I was a teacher. Sad if he’s a teacher though, as he’s spreading misinformation.

[ProfAnanish @ProfAnanish]

Is James Shaw "very smart"? If so, then what is he doing in the Green Party? 😃

[ProfAnanish @ProfAnanish]

Or the "world beating" Covid response! What happened to that hubris?

[ProfAnanish @ProfAnanish]

Despicable but "incredible"? Saudi Arabia butchered Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey, Putin routinely kills dissidents in other countries and the US even kills its own citizens (Anwar al awlaki) on foreign soil. Another example, I guess, that India is now a player on the global scene!

[Thomas Coughlan @coughlthom]

Incredible news out of Canada.

[ProfAnanish @ProfAnanish]

Why is much of our policy making based on back-of-the-envelope calculations? Our policy makers can and must do better than this. My take on National's tax cuts and general policy making in NZ. https://t.co/MFpEFnTuOK

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@AndrewENZ Okay, so clearly this is possible. I did not think it was possible to get a Masters without a Bachelors. While he doesn't have to, Shaw could simply point this out and put this to rest.

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I have never heard of anyone getting a Master's degree without getting a Bachelor's degree since the latter is a pre-requisite for the former. How did James Shaw achieve this? Is this even possible? Did he get an undergrad somewhere else?

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Come October, Winston Peters will almost certainly be returning to Parliament. There is a simple reason for this. He has capitalized on the rage against vaccine mandates. I offer some thoughts on this matter here: https://t.co/VsItWeilPt.

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@NZFreeSpeech This from someone who essentially put the Opposition under house-arrest during lockdowns; used the "Podium of Truth" for campaigning, ignored Election Commission advice to postpone elections to November and won an absolute majority in October 2020. Chris "Chutzpah" Hipkins.

[ProfAnanish @ProfAnanish]

@NZFreeSpeech They do have till August 221, 2023. This gives them quite a bit of time to comply.

[🗣 Free Speech Union ✊ @NZFreeSpeech]

The Govt wants to overhaul content regulation. Apparently, our censorship laws aren't fit for purpose- but maybe censorship is the wrong path? Even if DIA gets its way (unlikely, given the public response) what happens when international platforms simply don't play ball?