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โThe scheme recouped more than its net cost of โฌ72m through increases in arts-related expenditure, productivity gains and reduced reliance on other welfare payments, according to a government-commissioned cost-benefit analysis.โ
(1) The accused declared, ordered, or otherwise indicated that there shall be no survivors or surrender accepted; (2) The accused thereby intended to threaten an adversary or to conduct hostilities such that there would be no survivors or surrender accepted; (3) It was foreseeable that circumstances would be such that a practicable and reasonable ability to accept surrender would exist; (4) The accused was in a position of effective command or control over the subordinate forces to which the declaration or order was directed; and (5) The conduct took place in the context of and was associated with hostilities.
โ Former USG war crimes lawyer here.
Apropos of SecDef's remarks this morning:
Denial of quarterโeven the declaration of no quarterโis a war crime.
And recognized as such by the US Government.
From DoD's Manual for Military Commissions.
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This is crucially important point.
1) "No quarter" is indeed specifically war-crime term
2) Under Geneva Conventions, after sinking an enemy ship, the attackers must "take all positive measures" to find and rescue any survivors. Text in next post
No evidence US sub did so after attack, AFAIK
Sneaky Seymour strikes again?
#nzpol
Surprised that the government has not updated its safetravel.govt.nz page for USA since December last year.
They've put a blanket 'do not travel' warning across the gulf states - USA is at war too!
Why haven't the All Whites pulled out of the World Cup already. It's not safe in Trumpistan!
#NZPol
The #future #Aotearoa #nzpol
We have an electricity shortage that is so bad, they want to import LNG to 'fix' it.
Why then are Southland councils consenting a huge new electricity consumer without requirement for an equivalent green energy supply to be built in conjunction?
#NZPol
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
โWastewater testing is showing an increase in Covid cases, and hospitalisations are on the rise as New Zealand enters its ninth Covid wave.โ
Get a boosterโ๏ธ
Itโs a waveโ๏ธ
Maskโ๏ธ
Stay home if sickโ๏ธ
Point made about lack of RAT accessibility โ๏ธ
Nice to see health reporting being taken seriously here.
Do we want to keep fixing the same issue? Unlearned lessons from the first big oil crisis
As energy prices tripled in the 1970s due to Middle Eastern wars, Scandinavia, France and the Netherlands sped up green transition
Miningโs toxic timebomb: dams full of poisonous waste are dotted around the world. What happens when they burst? | Mining | The Guardian
An AI factory
Good news #NewZealand !
We've found a use for a spare 280MW of electricity, we'll turn it into hallucinations that will poach your Jobs
What do you mean we don't have spare electricity..
I fucking hate this. Also hate the way it gets reported. Not saying I know how it should be reported but these fucking guys are financially powerful dangerous authoritarian shitheads, and even unfavourable reporting like this gives them too much.
newrepublic.com/post/207693/...
Robin Williams once said "Politicians should wear sponsor jackets like Nascar drivers, then we know who owns them."
Itโs no joke though.
Matthew Hooton's column should have been illustrated with this. He talked abt Sweden's death toll without mentioning it was NINE TIMES bigger than ours. He dismissed deaths in other countries as mainly being older people, so it would have been ok for us to have heaps of older folks die? Ghoul.
Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown to work remotely following hip surgery
It's quite incredible how these men in high places can suddenly work just as well remotely, when it suits them to do so #NZPol
Damn.
I bet those 15 minute cities are looking pretty good about nowโฆ
#nzpol, #uspol, #auspol, #nooil
This why they increased the salaries for board members - exit strategiesโฆ
#nzpol
Winston and Luxon are in the line up #nzpol
National/ACT/NZ First: Labour ministers didn't take official advice they didn't see into account when keeping Auckland in lockdown for the last week.
Also them: We're going to ignore all this official advice because we don't like it.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
#nzpol
Original headline "Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith dismisses official's advice on 'move on orders'" Reusable version "Coalition MP dismisses officials' advice on latest ideologically driven policy"
This happens so much that RNZ should consider using recyclable headlines at this point. #nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Daily, if not multiple times are day we are bombarded with the evidence of how we have completely fucked the fundamentals of our economy, all the while being told that exports are the only way to grow NZ Inc.
Food insecurity is a construct of NeoLiberalism
www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-dept...
New shorter ferries: $596 million.
Paid to Hyundai for zero big ferries: $222 million.
Total cost of ferries: $818 million.
So we're paying $409 million per smaller rail enabled ferry.
We would have paid $225 million per larger rail enabled ferry.
Saving money? Pull the other one.
I mean I wouldn't trust Winnie either, he is a senile old windsock who will change his mind as soon as the election results are up
#nzpol
This could have been the crisis that made Luxon seem credibleโฆ.
Except, he tripped over the first hurdle, twisted his ankle and went down in a flailing tangle of limbs, SPLAT, into a giant mud puddle, AND, it was all caught on camera.
#nzpol
The power of Chrisโฆ ๐คข๐คข๐คข
All entitlement, No boundaries, No awareness, No empathy, All bravado, All contempt.
No more. ๐๐พ
#nzpol
Mr Grabby, invading personal space, oblivious of boundariesโฆ creepy Christopher
Food aid is necessary atm but Living Wages, affordable secure public housing and dealing to avaricious supermarket corps/owners is needed urgently #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
#nzpol
LNG, yeah you know me.