So today I have had:
a txt alert 10 min after the local Tsunami Sirens started in my Community, about a half hour after the last quake that put my region in harms way. Excellent work
a txt alert once it was deemed safe to return home, gratefully received.
a PM begin a PRESS Conference (not a Covid briefing) of all the days happenings detailing some of todays important issues
an announcement of the carefully thought out by experts decision to complete the full 7 days lockdown as advertised (some people criticised the shortness of the previous 3 day lockdown)
Some people just love a good cheese with their half empty WHINE.
More evidence that UBIs work
The report is back on another Universal Basic Income trial, this time in the USA. And as with the others, it shows that this policy works:
After getting $500 per month for two years without rules on how to spend it, 125 people in California paid off debt, got full-time jobs and reported lower rates of anxiety and depression, according to a study released Wednesday.[…]
When the program started in February 2019, 28% of the people slated to get the free money had full-time jobs. One year later, 40% of those people had full-time jobs. A control group of people who did not get the money saw a 5 percentage point increase in full-time employment over that same time period.
Open mike 06/03/2021 thestandard.org.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thestandard.org.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Press Release – Tony Orman National Parks are being closed off to allow fallow deer to be bombarded with 1080 poison. The proposal has drawn strong criticism from the Australian hunting public and also New Zealands Sporting Hunters Outdoor Trust. Laurie Collins, spokesman …
National Parks are being closed off to allow fallow deer to be bombarded with 1080 poison. The proposal has drawn strong criticism from the Australian hunting public and also New Zealand’s Sporting Hunters Outdoor Trust. Laurie Collins, spokesman for the Trust warned Australia not to use 1080.
“My advice to Australia is don’t use 1080. Don’t make NZ’s ecologically tragic mistake,” he said.
Friday, 5 March 2021, 10:06 am
National Parks are being closed off to allow fallow deer
to be bombarded with 1080 poison. The proposal has drawn
strong criticism from the Australian hunting public and also
New Zealand’s Sporting Hunters Outdoor Trust. Laurie
Collins, spokesman for the Trust warned Australia not to use
1080. My advice to Australia is don’t use 1080.
Don’t make NZ’s ecologically tragic mistake,” he
said.
The report of the Australian 1080 operation came
via a Facebook site “Field Sports Britain” which
reported Victoria was cracking down on increased fallow deer
numbers. National Parks are being closed to allow a