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Written By: lprent - Date published: 8:54 am, January 11th, 2021 - 21 comments Reading the effect of the Wednesday riot at the US Congress has been interesting. The Trump position has as usual been as infantile and self-adsorbed as all of his disaster of a presidency has been. The Republican politicians have been been more nuanced. But it looks to me like they would like...

Sanctuary 2.1.1 Yes, and the state of our Navy ought to be a national scandal and a matter in urgent need of remediation. High attrition and chronic skills shortages means we have two aging frigates with barely enough sailors to fully crew one of them to combat readiness, ships spending long periods in harbour due to manning issues, while the RNZNs poor spending of limited funds (Politicians in NZ largely leave the purchasing decisions to public sector technocrats. The NZD...