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viz., "a supra-national entity that has laws, courts and the means to enforce the peace." RedLogix 1.1.1.1.1.1 In my view that while the ICC was undeniably a good idea, it never attained the commitment across the board to permit it to succeed. I'll go back to my original parallel; the reason why nation states are mostly lawful and peaceful places is that ordinary citizens forgo the right to coercion and revenge and place it solely in the hands of the nation state. In the case of the ICC that never really happened; while most nations signed up to the ICC, there was never ...

RedLogix 2.1 Interestingly that article starts with a description of appallingly bad safety standards at a major petrochem site in the 1960's. Yet remarkably everything has changed in the 50 years since; the events he describes are pretty much unthinkable in a developed country today. In particular: One day, Sherman was standing in a room, leaning over a large pipe to check a filter, when an operator in a distant control room mistakenly turned a knob, sending hot, almond-smelling, liquid chlorinated hydrocarbons coursing through the pipe, drenching him I worked for decad...

Invercargill and Dunedin have been closed by floods once a decade or so. Graeme 1.1.1 Large parts of Dunedin are below mean sea level, some around a metre. Invercargill is just above, but close enough that a flood combined with a high tide makes things pretty wet. Both suffer from being built on very weak ground, especially Invercargill, so both are never going to be more than they are now and unlikely to get much future investment. It's not only airports that are at risk from sea level rise. The State Highway and railway going past Dunedin Airport are only slightly h...

Written By: weka - Date published: 6:06 am, January 23rd, 2021 - 38 comments When the government proposed declaring a climate emergency in December last year, Jacinda Ardern said this, This declaration is an acknowledgment of the next generation: an acknowledgment of the burden that they will carry if we do not get this right and if we do not take action now. When I visit schools, when I read children’s letters, I’m often struck by how deeply personal the climate crisis is to them. We cannot underestimate a generation, ...

Budget 2021 will be delivered on Thursday 20 May, Finance Minister Grant Robertson announced today. “My focus continues to be on making sure spending is targeted at the areas and people that need it the most. “We will manage the books carefully including ensuring we are getting value for money ... 16 hours ago Morena ki a tatau, Tena tatau i nga kaupapa hauora, E tuitui nei i a tatau i tēnei ata, Ka nui te mihi ki a koutou katoa. When we were re-elected with a clear mandate for change, our Government made three promises: To keep New Zealanders safe from COVID-19 To ...