Seems a several of our countries here are in cahoots or something. At least according to this guy who was pretty bent out of shape over covid mandates. Apparently I need to pull my head out of the sand and acknowledge living under and authoritarian regime, along with several other forum members. ;)...
FWIW, the standout ones for me would be Jacinda Ardern, Helen Clarke, David Lange, Robert Muldoon, Norman Kirk, Keith Holyoake, Peter Fraser, Michael Joseph Savage, William Massey, Richard Seddon, Julius Vogel and George Grey, who were all notable for different reasons, some good, some bad. (Muldoon...
She has been the most popular leader in NZ for most of the time she has been PM, and certainly ranks among the highest profile PMs NZ has ever had. She was the reason the Labour Govt got elected with an overall majority in the last (2020) election. Considering NZ adopted a proportional voting system...
So is a democratic republic more fragile to maintain than the Westminster parliamentary system ("constitutional monarchy" n'all)? Depends on who's Charlie at the time I guess.
Now and again, 21 December is the longest day in Southern Hemisphere - but not in 2022. The longest day this year is tomorrow, 22 December 2022 because
Saw it a few years back (I think?). Some good laughs (If it’s the same flick, there was a national power supply grid doubling as a top secret electric fence to keep the biggest baddest giants fenced in ‘up north’. Same movie?) Nope, this is brand shiny new. You’re probably thinking of the excellent...
Saw it a few years back (I think?). Some good laughs (If it’s the same flick, there was a national power supply grid doubling as a top secret electric fence to keep the biggest baddest giants fenced in ‘up north’. Same movie?)
I think I saw it (with the Skarsgård kid and The Queens Gambit girl?). Enjoyed the Vikings series* that came out on Netflix a few years ago. Lots of license. (Seeing as how it was based on the Sagas’n’all) - too heretical? *Particularly the first**series (before Ragnar Lothbrok became chieftain.) **...
Why does the Orion Spacecraft look like its travelling 'sideways'? Is the Capsule oriented to travel 'sideways' for some reason? (Such as keeping the bottom of the service module facing the sun?) Does anyone know?