https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/nz-media-c...4H2SCNDNA/

According to the FBI

Luckily, ther only person killed is believed to be the terrorist; the clinic was closed at the time.

https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/05/18/palm-...orism-fbi/

The Story of the Mexican Fisherman

An American investment banker was at the pier of a small coastal Mexican village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked. Inside the small boat were several large yellowfin tuna. The American complimented the Mexican on the quality of his fish and asked how long it took to catch them.
The Mexican replied, “only a little while.” The American then asked why didn’t he stay out longer and catch more fish? The Mexican said he had enough to support his family’s immediate needs. The American then asked, “but what do you do with the rest of your time?”
The Mexican fisherman said, “I sleep late, fish a little, play with my children, take siestas with my wife, Maria, and stroll into the village each evening where I sip wine, and play guitar with my amigos. I have a full and busy life.”
The American scoffed. “I have an MBA from Harvard, and can help you,” he said. “You should spend more time fishing, and with the proceeds, buy a bigger boat. With the proceeds from the bigger boat, you could buy several boats, and eventually you would have a fleet of fishing boats. Instead of selling your catch to a middle-man, you could sell directly to the processor, eventually opening up your own cannery. You could control the product, processing, and distribution,” he said. “Of course, you would need to leave this small coastal fishing village and move to Mexico City, then Los Angeles, and eventually to New York City, where you will run your expanding enterprise.” The Mexican fisherman asked, “But, how long will this all take?”
To which the American replied, “Oh, 15 to 20 years or so.”
“But what then?” asked the Mexican.
The American laughed and said, “That’s the best part. When the time was right, you would announce an IPO, and sell your company stock to the public and become very rich. You would make millions!”
“Millions – then what?”
The American said, “Then you could retire. Move to a small coastal fishing village where you could sleep late, fish a little, play with your kids, take siestas with your wife, and stroll to the village in the evenings where you could sip wine and play guitar with your amigos.”

WATCH: Comey Surrenders to Secret Service Over ‘Assassination’ Post

https://www.thedailybeast.com/watch-come...tion-post/

86  47

86 ----- Driven 80 Miles out of town,  Put 6 feet under

47 ----- Trump 47th President

Furthermore

How do you feel about an iconic American like Bruce Springsteen calling the Trump Administration "corrupt, incompetent and treasonous" and describing them as authoritarian?

https://old.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comme...ican_like/

Interesting article about how 'empathy is a parasitic plague'.
Apparently even Christians are adopting this view - I've no idea how the hell they reconcile this vicious view with their bible, which I think tells them to 'love thy neighbour'.


I'm extremely grateful not to be living in America.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...dium=email

Our short sighted,greed crazed govt does it again. The delightful people pretending to represent us all have decided that its perfectly fine to stuff up the seabed for an entire 30 years.
Never mind the species its likely to kill, there's money to be made.


https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/5613...ck-process

First I've heard of this. Williams syndrome, people who are too friendly, they don't fear or mistrust,strangers.

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250...o-friendly

My current desktop  is coming to the end of it's life.  I've had it  since 2012 currently running Win 11 23h2. Doesn't  do  well on 24h2.I'm looking at a mini PC to  replace it  as I don't  do  gaming but a little video  editing.  Unfortunately  here in NZ  there is a dearth of mini PCs.  I've looked at PB Tech who  have quite a few  and have virtually  settled on this one https://www.pbtech.co.nz/product/WKSPB52...Mini-Busin but wonder if having DDR4 RAM rather than DD5 RAM will have much of an effect 
Your thoughts??

my son left some apple airpods behind last visit home so i took them into NZ Post to send them back, initially  they quoted $90 to send them to Brisbane, the guy looked up the post bible and told me they cant send them because they have a battery

they arrived on a plane from Brisbane and they had a battery

i asked him what about all the battery stuff pouring into the country every day from temu  and he said it can come in but we cant send out

also $90 for something the size of a matchbox is OTT

We are loosing farms fast to unworkable regulations and pine trees.
This is serious, because our economy depends on agriculture.
https://www.farmersweekly.co.nz/opinion/...m-reading/