Woo hoo! Dame Jacinda!

[Oh_hunnihunni]

She's got a gong from Prince William! How lovely, how well earned...

[Lilith7]

She's got a gong from Prince William! How lovely, how well earned...

Blardy well done, that woman.

[Oh_hunnihunni]

I was wondering when the presentation would be. And how about William's new look? A beard coming you think?

[Lilith7]

Could be, maybe to compensate for hair loss but he quite suits it.

[zqwerty]

He's already presented it

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/artic...-Dame.html

Gosh I miss seeing her, she was so full of grace and life, we really lost big time when she left because of all the threats from the idiots.

[Oh_hunnihunni]

Yes, but the award was 2023...

[zqwerty]

Published: 00:52 AEDT, 17 October 2024 | Updated: 02:45 AEDT, 17 October 2024

New Zealand's prime minister Jacinda Ardern receive a damehood during an investiture held at Windsor Castle today

[Oh_hunnihunni]

The award was last year in the Kings Birthday Honours List, but didn't get a lot of press here at the time. Possibly because of the continued campaign of negativity fostered by the jealous souls here, that continues today. Such as the feelings - misogynistic at best, clearly expressed in this article...

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-...-damehood/

The actual investiture ceremony was held this week. Probably delayed because she has so many overseas obligations these days - and the chance to have William do it, as they are good friends - made it even more special for her.

[zqwerty]

Yes I see now.

The prevailing attitude amongst the powers that be is seemingly that a few old people dying of Covid each week doesn't matter as long as economic activity is the priority and the majority of the population doesn't care either way, if they even think about it, even though thousands died in other countries who maintained these beliefs through the Pandemic instead of doing what Jacinda urged us to do.

[Oh_hunnihunni]

But that has always been the case. The world is still run by the same people, with the same motivations and the same agendas. The trick, I think, is to accept that fact, and go dark - undermine it by doing your own thing without fuss but with intent.

Like not buying from Temu. Or making any other loaded purchasing choice. Like knowing our rights and insisting on them. Like not answering the phone unless we want to, and being kind when we can and when it suits us.

Be a rebel. Quietly.

[zqwerty]

"Be a rebel. Quietly."

Yes that is who I am, a dark horse, so my mother said. Except that I try to be philosophical rather than reactionary.

"The philosopher GWF Hegel (1770-1831) said that every civilization (but the final one) contains within itself the seeds of its own destruction."

I know the idiots who have been running the world and who have brought us to the point of no return through global warming have always been the same but when people like Jacinda come along and show us the way, we should be learning and take appropriate steps, but in this case very few seemed to have learned they just want to carry on as normal gathering money.