New Zealand’s ‘Everyone must go!’ tourism campaign ridiculed as emigration hits record high Tagline has quickly become the subject of derision, with some critics likening it to a clearance sale slogan

Everyone Must Go: "a desperate plea for access to the lavatory."

Superb!

Thanks @evacorlett.bsky.social

This is what oligarchy looks like.

Cartoon depicts 'SOME RURAL ROADS MAY REVERT TO GRAVEL -NEWS' “WHITE-WATER RAFTING WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE RELAXING.” - says passenger on a ‘BACK ROAD TOURS’ bus bumping along a pot-holed road.

Farmer's weekly #cartoon #nzpol www.slanecartoon.com/-/galleries/...

The irony of the richest man in the world almost single-handedly destroying an agency designed to help the world’s poor, so that the U.S. federal budget has more room for another giant tax cut for the richest man in the world and his pals, should not be lost on anyone. [Cartoon by Mike Luckovich]

We are witnessing the Adolf Hitler playbook unfolding right before our eyes. Yet, people are nonchalant about it.

This is fascism.

This is the way.

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Love Poem

There is no question
of choice, but it takes
a long time.

Love’s vacancies, the eye
& cavity, track
back to embraces

where the spine bends
& quietens
like smoke in the earth.

Your tongue, touching on song,
darkens all songs. Your touch
is almost a signature.

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www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/rod-emmer... #nzpol

Elon Musk Isn't a White Nationalist. He's a White Globalist. How Musk's USAID efforts indicate an ideology larger than we are used to talking about. One we have to adjust to quickly as his power grows.

"Too often, we discuss these topics in the context of the 1930s, or at best the 1990s. This is a different era."

substack.com/home/post/p-...

CHRIS SLANE CARTOONS | Political Cartoons 2025 By Chris Slane Gallery: Political Cartoons 2025 on CHRIS SLANE CARTOONS

Nicola Willis hopes that digital nomads will rescue us from recession #nzpol #ListenerMag www.slanecartoon.com/m/-/gallerie...

Rod Emmerson’s cartoons: Week of February 10-16 www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/rod-emmer... #nzpol

for a minute I went "wait WHY is David Seymour driving a jeep up the steps of parliament" then I remembered "oh yeah because he covered for a paedophile for months and is trying to make us forget"

Google Maps has officially changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico to "Gulf of America" after Trump's executive order. And a new Republican bill would let Trump rename Greenland "Red, White and Blueland." Still no word on lowering the cost of groceries, however.

Nope:

If Miriam can get this in her visit here, why can’t other Pākehā (pt 1)

GOP Rep. Buddy Carter unveils bill empowering Trump to acquire Greenland — and rename it ‘Red, White, and Blueland’ Rep. Buddy Carter (R-Ga.) unveiled new legislation Monday to empower President Trump to enter negotiations to "purchase or otherwise acquire" Greenland and to rename the icy island "Red, White and Blu...

Rep. Buddy Carter (R-Ga.), 67, unveiled new legislation Monday to empower the orange idiot to enter negotiations to “purchase or otherwise acquire” Greenland and to rename the icy island “Red, White and Blueland.” 🤦‍♀️

www.aol.com/gop-rep-budd...

A few #haiku tripping through the keyboard, this is just one from today

Trump says ousted Gazans will have no right to return. Also threatens to cut aid to Jordan & Egypt unless they host Gazas population. Also says Gazans cannot return.
Gaza belongs to its people. It is a sovereign territory. His plan to turn it into the Riviera violates intnl law & every moral code

Elon is upset that folks have started calling Teslas "swasticars". Apparently, he's Führious

Little Elon is upset folks are calling Teslas "swasticars."
Better not share this or you'll make him "Führious!"

So it's okay? Really? So it's okay for my taxes to fund a White House Faith Office, but not to build homeless shelters, not tofeed school children, not for universal healthcare? threads.net/@elithemess

So it's okay? Really?

Chinese rival overtakes Tesla as Britain turns against Musk Chinese electric car titan BYD has overtaken Tesla in British sales for the first time as public opinion sours towards Elon Musk.

For the first time, BYD, the Chinese electric vehicle giant, has outpaced Tesla in sales in Britain. This shift comes as public opinion of Elon Musk takes a nosedive. Clearly, consumers are looking for alternatives to Musk's antics.
uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/chinese...

Been a bit of a drought wrt writing inspiration, but current global political events gnaw away, and this has been one result - a new haiku sonnet. #amwriting #haiku

It's a coup.