The Amount paid by businesses for rates especially in this time of fincial low sales needs to be drastically cut, as are that part of water bills called wastewater

Dear Barry, A deeply alarming precedent within our democracy has just been set in the Far North, and it is something every New Zealander should know about. Late last week, an elected councillor was removed from a council committee by a majority of her peers because they didn’t like her views, her tough questioning, and her challenges that might upset local iwi. Davina Smolders is an elected councillor on the Far North District Council. She has been fearlessly outspoken about how the council operates as well as the aggressive intrusion of Māori activism within the council. You may recall she was the councillor who called out the number of unelected iwi sitting on council committees, outnumbering the actual elected councillors. Davina also blew the whistle on the council racing to sign up Mana Whakahono ā Rohe agreements, which she said were being done in secret. On Thursday last week, the council met and removed her from its Māori strategic partnerships committee. Davina was voted off the committee by a vote of 7-3. An elected councillor doing the job you voted for her to do was officially removed from her committee role. Her crime? Asking hard questions about expenditure, voting against committee recommendations, and refusing to give in to iwi activism. Imagine being elected by your community to keep local government honest, only to be stripped of your duties the moment you ask where the money is going. Imagine also being elected by the same community to represent everyone as best you can, yet effectively being told that you can only be part of a committee so long as you only focus on giving iwi what they want. Davina is now paying the price for doing her job. The council didn't just push her out of the committee she was on, they also rigged the process to ensure she couldn't properly defend herself. This includes: 1. Davina was ambushed without process: Councillors seeking to rid her from the committee used a complaint dating back to July as justification. She was not informed of the complaint until she saw the agenda for Thursday’s meeting, let alone given a full right of reply under any proper Code of Conduct process. 2. She was literally silenced: As Davina began to ask how questioning spending or voting as she chooses is ‘misconduct’, she faced multiple interruptions from other councillors moving points of order to silence her defence for "irrelevancy". Instead of allowing Davina to challenge the faulty process, the committee upheld the points of order. 3. Double standards: According to other councillors, because the committee prioritises relationships with Māori, only words and actions that indulge iwi interests are allowed. Supposedly, for Davina or anyone to hold dissenting views or post updates on social media about what is happening in the council is both ‘misleading’ and ‘distracting’ 4. No clear rules: Another councillor who voted against her acknowledged there is no clear policy threshold for removing an elected member from a committee. Even as they sacked her from this council committee, the Council knows they have just set a dangerous precedent for any other committee and councillor. Don’t agree with the activism of the likes of this Māori strategic partnerships committee and you’ll be removed as Davina was. This is not a democratic council. It’s a kangaroo court where the verdict was decided before it even begins. When local councils decide that keeping smooth relationships with activist groups matters more than democratic accountability, the system is broken. They called her public updates "misinformation" simply because she told ratepayers what was really happening behind closed doors. [DEFEND DAVINA FUND] Davina stood her ground in that committee and council, and we at Hobson’s Pledge have been standing with her too. We know that fighting these activists costs time and money, so we have been doing our best to not only morally support Davina, but also provide her the legal support she needs. This is where we need your help. This is where Davina and other councillors around New Zealand will need your help. We can help with legal costs and seek legal advice on a host of issues facing New Zealand because of your generosity. CHIP IN HERE TO DEFEND DAVINA Hobson's Pledge needs your help and generosity again. We need to continue and amplify our legal and public campaign efforts. We need to challenge these overreaches, protect natural justice, and ensure elected representatives can do the job you voted them to do without fear of being silenced by activists. Davina isn't backing down. Neither are we. Thank you for your support, Don Brash Trustee of Hobson's Pledge

Turn on yourself, scratch your own back.

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Was this song about traffickinbg and the unfolded paper the powder sold. Lyrics to My guitar weeping.

https://youtu.be/HVtWz7zMnhE

I know that dramas need some evil characters, but they are not so evil here, pleasant characters abound.

https://youtu.be/Xkq2UhNZ7SI

Turn On and On and On, BE.

No one is coming to turn you on. Not your husband. Not the right mood. Not the right moment. (Sorry, not sorry.) 😛 In my 1:1 work with women, I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard proclamations like… Arousal has to happen spontaneously for me to want to make love. My man should be able to read me without me having to say a word. Maybe the spark just dies after 10 years together? 🤷 All of these complaints are methods of outsourcing your Turn-On. And really: who can blame us for thinking this way? We've lived through decades of implicit and explicit propaganda that said a powerful libido belongs to women who haven't yet navigated the particular gauntlet of midlife. Or buttons-flying, hair-pulling eroticism is strictly a function of the honeymoon phase…. That the right man should just know how to satisfy you, and if he doesn't, he’s out. Barry, I want to scream this from the rooftops… 💣 Your Turn-On is your responsibility. 💣 No, it’s not a comfortable thing to hear. Yet it may be the most liberating reframe available to you as a woman. Because, if your Turn-On is your responsibility, it means it’s always already at your fingertips. ❤️‍🔥 You don't have to expect your partner to read your mind. ❤️‍🔥 You don't have to wait for the right mood to descend. ❤️‍🔥 You don't have to accept low libido as an inevitable feature of "menopause" or "perimenopause." Far from being a spontaneous lightning strike, Turn-On is a daily practice and a way of life. The woman who enjoys white-hot pleasure inside the bedroom has been a devotee to her own sensory experience all day long: noticing what enlivens her, prioritizing what brings her joy, and building a celebratory, approval-based relationship with her every impulse. Barry, what you may be calling a libido problem, a relationship problem, or a perimenopause problem is actually a Turn-On problem. And Turn-On is a skill! Like any skill, Turn-On has specific components: some psychological, some mechanical, some that require nothing more than directing your attention in a specific direction. On Wednesday, August 12 at noon ET, I’m going LIVE with a very special guest to deliver the permission slips, erotic mechanics, and soft skills for more pleasure in and outside the bedroom. We’re exploring vital terrain, including: ♨️ Why taking responsibility for your Turn-On unlocks massive dividends (think: financial expansion, dialed-in creative output, and becoming the main character in your life) ⚡ The 4 Turn-On myths keeping you tense, tight, and pleasure-starved + how to jailbreak each one 👏 The maturational arc of sexual reclamation: Why you must titrate into the woman you judge before you can ever dream to embody the “High-Value Woman” you want to be 🌹 Turn-On troubleshooting: why “low libido” is almost never the real problem + the glitch shift that short-circuits stale sex + expands your erotic range 🪄 The anatomy + mechanics of self-pleasure & why anyone can experience powerful libido at ANY age or stage Barry, pleasure is a practice. And like any practice worth having, it can be learned, honed, and deepened for the rest of your life. So I can honor your attention & your inbox, let me know if this is for you: YES: I'm ready. Save my seat for Turn-On Training. 💋 NO: Thanks, but this isn’t my focus right now. Please mute these invites. XO, KB

Chinese foods and condiments vindicated?

https://youtu.be/gL4amKdHnIs

Lots of videos to remember. How will history write up this lockdown period? Probably the standard narrative will go down in history.

https://www.midwesterndoctor.com/p/vaccine-amnesia-75-forgotten-segments?publication_id=748806&post_id=208601881&isFreemail=true&r=3brzbb&triedRedirect=true