• Another Atlas Win

    From Rich80105@Rich80105@hotmail.com to nz.general on Sun Jul 20 12:41:41 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.general

    https://insideclimatenews.org/news/03072025/big-beautiful-bill-will-hurt-clean-energy-environmental-justice/

    The Bill will keep the USA "On Track" with the same Atlas agenda as
    the NZ Government, but with a few differences, the main one being the
    rejection of a major supporters, Elon Musk - here in New Zealand the
    support provides to the government through Atlas is directed to all
    three government parties - there are Atlas linked Ministers in all
    three parties, but many supporters of National and NZ First are blind
    enough to deny a linkage.

    From the article:
    "The company that stands to lose the most is Tesla, which has 10 of
    the 29 models that are eligible and remains the countryAs EV sales
    leader even after recent sales decline and loss of market share. Tesla
    CEO Elon Musk, who was part of the Trump administration before an attention-grabbing departure in May, had urged lawmakers to reject the
    bill."



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  • From Tony@lizandtony@orcon.net.nz to nz.general on Sun Jul 20 01:27:02 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.general

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote: >https://insideclimatenews.org/news/03072025/big-beautiful-bill-will-hurt-clean-energy-environmental-justice/

    The Bill will keep the USA "On Track" with the same Atlas agenda as
    the NZ Government, but with a few differences, the main one being the >rejection of a major supporters, Elon Musk - here in New Zealand the
    support provides to the government through Atlas is directed to all
    three government parties - there are Atlas linked Ministers in all
    three parties, but many supporters of National and NZ First are blind
    enough to deny a linkage.
    To paraphrase your other idiotic post - I am not surprised that you do not provide any evidence of those accusations.

    From the article:
    "The company that stands to lose the most is Tesla, which has 10 of
    the 29 models that are eligible and remains the countryAs EV sales
    leader even after recent sales decline and loss of market share. Tesla
    CEO Elon Musk, who was part of the Trump administration before an >attention-grabbing departure in May, had urged lawmakers to reject the
    bill."

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  • From Crash@nogood@dontbother.invalid to nz.general on Sun Jul 20 15:43:30 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.general

    On Sun, 20 Jul 2025 12:41:41 +1200, Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com>
    wrote:

    https://insideclimatenews.org/news/03072025/big-beautiful-bill-will-hurt-clean-energy-environmental-justice/

    The Bill will keep the USA "On Track" with the same Atlas agenda as
    the NZ Government, but with a few differences, the main one being the >rejection of a major supporters, Elon Musk - here in New Zealand the
    support provides to the government through Atlas is directed to all
    three government parties - there are Atlas linked Ministers in all
    three parties, but many supporters of National and NZ First are blind
    enough to deny a linkage.

    From the article:
    "The company that stands to lose the most is Tesla, which has 10 of
    the 29 models that are eligible and remains the countryAs EV sales
    leader even after recent sales decline and loss of market share. Tesla
    CEO Elon Musk, who was part of the Trump administration before an >attention-grabbing departure in May, had urged lawmakers to reject the
    bill."


    There is no reference to the Atlas Network that I could find in the
    article, therefore your post is pure conjecture based on your
    political bias.
    --
    Crash McBash
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  • From Rich80105@Rich80105@hotmail.com to nz.general on Sun Jul 20 17:27:00 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.general

    On Sun, 20 Jul 2025 01:27:02 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote: >>https://insideclimatenews.org/news/03072025/big-beautiful-bill-will-hurt-clean-energy-environmental-justice/

    The Bill will keep the USA "On Track" with the same Atlas agenda as
    the NZ Government, but with a few differences, the main one being the >>rejection of a major supporters, Elon Musk - here in New Zealand the >>support provides to the government through Atlas is directed to all
    three government parties - there are Atlas linked Ministers in all
    three parties, but many supporters of National and NZ First are blind >>enough to deny a linkage.
    To paraphrase your other idiotic post - I am not surprised that you do not >provide any evidence of those accusations.

    Accusations? Really? I would have expected you to applaud all three
    government parties following hard-right policies.

    Did you not realise that Casey Costello is a past Chair of the NZ
    Taxpayer Union?
    https://www.taxpayers.org.nz/tt_casey_costello

    From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicola_Willis
    Willis was a director of the New Zealand Initiative, a pro-free-market public-policy Atlas Network linked think tank, from May 2016 until
    February 2017.[14][15]

    She has acknowledged taking advice from Bryce Wilkinson (Senior Fellow
    at the NZ Initiative)

    The NZ Taxpayer union is an astroturf organisation that acts
    effectively as a political link with both Jordan Williams (NZ
    Initiative and David Farrar (NZ Initiative and his private polling
    company) leading in providing valuable services to all three parties.


    From the article:
    "The company that stands to lose the most is Tesla, which has 10 of
    the 29 models that are eligible and remains the countryAs EV sales
    leader even after recent sales decline and loss of market share. Tesla
    CEO Elon Musk, who was part of the Trump administration before an >>attention-grabbing departure in May, had urged lawmakers to reject the >>bill."

    I suggest that none of the government parties would withdraw from a
    large financial and advisory supporter - that support has meant that,
    by and large, Luxon is able to relax through not having to think for
    himself - Atlas Network make it easy for him to follow on . . .
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  • From Tony@lizandtony@orcon.net.nz to nz.general on Sun Jul 20 07:23:37 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.general

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Sun, 20 Jul 2025 01:27:02 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote: >>>https://insideclimatenews.org/news/03072025/big-beautiful-bill-will-hurt-clean-energy-environmental-justice/

    The Bill will keep the USA "On Track" with the same Atlas agenda as
    the NZ Government, but with a few differences, the main one being the >>>rejection of a major supporters, Elon Musk - here in New Zealand the >>>support provides to the government through Atlas is directed to all
    three government parties - there are Atlas linked Ministers in all
    three parties, but many supporters of National and NZ First are blind >>>enough to deny a linkage.
    To paraphrase your other idiotic post - I am not surprised that you do not >>provide any evidence of those accusations.

    Accusations? Really? I would have expected you to applaud all three >government parties following hard-right policies.
    They are not and I was talking about your accusations but you know that. Sarcasm will be your downfall one day.

    Did you not realise that Casey Costello is a past Chair of the NZ
    Taxpayer Union?
    https://www.taxpayers.org.nz/tt_casey_costello
    So what?

    From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicola_Willis
    Willis was a director of the New Zealand Initiative, a pro-free-market >public-policy Atlas Network linked think tank, from May 2016 until
    February 2017.[14][15]
    So what?

    She has acknowledged taking advice from Bryce Wilkinson (Senior Fellow
    at the NZ Initiative)
    So what?

    The NZ Taxpayer union is an astroturf organisation that acts
    effectively as a political link with both Jordan Williams (NZ
    Initiative and David Farrar (NZ Initiative and his private polling
    company) leading in providing valuable services to all three parties.
    No it is not.


    From the article:
    "The company that stands to lose the most is Tesla, which has 10 of
    the 29 models that are eligible and remains the countryAs EV sales
    leader even after recent sales decline and loss of market share. Tesla >>>CEO Elon Musk, who was part of the Trump administration before an >>>attention-grabbing departure in May, had urged lawmakers to reject the >>>bill."

    I suggest that none of the government parties would withdraw from a
    large financial and advisory supporter - that support has meant that,
    by and large, Luxon is able to relax through not having to think for
    himself - Atlas Network make it easy for him to follow on . . .
    The Atlas network has nothing to do with this government, I would prefer that you were deluded but in fact you are just lying.
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  • From Rich80105@Rich80105@hotmail.com to nz.general on Sun Jul 20 23:23:35 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.general

    On Sun, 20 Jul 2025 07:23:37 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Sun, 20 Jul 2025 01:27:02 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote: >>>>https://insideclimatenews.org/news/03072025/big-beautiful-bill-will-hurt-clean-energy-environmental-justice/

    The Bill will keep the USA "On Track" with the same Atlas agenda as
    the NZ Government, but with a few differences, the main one being the >>>>rejection of a major supporters, Elon Musk - here in New Zealand the >>>>support provides to the government through Atlas is directed to all >>>>three government parties - there are Atlas linked Ministers in all >>>>three parties, but many supporters of National and NZ First are blind >>>>enough to deny a linkage.
    To paraphrase your other idiotic post - I am not surprised that you do not >>>provide any evidence of those accusations.

    Accusations? Really? I would have expected you to applaud all three >>government parties following hard-right policies.
    They are not and I was talking about your accusations but you know that. >Sarcasm will be your downfall one day.

    Did you not realise that Casey Costello is a past Chair of the NZ
    Taxpayer Union?
    https://www.taxpayers.org.nz/tt_casey_costello
    So what?

    From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicola_Willis
    Willis was a director of the New Zealand Initiative, a pro-free-market >>public-policy Atlas Network linked think tank, from May 2016 until
    February 2017.[14][15]
    So what?

    She has acknowledged taking advice from Bryce Wilkinson (Senior Fellow
    at the NZ Initiative)
    So what?

    The NZ Taxpayer union is an astroturf organisation that acts
    effectively as a political link with both Jordan Williams (NZ
    Initiative and David Farrar (NZ Initiative and his private polling
    company) leading in providing valuable services to all three parties.
    No it is not. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/439960/ex-act-staffer-grant-mclachlan-says-party-created-fake-grassroots-groups


    From the article:
    "The company that stands to lose the most is Tesla, which has 10 of
    the 29 models that are eligible and remains the countryAs EV sales >>>>leader even after recent sales decline and loss of market share. Tesla >>>>CEO Elon Musk, who was part of the Trump administration before an >>>>attention-grabbing departure in May, had urged lawmakers to reject the >>>>bill."

    I suggest that none of the government parties would withdraw from a
    large financial and advisory supporter - that support has meant that,
    by and large, Luxon is able to relax through not having to think for >>himself - Atlas Network make it easy for him to follow on . . .
    The Atlas network has nothing to do with this government, I would prefer that >you were deluded but in fact you are just lying.

    David Seymour, Nicola Willis, Casey Costello have been involved in
    leadership of parts of Atlas Network - including two members in New
    Zealand. It is clear for Nicola Willis in her wikipedia entry above.
    Perhaps you do not realise that she could edit that page, but I
    suspect she is proud of having been a director of an Atlas Network
    linked think tank - even though it is a few years ago now . . .
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  • From Tony@lizandtony@orcon.net.nz to nz.general on Sun Jul 20 19:53:40 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.general

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Sun, 20 Jul 2025 07:23:37 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Sun, 20 Jul 2025 01:27:02 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote: >>>>>https://insideclimatenews.org/news/03072025/big-beautiful-bill-will-hurt-clean-energy-environmental-justice/

    The Bill will keep the USA "On Track" with the same Atlas agenda as >>>>>the NZ Government, but with a few differences, the main one being the >>>>>rejection of a major supporters, Elon Musk - here in New Zealand the >>>>>support provides to the government through Atlas is directed to all >>>>>three government parties - there are Atlas linked Ministers in all >>>>>three parties, but many supporters of National and NZ First are blind >>>>>enough to deny a linkage.
    To paraphrase your other idiotic post - I am not surprised that you do not >>>>provide any evidence of those accusations.

    Accusations? Really? I would have expected you to applaud all three >>>government parties following hard-right policies.
    They are not and I was talking about your accusations but you know that. >>Sarcasm will be your downfall one day.

    Did you not realise that Casey Costello is a past Chair of the NZ >>>Taxpayer Union?
    https://www.taxpayers.org.nz/tt_casey_costello
    So what?

    From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicola_Willis
    Willis was a director of the New Zealand Initiative, a pro-free-market >>>public-policy Atlas Network linked think tank, from May 2016 until >>>February 2017.[14][15]
    So what?

    She has acknowledged taking advice from Bryce Wilkinson (Senior Fellow
    at the NZ Initiative)
    So what?

    The NZ Taxpayer union is an astroturf organisation that acts
    effectively as a political link with both Jordan Williams (NZ
    Initiative and David Farrar (NZ Initiative and his private polling >>>company) leading in providing valuable services to all three parties.
    No it is not. >https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/439960/ex-act-staffer-grant-mclachlan-says-party-created-fake-grassroots-groups
    Proves nothing.


    From the article:
    "The company that stands to lose the most is Tesla, which has 10 of >>>>>the 29 models that are eligible and remains the countryAs EV sales >>>>>leader even after recent sales decline and loss of market share. Tesla >>>>>CEO Elon Musk, who was part of the Trump administration before an >>>>>attention-grabbing departure in May, had urged lawmakers to reject the >>>>>bill."

    I suggest that none of the government parties would withdraw from a
    large financial and advisory supporter - that support has meant that,
    by and large, Luxon is able to relax through not having to think for >>>himself - Atlas Network make it easy for him to follow on . . .
    The Atlas network has nothing to do with this government, I would prefer that
    you were deluded but in fact you are just lying.

    David Seymour, Nicola Willis, Casey Costello have been involved in
    leadership of parts of Atlas Network - including two members in New
    Zealand. It is clear for Nicola Willis in her wikipedia entry above.
    Perhaps you do not realise that she could edit that page, but I
    suspect she is proud of having been a director of an Atlas Network
    linked think tank - even though it is a few years ago now . . .
    Firstly you are the one that has quoted Wikipedia in the past believing it to be factual, and I pointed out that it was not. Your memory is convenient. Secondly - you have never shown the Atlas network to be a threat to democracy or indeed that it has any negatives (I don't care).
    Thirdly - you have never shown the above accusations regarding Seymour and co to be correct.
    You are full of it.
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  • From Crash@nogood@dontbother.invalid to nz.general on Mon Jul 21 15:56:27 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.general

    On Mon, 21 Jul 2025 11:31:35 +1200, Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com>
    wrote:

    On Mon, 21 Jul 2025 08:36:58 +1200, Crash <nogood@dontbother.invalid>
    wrote:

    On Sun, 20 Jul 2025 17:27:00 +1200, Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> >>wrote:

    On Sun, 20 Jul 2025 01:27:02 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote: >>>>>https://insideclimatenews.org/news/03072025/big-beautiful-bill-will-hurt-clean-energy-environmental-justice/

    The Bill will keep the USA "On Track" with the same Atlas agenda as >>>>>the NZ Government, but with a few differences, the main one being the >>>>>rejection of a major supporters, Elon Musk - here in New Zealand the >>>>>support provides to the government through Atlas is directed to all >>>>>three government parties - there are Atlas linked Ministers in all >>>>>three parties, but many supporters of National and NZ First are blind >>>>>enough to deny a linkage.
    To paraphrase your other idiotic post - I am not surprised that you do not >>>>provide any evidence of those accusations.

    Accusations? Really? I would have expected you to applaud all three >>>government parties following hard-right policies.

    Tony is honest, unlike you with your inference there are hard-right >>political parties in Parliament.

    I have provided evidence of Ministers linked to the Atlas Network -
    see below.

    As to "Hard-Right" - or "Far-Right", see: >https://www.politicalcompass.org/nz2023
    and
    https://www.politicalcompass.org/uselection2024

    You persist with this meaningless website, long ago debunked as
    rubbish.

    It may be of interest to know that when David Farrar was posting to >nz.general, he identified the position now shown for the ACT party as
    best suiting his personal views.

    How is that relevant even if true?

    The underfunding of the public health system and the push for
    privatisation of health services, the priority being gives to roads
    over rail, the high profits, low investment and high dividends from
    the electricity industry - all point to hard-right policies benefiting
    the wealthy at the expense of the majority - and to the detriment of
    New Zealand's future.

    The 'public health system' is always under funded - we have never had
    a situation where it has been adequately funded. We do have
    increasing life expectancy rates as an indicator that we enjoy better
    health than previous generations. This is not because most of us are
    rich pricks that can afford private treatment.

    It is just as well that there are no hard-right political parties in Parliament. We have always had private health services available
    despite the fact that there are no hard-right political parties in
    Government.


    Did you not realise that Casey Costello is a past Chair of the NZ >>>Taxpayer Union?
    https://www.taxpayers.org.nz/tt_casey_costello

    I did. What is your point?

    From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicola_Willis
    Willis was a director of the New Zealand Initiative, a pro-free-market >>>public-policy Atlas Network linked think tank, from May 2016 until >>>February 2017.[14][15]

    She has acknowledged taking advice from Bryce Wilkinson (Senior Fellow
    at the NZ Initiative)

    Again, what is your point? You are acting as if you are exposing >>scandalous secrets about Costello and Willis. You are not, and this
    proves nothing.

    The NZ Taxpayer union is an astroturf organisation that acts
    effectively as a political link with both Jordan Williams (NZ
    Initiative and David Farrar (NZ Initiative and his private polling >>>company) leading in providing valuable services to all three parties.

    I recall seeing recently somewhere (probably in TU news) that they
    have around 200,000 donors. Whatever Williams and Farrar do is
    personal stuff. Linking the TU to personal activities of its sponsors
    is the stuff of political agendas, where facts are trumped by
    ideology.


    From the article:
    "The company that stands to lose the most is Tesla, which has 10 of >>>>>the 29 models that are eligible and remains the countryAs EV sales >>>>>leader even after recent sales decline and loss of market share. Tesla >>>>>CEO Elon Musk, who was part of the Trump administration before an >>>>>attention-grabbing departure in May, had urged lawmakers to reject the >>>>>bill."

    I suggest that none of the government parties would withdraw from a
    large financial and advisory supporter - that support has meant that,
    by and large, Luxon is able to relax through not having to think for >>>himself - Atlas Network make it easy for him to follow on . . .

    Your political ideology is getting in the way of hard facts again
    Rich. Its a struggle for you to accept that reality is not to your
    liking.
    --
    Crash McBash
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  • From Tony@lizandtony@orcon.net.nz to nz.general on Mon Jul 21 07:08:02 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.general

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Mon, 21 Jul 2025 08:36:58 +1200, Crash <nogood@dontbother.invalid>
    wrote:

    On Sun, 20 Jul 2025 17:27:00 +1200, Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> >>wrote:

    On Sun, 20 Jul 2025 01:27:02 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote: >>>>>https://insideclimatenews.org/news/03072025/big-beautiful-bill-will-hurt-clean-energy-environmental-justice/

    The Bill will keep the USA "On Track" with the same Atlas agenda as >>>>>the NZ Government, but with a few differences, the main one being the >>>>>rejection of a major supporters, Elon Musk - here in New Zealand the >>>>>support provides to the government through Atlas is directed to all >>>>>three government parties - there are Atlas linked Ministers in all >>>>>three parties, but many supporters of National and NZ First are blind >>>>>enough to deny a linkage.
    To paraphrase your other idiotic post - I am not surprised that you do not >>>>provide any evidence of those accusations.

    Accusations? Really? I would have expected you to applaud all three >>>government parties following hard-right policies.

    Tony is honest, unlike you with your inference there are hard-right >>political parties in Parliament.

    I have provided evidence of Ministers linked to the Atlas Network -
    So what? You have still not shown anything wrong with the Atlas network.
    see below.

    As to "Hard-Right" - or "Far-Right", see: >https://www.politicalcompass.org/nz2023
    and
    https://www.politicalcompass.org/uselection2024
    That is a well proven left wing organisation, baseless poke and hope.

    It may be of interest to know that when David Farrar was posting to >nz.general, he identified the position now shown for the ACT party as
    best suiting his personal views.

    The underfunding of the public health system and the push for
    privatisation of health services, the priority being gives to roads
    over rail, the high profits, low investment and high dividends from
    the electricity industry - all point to hard-right policies benefiting
    the wealthy at the expense of the majority - and to the detriment of
    New Zealand's future.
    Not proven, just your opinion.,


    Did you not realise that Casey Costello is a past Chair of the NZ >>>Taxpayer Union?
    https://www.taxpayers.org.nz/tt_casey_costello

    I did. What is your point?

    From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicola_Willis
    Willis was a director of the New Zealand Initiative, a pro-free-market >>>public-policy Atlas Network linked think tank, from May 2016 until >>>February 2017.[14][15]

    She has acknowledged taking advice from Bryce Wilkinson (Senior Fellow
    at the NZ Initiative)

    Again, what is your point? You are acting as if you are exposing >>scandalous secrets about Costello and Willis. You are not, and this
    proves nothing.

    The NZ Taxpayer union is an astroturf organisation that acts
    effectively as a political link with both Jordan Williams (NZ
    Initiative and David Farrar (NZ Initiative and his private polling >>>company) leading in providing valuable services to all three parties.

    I recall seeing recently somewhere (probably in TU news) that they
    have around 200,000 donors. Whatever Williams and Farrar do is
    personal stuff. Linking the TU to personal activities of its sponsors
    is the stuff of political agendas, where facts are trumped by
    ideology.


    From the article:
    "The company that stands to lose the most is Tesla, which has 10 of >>>>>the 29 models that are eligible and remains the countryAs EV sales >>>>>leader even after recent sales decline and loss of market share. Tesla >>>>>CEO Elon Musk, who was part of the Trump administration before an >>>>>attention-grabbing departure in May, had urged lawmakers to reject the >>>>>bill."

    I suggest that none of the government parties would withdraw from a
    large financial and advisory supporter - that support has meant that,
    by and large, Luxon is able to relax through not having to think for >>>himself - Atlas Network make it easy for him to follow on . . .

    Your political ideology is getting in the way of hard facts again
    Rich. Its a struggle for you to accept that reality is not to your
    liking.

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  • From Tony@lizandtony@orcon.net.nz to nz.general on Mon Jul 21 07:09:31 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.general

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On 20 Jul 2025 23:37:35 GMT, Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:

    On 2025-07-20, Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Sun, 20 Jul 2025 07:23:37 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Sun, 20 Jul 2025 01:27:02 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>https://insideclimatenews.org/news/03072025/big-beautiful-bill-will-hurt-clean-energy-environmental-justice/

    The Bill will keep the USA "On Track" with the same Atlas agenda as >>>>>>>the NZ Government, but with a few differences, the main one being the >>>>>>>rejection of a major supporters, Elon Musk - here in New Zealand the >>>>>>>support provides to the government through Atlas is directed to all >>>>>>>three government parties - there are Atlas linked Ministers in all >>>>>>>three parties, but many supporters of National and NZ First are blind >>>>>>>enough to deny a linkage.
    To paraphrase your other idiotic post - I am not surprised that you do >>>>>>not
    provide any evidence of those accusations.

    Accusations? Really? I would have expected you to applaud all three >>>>>government parties following hard-right policies.
    They are not and I was talking about your accusations but you know that. >>>>Sarcasm will be your downfall one day.

    Did you not realise that Casey Costello is a past Chair of the NZ >>>>>Taxpayer Union?
    https://www.taxpayers.org.nz/tt_casey_costello
    So what?

    From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicola_Willis
    Willis was a director of the New Zealand Initiative, a pro-free-market >>>>>public-policy Atlas Network linked think tank, from May 2016 until >>>>>February 2017.[14][15]
    So what?

    She has acknowledged taking advice from Bryce Wilkinson (Senior Fellow >>>>>at the NZ Initiative)
    So what?

    The NZ Taxpayer union is an astroturf organisation that acts >>>>>effectively as a political link with both Jordan Williams (NZ >>>>>Initiative and David Farrar (NZ Initiative and his private polling >>>>>company) leading in providing valuable services to all three parties. >>>>No it is not.
    https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/439960/ex-act-staffer-grant-mclachlan-says-party-created-fake-grassroots-groups


    From the article:
    "The company that stands to lose the most is Tesla, which has 10 of >>>>>>>the 29 models that are eligible and remains the country?s EV sales >>>>>>>leader even after recent sales decline and loss of market share. Tesla >>>>>>>CEO Elon Musk, who was part of the Trump administration before an >>>>>>>attention-grabbing departure in May, had urged lawmakers to reject the >>>>>>>bill."

    I suggest that none of the government parties would withdraw from a >>>>>large financial and advisory supporter - that support has meant that, >>>>>by and large, Luxon is able to relax through not having to think for >>>>>himself - Atlas Network make it easy for him to follow on . . .
    The Atlas network has nothing to do with this government, I would prefer >>>>that
    you were deluded but in fact you are just lying.

    David Seymour, Nicola Willis, Casey Costello have been involved in
    leadership of parts of Atlas Network - including two members in New
    Zealand. It is clear for Nicola Willis in her wikipedia entry above.
    Perhaps you do not realise that she could edit that page, but I
    suspect she is proud of having been a director of an Atlas Network
    linked think tank - even though it is a few years ago now . . .

    If she edited it out, it would be out of sight. Something that someone could >>find out. As it is, it is facts which one can read and consider as to their >>meaning.

    From one of the references given in the Wikipedia page: >https://app.companiesoffice.govt.nz/companies/app/ui/pages/companies/499215/directors
    The Companies Office records that Nicola Willis was a Director of the
    NZ Initiative from 30 May 2016 to 10 May 2018
    So what?
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  • From Rich80105@Rich80105@hotmail.com to nz.general on Tue Jul 22 09:45:26 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.general

    On 20 Jul 2025 23:37:35 GMT, Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:

    On 2025-07-20, Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Sun, 20 Jul 2025 07:23:37 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Sun, 20 Jul 2025 01:27:02 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>https://insideclimatenews.org/news/03072025/big-beautiful-bill-will-hurt-clean-energy-environmental-justice/

    The Bill will keep the USA "On Track" with the same Atlas agenda as >>>>>>the NZ Government, but with a few differences, the main one being the >>>>>>rejection of a major supporters, Elon Musk - here in New Zealand the >>>>>>support provides to the government through Atlas is directed to all >>>>>>three government parties - there are Atlas linked Ministers in all >>>>>>three parties, but many supporters of National and NZ First are blind >>>>>>enough to deny a linkage.
    To paraphrase your other idiotic post - I am not surprised that you do not
    provide any evidence of those accusations.

    Accusations? Really? I would have expected you to applaud all three >>>>government parties following hard-right policies.
    They are not and I was talking about your accusations but you know that. >>>Sarcasm will be your downfall one day.

    Did you not realise that Casey Costello is a past Chair of the NZ >>>>Taxpayer Union?
    https://www.taxpayers.org.nz/tt_casey_costello
    So what?

    From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicola_Willis
    Willis was a director of the New Zealand Initiative, a pro-free-market >>>>public-policy Atlas Network linked think tank, from May 2016 until >>>>February 2017.[14][15]
    So what?

    She has acknowledged taking advice from Bryce Wilkinson (Senior Fellow >>>>at the NZ Initiative)
    So what?

    The NZ Taxpayer union is an astroturf organisation that acts >>>>effectively as a political link with both Jordan Williams (NZ >>>>Initiative and David Farrar (NZ Initiative and his private polling >>>>company) leading in providing valuable services to all three parties.
    No it is not.
    https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/439960/ex-act-staffer-grant-mclachlan-says-party-created-fake-grassroots-groups


    From the article:
    "The company that stands to lose the most is Tesla, which has 10 of >>>>>>the 29 models that are eligible and remains the country?s EV sales >>>>>>leader even after recent sales decline and loss of market share. Tesla >>>>>>CEO Elon Musk, who was part of the Trump administration before an >>>>>>attention-grabbing departure in May, had urged lawmakers to reject the >>>>>>bill."

    I suggest that none of the government parties would withdraw from a >>>>large financial and advisory supporter - that support has meant that, >>>>by and large, Luxon is able to relax through not having to think for >>>>himself - Atlas Network make it easy for him to follow on . . .
    The Atlas network has nothing to do with this government, I would prefer that
    you were deluded but in fact you are just lying.

    David Seymour, Nicola Willis, Casey Costello have been involved in
    leadership of parts of Atlas Network - including two members in New
    Zealand. It is clear for Nicola Willis in her wikipedia entry above.
    Perhaps you do not realise that she could edit that page, but I
    suspect she is proud of having been a director of an Atlas Network
    linked think tank - even though it is a few years ago now . . .

    If she edited it out, it would be out of sight. Something that someone could >find out. As it is, it is facts which one can read and consider as to their >meaning.
    Absolutely Gordon. Wikipedia articles usually include references to
    reputable sources for key information - for example one of the
    references for Nicola Willis being a Director of the NZ Initiative
    gives the entry on the Companies website. The NZ Initiative is one of
    two New Zealand members of the Atlas Network. My statement above may
    have not been quite correct - if a statement about her was wrong she
    would be able to have it corrected, but as it is correct she could not "correct'' it.
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  • From greybeard@nobody@nowhere.invalid to nz.general on Tue Jul 22 11:20:59 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.general

    On 20/07/25 12:41, Rich80105 wrote:
    https://insideclimatenews.org/news/03072025/big-beautiful-bill-will-hurt-clean-energy-environmental-justice/

    The Bill will keep the USA "On Track" with the same Atlas agenda as
    the NZ Government, but with a few differences, the main one being the rejection of a major supporters, Elon Musk - here in New Zealand the
    support provides to the government through Atlas is directed to all
    three government parties - there are Atlas linked Ministers in all
    three parties, but many supporters of National and NZ First are blind
    enough to deny a linkage.

    From the article:
    "The company that stands to lose the most is Tesla, which has 10 of
    the 29 models that are eligible and remains the countryrCOs EV sales
    leader even after recent sales decline and loss of market share. Tesla
    CEO Elon Musk, who was part of the Trump administration before an attention-grabbing departure in May, had urged lawmakers to reject the
    bill."





    Yawn....
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  • From Tony@lizandtony@orcon.net.nz to nz.general on Tue Jul 22 01:46:59 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.general

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On 20 Jul 2025 23:37:35 GMT, Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:

    On 2025-07-20, Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Sun, 20 Jul 2025 07:23:37 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Sun, 20 Jul 2025 01:27:02 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>https://insideclimatenews.org/news/03072025/big-beautiful-bill-will-hurt-clean-energy-environmental-justice/

    The Bill will keep the USA "On Track" with the same Atlas agenda as >>>>>>>the NZ Government, but with a few differences, the main one being the >>>>>>>rejection of a major supporters, Elon Musk - here in New Zealand the >>>>>>>support provides to the government through Atlas is directed to all >>>>>>>three government parties - there are Atlas linked Ministers in all >>>>>>>three parties, but many supporters of National and NZ First are blind >>>>>>>enough to deny a linkage.
    To paraphrase your other idiotic post - I am not surprised that you do >>>>>>not
    provide any evidence of those accusations.

    Accusations? Really? I would have expected you to applaud all three >>>>>government parties following hard-right policies.
    They are not and I was talking about your accusations but you know that. >>>>Sarcasm will be your downfall one day.

    Did you not realise that Casey Costello is a past Chair of the NZ >>>>>Taxpayer Union?
    https://www.taxpayers.org.nz/tt_casey_costello
    So what?

    From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicola_Willis
    Willis was a director of the New Zealand Initiative, a pro-free-market >>>>>public-policy Atlas Network linked think tank, from May 2016 until >>>>>February 2017.[14][15]
    So what?

    She has acknowledged taking advice from Bryce Wilkinson (Senior Fellow >>>>>at the NZ Initiative)
    So what?

    The NZ Taxpayer union is an astroturf organisation that acts >>>>>effectively as a political link with both Jordan Williams (NZ >>>>>Initiative and David Farrar (NZ Initiative and his private polling >>>>>company) leading in providing valuable services to all three parties. >>>>No it is not.
    https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/439960/ex-act-staffer-grant-mclachlan-says-party-created-fake-grassroots-groups


    From the article:
    "The company that stands to lose the most is Tesla, which has 10 of >>>>>>>the 29 models that are eligible and remains the country?s EV sales >>>>>>>leader even after recent sales decline and loss of market share. Tesla >>>>>>>CEO Elon Musk, who was part of the Trump administration before an >>>>>>>attention-grabbing departure in May, had urged lawmakers to reject the >>>>>>>bill."

    I suggest that none of the government parties would withdraw from a >>>>>large financial and advisory supporter - that support has meant that, >>>>>by and large, Luxon is able to relax through not having to think for >>>>>himself - Atlas Network make it easy for him to follow on . . .
    The Atlas network has nothing to do with this government, I would prefer >>>>that
    you were deluded but in fact you are just lying.

    David Seymour, Nicola Willis, Casey Costello have been involved in
    leadership of parts of Atlas Network - including two members in New
    Zealand. It is clear for Nicola Willis in her wikipedia entry above.
    Perhaps you do not realise that she could edit that page, but I
    suspect she is proud of having been a director of an Atlas Network
    linked think tank - even though it is a few years ago now . . .

    If she edited it out, it would be out of sight. Something that someone could >>find out. As it is, it is facts which one can read and consider as to their >>meaning.
    Absolutely Gordon. Wikipedia articles usually include references to
    reputable sources for key information - for example one of the
    references for Nicola Willis being a Director of the NZ Initiative
    gives the entry on the Companies website. The NZ Initiative is one of
    two New Zealand members of the Atlas Network. My statement above may
    have not been quite correct - if a statement about her was wrong she
    would be able to have it corrected, but as it is correct she could not >"correct'' it.
    Irrelevant poiticking.
    You continue to fail to advise what exactly is so bad about the Atlas network. Until you do your comments on that organisation are irrelevant, inane and deliberatly misleading.
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