Monkeyshine – mischievous or playful activity; antic, prank or trick.
Friday’s answers
12/12/2014Thursday’s questions were:
1. Who said: People don’t notice if it’s winter or summer if they’re happy.?
2. In which play by whom would you find the characters Oberon, Titania, Puck and Bottom?
3. It’s saison in French, stagione in Italian, estación in Spanish and wa in Maori, what is it in English?
4. What are equinoxes and solstices and when do they occur?
5. Is the quote in question one right?
Points for answers:
Willdwan got four (only a half each for #2 and #4 which had two parts). However in the spirit of the season I’m awarding you an electronic batch of shortbread.
Gravedodger and J Bloggs both got four and also win an electronic batch of shortbread.
Answers follow the break.
Radical incrementalism is working for NZ
12/12/2014Quote of the day from Trans Tasman:
. . . The trust voters have in the Govt has been built up over six years of patient delivery of what National promised. And the trust will only be eroded when the Govt stops delivering on what voters expect of it.
This is why many commentators are missing the stand-out element in the political equation. The policy the Govt is following of “radical incrementalism” is what NZers want, and is delivering the rising prosperity most NZers seek. The new normal is low inflation, low interest rates and stable growth which is sustainable. It’s an economic environment unfamiliar to many NZers, but so attractive it is drawing many expatriates back to their homeland. NZ’s performance has been in sharp contrast with Aust’s, and the big challenge for the country will be to keep winning against its neighbour (and we’re talking not just about the Rugby World Cup in 2015). . .
Sustainable growth is something New Zealand hasn’t seen for decades.
It doesn’t mean there are not still problems to address and there are too many people who have yet to benefit from the growth.
But it does mean that radical incrementalism is working for New Zealand.