The Bull Ring

MILLIONAIRE CEO BEGS TO PAY HIGHER TAXES He cut his own salary to raise his employees' pay, and he's not stopping there. This CEO is asking to pay higher taxes to help people experiencing homelessness in the community.

America about to get a awful lesson on why healthcare should not be a for profit business Medical staff treating patients infected by the COVID-19 coronavirus at a hospital in Wuhan, China, Feb. 24, 2020. For four decades, American corporations have been caught up in a whole series of refinements that are intended to improve efficiency and productivity. American processes are lean. American efficiency is six-sigma. American productivity has mysteriously run far ahead of employee compensation in a way that has made CEOs billionaires while leaving workers on food stamps.  It’s a system that maximizes profit. But it’s also a system that assumes that everything can be stripped to the bare bones; that business can make do with minimal staffing, minimal supplies, minimal alternatives. Nothing is there that makes the system in the least unprofitable. The system stands like a house of glass, waiting for something to challenge its fragility. And in the United States, health c...

Jacinda Ardern was right to raise Section 501 issue with Aussie In 1891 at the first National Australasian convention there was talk of New Zealand being part of Australia. The New Zealand representatives present said the then-colony was unlikely to join but may do so later. This is akin to the classic Kiwi way of turning down an unwanted invite. It's like saying to someone that you'll 'see them there' rather than a blanket 'nah don't want to go.' The 1900 Australian Constitution Act still allows for us to join should we change our mind, and over time our two countries' bonds have only become stronger. Especially since World War I when, as our enlisted soldiers fought and died alongside each other, a mateship was forged that exists to this day. Jacinda Ardern and Scott Morrison following their meeting in Sydney. We became used to people from overseas confusing our accents and as the smaller brother in this backyard relationship, we...

Fact check: Trump's unreliable comments on the coronavirus Washington:  President Donald Trump has not proved to be the bearer of reliable information when calamity threatens and people want straight answers about it. That's happening again as he addresses the prospect of a coronavirus outbreak in the US. With numbers still low, but the first death in the US now reported, the infectious disease risks not only public health but the economy he holds up to voters for his re-election. To date, his comments have largely seemed intended to put a positive spin on hard information from the scientists, as if he were wishing the problem away. Trump's comment Friday night,  characterising Democratic criticism of the administration's response to the virus as a "hoax,"  lent weight to the perception that he's minimising the potential for harm in search of political gain. He emphasised Saturday that he does not consider the coronavirus threat a hoax - only...

President Trump's corona virus update speech puts nation to sleep Trump addresses the nation after 1st known coronavirus death in US confirmed | ABC News

Joe Biden Takes Home Victory In South Carolina Primary, His First Ever Time Winning A Presidential State Primary https://t.co/CRyVWWIjSv — Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) March 1, 2020 Biden went from merely being +4 points or so over Sanders in the SC polling average after New Hampshire to winning by (probably) 20+ tonight. We can debate the implications of that and why it happened, but that's a pretty serious surge and not to be taken lightly. — Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) March 1, 2020

After President Trump claimed corona virus a hoax. US reports first death, virus now spreading The US has  reported its first death from COVID-19,  the deadly coronavirus sweeping the world. The patient - a woman in her 50s - was in Washington state, in the country's northwest. Earlier, US public health officials said they had identified four "presumptive" coronavirus cases believed to have emerged from community transmission of the infection, signaling a turning point in efforts to contain the disease in the United States. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a statement on Friday (US time) citing three such cases newly diagnosed by state public health authorities - one each in California, Oregon and Washington state. If confirmed by the CDC, together with a previous case of unknown origin announced on Wednesday in California, that would bring to four the number of diagnosed individuals in the United States with no history of tr...

The media lies again. President @realDonaldTrump has expanded travel restrictions on Iran. He has also upgraded travel advisories to Level 4, urging Americans to not travel to areas in Italy and South Korea most affected by the coronavirus. pic.twitter.com/0u7KSvBtKM — The White House (@WhiteHouse) February 29, 2020 Dan Bongino rips liberal for politicizing #Coronavirus #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/BmF3flxsRi — Dowop Robinson (@dowop_robinson) February 29, 2020 If you are pushing the narrative that Trump called coronavirus a “hoax,” you’re lying. It’s pretty obvious what he’s saying here. pic.twitter.com/RlSoJ8ZSb8 — Caleb Hull (@CalebJHull) February 29, 2020

US President Trump labels corona virus: Hoax United States President Donald Trump has labelled the deadly coronavirus as his opponents' "new hoax" in a rally on Saturday. The President was speaking at a campaign event in South Carolina when he accused the Democrats of politicising the coronavirus, comparing it to the way his opponents attempted to use an  investigation into Trump's connection with Russia  as well as his  impeachment  to try and bring him down.  "Democrats are politicising the coronavirus... They don't have any clue. They can't even count their votes in Iowa. No, they can't. They can't count their votes," Trump said. "One of my people came up to me and said, 'Mr President, they tried to beat you on Russia, Russia, Russia.' That did not work out too well. They could not do it. They tried the impeachment hoax." He then said that coronavirus was "their new hoax" before mentioning how h...

PM Jacinda Ardern scores a win in ScoMo's territory Australia is a tough place to go if you are a New Zealand prime minister. While a close friend, and a nation with which we share the most open trade partnership and free flow of people in the world, New Zealand is still a price taker when it comes to trans-Tasman policies. Australian politicians, in common with politicians anywhere, know where their bread is buttered. And that is rarely in doing something that New Zealand asks unless there is a local political upside in doing so. And thanks to New Zealand's relative size, there are few things that New Zealand can argue for that fit the bill.  Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern spent Friday in closed-door discussion with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison – the main topic discussed was the deportation of criminals that are Australian in all but legal status, which has sparked a crime wave in New Zealand, boosted gang membership and introduced a wh...

Another national party MP admits lying over fake door knock campaign A South Island MP has apologised for a social post in which he claimed to have door-knocked people to get petition signatures. National's Hamish Walker, who represents Clutha Southland, posted a picture on Facebook of him standing in the middle of Oakland St, Mataura, holding a blue clipboard. "In Mataura today I went door to door gathering signatures for a petition requesting the Government fast track the removal of the dross started by Mark Patterson," the post, uploaded on Monday at 6.58pm, said. Clutha Southland MP Hamish Walker posted this to Facebook on Monday night, claiming he was door-knocking for petition signatures. NZ First List MP  Mark Patterson launched a  petition  on Monday, calling on the Government to take any means necessary to remove the aluminium dross from the Mataura paper mill and relocate it to Tiwai Point. Aluminium manufac...