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THE BEST BITS IN A SILLIER PACKAGE (from Tuesday's Mike Hosking Breakfast) Terrible Plan. But at Least it's a Plan/Retail Therapy/Maybe Next Year?
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Speaker 1 (00:09):
You're listening to a podcast from News Talk sed B.
Follow this and our wide range of podcasts now on iHeartRadio, Rewrap.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
Idea and Welcome to the Rewrap for Tuesday, all the
best bits from the My Housting Breakfast on Newstalks. He'd
be in a sillier package. I'm Glen Hart and this morning,
is there a cost of living crisis because of you
know the world or not? Is this the Warriors year
(00:46):
or not? The first app is aroun Is that gonna
be wrapped up? He done soon? Mister Trump, you gotta
plan their.
Speaker 3 (00:54):
New week, new deadline if you're being literal, and that's
probably a mistake when you're talking about the US president.
But if you're being literal, today was a deadline day,
not tomorrow, which it now appears to be. And one
can assume that tomorrow is a hard deadline given the
first one came and went and all the ensuing rigmarole
never quite came to pass. Lord knows where the talks
are at. And the planes falling out of the skies
(01:15):
doesn't help your argument that you own the skies, which
is the other thing about the war. There is another war.
A note going on at the moment a war of words.
There's no shortage of the commentariat that is determined to
paint Trump as a loser who doesn't have a clue.
Article one I read over the weekend. If the m
and wasn't rescued by the US, the war would have
been over because Americans would not have allowed the president
(01:37):
to carry on while a member of the military was
held captive. They already poor polling numbers would have tanked. Well,
that was one article. Article number two said. Well, it
said Americans would rally behind the flag, the fury would ignite,
and Trump would be given free rain to punish the captives,
and support would write. So there you go a view
for everyone. His speech on Thursday, if you can think
(01:57):
back that far, although late did make the case and
offered the not unfair comparison that at thirty two days
as it was then, it is hardly one of the
world's lengthy military excursions, which does raise the question for us, all,
if this thing ends shortly and as a result we
have to endure a couple of months of clunky supply
chain costs, etc. Has it been worth it? If Iran
(02:18):
no longer or at least for years, is no longer
able to be a global threat in the nuclear sense.
Has this been a price we've been happy enough to pay?
I think ultimately the answer is yes. It may not
be of voluminous and resounding yes, and given the way
he went about it in the first place, but in
years to come, if you've taken a tyrant off the board,
there will at least be relief, if not a little
bit of a grudge and gratitude. But for now, another deadline.
(02:41):
Does anyone blink? Is this thing really over in a
week or so? Is the Strait really going to open?
As America as on top of this as they would
have you believe?
Speaker 2 (02:50):
A bit of a technic, a slight note of cynicism
there from the Husk, almost as though he's claiming that
the Trump administration isn't always completely above board with what
their claiming's going on in the world. We wrap surely
he'd be the lone ranger there. No other country would
be skeptical about what's going on in the Middle East,
would they?
Speaker 3 (03:10):
So how's the world dealing with epic fury at the moment?
Will Senegal's announced over the weekend that they're postponing trips
for ministers unless it's urgent. So the prime minister was
going to Nijea, Spain and Francy no longer is so
no ministers can travel by air. If you think four
dollars a gallon in America is expensive, or three dollars
seventy or eighty elita is expensive, he are currently in
(03:31):
Hong Kong. You're paying fifteen dollars sixty per gallon. Only
eight percent of people in Hong Kong own a car,
but if they've got a car, they probably can afford
the fifteen dollars a gallon, and then probably in the
greatest irony of the war so far. In terms of
the trade of the oil, yes, a lot of people
these days are buying the Russian oil. But India over
the weekend bought its first oil in seven years from Iran.
Speaker 2 (03:52):
It's funny, isn't it. India. It does seem to get
a pass with a lot of things, don't they. I
wonder if it's something to do with them being the
most populous country in the world and a rather large
market that people would like to trade with. I wonder
if that's got anything to do it, or now, who's
sounding cynical anyway? If you don't like what Trump's doing, Well,
(04:14):
what's your solution? Then? You know, don't complain unless you've
got a better idea.
Speaker 3 (04:19):
So what is the alternative to what Trump's done in Iran?
Speaker 2 (04:24):
Right?
Speaker 3 (04:24):
So the answer was discussed at a meeting over the weekend.
Do you realize there was a meeting on over the weekend?
The British appeared to host it. Forty countries took part,
including ours. They were taking what you might remember is
called the global rules based approach. Now that broadly was
the way things were done pre Trump. We would have
a meeting, agree roughly on a course of action and
(04:45):
then head off to the global body that deals with
such weighty matters, the United Nations. The resolution post the
meeting was a vote and that would be held to
all chippin and the idea as we'd all open the
strait up a mouse. The vote was due Saturday. Didn't
happen got delayed Why because people started objecting to it.
And that is the rules based order for you. The
(05:07):
United Nations at moment like this is bordering on being pointless.
The Security Council has permanent members. In case you've forgotten,
the permanent members have veto votes one person doesn't like it,
the whole ideas off. So the model, such as it is,
requires everyone to agree on an idea. And when one
side of the table you've got the US and on
the other side of the table you've got a Russia
or a China, what do you reckon? The chances of
everyone agreeing are so nothing gets done, which is why
(05:30):
Iran has been able to get away with what they've
got away with for fifty years. Every time it gets
to the edge or to a point where people start
to panic a bit off to the U when we
go have a big debate, maybe have a vote wagger
finger or two, maybe agree to a nuclear inspection or two,
but ultimately nothing. And so it carries on round and
round and round and a round for fifty years. Which
doesn't make Trump right or unilateral moves on war particularly acceptable,
(05:53):
but it does highlight the futility of a system that's
failed on the Iran issue for five decades and puts
it up against a unilateral decision that at the very
least to set back Iran for years. Most of the
world argues for rules based decision making. Most of the
world argues what Trump has done is illegal, but One
of the questions, though, is which one is more effective
(06:14):
and actually gets things done.
Speaker 2 (06:17):
Look, I couldn't argue that Trump definitely gets things done.
I'm just not a fan of some of those things.
May I direct you to that horrible gold stuff that's
all over the Oval Office for example, the rewrap Right.
So back here in old New Zealand, how is your weekend?
(06:37):
Did you go out and spend spend, spend even though
everything's costing more? Or is the everything costing more?
Speaker 3 (06:44):
Can I just toss this number at you without sounding
like a complete prep They did the numbers ASB and
this whole and I raised this earlier, this whole cost
of so called cost of living crisis, and funk we've
got ourselves into. I think maybe it's just immediate thing.
I'm not sure. Yes, we're paying more for petrol. Yes,
in some cases we're paying a lot more for petrol
if you use diesel. No we don't like paying more
for petrol. And no we shouldn't have to pay more
(07:05):
for petrol. Unt all getting a bit crunchy and angsty.
But this so called cost of living crisis, what's actually
gone up? So they did the numbers, and it's going
to cost us. They think this year fifty five dollars
a week. Now for some people, fifty five dollars is
more than they've got. For most people, though, it isn't No,
it's not welcome. No, it's not fun. No, we don't
(07:26):
like it. But fifty five dollars a week is not
going to kill us. Fuel is sixteen dollars fifty. I mean,
for all of the angst around fuel at the moment,
the average is sixteen dollars fifty more as a result
of the war. Now, once again, no, it's not the
end of the world. But is it going to sink us? No,
it won't. So I am assuming some of that will
(07:46):
be reflected tomorrow when doctor Anna Bremen comes out with
I think we all agree that there is no movement
to the interest rates. It's far too early for that.
But as Trump said on Thursday, there's only thirty five,
thirty six days old. So the effect, the so called effect,
I think, is more in the what might be than
what has actually happened to this point.
Speaker 2 (08:05):
Do you know what I'd like to happen. I would
like idiot boy races to stop screeching around corners are
revving their engines at traffic lights, And when do they
start feeling the higher price of fuel and the cost
of living issues and run out of money? Can that
(08:25):
happen sooner other than Nata, please for re wrap. So yeah, Mike,
I'm not too worried by what's happening with Iran. I
don't think he's certainly not interested in Artemis setting the
record for the furthest human beings ever from Earth. Couldn't
(08:47):
give U stuff about that. He'd rather just sit there
and watch the Warriors lose.
Speaker 3 (08:51):
Apparently warrior is useless. I mean, there's no other word
for it. Yesterday see West Tigers. I can forgive because
the West Tigers, it turns out, are quite a good side,
better than last year currently seeking I think on the table.
So not that you wanted to, but if you're going
to get beaten, and get beaten by a great side.
But the sharks are sharks are and yet they killed us,
and they ran from one end of the field to
(09:12):
the other, and they did it several times. So obviously
when they do it once, you go right, we better
stop that. But no, two three PEPs, even four times
they did that, And I'm thinking to myself, I've got
bitter things to do over the Easter long weekend that
watch this nonsense.
Speaker 2 (09:24):
So yeah, I mean it's relatively entertaining viewing. Kate's dusted
off the Instagram after not being on up for a
while just so she can bring us video footage of
the hosts hopes and dreams being dashed. The little dog
is on the couch next to him for a large part.
I was a bit worried for the welfare of the
(09:44):
dog at certain points, but he got a good scratch
at the end. It's a good scritch scratch. I think
that was mostly for hosts benefit more than the dog's benefit.
Dogs seeing quite abilivious to what was actually going on
on the TV, which is probably no harm done to
the dog's mental health and being their health for the
(10:05):
hosks mental health, kind of like a companion animal and
the man with the sporting disability. So that was that's
nice to watch. If you want to look that up
on Kate Hawksby's Instagram, you'll see that. Hi. There is
some offensive language though, so maybe watch it with the sounddown.
I am glearheart. I thank you for watching this with
the sound up or down, whichever way you did. It
(10:26):
and we'll see you. Thank you again for more tomorrow.
Speaker 1 (10:37):
For more from News Talks at b listen live on
air or online, and keep our shows with you wherever
you go with our podcast on iHeartRadio
You're listening to a podcast from News Talk sed B.
Follow this and our wide range of podcasts now on iHeartRadio, Rewrap.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
Idea and Welcome to the Rewrap for Tuesday, all the
best bits from the My Housting Breakfast on Newstalks. He'd
be in a sillier package. I'm Glen Hart and this morning,
is there a cost of living crisis because of you
know the world or not? Is this the Warriors year
(00:46):
or not? The first app is aroun Is that gonna
be wrapped up? He done soon? Mister Trump, you gotta
plan their.
Speaker 3 (00:54):
New week, new deadline if you're being literal, and that's
probably a mistake when you're talking about the US president.
But if you're being literal, today was a deadline day,
not tomorrow, which it now appears to be. And one
can assume that tomorrow is a hard deadline given the
first one came and went and all the ensuing rigmarole
never quite came to pass. Lord knows where the talks
are at. And the planes falling out of the skies
(01:15):
doesn't help your argument that you own the skies, which
is the other thing about the war. There is another war.
A note going on at the moment a war of words.
There's no shortage of the commentariat that is determined to
paint Trump as a loser who doesn't have a clue.
Article one I read over the weekend. If the m
and wasn't rescued by the US, the war would have
been over because Americans would not have allowed the president
(01:37):
to carry on while a member of the military was
held captive. They already poor polling numbers would have tanked. Well,
that was one article. Article number two said. Well, it
said Americans would rally behind the flag, the fury would ignite,
and Trump would be given free rain to punish the captives,
and support would write. So there you go a view
for everyone. His speech on Thursday, if you can think
(01:57):
back that far, although late did make the case and
offered the not unfair comparison that at thirty two days
as it was then, it is hardly one of the
world's lengthy military excursions, which does raise the question for us, all,
if this thing ends shortly and as a result we
have to endure a couple of months of clunky supply
chain costs, etc. Has it been worth it? If Iran
(02:18):
no longer or at least for years, is no longer
able to be a global threat in the nuclear sense.
Has this been a price we've been happy enough to pay?
I think ultimately the answer is yes. It may not
be of voluminous and resounding yes, and given the way
he went about it in the first place, but in
years to come, if you've taken a tyrant off the board,
there will at least be relief, if not a little
bit of a grudge and gratitude. But for now, another deadline.
(02:41):
Does anyone blink? Is this thing really over in a
week or so? Is the Strait really going to open?
As America as on top of this as they would
have you believe?
Speaker 2 (02:50):
A bit of a technic, a slight note of cynicism
there from the Husk, almost as though he's claiming that
the Trump administration isn't always completely above board with what
their claiming's going on in the world. We wrap surely
he'd be the lone ranger there. No other country would
be skeptical about what's going on in the Middle East,
would they?
Speaker 3 (03:10):
So how's the world dealing with epic fury at the moment?
Will Senegal's announced over the weekend that they're postponing trips
for ministers unless it's urgent. So the prime minister was
going to Nijea, Spain and Francy no longer is so
no ministers can travel by air. If you think four
dollars a gallon in America is expensive, or three dollars
seventy or eighty elita is expensive, he are currently in
(03:31):
Hong Kong. You're paying fifteen dollars sixty per gallon. Only
eight percent of people in Hong Kong own a car,
but if they've got a car, they probably can afford
the fifteen dollars a gallon, and then probably in the
greatest irony of the war so far. In terms of
the trade of the oil, yes, a lot of people
these days are buying the Russian oil. But India over
the weekend bought its first oil in seven years from Iran.
Speaker 2 (03:52):
It's funny, isn't it. India. It does seem to get
a pass with a lot of things, don't they. I
wonder if it's something to do with them being the
most populous country in the world and a rather large
market that people would like to trade with. I wonder
if that's got anything to do it, or now, who's
sounding cynical anyway? If you don't like what Trump's doing, Well,
(04:14):
what's your solution? Then? You know, don't complain unless you've
got a better idea.
Speaker 3 (04:19):
So what is the alternative to what Trump's done in Iran?
Speaker 2 (04:24):
Right?
Speaker 3 (04:24):
So the answer was discussed at a meeting over the weekend.
Do you realize there was a meeting on over the weekend?
The British appeared to host it. Forty countries took part,
including ours. They were taking what you might remember is
called the global rules based approach. Now that broadly was
the way things were done pre Trump. We would have
a meeting, agree roughly on a course of action and
(04:45):
then head off to the global body that deals with
such weighty matters, the United Nations. The resolution post the
meeting was a vote and that would be held to
all chippin and the idea as we'd all open the
strait up a mouse. The vote was due Saturday. Didn't
happen got delayed Why because people started objecting to it.
And that is the rules based order for you. The
(05:07):
United Nations at moment like this is bordering on being pointless.
The Security Council has permanent members. In case you've forgotten,
the permanent members have veto votes one person doesn't like it,
the whole ideas off. So the model, such as it is,
requires everyone to agree on an idea. And when one
side of the table you've got the US and on
the other side of the table you've got a Russia
or a China, what do you reckon? The chances of
everyone agreeing are so nothing gets done, which is why
(05:30):
Iran has been able to get away with what they've
got away with for fifty years. Every time it gets
to the edge or to a point where people start
to panic a bit off to the U when we
go have a big debate, maybe have a vote wagger
finger or two, maybe agree to a nuclear inspection or two,
but ultimately nothing. And so it carries on round and
round and round and a round for fifty years. Which
doesn't make Trump right or unilateral moves on war particularly acceptable,
(05:53):
but it does highlight the futility of a system that's
failed on the Iran issue for five decades and puts
it up against a unilateral decision that at the very
least to set back Iran for years. Most of the
world argues for rules based decision making. Most of the
world argues what Trump has done is illegal, but One
of the questions, though, is which one is more effective
(06:14):
and actually gets things done.
Speaker 2 (06:17):
Look, I couldn't argue that Trump definitely gets things done.
I'm just not a fan of some of those things.
May I direct you to that horrible gold stuff that's
all over the Oval Office for example, the rewrap Right.
So back here in old New Zealand, how is your weekend?
(06:37):
Did you go out and spend spend, spend even though
everything's costing more? Or is the everything costing more?
Speaker 3 (06:44):
Can I just toss this number at you without sounding
like a complete prep They did the numbers ASB and
this whole and I raised this earlier, this whole cost
of so called cost of living crisis, and funk we've
got ourselves into. I think maybe it's just immediate thing.
I'm not sure. Yes, we're paying more for petrol. Yes,
in some cases we're paying a lot more for petrol
if you use diesel. No we don't like paying more
for petrol. And no we shouldn't have to pay more
(07:05):
for petrol. Unt all getting a bit crunchy and angsty.
But this so called cost of living crisis, what's actually
gone up? So they did the numbers, and it's going
to cost us. They think this year fifty five dollars
a week. Now for some people, fifty five dollars is
more than they've got. For most people, though, it isn't No,
it's not welcome. No, it's not fun. No, we don't
(07:26):
like it. But fifty five dollars a week is not
going to kill us. Fuel is sixteen dollars fifty. I mean,
for all of the angst around fuel at the moment,
the average is sixteen dollars fifty more as a result
of the war. Now, once again, no, it's not the
end of the world. But is it going to sink us? No,
it won't. So I am assuming some of that will
(07:46):
be reflected tomorrow when doctor Anna Bremen comes out with
I think we all agree that there is no movement
to the interest rates. It's far too early for that.
But as Trump said on Thursday, there's only thirty five,
thirty six days old. So the effect, the so called effect,
I think, is more in the what might be than
what has actually happened to this point.
Speaker 2 (08:05):
Do you know what I'd like to happen. I would
like idiot boy races to stop screeching around corners are
revving their engines at traffic lights, And when do they
start feeling the higher price of fuel and the cost
of living issues and run out of money? Can that
(08:25):
happen sooner other than Nata, please for re wrap. So yeah, Mike,
I'm not too worried by what's happening with Iran. I
don't think he's certainly not interested in Artemis setting the
record for the furthest human beings ever from Earth. Couldn't
(08:47):
give U stuff about that. He'd rather just sit there
and watch the Warriors lose.
Speaker 3 (08:51):
Apparently warrior is useless. I mean, there's no other word
for it. Yesterday see West Tigers. I can forgive because
the West Tigers, it turns out, are quite a good side,
better than last year currently seeking I think on the table.
So not that you wanted to, but if you're going
to get beaten, and get beaten by a great side.
But the sharks are sharks are and yet they killed us,
and they ran from one end of the field to
(09:12):
the other, and they did it several times. So obviously
when they do it once, you go right, we better
stop that. But no, two three PEPs, even four times
they did that, And I'm thinking to myself, I've got
bitter things to do over the Easter long weekend that
watch this nonsense.
Speaker 2 (09:24):
So yeah, I mean it's relatively entertaining viewing. Kate's dusted
off the Instagram after not being on up for a
while just so she can bring us video footage of
the hosts hopes and dreams being dashed. The little dog
is on the couch next to him for a large part.
I was a bit worried for the welfare of the
(09:44):
dog at certain points, but he got a good scratch
at the end. It's a good scritch scratch. I think
that was mostly for hosts benefit more than the dog's benefit.
Dogs seeing quite abilivious to what was actually going on
on the TV, which is probably no harm done to
the dog's mental health and being their health for the
(10:05):
hosks mental health, kind of like a companion animal and
the man with the sporting disability. So that was that's
nice to watch. If you want to look that up
on Kate Hawksby's Instagram, you'll see that. Hi. There is
some offensive language though, so maybe watch it with the sounddown.
I am glearheart. I thank you for watching this with
the sound up or down, whichever way you did. It
(10:26):
and we'll see you. Thank you again for more tomorrow.
Speaker 1 (10:37):
For more from News Talks at b listen live on
air or online, and keep our shows with you wherever
you go with our podcast on iHeartRadio
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