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Daily Review 11/11/2016
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Another postcard from the Brighter Future
In the midst of the cataclysmic big stories, we should not lose sight of the small: Hospital cuts off 96-year-old woman, leaving her to fend for herself A 96-year-old woman is terrified at the thought of being left to fend for herself when her home…
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Flogging the dead TPP horse
There aren't many up-sides to a Trump presidency, but here's one - McConnell dashes hopes for Pacific trade deal vote before Trump takes office U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday dashed any remaining hopes that President Barack Obama's signature Pacific-Rim trade deal would…
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Trump scooped up the white vote that Democrats abandoned
How did Trump smash straight through Hillary's famous "blue wall". He did so in many ways, but a major one was by realising that one in three American voters are white non college graduates. And that the Democratic Party and left leaning liberals had long…
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Don’t mourn, organise
The right is in the ascendancy currently in the English speaking Western World with right wing Governments in the US, the UK, Australia and New Zealand. What is a good progressive meant to do? I read this passionate suggestion on a talented friend's Facebook page and…
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Margins
Woe is us with President Trump. How could the pollsters get it so wrong? How could people prefer a racist sex-pest to someone so qualified? The Democrats’ supposed “blue wall” [...] has crumbled. Indeed, with Hillary Clinton’s defeat, Democrats may have to rebuild their party…
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Post-Election Recovery Salon
I'd like to offer this space as a haven for left wing and progressive people that need a rest from the aggro, and who want to side step the temptation to blame. Come and play some music, read some poetry, share some inspiration and affirm…
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Open Mike 11/11/2016
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Post-US Election Discussion Post – day two
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Daily Review 10/11/2016
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Michael Moore’s Morning After To Do List
In trying times, it's good to have something to do. 1. Take over the Democratic Party and return it to the people. They have failed us miserably. 2. Fire all pundits, predictors, pollsters and anyone else in the media who had a narrative they wouldn't…
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America what were you thinking?
The results are in and Donald Trump will be the next President of the United States. I cannot begin to say how disastrous a result this is. He is an incompetent imbecille, someone who should never have been trusted with managing a casino let alone…
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Was Obama a good President?
Not since 1993, when FDR took office at the depth of the Great Depression, has a president confronted such a grave and profound economic crisis on the first day of office. Over that first year, many wanted greater intervention, or less, from his responses to…
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Open Mike 10/11/2016
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Post-US Election Discussion Post
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Daily Review 09/11/2016
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RMA changes back on agenda
Looks like RMA changes are back on agenda: Māori Party gets RMA changes across line A controversial overhaul to the Resource Management Act which National has failed to get across the line for years looks set to be resurrected by the Māori Party. Co-leaders Marama…
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Grant Robertson: Future of Work
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7tDQCTmxAA At the Labour Conference over the weekend, Grant Robertson announced the results of the Future of Work Commission. Ideas for policy to cope with a new age of work, showing Labour as a party of ideas and preparing us for the future.
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The media double standard
Recent media coverage of Labour's Ready for Work policy brought back memories of the beginning of 2014 where Labour's Fresh Start policy was attacked mercilessly but National's education policy which ultimately failed was lauded. Remember the $300 million policy to incentivise teachers? The last couple of…
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Gate-gate
Somehow Brownlee's got away with it. Felix Marwick did good work on his OIA, to find out that Gerry Brownlee's account of events didn't stack up. Oddly only Rodney Hide is calling him out for it. He forced his way through (entry was "not freely…
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Donald Trump is good
He's revived identity politics. It really means something. To be humiliated. Divided. Shamed. Affiliation, political identity, orientation: it's real and it can retreat and we have to fight to hold on. He's smashed US party politics. Conferred name: nothing. Machine: zip. Elite guidance: hah! Funders:…
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Open Mike 09/11/2016
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US Election Day Discussion Post 9/11/16
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Daily Review 08/11/2016
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Andrew Little At Labour Conference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuVdOGl5HTU Unfortunately Wellington Mayor Justin Lester's fabulous tear-jerker of a speech about true leadership isn't available, but tomorrow: Grant Robertson's excellent Future of Work.
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Fairfax-NZME merger declined
Good call from the Commerce Commission: Commerce Commission says no to Fairfax-NZME media merger The Commerce Commission is planning to decline to authorise the merger between media giants Fairfax and NZME, it has revealed this morning. ... The Commission's preliminary view - revealed today -…
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There is no housing crisis
Yesterday the government announced an apparently large new spend, $300 million, to address the housing crisis that does not exist. The money is to be spent this year and over the next four, so it is more like $60 million a year. And $100 million…
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Rheumatic fever – treat the cause
Rheumatic fever is one of the diseases of poverty that shame this country. There has been at least some attempt to address this particular disease - with mixed results: Rheumatic fever rates fail to fall in central Auckland, Waitemata The Government is reshuffling money to…
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Open Mike 08/11/2016
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US Election Discussion Post 8/11/16
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