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Open Mike 09/04/2017
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National’s response to the Syria attack
Those left wingers thinking that Donald Trump would be more peaceful than Hillary Clinton must be disappointed. His escalation of international tension by the tomahawking of Syria is as aggressive and as poorly thought through an action as you can imagine. Killing people in a…
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Green Party criticises US strike on Syria
Green Party press release __________________________________________________________________ Kennedy Graham MP on Friday, April 7, 2017 - 15:32 The Green Party has criticised the United States for acting unilaterally in its cruise missile attack on Shayrat airfield in Syria. That attack was launched following the reported use of…
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Open Mike 08/04/2017
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Daily Review 07/04/2017
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World War?
So, it seems the neo-cons are having their way. According to The Guardian - I dare say there are plenty of other sources - the US is now launching cruise missile strikes in Syria, targeting military installations. CNN reports that the missile launches took place around…
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MSD and our privacy
Very much in the news at the moment, but the best piece on the government's plans for our privacy is by Shane Cowlishaw Newsroom: Backdown unlikely after big data report A damning report from the Privacy Commissioner has raised serious concerns about MSD’s demands for…
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Dirty Politics done in the Netsafe style – part 3
Well, it has been a week without any further developments. I have still not received ANY information about the complaint from Netsafe or the complainant about why they are complaining about the specific material. I have also not received any notice of complaint under section 24…
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Independent media a losing battle
Unfolding in Australia, but obviously relevant here, and bad news in every way: Fairfax journalists condemn proposed $30m job cuts and political positioning The following extracts are not in the original order: The newly appointed managing director of Australian Metro Publishing, Chris Janz, has said…
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What is neoliberalism?
"Neoliberalism is a self-serving racket that exempts billionaires and large corporations from the constraints of democracy, from paying their taxes, from not polluting, from having to pay fair wages, from not exploiting their workers" - George Monbiot Via VersoBooks
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Open Mike 07/04/2017
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Daily Review 06/04/2017
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Thoughts are with Edgecumbe
I'm sure today that all our thoughts are with Edgecumbe, and others who are at the sharp end of (climate change enhanced) extreme weather. Live: Edgecumbe township evacuated as ex-tropical cyclone Debbie sweeps NZ Live: Edgecumbe evacuates as wall of water hits town in wake…
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Resource Management Act Third Reading
The third and final reading of the reform of the Resource Management Act is close. I thought Id take a moment to quote Minister Smith's view of it. See what you make of his words against the impact of the changes: “This Resource Legislation Amendment…
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Labour’s leadership team
Labour's new tactic of featuring a leadership team seems to be working well. Tim Murphy at Newsroom has some numbers: Labour draws National into a game of mixed doubles ... Little-Ardern vs English-Bennett is actually a thing. The Labour pair appeared on the cover of…
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Small on the Nats’ Key deficit on Hit and Run
Vernon Small thinks the B Team is missing Key: English's Monday performance shows just how much National lost when Key quit If nothing else Bill English's long - and frustrating - press conference on Monday showed just what National lost when John Key headed for…
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South Dunedin and sea level rise
In a week that brought more serious flooding to the North Island, Stuff reports that the University of Otago, the Dunedin City Council, and the Otago Regional Council have compiled a database of areas in Dunedin at risk from sea level rise. Dunedin has more…
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Open Mike 06/04/2017
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Daily Review 05/04/2017
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The truth will out
Bad news Bill. On RNZ this morning (audio): Jon Stephenson: Still more to come on Hit & Run The co-author of Hit & Run, Jon Stephenson, says there is still more to come on the story and the sources they spoke to for the the…
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Banks and the Housing Crisis
Since New Zealand is mostly a client state of the Australian retail banks, it was instructive to hear from their central bank Governor Philip Lowe recently. He's worth watching because it's really easy to attribute the softening of New Zealand real estate prices to the…
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Nurses ask us to vote for our health
Well here's a powerful statement: Think of your health when voting this September, nurses urge New Zealanders are being asked to think of the health system when they cast a vote this September. A nurses' union released an open letter saying "it's getting harder to…
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Open Mike 05/04/2017
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North Island weather bomb
Kia haha to those dealing with another round of flooding and civil emergencies. What You Need To Know (8.50pm Tues from Stuff): Fire crews are responding to a cliff collapse in Auckland, with a person reportedly unaccounted for. The Whanganui and Rangitikei Districts have declared states of emergencyahead of possible historic flooding…
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Daily Review 04/04/2017
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Typhoid in Auckland
The typhoid outbreak in Auckland is spreading, and has claimed a life: Woman dies in Auckland after contracting typhoid, 15 cases now confirmed Health authorities are being slammed after waiting until after a woman died to notify the public about a typhoid outbreak. Fifteen cases…
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Warmongering
Five days after triggering Brexit and England's rabid right is already talking war: Theresa May would go to war to protect Gibraltar, Michael Howard says Theresa May would be prepared to go to war to protect Gibraltar as Margaret Thatcher once did for the Falklands,…
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Avoid big plans and win
Recently, Whaleoil posted General Marshall’s 1947 speech to Harvard University that outlined the full post-World War 2 reconstruction of Europe. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dg9_GqXa770 The plan became known as the Marshall Plan, often referred to nowadays as a highpoint of command-and-control politics in which the results were largely…
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Land of the long white wash
(Alas the title is not mine, take a bow Finlay MacDonald) As widely predicted, Bill English has chosen to endorse what looks like an NZDF coverup with respect to Operation Burnham. His excuses are an insult to our intelligence: There will be no inquiry into…
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Open Mike 04/04/2017
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