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Open Mike 07/06/2017
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Daily Review 06/06/2017
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The Intercept has published leaked NSA report on Russian hacking of US election
A scoop from The Intercept: Top-Secret NSA Report Details Russian Hacking Effort Days Before 2016 Election Matthew Cole, Richard Esposito, Sam Biddle, Ryan Grim Russian military intelligence executed a cyberattack on at least one U.S. voting software supplier and sent spear-phishing emails to more than…
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Best tweet on “honours”
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Offline this morning for a short time
The server will be shifted when its network link gets shunted to a new location. That will happen sometime this morning.Wednesday (I hope - see comments). So the site will be offline when it does. I have to physically pick up the server and reconnect at the new…
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The 50th anniversary of the Six Day War
June 5th is the 50th anniversary of the Six Day War. Following Egypt’s military closure of the Straits of Tiran, the armed forces of Egypt, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon were defeated by Israel, pretty comprehensively. Israel then occupied the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, the…
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Catherine Delahunty: My Mataura River visit
This is a repost from the Green Party blog On June 1st the Greens swimmable rivers tour visited the Mataura river and communities connected to it. All we need now is a Government willing to set clear strong rules and support the new conversation about…
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Breaking news consumer’s handbook
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Open Mike 06/06/2017
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Hager Hit & Run and NZ’s Asian wars
Nicky Hager will talk about his book Hit and Run, and the issues it raises about New Zealand's values and role in the world at 5:30pm on Wednesday 7th June at Connolly Hall, Guildford Terrace, Wellington. The book is about important and tragic events, but…
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UK election goes down to the wire
Who would have thought even two weeks ago that Labour had a chance of winning the UK election. It was meant to be a foregone election. Theresa May's Conservatives were meant to crush all before them, achieve an increased majority and then proceed to dismantle the last…
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Arise Sir John
For creating a New Zealand where there are over 250,000 kids living in poverty ... For refusing to get the bodies out of the Pike River mine and thereby helping individuals avoid justice ... For Dirty Politics ... For the increasing numbers of homeless sleeping rough…
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Nature issues statement saying climate change cannot be negotiated with
The title is a quote is from John Hart in response to the US administration saying it will withdraw from the Paris Agreement. This came out the following day, https://twitter.com/skepticscience/status/870897868013539328 Salient reminders of reality. Here's two more reminders from climate activists, on how we can respond, Keep…
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Open Mike 05/06/2017
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Herald’s little oops…
What a surprise! Not sure how long it was up, but Google cache still has a copy. https://twitter.com/NOCONSPIRACY1/status/871244474155884545 https://twitter.com/publicaddress/status/871255381204283393
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Tegg Talk – Mistaken Reveal of Government’s Latest (Already Outdated) Sea-Level Rise Projections
Reprinted with permission from Denis Tegg's Teggtalk. The latest all-important Ministry for the Environment Guidelines for Local Authorities on Climate Change have been prepared in strict secrecy. They are held under a tight embargo until the Minister gives his approval for their official release. But key…
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Once upon a time
Once upon a time this country stood up to America and said no to nuclear weapons. Now we dare not say yes to saving the planet.
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Open Mike 04/06/2017
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UK Labour campaign ad
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Andrew Little – Last Labour PM of NZ?
Assuming that Jeremy Corbyn becomes the next PM of the UK, social democracy will become an acceptable school of political thought again. By that, I simply mean it will be permissible – even expected - to build policy around the needs of society instead of…
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When Earth’s future is under attack …
So Donald Trump has decided that preserving the world's environment is not in America's best interests. Apparently there are some coal mining jobs to save. The fact that the US of A is doing a sterling job in developing high tech jobs in the renewable…
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It is not “clever politics” to burn the planet (you pair of fools)
Guess which two NZ broadcasters have disgraced themselves by lining up behind Trump's lunatic fringe denier posturing. Why it's Mike Hosking and Leighton Smith - of course. It is neither clever politics nor common sense to burn the planet that we live on. The public…
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Open Mike 03/06/2017
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Daily Review 02/06/2017
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Caption contest
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Medical marijuana on prescription
Doctors now able to prescribe cannabidiol (RNZ) The government is lifting restrictions on cannabidiol, or CBD, a substance found in cannabis with potential therapeutic value and little or no psychoactive properties. It means doctors will be able to prescribe products containing CBD without Ministry of Health…
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Madman Trump withdraws America from Paris Accord
It is official. Donald Trump has announced that America will be withdrawing from the Paris Accord. From Radio New Zealand: Donald Trump has confirmed he will withdraw the US from the Paris climate change agreement ... Mr Trump said the Paris agreement disadvantaged the United…
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An appropriate apology and an issue that needs fixing
Newshub did good work here: Rape victim has benefit docked by WINZ A young rape victim who became pregnant to her attacker had her benefit docked by Work and Income New Zealand (WINZ) - because she refused to name the father of her child. But…
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Alone and forlorn
Got to hand it to Peter Dunne, he is a master of tragic comedy - PETER DUNNE: Dark, grim Labour stands alone and forlorn The sense of optimism and enthusiasm for New Zealand that pervaded Labour previously in even the darkest of times now seems…
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Open Mike 02/06/2017
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