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Daily Review 18/05/2018
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An Existential Threat.
The following graphic is from the Israeli Defense Forces facebook page. It is, apparently, to be treated in all seriousness. As are, equally apparently, all the other 'required reading' posts on the "2 million followers" official IDF page. Upon publication, Donald Trump immediately banned the…
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Open Mike 18/05/2018
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Daily Review 17/05/2018
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The Budget
An evolving post to cover budget announcements. Treasury's budget at a glance summary is very helpful as is Scoop's commentary (thanks r0b). $3.2 billion more for health services over the next four years https://twitter.com/nzherald/status/996936130846253056 More money for conservation ... https://twitter.com/docgovtnz/status/996935516070268928 More money for Christchurch. https://twitter.com/NZStuff/status/996936652596506624…
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Industrial action is one way to increase wages
Despite Simon Bridges' confidence in discredited economic theories and their protestations to the contrary, the Nats seem intent on doing everything they can to fight ordinary workers getting a pay increase by creating a false narrative that Labour has somehow caused an unreasonable number of…
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Trump was right … and then …
For about half an hour President Trump looked like he was right. And then ... Maybe he was right to criticise and withdraw funding support for the United Nations. Except the U.N. General Assembly is now fast isolating the United States about Gaza, in the…
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Open Mike 17/05/2018
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Daily Review 16/05/2018
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Democratic Party thunks on Gaza
Nancy Pelosi, the Leader of the Democratic Party in "the House of Representatives" thunks that What should have been a beautiful and joyous commemoration of Israel’s 70th anniversary was marred by bloodshed and follows that up by saying Israel has a right to defend its…
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Fairs fair : how to complain, how not to and why not
One of the loudmouth irrelevancies of the Labour past has been harassing Greg Presland recently on social media alleging issues with something that seems remarkably undefined written on this site. I know Phil Quin moderately well after observing his behaviour during the 90s when I…
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Open Mike 16/05/2018
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No class National
National is not handling losing power very well. The latest evidence is a male National MP calling Jacinda Ardern "a stupid young girl" and refusing to own up to it. Newshub reports: In Parliament last week, while the Prime Minister was speaking, a National Party…
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Daily Review 15/05/2018
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America’s Cares.
55 people dead and over 1000 injured, and the the US president’s daughter, Ivanka Trump, celebrates the opening of the US Embassy in Jerusalem to clapping and cheering from American and Israeli VIPs. (The Guardian) Meanwhile, from the White House's Daily Briefing held by Raj Shah.…
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Donald’s Desperation.
When it comes to Israel, it looks to me like Donald Trump and the US are channeling Sandy Shaw. Let's be clear. As far as the Middle East goes, the USA is finished. Yes, they have their ongoing and lucrative relationship with the region's sponsors…
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Sound news judgment?
There have been ongoing complaints from the left about BBC's editorial independence. You would think that the doyen of world journalism would do its best to make sure that it treated UK politics in a fair and balanced way. But there have been grumblings for…
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Open Mike 15/05/2018
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Daily Review 14/05/2018
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Bridges believes in trickle down
National's strategists must be shaking their head. Simon Bridges believes in the power of trickle down, that is the transfer of wealth to the already wealthy in the hope it will then trickle down to the less fortunate. I can't think of a more loaded…
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Young man there’s no need to feel down
In possibly the greatest burn since the great fire of London in 1666 the Canterbury Rugby Union at the same time tried to console Israel Folau for being in a team that lost an unloseable game and ridicule his homophobic beliefs. The context was that…
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Open Mike 14/05/2018
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Squeeze
This is as good a year as it is going to get to squeeze your employer. We in New Zealand have grown to expect that the only remaining squeeze against capital resides with the state. And sure, left and right always expect a Labour-led state to always…
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The Failed Estate: Kabuki Economics
Reprinted with permission from the Failed Estate. One of the first budgets I covered as a journalist spelt the end of the career of the man who delivered it. John Dawkins, who had been finance minister in the formidable first Hawke cabinet of 1983, had…
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Open Mike 13/05/2018
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Doofus of the week May 12, 2018
There were two strong contenders this week. One was Paula Bennett for her attack on Jacinda Ardern for trying to compile a Spotify list. Bennett claimed that the only thing she ever did when she was a Minister was work but there some who disagreed…
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Kites.
Another Friday in Gaza and more dead and wounded Palestinians. We know how this goes. Palestinians, some with with sling shots or kites are involving themselves in "clashes" with Israel soldiers who are popping off live ammunition. And near every damned photograph our media prints…
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No Iran Israeli War.
This post isn't about wrongs and rights. Israel has launched numerous air and missile strikes into Syria since the beginnings of the attempted overthrow of the Syrian government. Each time it has happened, Russia has been "given the nod". And just as with Turkey moving…
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Open Mike 12/05/2018
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Daily Review 11/05/2018
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