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This should have been a relatively small story, a 6 hour wonder. Some stirring among the twitterati, a bit of merriment on the left and that should be the end of it. I covered the story three days ago on Monday of this week. Judith…
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There were two successive decades in which radicals came into New Zealand with the intent of focusing latent societal rage into wholesale changes of our democracy and our society. They started arriving before World War One. These people were militants and proud of it. They…
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We are into round two of the debate concerning the right to freedom of speech in Aotearoa New Zealand. By a cruel twist of fate the subject matter is now Don Brash, former National Party leader, and who previously was the applicant for a super…
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There was a statement put out in the New York Times on July 27 defending postwar international institutions. And it was signed by hundreds of international relations scholars and specialists. The international order formed after World War II provides important benefits to the United States…
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Massey University has apparently cancelled a speech to be given by Donald Brash. Much as I cannot stand his politics or his thinly veiled racism there is no reason to stop him from speaking. The contents may approach being thinly veiled hate speech but unless he…
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The Left predicted the death of neoliberalism after the global financial crisis of 2008. The world financial system nearly collapsed. Working people watched their savings evaporate, home equities plummet and wages stagnate. An equity bubble inflated by easy credit and risky derivatives burst all over…
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You can really tell that National is missing the baubles of office. Yesterday not only was Judith Collins tweeting fake news, then refusing to back down and accept fault and requiring Simon Bridges to acknowledge that she was wrong (how he must have hated it)…
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National's queen of twitter just got owned. She tweeted a fake news story and demanded that Jacinda Ardern denounce whatever it was the fake news story was saying. Here is the tweet: Newshub has the background: National Party MP Judith Collins has shared a story…
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Hilary Cinton’s campaign team had an idea. They thought that if they promoted the most unpalatable of the bunch in the Republican primaries then the Presidency would be a shoo-in for Hillary. They dubbed it "The Pied Piper" strategy. To that end, they worked to…
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The pollwatch continues! In this ongoing series, I look at trends, why Matthew Hooton shouldn't quote things out of context like I warned him not to, how healthy the Greens are, and whether National is on a decline. (I may disagree with my fellow author…
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Google is planning a launch of its eponymous spectacular search engine in which it allows censorship from the Chinese state. Some U.S. politicians aren't happy about it. Principles are, in the words of the words of my tailor, funny; you loosen a bit here, you…
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The 1 News Colmar Brunton poll tonight confirms the worst kept secret in Wellington; National are tanking under Bridges and Bennett. There's an eight point gap between the government and the inspiration free zone that is the opposition. The poll covers the last few weeks,…
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There is a heatwave hitting the northern hemisphere. It’s not so much heatwaves affecting some parts of the northern hemisphere, as it is a hemispheric heatwave. You won't really get that from media reports from the likes of the BBC and others, that tend to…
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There is this interesting article written by Stacy Bannerman in the Common Dreams website. The writer points out the huge amount of green house gas emissions are caused by military activity, and in particular American military activity. And the major beneficial effect that could happen…
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I'm about to provide a entertainment review. This isn't something I'm known for doing. But before I start to explain how good the entertainment was last night, I really have to explain the circumstances and my mood last night to provide the required sense of…
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In 1962, John F Kennedy said “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.” That’s on my mind when I see three things this week. The Zimbabwean election, the declaration by the South African President of legalising forced farm possession by the…
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Yesterday I put up a post about the BBC claiming copyright infringement to have pro Scottish Independence YouTube channels taken down. They've rowed back in a hurry and are in damage control after getting a right good skelping from across a range of media outlets…
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If you felt like being challenged but can’t quite imagine opening your leftie Facebook after going to Laura Southern, you could always open your minds for another for-profit event, with Dr Cornell West and Douglas Murray. Mediated by Mihingarangi Forbes, and then hopefully a decent…
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A night of protests against the visit of Canadian racists Lauren Southern and Stefan Molyneux begins at 5.30 tonight in Aotea Square, Auckland. The hate speech tour, promoted by old white men Don Brash and Chris Trotter, rolls into NZ after violent demonstrations in Australia.…
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We’ve seen a fair few construction companies go under or get close to it recently. It’s the right thing to happen. It’s going to happen often. And it’s the right time to happen. Construction here, as elsewhere, is a totally cutthroat business. It’s all about…