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The unsolvable problem that is Brexit is reaching it's denouement with Theresa May's leadership on the line, talk of a no confidence motion, a very leaky cabinet, and no possible achievable resolution in sight. The leaks are a clear sign that the cabinet is not…
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Avigdor Lieberman has resigned his position as Israeli Defense Minister because he can't endorse the government's "surrender to terrorism". He said that in relation to a ceasefire being announced by Hamas and the Israeli government. A few days back, Israeli armed forces executed a raid…
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So, I was pretty willing to believe Ian Lees Galloway had made a mistake as immigration minister, and tried to do a reasonable but compassionate thing and simply failed to have all the evidence ready when he decided to let Karel Sroubek conditionally stay in…
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The Minister responsible for Pike River, Andrew Little, has announced that there will be a manned re-entry to the mine early next year. This is a very welcome step and is the culmination of an 8 year battle to get truth and justice for the…
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Recently a new organisation, New Zealand Energy Voices appeared. It was apparently spontaneously formed by disaffected kiwis railing up against the tyranny of eventually, eventually stopping off shore drilling for oil and gas, just after all the existing oil and gas wells have expired. The…
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It doesn't take too much searching of the internet to throw up snippets like the following. Reid Hoffman, the co-founder of LinkedIn and a prominent investor, recalls telling a friend that he was thinking of visiting New Zealand. “Oh, are you going to get apocalypse…
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When twitter is done properly it is a thing of perfection. Here is an early contender for tweet of the year. https://twitter.com/simonbwilson/status/1061830755305705473
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Just in case the Energy Commission would like to get off their fat asses and do something, Genesis Energy says there is absolutely no relationship between a massive price spike and driving smaller energy operators out of business. After all, what motivation could the top…
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Remember the Parkland massacre earlier this year when 17 students and teachers were killed in yet another senseless episode that highlights how wrong the American second amendment is? Remember the passionate speeches and how a whole group of young people started organising themselves and started…
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On 11 November 1918 the guns fell silent across Europe's slaughter. In "The Guns of August," Barbara Tuchman described how that dreadful war started by accident. Daniel Ellsberg warns us now that accidents could happen again, this time in the nuclear age. Ellsberg says first…
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If this was a third world nation the UN would have sent in election observers. Such is the state of American politics and the politicisation of its electoral system as shown by the recent midterm elections. There are many examples, Texan voting machings flipping votes…
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Some good stuff came out of those midterm elections in the US. There was positive electoral reform across a number of states and the re-enfranchisement for ex prisoners in Florida. Some states made moves on the minimum wage front. Some good people got voted into…
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More bad news for National. Their support is in free fall according to the latest UMR poll, the details of which have been leaked to Duncan Garner at the AM show. From Newshub: There's more bad news for National with new polling data showing public…
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I might be in a minority who don't put much store by alleged "attacks" on the media by Trump. Being dismissive of the media is not an attack on press freedoms. Spouting about "fake news" and what not is not an attack on press freedoms either.…
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Immigration Minister Iain Lees Galloway is in a bind. As long as Karel Sroubek remains in NZ, the Minister cannot reveal the full story of why his department's advisers recommended the convicted drug smuggler be allowed to stay. National's Michael Woodhouse, a former Immigration Minister,…
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In breaking news Attorney General Jeff Sessions has resigned as Attorney General at the request of Trump. For a long time he has refused to act against Robert Mueller even though Trump wants him to. The Atlantic provided this background: “DISGRACEFUL.” “Weak.” “Beleaguered.” President Donald…
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In an effort to revive sagging support levels Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison is on a bus tour of Australia. Except he is not. The tour involves him flying from town to town, the bus picking him up, being driven somewhere, then getting off…
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