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Open mike 06/06/2020
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Black lives matter
Originally posted on Nick Kelly's blog “African slavery lacked two elements that made American slavery the most cruel form of slavery in history: the frenzy for limitless profit that comes from capitalistic agriculture; the reduction of the slave to less than human status by the use…
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Daily review 05/06/2020
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Babylon’s Burning
A few days ago a lefty I respect a lot wrote on facebook that America "is in the grip of a full blown revolution". He's wrong. Not just because there is no economic driver for change, which is Marxism 101, comrades. It's mainly because the…
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Bunker boy Trump finally builds that wall
And in America you get the feeling that maybe the reign of Donald Trump is reaching its denouement. The brave man who used bone spurs to get out of serving in the Vietnam War was holed up in a White House Bunker to escape the…
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Open mike 05/06/2020
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How Covid 19 appears to be playing out
I wrote this post two months ago about how I thought Covid 19 would play out in Aotearoa. It was written at the time that infections had peaked to just under 90 per day. I added a postscript celebrating that there were only 63 new…
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The four horsemen of the apocalypse
“When He opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, "Come and see." So I looked, and behold, a pale horse. And the name of him who sat on it was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power…
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Open mike 04/06/2020
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Stunned Muller
Yesterday was not a great day for Todd Muller. I do not know who his media advisers are but the first question he should have prepared for was what the most predictable question ever in the history of politics. And it came. He was asked…
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The wood, the trees and the ETS
It's a brutal thing to propose more taxes and costs on business during our worst economic meltdown in a century. But yesterday along with some stronger stick, comes some agricultural carrot as well. In the Emissions Trading Reform bill that went through its second reading…
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Open mike 03/06/2020
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Open mike 02/06/2020
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Is National Just Inconsistent or Incompetent?
It must have come as a great relief for Todd Muller when he managed to announce National’s first new economic policy under his leadership called JobStart. It might be stretching it to call it a Captain’s call but it is a start, a baby step…
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Open mike 01/06/2020
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Open mike 31/05/2020
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Twitter takes on Trump
Like every other thing related to Trump recent events are both fascinating and disturbing. Recently Twitter added context riders to Donald Trump tweets suggesting that mail in ballots would cause voter fraud. From Tom McCarthy at the Guardian: ... the company took unprecedented action on…
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Open mike 30/05/2020
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What has the Government ever done for business?
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Most leaders of the opposition are unemployed, they just don’t know it yet
Holy hyperbole. Aotearoeans. Check your bank accounts to make sure you were paid last week. Apparently most of us are unemployed, we just don't know it yet. This is what Todd Muller said yesterday. From Kristin MacFarlane in the Herald: "Most New Zealanders are unemployed…
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Open mike 29/05/2020
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Is there something wrong with Judith being white?
On Tuesday of this week Tova O'Brien collated this news piece to review the events of the day which included National coming under fire because its front bench were all white, hurried discussions of which were the Maori MPs and where were they placed, the…
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Open mike 28/05/2020
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How Africa has weathered the COVID-19 storm
Originally posted on Nick Kelly's blog The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that COVID-19 has so far made a “soft landfall” in the continent of Africa – with nearly 100,000 cases throughout and a relatively low number of deaths. Compared to other regions, Africa…
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Direct small business loan scheme is now working
It was interesting reading this morning that the updated small business owner loan scheme is now working (unlike the previous loan guarantee through the banks version). Jenny Ruth at BusinessDesk are reporting "Govt's new small business loan scheme lends nearly $1b" The government's small business…
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Labour and the Greens on welfare
Marama Davidson on RNZ, The Greens have accused Labour of breaking a core promise to overhaul the welfare system, a commitment made in 2017 during negotiations to form a government. ... Full-time workers can apply for $490 a week - roughly double the regular Jobseeker…
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Cat MacLennan: We Are Beneficiaries
Cat MacLennan is a journalist and barrister. This post was originally written and published under the auspices of the Democracy Project. Some links were added to references in the publication in this site. Approximately 2.8 million of Aotearoa New Zealand’s 4.9 million residents are now…
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New leadership same old tactics
National is again running dishonest and misleading advertisements. This is the latest example. The Greek information is based on data released in November 2019. The page has this rider: Due to the high level of uncertainty in current global economic conditions, the IMF does not…
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Open mike 27/05/2020
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Ko Paora Goldsmith tenei
And I thought Crosby Textor was back on board. National's new brains trust has not had a great day today. People noticed how their front bench looked awfully white and had no Tangata Whenua. Their response was to claim that Paora Goldsmith was a member…
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