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https://twitter.com/Economissive/status/1255423398269915136 https://twitter.com/Economissive/status/1255010678286372864 Economissive's whole twitter thread is worth reading here. Lots of examples, and it's depressing reading. Obviously the MSM play a crucial role in a democracy, and having direct access to politicians is an important part of that. The problem with Tova O'Brien's terrier…
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No Right Turn has a piece on the Transmission Gully project - which appears to be turning into mush. The title "A death-knell for PPPs?" says it all. When the then-National government approved a public-private partnership (PPP) funding model for Transmission Gully, it claimed it was…
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One of the first things they teach you in law school is the importance of legal professional privilege. The Cabinet Manual, which I presume that Bridges has read, says this about legal professional privilege. Legal professional privilege is a term applied to the protection of…
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Green Party press release, via Scoop ______________________________________________________________________________ Time to pay essential heroes a decent wage, says Green Party Wednesday, 6 May 2020, 10:19 am Press Release: Green Party 4-5 minutes The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed just how much we rely on our essential workers. The…
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https://twitter.com/Stonekettle/status/1257805941988380679 The task force’s demise would only intensify questions about whether the administration is adequately organized to address the complex, life-or-death decisions related to the virus and give adequate voice to scientists and public health experts in making policy. Can we just get to the…
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We can do without fast food and coffee made by someone else, but not forever.What seems to be out of control can be brought under control. This provides a good level of comfort. Even at another extreme event and future policies start to fail, New…
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The Act party will probably be reviewing his membership. Because Roger Douglas has gone back on his pro market mantra that he has stuck to for the past 35 years and has criticised the economic privilege and inequality that he helped create. From Thomas Coughlan…
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There are no new cases of Covid 19 in NZ today. That's a significant milestone in our fight against the virus. However, we're not there yet, despite the 'lets do level 2 now' media release Simon Bridges' staff are writing for him as we speak.…
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With President Trump doing what we all expected, and killing 67,000 people and counting through chronic poor leadership, and utterly ruining the U.S. economy as well, it’s time to look at what policies the alternative candidate has on offer. Joe Biden has eight years of…
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I’m going to pull out the “Your God won’t save us” snippet from the "No Exit" post, and say She was never going to. As Bill says in the next line of his post, “Nothing but ourselves will save us” and that's what He would…
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Things have been different recently. Auckland has been clearer and more vibrant than it has for decades. The skies are mostly blue and the forest in Titirangi has been as green as I can remember. And life has been slower. People are buying less and…
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The latest status https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWl7kQZHZE0 And from the previous month. https://youtu.be/Hks6Nq7g6P4 Discuss... But start with this podcast discussion from a month ago.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHmKY8wZfOg&t=108s More at The Juice Media channel.
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Guest blog from E tū Assistant National Secretary, Annie Newman Author Arundati Roy has described the pandemic as a forced break with the past, “a portal, a gateway between one world and the next.” If we are indeed moving from one world to the next,…
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This will no doubt see a spike in National Party caucus zoom meetings. The Herald is reporting a new UMR poll that has National in the psychologically humiliating 20-30% band. From Jason Walls at the Herald: The National Party has dropped below 30 per cent…
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Remember this guy? He was the perfect National Party leader. When he was young he grew up for a while in a state house. He was superficially liberal and managed to get on the right side of some social issues. He was goofy and did…
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Reaction to Covid 19 has done more in a few weeks to blunt the drive behind climate change than anything the environmental movement has managed to do in over thirty years. The only other time in recent decades I can think of that's seen a…
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As if this year has not been strange enough the United States Pentagon has pretty well acknowledged the existence of Unidentified Flying Objects with the official release of video captured by US Air Force planes. The videos had been previously released but it is not…
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Here is your new car. Once you have placed your order through your intelligent fridge, it is delivered straight to your door. New Zealand supermarkets are increasing their online ordering+delivery capacity in response to Covid19. So rather than wander endlessly through the tilt-slab monstrosity soaked…
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Some right wing neoliberal dude on Nine to Noon promoting this idea that we've been through a big upheaveal before, the 1980s/90s, and this can be a guide to how to manage a covid economy. Let's not forget that Rogernomics was intentional and caused a…
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Leaks are the killers of political parties. They suggest that there disunity within the ranks. They also suggest a lack of faith in the leadership, and if members of a party cannot agree on if they should support their leader then why should the public.…
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So the country has reached lockdown stage 3 and a cautious loosening of the country's restrictions has occurred. Hopefully the trend of reduced occurrence of new infections will occur. I for one will celebrate if and when we reach zero new daily infections. It has…
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