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Daily review 19/03/2021
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Boris wants more bombs
At one level he may be an affable oath. But at another level he is a dangerous psychopath. I am talking about Boris Johnson, current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. What makes me say this? Despite International Law, and the steps that the world…
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Open mike 19/03/2021
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Britain’s tin-ear ’tilt’ to the Indo-Pacific
In its new integrated defence and foreign policy strategy, Britain intends to raise its nuclear warheads on Trident from 180 to 240. What a waste. It also intends to "tilt" to the Indo-Pacific, sending the New HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier here later in the…
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Daily review 18/03/2021
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Americas Cup is New Zealand’s cup?
I must admit that I have recently been watching the Americas Cup races. Ultra high tech boats travelling at unbelievable speeds and the local team has some good old kiwi sailors beating the best of the world. And on the Waitemata Harbour. What is there…
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Open mike 18/03/2021
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Daily review 17/03/2021
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National and the Greens on how to solve the housing crisis
Over the past week National and the Greens have released housing policy designed to address the country's current housing crisis. National's policies are somewhat predictable, and involve mostly reaffirmation of current Government policies while trying not to give the impression that they are doing something…
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New Zealand Service in Afghanistan Concludes
In the beginning New Zealand contributed to the Afghanistan War with noble intent and notable heroism. They built schools, rebuilt parts of towns, did good humanitarian work. This is particularly the case in Bamiyan, where New Zealand led the Provincial Reconstruction Team – our biggest…
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Open mike 17/03/2021
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About the latest poll
Slightly late sorry. It has been busy lately ... The latest One News Colmar Brunton Poll is very comforting for the left. Labour is down from its stratospheric heights of 53% to 49%. It scored 50% in the 2020 election. National is up 2% to…
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Daily review 16/03/2021
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Open mike 16/03/2021
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Daily review 15/03/2021
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Remember March 15
Recycled from Twelve months ago ... Two years ago the unthinkable happened to Aotearoa New Zealand. A right wing extremist armed with weapons of mass destruction went on a rampage through a Christchurch mosque and killed 51 human beings and injured another 49. I can…
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Vaccine Diplomacy
Vaccines have had a place in diplomacy since the Cold War. The country that can manufacture and distribute lifesaving injections to others less fortunate sees a return on its investment in the form of soft power: prestige, goodwill, perhaps a degree of indebtedness, even awe.…
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West Australia result
The weekend state elections in West Australia are astonishing. On top of nearly a 13% two party swing swing for Labour in 2017, there appears to have been about a 17% swing to Labour in the weekend election in preliminary results. In 59 seat lower…
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Women and male violence
https://twitter.com/suzanne_moore/status/1371042972050067456 Sarah Everard was a 33 year old UK woman who went missing while walking home in early March. Her body was found last week, and a London policeman has been charged with her murder. While abductions and murder of women is relatively rare in…
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Open mike 15/03/2021
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“Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of happiness”. (UBI Series)
One of the aspirational founding principles of the USA, was the right to "life, liberty and the Pursuit of happiness". It doesn't say, "unless you are black, poor or otherwise undeserving". Similarly, the New Zealand Labour Party has their own Version. "All people should have equal access…
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Open mike 14/03/2021
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The Unbearable Lightness of the Bright-Line Test
There is nothing quite like Establishment praising Establishment and making a few gentle suggestions on how to tackle the mushrooming housing crisis. The IMF released a report on Friday on NZ’s economy and it contained a lot of praise of NZ Government but was critical…
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Much ado about nothing
Poor Chris Bishop. He is clearly smarting the loss of the Hutt South seat to Labour's Ginny Andersen and is trying to manufacture scandals. The essence of the latest scandal he has manufactured is as follows. The New Zealand Professional Firefighters Union owns an office…
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No Right Turn: Climate Change: Heading for uninhabitability
Idiot/Savant at No Right Turn wrote on Tuesday: A few years ago, David Wallace-Wells warned that climate change risked making a huge chunk of the planet literally uninhabitable. One of the mechanisms for this is the combination of heat and humidity, which if high enough…
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Open mike 13/03/2021
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Daily review 12/03/2021
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You have 30 min to get your business in order!
The good news is that Auckland has moved to Alert Level 1 at midday. It was to be expected, as there had not been any new cases detected in the community for a week [Correction: it has been 14 days since the last community case].…
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Open mike 12/03/2021
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Daily review 11/03/2021
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