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Daily review 31/05/2022
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National’s policies don’t add up
This post is plagiarized unashamedly from a series of tweets by Clint Smith. In very limited space he set out why National’s tax cut policies are absurd and how the media is doing us a disservice by not asking the hard questions like what will…
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Open mike 31/05/2022
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Daily review 30/05/2022
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When Dumb Corporates Kill Thousands. Here.
New Zealand King Salmon has revealed that 42% of their salmon in warm water areas for the year ending January 2022 were just dead and chucked away. Salmon towed to cooler water had a lower rate of 37%. As SAFE points out if this had…
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Greenpeace: New research finds dairy industry making Canterbury water “undrinkable”
Greenpeace NZ press release Adam Currie 29 May 2022 Newly published research has found that every litre of dairy milk produced in Canterbury requires up to 11,000 litres of water to dilute the pollution from its production. “The grey water footprint of milk due to…
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Open mike 30/05/2022
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The problem with keyboard warriors and media commentators
Internationally Jacinda Ardern’s speech to the Harvard graduating class has been well received. The Guardian has said this: Jacinda Ardern has spoken out against the online “scourge of disinformation” in an address at Harvard University, in which she also won standing ovations for her government’s…
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Open mike 29/05/2022
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Open mike 28/05/2022
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Daily review 27/05/2022
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Jacinda Ardern’s Harvard University Commencement speech
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vj3x-JUlukI&ab_channel=nzherald.co.nz Transcript via Newshub. E oku manukura, nga pou haemata o te ngahere. Te Piko o Te Mahuri, tera te tipu o te rakau. E tipu, e rea, ka puta, ka ora. Tena koutou katoa. President Bacow, Provost Garber, Governing Boards and deans, And most…
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Top Gun
We are entitled to love Top Gun. The new version of Top Gun out now is sure to give rise to little think-pieces about how comparable the situation in the Ukraine is or is not to Desert Storm in Iraq or any other US-military led war.…
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Open mike 27/05/2022
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Daily review 26/05/2022
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How Russia Loses
Even after just four months it is time count what Russia has lost and will continue to lose. Yes Russia has effectively captured the east and southern-east of the Ukraine. Yes Russia has stopped Ukraine sea trade through the Black Sea. But to the losses.…
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If not now then when?
Another day and another senseless killing of innocent American citizens by someone with a semi automatic rifle. Two weeks ago it was a Christchurch massacre inspired shooter who went into a black area and indiscriminately killed ten people. From CNN: Ten people were killed in…
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Open mike 26/05/2022
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Daily review 25/05/2022
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Wood announces boost to Coastal shipping
One of the Government's best performing Ministers continues to impress. Transport Minister Michael Wood has announced funding to increase coastal shipping services in New Zealand. From the Beehive website: New Zealand is a step closer to a more resilient, competitive, and sustainable coastal shipping sector…
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Why Is New Zealand So Strong?
As New Zealand signs up to another alliance to shore up our economic security in the face of fast retreats in economic globalisation, it’s worth taking stock of why New Zealand’s economy is so strong. As Treasury commentary about this 2022 budget has noted, we…
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Open mike 25/05/2022
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Daily review 24/05/2022
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Open mike 24/05/2022
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Daily review 23/05/2022
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How to get the progressive government we want
Last week I was listening to this James Shaw podcast from June 2020 where his guest was Doughnut Economics co-originator, English economist Kate Haworth. I wrote a post Budget Day: there are real alternatives, which outlined what Doughnut Economics is, and where New Zealand sits in…
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Open mike 23/05/2022
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Open mike 22/05/2022
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The Australian Election
Here we go. It is election day today in Australia and so far there have been some decidedly underhand tactics adopted by the right. The Liberal Party has been sending out texts to voters in New South Wales and Victoria suggesting that there is a…
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The terrorist ‘heroes’ of Mariupol
The mass surrender of over 2000 members of the extreme nationalist AZOV battalion who have just been flushed out of their bunker in Mariupol is a major win in the fight against global race-based terrorism. These extreme nationalists share the same ideology as the Christchurch…