Daily Review 17/10/2018
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Khashoggi
A counter to the “heroic dissident” narrative.
Mutually assured destruction
Paula Bennett has broken the understanding that MPs do not refer to each other’s private lives. And Jami-Lee Ross has alleged that a $100,000 donation was split so that it did not have to be declared and it has been confirmed that National then nominated the donor for a Queen’s Birthday Honour.
Open Mike 17/10/2018
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Daily Review 16/10/2018
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National’s caucus meeting today – nothing to see here
All eyes will be on National’s caucus meeting today. And Simon Bridges will need to explain what Jami-Lee Ross meant when he said that he had recorded a conversation where he was asked by Bridges to break the law.
Open Mike 16/10/2018
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Daily Review 15/10/2018
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For a Better New Zealand?
A new political party has emerged with what could be loosely described as a stunning website.
Open Mike 15/10/2018
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A Bigger Better Budget!
An odd detail or change was buried within the IPCC report that came out last week.
Open Mike 14/10/2018
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Reprehensible People.
“Kavanaugh” – the name lends itself to being enunciated with a certain pluminess, don’t you think?
Simon Bridges is totes relaxed about his leak inquiry
After spending over a hundred thousand dollars on the inquiry into who leaked his travel information Simon Bridges now claims that he is no longer worried about who leaked his travel expense information.
Open Mike 13/10/2018
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Open Mike 12/10/2018
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Daily Review 11/10/2018
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The leak inquiries
Trevor Mallard has shut down one possible conclusion of National’s leak inquiry by conducting his own inquiry into his office which has concluded that the leak of Bridges’ travel information did not come from there.
Open Mike 11/10/2018
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Daily Review 10/10/2018
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National’s firearms forums – what could go wrong?
National has launched a series of public meetings to discuss a major issue. Not child poverty or climate change or how badly wrong Steven Joyce’s $11.5 billion hole claim was, but guns.
Shake It Up, Taylor Swift, Shake It Up
There is a long a proud history of musicians adding their weight to the Democratic cause in the United States, but Taylor Swift’s recent action is about as on-message as you can get.
Open Mike 10/10/2018
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Daily Review 09/10/2018
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Grant Robertson is a financial genius
Remember the $11.5 billion hole that Stephen Joyce and National said Labour was going to leave the country with? Well the 2017/18 financial books have been completed and released and the Government’s surplus was $2.4 billion greater than forecast.
Do we have cheaper fuel or do we trash the planet?
On the day that the IPCC has confirmed that the world is running out of time to do something to try and preserve what we have National and associated entities have complained that fuel prices are too high.
Open Mike 09/10/2018
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Daily Review 08/10/2018
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It’s America Again
It would fit the karma of a leftie universe if the United States was now suffering from its political choices. But it’s the reverse: the United States economy is roaring and President Trump is starting to be rewarded for delivering what he promised.
Open Mike 08/10/2018
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Banksy piece sells at auction for record price, then shreds itself
A Banksy piece has shredded itself shortly after being sold for a record price.
Open Mike 07/10/2018
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Meanwhile in America …
America has had an interesting week with Kavanaugh’s appointment to the Supreme Court all but confirmed, Donald Trump’s finances being the subject of an intensive review by the New York Times and Trump being filmed boarding Air Force One with a piece of toilet paper stuck to his shoe.
Open Mike 06/10/2018
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Daily Review 05/10/2018
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What does the Taxpayer’s Union have against Callaghan Innovation?
The Taxpayers’ Union’s focus on Callaghan Innovation may be evidence of an ongoing civil war within the right’s ranks, rather than evidence of socialist largesse.