Daily review 06/10/2023

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1. 1

   Message from Hayden Munro today. Unsure of the detail:

   "A new poll has been released this afternoon and it has Labour rising and the centre right falling."
   1. 1.1

      Probably the Curia Poll

      National 35.9% [+0.9]

      Labour 27.9% [+1.4]

      Green 10.6% [-2.1]

      ACT 9.1% [-5.2]

      NZ First 6.9% [+3]

      Māori 3.7% [+0.8]

      Preferred Prime Minister

      Luxon 29% [+4]

      Hipkins 27% [+2]
2. 2

   A surreal animated short (6:25) about work and late-stage capitalism.

   The Employment – by Patricio Plaza & Santiago Grasso

   A man prepares and goes to work in a bizarre world, where the meaning of human workforce is taken to another level.
   1. 2.1

      That's beautiful. And depressing.
3. 3

   TDB has it (phone can't paste, but it's there now). I thought I saw it on an MSM site too, but lost it again.

   National 35.9% ↑0.9

   Labour 27.9% ↑1.4

   ACT 9.1% ↓5.2

   Green 10.6% ↓2.1

   NZ First 6.9% ↑3.0

   Māori 3.7% ↑0.8

   Other 5.8% ↑1.1
   1. 3.1

      Did you type all that out?
      1. 3.1.1

         Actually no. It's a quirk of the Huawei handset. It copies some things as a quote and you can paste that, but pasting from a copy doesn't work (like links etc) in this text field.
   2. 3.2

      Careful Roy

      dont forget you need at least 3 verified sources and footnote your comments to put anything referencing things that can be found using a 2 second google search or has been repeated elsewhere by multiple news sources!
      1. 3.2.1

         Thanks James, because that's totally the point I was making.
4. 4

   The party’s policies included introducing a 1% transaction tax, wanting to limit the powers of government, remove race-based policies, stopping fluoridation of public water supplies, and end New Zealand’s participation in international bodies such as the United Nations and the World Health Organisation.

   https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/133073445/liz-gunns-nz-loyal-takes-electoral-commission-to-court-over-missed-deadline

   What a 1% transaction tax would do.

   https://taxfoundation.org/blog/1-transaction-tax-save-country/
5. 5

   So, basically, a party that wants to:

   -implement a ludicrous tax plan.

   -reduce the power of Government while still being part of “The System” and enjoying any benefits conferred by that.

   -appeal to people’s redneckery and irrational resentment of Māori.

   -implement anti scientific, harmful policies.

   -appeal to the thread of irrational, contrarian, conspiratorial perversity running through some parts of society.

   Good luck

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