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This post is a follow up from. /ubi/ (Thanks for all the comments to date. Still digesting them). The way human beings process information means that memes and slogans are powerful ways of influencing people. We are all aware of the persistence of memes…
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There was a overwhelming compulsion to reproduce ImperatorFishs powerful message of unity for the left. No violence was involved, and despite rumours to the contrary, it was not sympathy for his tortured tale of a blogger and lawyer who was forced to enjoy himself at…
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There are three interesting stories in the media this morning each of which have implications for this year's election. Firstly the SST is reporting that there will be a push to put the anti smacking law (or as I prefer to call it the anti…
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If you are looking for something to do today and live near Dunedin Oil Free Otago is holding a day of action. From Pasupial (and apologies for missing yesterday's events): Originally planned to coincide with the beginning of Anadarko’s drilling operations off the Otago coast, this…
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Yesterday Standardista freedom posted a suggestion for electoral funding on open mike. Here is freedom's suggestion/blue print (in black print) - in freedom's own words: Want to get some transparency back into politics funding in New Zealand? Tired of electoral funding skullduggery? I suggest NZ…
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There have been a couple of recent contributions to the debate about whether Labour should adopt an aggressive or a cooperative strategy with respect to the Greens this election year. Stuart Nash suggests at the daily blog that the Green's polling will decline back to…
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This article on today's NZ Herald reinforces some of the Jane Kelsey's statements indicating a bit of a tussle between Congress and Obama's push to get the TPPA though as soon as possible. In November, Kelsey stated there was a conflict between the US House…
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The past couple of weeks has seen an orgy of right wing glee claiming that recent weather events provide conclusive proof that climate change is not occurring. Rodney Hide provided the most striking local example, claiming that an increase of pack sea ice around Antartica…
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bsprout at Local Bodies has kindly allowed us to reprint any posts we find interesting. Here is a timely post on oil drilling in the deep south. The Southland Times devoted the whole of the front page to celebrate Shell's decision to do some exploratory drilling in…
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No Right Turn asks the question. Since Edward Snowden leaked proof of widespread NSA spying on US citizens, people have been wondering who exactly they're spying on. Are they spying on their own government? Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders wanted to know, so he asked them…
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Thanks to NZ Femme who put up this link. https://decorrespondent.nl/541/why-we-should-give-free-money-to-everyone/31639050894-e44e2c00 "‘It Can Be Done! Conquering Poverty in the US by 1976’, James Tobin, who would go on to win a Nobel Prize, wrote in 1967. At that time, almost 80% of the American population was…
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Back in February 2010 John Key said that he had a potential solution to solving the whaling crisis which he would discuss with Hillary Clinton and that he would take his plan to the upcoming International Whaling Commission meeting. Regrettably nothing ever came of it. As Eddie…
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Under this NAct Government, local government is increasing in size from smaller units to bigger. Does this matter ? On a personal level, I think it does – it has the effect of removing the “local” from our democratic processes, and makes it difficult for…
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As part of my holiday reading I happened to come across a copy of the Bay of Plenty Times. Former Herald columnist Garth George has retired to Tauranga and writes the occasional column for the local paper. He is no stranger to TS readers. Over…
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The phrase 'desert of the real' comes from the movie the Matrix. This comes from the point when Neo perceives the 'real reality" behind the computer simulated reality in which he has been living. Morpheus says "Welcome to the desert of the real". http://youtu.be/tgBViHeiSKM Zizek…
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