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I can’t quite remember what kind of hullabaloo followed any of the multiple agreements around nuclear testing that were signed off between the US and the USSR or Russian Federation. But I think I’m on safe ground to suggest they were lauded to one degree…
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Originally posted by Amy at Ruminations of a backyard revolutionary ------- If you talk about professional identity or professional pride, you are likely to be greeted with some eye rolls. In a neoliberal world where workers are treated like automatons many people are forced to…
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Over at a media site that shall not be linked to is a writer who is so clearly anti Labour she uses every chance she has to attack. But she is let down because her reckons are pretty stupid, even on a good day. Her…
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First published by Re-Imagining Social Work in Aotearoa New Zealand (RSW Collective) April 20 Tena Koutou Katoa, The Social and Community Services Select Committee report published on 13 April 2018, is an example of an opportunity missed in regard to protecting the public and enhancing the professionalism…
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This week we have a clear winner. It is someone whose claim to fame was that they were a cricketer. His nickname was Rigor, as in rigor mortis, such was the electrifying effect he had on the game. He somehow made it into television and…
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The right to free speech is one of the most important rights there are. The contest of ideas that free speech allows is so vital. Properly functioning liberal democracies depend on it. But the principle gets messy when right wing idiots who normally have no…
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Last week Catriona MacLennan, a lawyer and media commentator, wrote a piece published at newsroom about disciplinary action being taken against her by the Law Society. I won't put large excerpts here, as I think it's important to go there and read the whole thing,…
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For those of us who were without electricity to their houses in Auckland for several days, it’s worth turning our thoughts to Vector. First off, a huge thanks to all their lines maintenance subcontractors who worked incredibly hard and their families who saw them go…
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Colmar Brunton has, to much fanfare, released its latest poll. As Mickysavage noted recently while I've been on internet hiatus, (thanks for covering!) this result is a bit of a correction from a post-government high, with a 5% drop for Labour relative to their February…
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The Australian Federal Treasury has put out a think piece that has come out strongly in support of the government policy of adding 190,000 non-humanitarian migrants a year with a focus on taking skilled workers. They say that level of immigration boosted economic growth, reduced…
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The Union of Medical Care and Relief Organisations was founded in France in 2012. Organisations that form the coalition are from the US, Canada, UK, France, Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland and Turkey. So no member organisations from Syria, or anywhere else in the Middle East. Yet…
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I wrote a post a few weeks ago the manufacturing of a narrative which analysed media treatment of Clare Curran's problems with the discovery of multiple building problems at Middlemore Hospital. The analysis suggested that media coverage of Curran's problems were way out of kilter…
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The Independent's Robert Fisk reports from Douma, where he interviewed one of the clinic doctors who said that the images that outraged Trump, May and Macron were real, but the cause was oxygen starvation from dust, not poisonous gas. Could it be that misleading images…
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In relation to Teresa May claiming humanitarian grounds existed for bombing Syria in the wake of an alleged 50 deaths from the deployment of chemical weapons, I found myself asking… "Where was this woman’s compassion when 71 people burned to death in Grenfeld Tower?" Didn’t…
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National and Labour have both selected their candidates for the Northcote by election. Labour selected Shanan Halbert narrowly over Richard Hills. The decision took some time and I can understand the problem the committee faced. Richard is a very good candidate and did an outstanding…
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Over the past decade the once proud state of Syria has descended into chaos. Three years ago I wrote this post suggesting that Syria may be the first state that has failed because of climate change. The argument was that extreme drought attributable to climate…
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