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Open mike 21/07/2019
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How To Get There 21/7/19
This post is a place for positive discussion of the future. An Open Mike for ideas, solutions and the discussion of the possible. The Big Picture, rather than a snapshot of the day’s goings on. Topics rather than topical. We’d like to think it’s…
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Peters, Pence, Pompeo and the Rapture
Hamish Rutherfurd writes that Winston Peters' trip to the US to secure a trade deal is far-fetched and a waste of time. I agree. But if Peters has his agenda, so will Pompeo, Pence, John Bolton and Dan Coats have theirs. He was scheduled to…
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The strait of Hormuz
With the seizing of an oil tanker by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz today as a presumably tit-for-tat escalation for British seizing an Iranian ship, and the U.S. Navy harassing their coastline, we are in for a senseless and dangerous political escalation. The Strait…
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Open mike 20/07/2019
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Daily review 19/07/2019
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There is no climate emergency according to National
Simon Wilson has written a scathing article in the Herald this morning behind the paywall suggesting that for purely political reasons National will frustrate and stymie action on climate change. From the article: The past two weeks have in my opinion exposed the biggest climate…
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Open mike 19/07/2019
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Daily review 18/07/2019
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Tolley upsets Youth Parliamentarian
Youth Parliament is currently sitting. This is a yearly event where young passionate people selected by individual MPs get the chance to visit Parliament and take part in debates and select committee meetings and get a taste of how the country's house of representatives operates. …
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Brian Easton on methane
I haven't had too much of a chance to think through it, but Brian Easton has put up a interesting post at Pundit which looks at how we should measure and therefore constrain our methane emissions. However my initial impression is that his approach defeats…
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Matata
Many a bold claim has been made for the necessity of responding to climate change, but when it comes to storms affecting one’s own home, Matata is surely the test case of this century. It was May 2005 that brought a torrential downpour onto a…
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Sometimes explaining is not losing
I must admit always having major reservations about Stacey Kirk's commentary. It is probably because I cannot recall the last time that I agreed with something she said. Critical analysts will annoy me occasionally, anti left partisan analysts will annoy me all of the time.…
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Open mike 18/07/2019
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Daily review 17/07/2019
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Open mike 17/07/2019
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Dinosaurs Fight Extinction Rebellion
The establishment has always had a problem fighting back at a faceless, nameless, amorphous enemy. This becomes clear when faced with a groundswell of community pushback and civil disobedience practices by grassroots movements. Throughout human history (am I starting to sound like Mr Trotter?), civil…
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Daily review 16/07/2019
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Make America white again
Donald Trump must have been worried that his dog whistling was not loud enough. So he has gone full trumpian and attacked young female Democrat politicians including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and has accused them of being leftists and telling them they should go back to where…
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Watching the rain radar
Of all of the inventions that currently make riding bikes safer and more convenient in urban environments, I'd have to say that the rain radar would be number four on my list. Since I shifted to working close to home, and then shifting to cycling…
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D Day for ETS?
The Interim Climate Change Committee is expected to report today and according to Politik (paywalled) will propose that agriculture is made part of the ETS for a period of five years to build up funds to allow a levy/rebate system that can operate at a…
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Open mike 16/07/2019
Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike … lprent: And just for today, lets try it in reverse. May the seekers of the topmost position…
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Daily review 15/07/2019
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Nats must hate Auckland’s building consents boom
When you look at the steady rise in building consents in Auckland, it just highlights exactly how incompetent National were and would still be as managers of the economy. From Greater Auckland's Matt L in "Auckland Building Activity soars" you can see the build up…
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A Good Week for Conservation
Three big, bold moves for conserving nature and expanding our awareness of it were announced inn the last week. All of them led by Minister Eugenie Sage. First off, the Hump Ridge Track is going to be upgraded from a two day to three day experience.…
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Open mike 15/07/2019
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