“We will not be able to successfully defend corrupt or crony capitalism. Honest capitalism – what we cherish, is under attack every day (…) by special interests and PACS inside the swamp of Washington DC. You know, sometimes it feels like it doesn't really matter…
Can't they do better than this? This morning National announced a new policy and it was meant to be a biggie. https://twitter.com/NZNationalParty/status/1233498849970458625 Others were less than impressed by its actual size which is rather small in Government terms. https://twitter.com/ClintVSmith/status/1233492756594601984 Then twitter realised that a remarkably…
Wingnuts will become apoplectic. Jacinda Ardern has deftly but pointedly put Scott Morrison down because of Australia's inhumane treatment of people who have lived much of their lives in Australia but through the capricious application of policy now find that they are being forcibly removed…
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China gets a cold and the whole world starts sneezing. Did I say literally? (I should have called this Sars and Cars). We just saw the stock markets lose their composure, but the stocks taking really big hits are the carmakers who have baked their…
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The thing that really annoys me about Simon Bridges is that he is meant to be a hot shot former crown lawyer but his response to law and order issues is so simplistic. And it seems to be motivated by the Trump/Dutton model of how…
There seems to have been an upswing in New Zealand UBI discussions recently. While many progressives see value in a UBI and want to be rid of the punitive and soul destroying aspects of MSD and WINZ, we hardly ever talk about what would happen…
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Newshub are helping run reporting David Seymour's politicised fearmongering lines over COVID-19 (the new coronavirus). https://twitter.com/nealejones/status/1232462908509941760 I'd go further and say not only is it desperate but it's also reckless. Politicising a potential pandemic creates a contentious political and social atmosphere that we really don't want…
So many left-leaning people around the world are looking to the United States election in November this year. We need to pay attention to the thing that enables the Presidential winner to get things done: a Senate majority. The recent impeachment trial showed that without…
This site has been following the Talley Brothers for a while. Whether it is the atrocious treatment of their workers, or the appalling way they have destroyed the environment they have been the subject of intense negative criticism. Helen Kelly's last published post on this…
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And so here it is folks! Rich media types are now turning on a dime. These people earn millions of dollars a year, employed as stenographers by MSNBC for the “national security state” and establishment wing of the Democratic Party. Keep that in mind as…
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Stuff has an article up about last years local body elections in Auckland. As usual when it comes to politics as reported by mainstream media, the interesting parts are at the end. The target had been to achieve a turnout of 40 per cent, but…
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