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Open mike 23/08/2020
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PPE from a Universe Far, Far Away
The Resistance Coalition Government has failed miserably and is falling to pieces and the Empire is taking advantage of the shambolic situation and is striking back. Princess Jacinda is under threat and Ashley Skywalker is fighting off attempts to make him appear before the Eye-Browed…
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Is New Zealand or the United States the Covid cot case?
It has been an interesting week in Aotearoean politics. Instead of smashing through a political advantage Jacinda Ardern chose to delay the election for a month. Judith Collins and the National Party were given a breather to actually come out with some policy and to…
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Open mike 22/08/2020
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Daily review 21/08/2020
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Here comes the vaccine
Australian Prime Minister Scott Malcom has indicated he’s getting close to the deal of a lifetime for Australians with a letter of intent from Astra Zenica, who are in third stage clinical trials. Other countries are gearing up for different versions. But there’s no WHO…
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What if we had a Policy Costings Unit for all political parties?
For some reason yesterday I thought of the Green Party's Policy Costings Unit idea, where political parties could get their policies costed by Treasury and then the results are made available to the public when the policy is launched. This was Green Party policy going…
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Open mike 21/08/2020
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Daily review 20/08/2020
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Yale does socialist medicine with new covid test
Double good news here. Andrew M. Slavitt, a former Acting Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (ex-Obama health care head), tweeted this last week when Yale scientists announced they had FDA Emergency Use Authorization for their new covid test. Not only have Yale…
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The Covid Court Case
Mr Borrowdale has succeeded in part and the High Court has ruled that the first 9 days, from March 26 to April 3, elements of the Government's Covid lockdown were unenforcable. I am not surprised. Based on this opinion given by Andrew Geddis I said…
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Open mike 20/08/2020
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Daily review 19/08/2020
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What Might A Democratic Party-Dominated U.S. Foreign Policy Do?
Inasmuch as tiny, distant New Zealand need worry about the foreign policy of the United States, it’s worth a drill into what a Democratic Party dominated United States foreign policy might look like. If elected, Joe Biden will inherit a United States that has abdicated…
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What does Judith do about Gerry?
Anyone else getting slightly tired about the Opposition running lines that the Government's handling of Covid is an abject failure? I mean perspective is important. Right now among Western Developed Nations we are probably ranked the second best nation in handling the virus. Taiwan is…
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Open mike 19/08/2020
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Daily review 18/08/2020
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Blogs and election fatigue
One of the characteristics of a political blog in New Zealand is the way that our operations reflect the political cycle. Coming into an election after mid-year, we have a steadily increasing level of traffic, posts, and comments. Moderators, commenters and even authors start showing…
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Open mike 18/08/2020
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Brady under review by Canterbury University
Canterbury University is conducting a review of statements made to the Justice Select Committee by Professor Anne-Marie Brady alleging covert military transfer to China which complainants from other Universities under attack said "contained manifest errors of fact and misleading inferences." The University would do well…
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Let them have gardening leave…
Over at No Right Turn, Idiot Savant points out the following about the month delay in the election when talking about the parliamentary implications (my bold). Parliament will now resume on Tuesday, though it has a pretty light Order Paper. Most of its business will…
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Daily review 17/08/2020
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A Stunt Scene from Mission Impossible*
An ambulance is racing down the motorway to an emergency call-out of a person with potentially life-threatening disease symptoms** and a ragtag of wannabe drivers are trying to wrestle the steering wheel from the highly experienced driver who has to keep all her attention on…
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What Now Phil Goff?
The Chief Executive of Watercare Raveen Jaduram has resigned. The NZ Herald points to criticism of his $775,000 salary, and the drought. Salary seemed to be the sticking point, oddly enough. Not whether expanding Watercare’s reach into managing the Waikato catchment but failing to prepare…
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Extend advance voting
At 10am Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will announce her decision on the election date. This will be done in the light about what is currently known about the current covid-19 outbreak. That is her decision alone and is constrained by the parliamentary electoral limits that…
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Why we need to get on with the election
Auckland, and the rest of the country, has been on tenterhooks for the past week. Are we facing a Melbourne type second wave surge? Was our pride in being Covid free horrendously misplaced? Because for over a hundred days we have been very happy with…
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Open mike 17/08/2020
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