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Open mike 30/08/2020
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Kia kaha Greens
The last three years have been an interesting time for the Green Party. Back in 2017 for a short period of time the Greens looked like they may overtake Labour in terms of voting preference and become the dominant opposition party. I remember Metiria Turei's…
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Open mike 29/08/2020
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Daily review 28/08/2020
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Greenland ice sheet is disintegrating
For the last 30 years, earth scientists have been warning that Greenland was nearing a tipping point into complete disintegration. Now authors of a new study published in Nature "Dynamic ice loss from the Greenland Ice Sheet driven by sustained glacier retreat" has claimed that,…
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Open mike 28/08/2020
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Daily review 27/08/2020
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Everybody got together on that day as one brother
I thought that the sentencing of the Christchurch Mosque mass murderer would be something of a circus and do nothing but open up old wounds and allow the person in the dock to spread his message of hate. But so far it has been a…
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If National wins the hope for clean water and swimmable rivers will be gone by lunchtime
In an unfortunate choice of words National's David Bennett has promised that if National is elected then the Government's water reforms will be "gone by lunchtime". From Jason Walls at the Herald: National has come under fire from the Government's agriculture and environmental Ministers for…
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Open mike 27/08/2020
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Daily review 26/08/2020
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National’s latest deception
You have to hand it to National. They have no scruples. Nothing matters but winning. As a recent social media post confirms. Yesterday National's social media team posted this tweet: https://twitter.com/NZNationalParty/status/1298088604258902016 But the tweet left out important context provided in the answer: ... day 3…
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Open mike 26/08/2020
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Daily review 25/08/2020
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US v China: new Cold War or new Opium War?
The Trump administration has declared war on China, and there is much speculation in the punditry as to whether or not this is a new Cold War similar to that waged post World War 2 against Russia. In my opinion, the 19th century Opium Wars…
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Should 16 year olds have the vote?
There is an interesting case being heard right now in the High Court in Wellington. Andrew Geddis in the Spinoff has the details. Is there any good reason to let 18-year-old people vote, but not those who are 16 or 17 years old? That’s the…
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The election campaign and the sponsored Herald article
This article popped up in the Herald this morning. The first thing that I noticed was that it was sponsored content. The subject seemed slightly weird for sponsored content. Usually you expect to read industry specific news. But this one decided to delve into the…
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Open mike 25/08/2020
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Daily review 24/08/2020
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Covid 19 catastrophisation
Dear reader. Feel, thanks to the catastrophisation of New Zealand's quarantine system by National and parts of the media, that we are living in a cluster f&%k? This is even though the indications are that the large cluster that may have formed appears to have…
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Open mike 24/08/2020
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