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Open mike 27/03/2022
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Act’s generous donors and its anti Treaty campaign
This has not had the media attention that it deserves but Act has raised, to use the technical term, a shit load of money recently. The Electoral Commission reports the following donations were made: Trevor Farmer $100,000 Stephen Jennings $50,000 Graeme Edwards $100,000 Graeme Hart…
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Open mike 26/03/2022
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Five Eyes Joins Morning Report
Morning Report today interviewed ex MI6 chemical weapons false flag specialist Hamish de Bretton-Gordon saying because Russia has lost in Ukraine it will likely resort using to chemical weapons. FiveEyes hawks want NATO to intervene, so we get World War 3, Hurrah! This follows warnings…
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Can This Government Be Saved?
Politics, in the phrase of ex-US Attorney General William Barr, is just one damn thing after another. It is especially the case with this Labour government. Can Labour win a third term? I will leave the question of ought they to your own voting pen.…
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Daily review 25/03/2022
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Open mike 25/03/2022
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Daily review 24/03/2022
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The Peace Settlement Must Start
Pressure for a Ukraine war settlement starting with a ceasefire will continue to mount. If this does drag out, there’s more chance of the conflict widening. Belarus could attack. NATO-allied supply convoys could be attacked. I’m trying not to go further. As with all major…
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Open mike 24/03/2022
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Daily review 23/03/2022
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Government announces significant changes to traffic light settings and mandates
The Government has announced changes to Covid policies relating to traffic light settings and mandates. From the Beehive Website: From midnight this Friday, traffic light settings simplified Changes to Red that will be effective from this weekend are: Capacity limits removed for all outdoor events…
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Open mike 23/03/2022
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Daily review 22/03/2022
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Luxon thinks helping poor people is Bottom Feeding
Christopher Luxon's class prejudices are showing. After a tax policy release that ignored completely the poorest 1.1 million taxpayers and delivered to the majority of taxpayers no more than $2 a week National has engaged in rhetoric to suggest that it was to help kiwis…
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Crisis, What Crisis?
This oil price spike is here to stay. We need to think and act on the consequences of that for a moment. An important feature of the sanctions against Russia is that it shuts away Russian oil and gas production from the whole of global…
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The right to protest Christchurch version
I have written a few posts about the right to protest and in particular how this relates to the Wellington Anti Vax protests. Examples are here, here, here and here. My views of the utility of the anti vaccination and anti mandate protests are clear…
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Open mike 22/03/2022
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Daily review 21/03/2022
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National’s politicisation of Covid over the past two years
On Friday there was this big policy announcement by National where Chris Luxon announced National's proposal for how the Government should handle Covid. From the Herald: National Party leader Christopher Luxon says it is time to dismantle Covid restrictions and get back to normality. He…
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Climate Action Mondays
I can't wait anymore, for whatever we are waiting for (covid to be over, the government to lead on climate action, the magic pixies who will save the Antarctic and Arctic from heating at an 'impossible' rate). It's time to act as if our lives…
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Open mike 21/03/2022
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