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I recently read this fascinating article in New Matilda which asked why are we still working? With the advent of technological advances our need to work had been predicted to reduce. Yet the reality for most of us is that it has increased. And even though…
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This morning's Herald contains a story about an individual who has purchased eleven houses over the past five years and can now afford to play World of Warcraft all day. From the Herald: Gary Lin says he started buying houses only so he could play World…
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I am taking Cannabis Oil to manage my pain as my lung cancer takes over my body. It’s sort of as simple as that really. For some people talking about dying is confronting but actually talking about it allows us to think about how it…
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Andrew Little has made it clear that the Labour Party in Government will defy provisions in the Trans Pacific parrtnership agreement that weaken NZ's sovereignty. Interviewed on Radio NZ this morning, the Labour leader spoke out about the pisspoor negotation that has led to the…
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Ex Act Leader Jamie Whyte wrote an article yesterday for the Herald about how poverty is not a problem in New Zealand. The Wellington twitterati checked out the background and discovered an unfortunate fact. He had written basically the same thing ten years ago. About England. And…
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From Scoop: The ministers from the twelve countries who negotiated the the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) will sign it in New Zealand on 4 February, a government spokesperson from Chile has confirmed.[1] The New Zealand government has made no formal announcement, despite reports that it…
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Spoiler alerts. Though with this many dumptrucks of recycled repetition poured in your lap, who cares? The music's the same, the font's the same, so yawn from get-go. It's got a trail of sickly boomer-focused nostalgia thicker than the plume of plastic bags rotating the…
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Saudi Arabia's recent behedding of 47 dissidents including a prominent Shiite Cleric has attracted world wide attention. The behaviour makes a mockery of the appointment of Saudi Arabia to chair an important United Nations Council involved in human rights oversight. And questions have been asked…
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For those who need one extra helping of anxiety-inducing risk discussion for 2016, here’s a summary of what the Eurasia Group have to say: The Middle East is the most vulnerable to a geopolitical leadership vacuum and is heading toward conflagration. There are six failed…
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I wrote about the Chinese Sharemarket crash about six months ago and followed it up with this post in August. It appears clear that the steps taken by the Chinese authorities are not working and on the back of poor manufacturing data, increased debt and…
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A group of good old boys self described as patriots have decided to hole themselves up in a Federal Wildlife Reserve building in Oregon essentially because two local ranchers were sent to jail for burning state property. The strange thing though is that the ranchers involved have refused…
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