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Daily Review 07/02/2018
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Two Labour Governments, two coal mines
In the case of the massive Adani coalmine proposed for Queensland, Labor (Queensland majority) are clearly putting out feelers for what it would be like to kill the project, but form an economic development package that could replace those lost jobs and economic uplift. There’s…
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National claims credit for Waitangi Day
I did not think I would ever have a need to use this graphic again. But National claiming that they are responsible for the successful Waitangi Day celebration is delusional and the graphic seems very appropriate. From Newshub: Senior National figures are dismissing suggestions peaceful…
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Open Mike 07/02/2018
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Buttered Bread
A New York Times headline exclaims "Stocks Fall as Sell-off Enters Second Week. The Guardian screeches "Dow Jones Suffers Worst Day in Over Six Years as Global Stock Markets Fall." The Washington Post gasps "Dow closes down nearly 1,200 points after plunging more than 1,500…
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Waitangi day
Mōrena, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou katoa. This is a rewrite of a blog post I have had a few goes at updated with recent events. The benefit of blogging is that you can repeat and refine. And something as important as Waitangi Day needs…
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Open Mike 06/02/2018
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Daily Review 05/02/2018
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Prime Minister Ardern at Waitangi
This is a new day for politics in New Zealand. A female Prime Minister has broken over a century of practise and is doing a main speech at Waitangi. Even more: no drama occurred. Anywhere. I cannot recall the last time any Prime Minister got…
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National can win the next election
The first part is to wait. The current government are on a wafer-thin majority within a fragile coalition. Labour will go down from where they are, as all first term governments do. Once the electorate has finished inhaling new-baby estrogen, wept swimming pools of salty…
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Waihopai and North Korea
It's worth asking ourselves what Goriz Gharaman was doing protesting at Waihopai. It's the right place to protest. Protesting against privacy incursions is not uncommon, but the bigger protest was missed in emphasis: Waihopai prepares us for war. It prepares intelligence that is usually shared…
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Marama Davidson’s campaign launch – Boots Theory
Post by Stephanie Rodgers, cross-posted from bootstheory.nz 6-7 minutes ____________________________________________________________________________________ I was beyond excited to see Marama Davidson stand up to announce her bid for the co-leadership of the Greens. I’ve been a Marama fan for an age, so I was very biased in her favour.…
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Open Mike 05/02/2018
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Getting it right
We need to move away from our reliance on a low-wage economy where companies compete by paying people less. We need to remove the temptation to throw more cheap labour or longer work-hours at a problem, and make investment in skills, productive capital and innovation…
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The 2017 General Election electorate expense returns
The 2017 electorate expense returns were made public a couple of days ago. For those tragic politicos like myself they provide a great deal of interesting information and an insight into how the parties are doing. A couple of initial comments. Donations do not include…
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Ideological issues more than leadership are Nat’s problem
Changing National’s leadership will not help the conservatives regain power if they fail to address questions of why they lost the 2017 election. Many, if not most, Nats don’t accept, or understand, they lost the election. Many still think that because they won 44.4 percent…
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Open Mike 04/02/2018
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Zen and the art of greening the government
https://twitter.com/MJWhitehead/status/958934853403033600 I protest because dissent & diversity are essential to our democracy, because it is Green, because Kiwis always have. And this government respects that because we are friends. - Golriz Ghahraman In this 2 minute video Ghahraman covers "protest, and dissent, about diversity of thought…
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Open Mike 03/02/2018
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Daily Review 02/02/2018
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Middle east Teenagers
Recent news from Israel makes you wonder about the State of Israel. The first is about Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi. She recently celebrated her 17th birthday but unlike most teenagers she did this from behind bars. Why is she there? Because she hit and kicked…
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Did you hear about the killer who got pulled over for speeding?
They were running late for their next kill. This was an example of anti-humour ;-) Obviously, that is a take on the well-known traffic-safety campaign Speed Kills[See links at the end]. Does or did it (ever?) have the desired outcome? This was a rhetorical question…
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Open Mike 02/02/2018
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Daily Review 01/02/2018
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Nothing like Mike
https://twitter.com/davidfarrier/status/958537219018448896 (for those that missed it, Jeremy Wells does the Like Mike Hosking impersonations). https://www.facebook.com/sevensharp/videos/10156260343547268/ The rumours are true. We're back Monday 7pm, TVNZ 1. https://twitter.com/publicaddress/status/958512825990656000 Seven Sharp press release, Hilary Barry says, “The Seven Sharp team is one of the best in the business and…
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Poor Paula’s position’s in peril
Spare a thought for Paula Bennett. Looks like her political career is on the long slippery slope to oblivion. And clearly there has been sabotaguing of Bill English's leadership with leaked rumours from within National's Caucus of his leadership being under threat being made on…
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Poll Watch: Reid Research Poll 2018-1-31
Newshub recently released the latest poll they commissioned from Reid Research, covering the period between Jan 18th and 28th. (I tend to refer to them by the day they're released, however) Let's dive into some analysis of what this means. If you missed the actual…
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Jacinda Ardern’s child poverty speech
In a major speech yesterday on poverty, Prime Minister Ardern has laid out fully and forthrightly what is the problem and what need to be done. The Bill now introduced is described by the Prime Minister as “the framework for measuring and targeting child poverty.…
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Climate activists threatened with “draconian” Anadarko Amendment
Greenpeace climate activists protested oil exploration yesterday: https://twitter.com/ecomanda/status/958423117017182209 https://twitter.com/GreenpeaceNZ/status/958422435753160704 https://twitter.com/RusselNorman/status/958430554885517312 https://twitter.com/SSXfactor/status/958440195577163776 Warrior support vessel as it arrives in port Press release - January 31, 2018 Wednesday, 31 January:Greenpeace activists have boarded the support vessel of the world’s largest seismic blasting ship this morning,and locked themselves…
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Open Mike 01/02/2018
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