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The Guns of November 2018
On 11 November 1918 the guns fell silent across Europe's slaughter. In "The Guns of August," Barbara Tuchman described how that dreadful war started by accident. Daniel Ellsberg warns us now that accidents could happen again, this time in the nuclear age. Ellsberg says first…
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All that is wrong with America’s democracy
If this was a third world nation the UN would have sent in election observers. Such is the state of American politics and the politicisation of its electoral system as shown by the recent midterm elections. There are many examples, Texan voting machings flipping votes…
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Open Mike 10/11/2018
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Disestablish the establishment.
Some good stuff came out of those midterm elections in the US. There was positive electoral reform across a number of states and the re-enfranchisement for ex prisoners in Florida. Some states made moves on the minimum wage front. Some good people got voted into…
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Daily Review 09/11/2018
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Latest poll results – National in freefall
More bad news for National. Their support is in free fall according to the latest UMR poll, the details of which have been leaked to Duncan Garner at the AM show. From Newshub: There's more bad news for National with new polling data showing public…
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Open Mike 09/11/2018
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Rude ‘n Terrible?
I might be in a minority who don't put much store by alleged "attacks" on the media by Trump. Being dismissive of the media is not an attack on press freedoms. Spouting about "fake news" and what not is not an attack on press freedoms either.…
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ILG, a Rock, and a Hard Place
Immigration Minister Iain Lees Galloway is in a bind. As long as Karel Sroubek remains in NZ, the Minister cannot reveal the full story of why his department's advisers recommended the convicted drug smuggler be allowed to stay. National's Michael Woodhouse, a former Immigration Minister,…
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Daily Review 08/11/2018
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Jeff Sessions resigns as Attorney General
In breaking news Attorney General Jeff Sessions has resigned as Attorney General at the request of Trump. For a long time he has refused to act against Robert Mueller even though Trump wants him to. The Atlantic provided this background: “DISGRACEFUL.” “Weak.” “Beleaguered.” President Donald…
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ScoMo’s flying bus tour
In an effort to revive sagging support levels Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison is on a bus tour of Australia. Except he is not. The tour involves him flying from town to town, the bus picking him up, being driven somewhere, then getting off…
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Open Mike 08/11/2018
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Proxy Music
Another day, another crisis for Simon Bridges. In a direct challenge to the current National Party leader, Jami-Lee Ross has assigned his proxy vote to NZ First. There are conditions attached to the way it can be used, but in essence, Ross is daring Bridges…
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Daily Review 07/11/2018
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Why this mid term result?
The voters have spoken. United States mid-term elections are a tried and true referendum on the performance of the President. A part, just a part of that results, is due to the economy in the United States. Not just #MeToo and everything he does against…
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Too many jobs being created
As predicted by the ANZ Bank’s dire business confidence surveys, today’s unemployment data revealed that unemployment has fallen to a disastrous level of 3.9 percent, its lowest rate since the global financial crisis a decade ago. This bleak news follows the catastrophic GDP data showing…
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Triumph the insult dog meets Beto and Cruz
If you have 10 minutes to waste and enjoy laughing uproariously I can recommend this video. Warning should not be watched while you are drinking coffee and the contents may be sprayed on your screen ... Enjoy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJ8VV6TqeXI
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The United States mid term elections
Trends and results will come through today and tomorrow about the mid-term elections in this second largest democracy in the world. It's a system designed not to change too much too fast; lots of devolved power to its constituent states, which are steered by governors.…
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Open Mike 07/11/2018
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Daily Review 06/11/2018
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Simon’s sure fire way to deal with difficult questions
This is so cunning you could be tempted to pin a tail on it and call it a weasel. And I acknowledge Ad's lament that this is like bayonetting the wounded but this particular gem cannot be ignored. Simon Bridges has worked out the perfect…
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Easy Climate Action
Unlike the civil disobedience of Extinction Rebel that Micky posted on last week, EndClimateSilence (as reported by The Canary) is more about forcing a change in the narrative around global warming from the comfort of wherever you happen to be. It's an initiative coming out from…
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Simon Bridges wants a new senior social media advisor
Job Description Full-time, events based position. This means that your career, such as it was, could be over as soon as National hits 35% in the opinion polls or Judith gets the support of 5 caucus members, whichever occurs first. The National Party Leader's Office…
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Open Mike 06/11/2018
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Daily Review 05/11/2018
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A Democratic Cakewalk.
The US mid term elections are about to take place. All of the seats in the House of Representatives are up for grabs and 1/3rd of the seats in the Senate (mostly Democrat ones) are also being put to the vote. Cenk Uygur has offered…
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The Jami-Lee tapes
Labour had its annual conference on the weekend. The mood was upbeat and Jacinda delivered a tub thumping speech. Delegates were very happy. New policy was announced and was warmly received by the population at large. The golden rule of Jacinda became a little more…
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Open Mike 05/11/2018
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