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Open Mike 06/01/19
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National just wants to have some friends
In the MMP environment friends are all important. John Key knew this. That is why he put so much effort into supporting ACT and the Maori Party. ACT gave and gives the right an extra seat in Parliament. It is now that unpopular it seriously…
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The wonder of e-bikes and e-scooters
Since I got back from scooter laden Singapore in mid-November, I've been looking at the Lime scooter experiment in Auckland. I have to say that it has been interesting seeing their use go deeply into the culture of the central Auckland area that I inhabit.…
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How To Get There 6/1/19
This post is a place for positive discussion of the future. This post is prompted by TS regular Robert Guyton who suggested we have a dedicated thread where “the way forward can be discussed, within parameters such as doable suggestions, successful examples, contributions from readers…
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Dance MF Dance!
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has responded brilliantly to a clueless right wing troll's attempt to belittle her by posting a video of her dancing with mates when she was a student. The socialist politician has posted a short video in the hall outside her office, showing…
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Farrar criticises Genter for not solving National’s transport safety mess quickly enough
Yesterday David Farrar blogged about how Greens minister Julie Anne Genter said that she could do nothing about the road toll for many decades. The article accused her of being impotent as a Minister but it mysteriously misquoted her by leaving out the word "substantial".…
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Open Mike 05/01/19
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Political punditry in 2019
Stuff has, with a few other media outlets, come out with a new set of political predictions for the forthcoming year. It has also given itself a mark of 90 out of 200 for last year's predictions. This is apparently its worst mark yet. Maybe…
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Open Mike 04/01/2019
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Test embeds in comments.
As some of you may have noticed, I've started testing some embeds in comments in OpenMike today. This is a test to see what is possible in posts that can worthwhile be carried over to the comments. Previously the only thing that has been allowed…
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Open Mike 03/01/2019
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Movie Review – the Favourite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYb-wkehT1g If you've ever holidayed with lots of relatives and an elderly mother, you'll really enjoy The Favourite. In such a house, bitterness and joy are mixed every day with half-baked plans, offhand remarks, half-resolved feuds, subtexts about who's helping, poorly repressed judgements, and the…
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What can we do about climate change – air travel emission offset
So it is 2019. We may have a decade left to get on top of the climate change crisis our world is facing. Imagine the year is 2050. The polar ice caps are gone. The centre of the earth is pretty well uninhabitable. There are…
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Open Mike 02/01/2019
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What do we want in 2019?
So, thanks to the fact that we have a fixed term for local elections, we have 284 days until the next election. That's right, it's local election time on the 12th of October. I've been reading some interesting ideas on reporting on elections and rather…
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Discussion on political leader PR.
lprent: I have grabbed a comment from veutoviper which was related to a comment by Pete George where PG said (amongst other things): A stupid comment from you. I’ve commented quote a bit over the years about media treatment of different politicians, but that’s a diversion from…
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The Race To Replace Trump has Started
Elizabeth Warren has entered the race to be the next US President. This morning the Massachusetts Senator released a video announcing the formation of an 'exploratory committee' to canvass on her behalf. It's a bit of an odd watch to Kiwi eyes, a four minute…
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Open Mike 01/01/2019
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