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Daily review 15/03/2019
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Christchurch Mosque Shooting
There are multiple reports of a shooting at the Dean's Avenue mosque, near Hagley Park in Christchurch. It's said that there are bodies at the front entrance. The Bangladesh Cricket team appear to have been at the mosque, which is near the Hagley Oval, though…
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Ardern backs students striking for climate change
As is usual this morning I woke up listening to Radio New Zealand's Morning Report. Two of the stories highlighted to me the problem humankind is having grappling with climate change. The first mooted New Zealand having a space hub for private rockets engaged in…
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Open mike 15/03/2019
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Daily review 14/03/2019
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James Shaw Assaulted
Media reports are coming through that Greens co-leader James Shaw has been hospitalised following an unprovoked attack near Parliament. A 47 year old man has been arrested. From the Herald: The Greens have requested has requested (sic) compassionate leave from the House today from the…
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Brexit: the No Deal Vote
Following the thumping rejection of PM Theresa May's Brexit deal, MP's will now have a vote on whether to leave Europe on March 29 with No Deal. If this vote passes, Brexit goes ahead in a couple of weeks and Jacob Rees Mogg, Boris Johnson…
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Open mike 14/03/2019
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Daily review 13/03/2019
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More political interference on Huawei
Here's another one for the select committee reviewing foreign interference. Visitor from Britain Charlie Parton of the Royal United Services Institute was on Morning Report this morning telling us to avoid Huawei because they are Chinese and different from us. At least he does us…
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Cardinal Pell
Cardinal Pell has been given six years in jail for his crimes against children. Big ups to all the authorities including the Police who helped put him there. He'll be in solitary for a while given the risk to his life inside. Becoming a concrete-surrounded…
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Human Rights decision is quite pointed
A decision released yesterday by the Human Rights Review Tribunal that went against Cameron Slater is very clear. The gratuitous publication of personal details simply isn't newsworthy in any news medium. There has to actually be something newsworthy to get the cover of the temporary…
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Simon Bridges is distancing himself from Simon Bridges
What a day yesterday was. The announcement that the Serious Fraud Office is investigating National's donation scandal dropped like a bomb in Parliament. After all it is not every day that the SFO announces that it is investigating a major political party. In fact…
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Brexit Vote Live
The British Parliament has been voting on Theresa May's final, final Brexit deal. Labour voted against, as did the Tory's coalition partner, the DUP. The ERG group of Tory Hard Brexiteers also turned their backs on their own party. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KilLxiMO50A The result is in: Theresa…
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Open mike 13/03/2019
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Daily review 12/03/2019
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Pretty Legal: SFO to Investigate Nat Donation
NZ Police have released a statement confirming that the Serious Fraud Office is investigating donations received by the National Party. This appears to be the $100k donation MP Jami-Lee Ross claimed was split into smaller amounts to avoid detection. Ross put in a formal complaint…
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Open mike 12/03/2019
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Magicked-Up Weapons
I'm glad Anne-Marie Brady will get the chance to present her "Magic Weapons" paper to the select committee examining the last election. At long last it might get given some proper critical examination, of its content as well as it provenance. It reads like a…
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Daily review 11/03/2019
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The School climate strikes
This message was received via Greenpeace by email: We are your children. Your grandchildren. Your future leaders. We have an urgent message and we need your help.Will you stand with us on 15 March as we strike for a safe climate future?Last year, a 15-year-old…
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Landlord advocates threatening rent increases if Labour wins next election
Of all of the grossest things I have read lately this one is right up there. A landlord is advocating that all landlords tell their tenants that if they vote for Labour their rents will go up. From Dan Satherley at Newshub: A Hamilton-based landlord took…
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Open mike 11/03/2019
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No More Investing In Oil Exploration
Norway's government has announced it is selling out of oil exploration. It will continue to invest in energy companies that have refineries and are engaged in distribution and retail sales of oil and gas products - with significant stakes in Shell, BP, Total and ExxonMobil,…
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Open mike 10/03/2019
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How To Get There 10/3/19
This post is a place for positive discussion of the future. An Open Mike for ideas, solutions and the discussion of the possible. The Big Picture, rather than a snapshot of the day’s goings on. Topics rather than topical. We’d like to think it’s…
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Simon Bridges is rooting for the Greens*
Simon Bridges seems to feel sorry for all those disillusioned voters who voted for the Greens and Labour expecting to get a greener government, i.e. greener than the previous government, the one before, and the one before that one. I too feel their pain. Those…
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Chelsea Manning Jailed
Former intelligence agent Chelsea Manning has been jailed for refusing to testify before a Grand Jury investigating WikiLeaks. US district judge Claude Hilton held Manning in contempt of court and ordered her jailed after Manning confirmed she will not testify because she objects to…
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Open mike 09/03/2019
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Daily review 08/03/2019
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