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It heartens me no end that New Zealand still possesses journalists who know their craft. George Block’s Otago Daily Times piece on Te Whare Pounamu is an excellent case in point. I want to tease out a nuance of the piece. No-one has suggested the…
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Why do they win? Why is it that the far-right populists have done so much better than the left out of the rolling GFC and government spending austerity-induced rolling crises across European and U.S. society? The French Rassamblement National (formerly Front National), the Dutch FreedomParty,…
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The Civilian, operated by the person with a name that sounds just like a Morris Minor flat head 850cc shuudddering to a halt has penned an ode in accordance to its basic principles. I'd better explain those before people take its ode as being as…
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I was joyful to see that the San Francisco board of supervisors has declared what I have long thought; that the National Rifle Association in America has for many years been acting as a terrorist organisation. It follows a shooting attack against the Gilroy Garlic…
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As Brexit fades our British parent country into a globally forgettable social embarrassment, we should remind ourselves that the only international politics of any impact on us is within Asia. There, as elsewhere, structured relationships are starting to crumble and impact upon us. This is…
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This week in the Auckland High Court the Free Speech Coalition has been seeking a review of Auckland Council's decision to not allow a couple of click for profit shock jock fascists use of a Council facility. Matthew Thunissen at Radio New Zealand has the…
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Are congratulations in order Ang! Are you perhaps patting yourself on the back for some part you played in RNZ dropping a major story on serious issues at Te Whare Pounamu quicker than a hot potato and then seemingly propelling it to obscurity faster than…
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It surprises me that mainstream media have not yet picked up on the concerning parallels between reported events that occurred at Te Whare Pounamu Dunedin Women’s Refuge and earlier events occurring at another Women’s Refuge in 2016. Events that ignored the needs of three year…
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The English team have reintroduced the infamous bodyline approach to their cricket. The 20th century euphemism for it was "leg theory," in the 21st century it is better described as "head theory." "It isn't cricket" used to be the Englishman's definer for noble values. Not…
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Updated 2019-09-05 0830 MPs return to Parliament for crucial Brexit vote It's the first day after summer recess, and MPs are preparing to vote on a bill proposed by Labour's Hilary Benn, supported by members from across opposition parties and rebel Conservatives. That…
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It seems pretty likely that the United Kingdom will soon head to the polls. Boris Johnson has set out a very clear message, either Parliament backs him or it is off to the polls. https://twitter.com/BorisJohnson/status/1168577892261011461 From the Guardian: Boris Johnson has issued a final Brexit ultimatum…
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Cross posted from No Right Turn __________________________________________________________________________________________ Environment Canterbury has finally proposed nitrogen limits to stop dairy farmers from poisoning Christchurch's water supply. And naturally, farmers are whining about it: A proposed move by Environment Canterbury (ECan) to protect Christchurch's drinking water by setting tough…
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Anyone still wanting to blame the Greens for supposedly letting farmers off the hook over their GHG emissions needs to read this analysis from Andrea Vance of the politicking around the Zero Carbon Bill: The world is burning and Judith Collins just threw petrol on…
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Workers being harassed and bullied in a multitude of ways; workers resisting and sometimes succumbing to a culture of theft endorsed and promoted by management. Women and children being left twisting in the breeze. That would be a very brief run down of the mere…
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NZTA have determined to not proceed with tolling the Transmission Gully motorway. This is in part because transport flow modeling shows that if priced, too many would simply use the alternative state highway route. So, no cost to any driver. And clearly not enough need…
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