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Open mike 19/01/2021
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Regulate big tech now
If we had seen our Prime Minister fall from power because three companies decided that their dominance in society should be used to bring her down, we would be outraged. Yet that pretty much just happened in the United States. The deplatforming of President Trump…
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Open mike 18/01/2021
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Freedom of speech – the knife-edge.
I have a problem with dumb arse dimwits given to waving around a slogan of "free speech" without understanding it. They are complete ignorant fools more interested in screaming slogans than understanding the constraints of their 'right'. The events of the last 4 years in…
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Open mike 17/01/2021
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Open mike 16/01/2021
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“You can’t vote that problem away”
An hour long Instagram video from Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez yesterday in the wake of the insurrection attack on the Capitol in the United States. AOC was on the inside during the attack and along with others feared for her life, generally and in specific…
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Open mike 15/01/2021
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BluffGeld
No Right Turn has an apt way of putting things some times. The way that the smelter operates is the exact equivalent of some thuggish barbarians with big swords extracting tribute for not burning, raping and pillaging. In other words Danegeld or any other form…
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The twitter purge
Following on from the attempted coup in America Twitter not only cut Trump's twitter feed but also cut POTUS's feed when Trump tried to use that account. Then it went on a big cull. closing down 70,000 accounts world wide associated with Qanon. There were…
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No Right Turn: One way of fixing the housing crisis
No Right Turn wrote this week: One way of fixing it Yesterday we had the unseemly sight of a landleech threatening to keep his houses empty in response to better tenancy laws. Meanwhile in Catalonia they have a solution for that: nationalisation: Barcelona is deploying…
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Open mike 14/01/2021
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Open mike 13/01/2021
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The Parler purge
Poor Parler and its users. Where will the right congregate online now and talk about white supremacy and how patriotic it is to engage in armed insurrection? It was already having a bad week with Google and Apple pulling its app and then Amazon deciding…
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Open mike 12/01/2021
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Covid-19 lessons from a plagued flight
In September there was a 18 hour flight Dubai that ended in Auckland. A relatively close group on that plane showed infection after arrival, and a genetically similar version. The evidence of in-flight infection is very strong and points to the on-going issues with shipping…
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The Republican ostrich effect
Reading the effect of the Wednesday riot at the US Congress has been interesting. The Trump position has as usual been as infantile and self-adsorbed as all of his disaster of a presidency has been. Trump remained out of sight Saturday, and unnaturally silent. Twitter…
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Open mike 11/01/2021
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Open mike 10/01/2021
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Open mike 09/01/2021
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The ugly finale of the Trump Presidency
Originally published on Nick Kelly's Blog Wednesday 6 January 2021 The US Capitol building in Washington DC was the site of armed insurrection, incited by the outgoing President Donald Trump. The last time this building was breached was in 1814 when British soldiers set fire…
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Anatomy of a failed coup
America’s descent into chaos was almost completed yesterday. An amazingly inept display by local police saw a takeover of Congress and a temporary disruption of the confirmation of the clearly expressed view of the majority of Americans. Thankfully the opposition was a rabble and completely…
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Open mike 08/01/2021
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US democracy is under threat
Short post to update on developments in Washington. Short take, the US authorities appeared to be appallingly under prepared and allowed a group of Trump supporters to take over Congress after Mike Pence respected the constitution and indicated he would fulfill his role in accepting…
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Open mike 07/01/2021
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Trump’s next 48 hours
The next 48 hours could be the most significant for America at least for the next decade or so. First up is the Georgian election. Voting is underway now and polls will close at 1 pm New Zealand time. Early results can be accessed from…
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The UK is now the world’s Covid cot case
This is a pretty intense competition. Which first world country dominated by science denying narcissistic personality disordered leadership is making the biggest botch up of Covid? For a long time the good old US of A that held this position. But no more. It seems…
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Open mike 06/01/2021
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Open mike 05/01/2021
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No extradition for Assange
Great news. While unexpected, Nicky Hager who was an expert witness for Assange at the trial, thought this might be a possibility when he spoke to the Fabian Society in November. More details tomorrow. Justice Baraitser has refused extradition on the grounds that possible confinement…
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