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Daily review 31/01/2022
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Women’s human rights and the vulnerability of pregnant women
There's a lot being said by and about Charlotte Bellis, the pregnant woman stuck in Afghanistan and trying to get back to New Zealand. What I want to talk about here is not Bellis so much as the vulnerability of pregnant women and women's human…
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Light Rail: The State Is Back
The light rail route and mode decision this week shows something new. It's in the nature of the state itself. New Zealand’s heroic health professionals have been consistently delivering world-beating pandemic responses despite three decades of foolish restructuring, low workforce training, and corrosive funding. The…
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Open mike 31/01/2022
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Go well Jacinda
Worrying news emerged this morning with a report that Jacinda Ardern is a close contact of an Omicron case on an Air New Zealand flight. The Governor General Dame Cindy Kiro was also on the flight which was from Kerikeri to Wellington and occurred after…
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Open mike 30/01/2022
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Going cold turkey on Spotify
I have always enjoyed music. During the 1980s and 1990s I would religiously buy one or two CDs a week. Technology slowly changed that. I can recall discovering Napster and the ease in which music could be transported across the globe. Clearly the CD as…
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Open mike 29/01/2022
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Daily review 28/01/2022
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How far has National really fallen?
Because I love accurate comparisons and because the media typically do a shit job of looking at political polls, I decided that a look backwards to a comparable poll in the last parliament. So One News - Colmar Poll from the start of the mid-term…
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About the latest Colmar Brunton poll
The latest Colmar Brunton (now Kantar) poll has now been released and some of the commentary and analysis is pretty ordinary. Labour is down 1% from December to 40%. National is up 4% to 32%, it is amazing what not looking like a shambolic shit…
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Open mike 28/01/2022
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Daily review 27/01/2022
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Labour has overseen massive inequality increase – Bernard Hickey
The Government’s Covid 19 response, mainly via Reserve Bank measures, has enabled a mind-boggling increase in inequality, according to influential financial commentator Bernard Hickey in his blog, The Kākā. Unquestionably, the government’s Covid response has saved multiple lives, but its refusal to simultaneously address inequality…
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The importance of proper mask wearing
The comments session of this site has seen a vigorous debate about issues concerning Covid. Some, including some authors, question the severity of the threat posed by Covid and believe that corporate interests are being advanced at the cost of what is good for society. …
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Open mike 27/01/2022
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Daily review 26/01/2022
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The Price Isn’t Yet Right To Invade Ukraine
The entity making the most money out of threatening the Ukraine is the Russian Federation government itself. Follow the money. The Russian Federation owns Gazprom, Gazprom is the leading supplier of gas to the whole of Europe. Europe has had the Russian threat to the…
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Open mike 26/01/2022
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Daily review 25/01/2022
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Weird stuff Jacinda Ardern has been accused of
I have been astounded and bemused by the sorts of allegations being made by social media against Jacinda Ardern. A quick trawl through different sites this morning found the following: Ardern is on electronically monitored bail and having an ankle bracelet. Apparently all of Parliament…
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Open mike 25/01/2022
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Daily review 24/01/2022
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In Tax we trust
Millionaires and billionaires worldwide are calling for governments to tax them more. From their website: To our fellow millionaires and billionaires, If you’re participating in the World Economic Forum’s ‘online Davos’ this January , you’re going to be joining an exclusive group of people looking for…
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Open mike 24/01/2022
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Prisoners of the Narrative #1
Robert Ayson's advocacy of a sanctions regime for New Zealand in case of a Russian invasion of Ukraine is a bad idea based on poor intelligence.The "Russian invasion" narrative was always a beat-up, and there is no support from major players in Europe for sanctions…
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The problem with middle of the road politicians
In the US of A Joe Biden is struggling. He has, for a US President, the best of intentions, and a plan that is in American terms very brave, and Democrat majorities in the House of Representatives and a tied Senate with a Vice Presidential…
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Going Red
New Zealand is going to Red traffic light system at 11.59pm tonight. Livestream of the Ardern and Bloomfield announcement, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYmVkn23FPU&ab_channel=UniteagainstCOVID-19 Nine cases of omicron in the Nelson/Marlborough region, connected to a large group gathering in Auckland and flights out of Auckland. The cases are…
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Open mike 23/01/2022
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UK Covid deaths with no underlying factor.
Keeping it short. Here are the links to the Official Information Request responses from the the UK's Office of National Statistics. Please can you advise on deaths purely from covid with no other underlying causes. From the above link. Please see below for death registrations…