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Open mike 21/05/2024
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British politics – hurry up and wait for a general election
Originally posted on Nick Kelly's blog The recent Local Government and Police and Crime Commissioners elections were a disaster for the Conservative Party as predicted by many. While I was not quite brave enough to predict the result of the London Mayoral race in my…
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AUKUS. We “share values” with people committing genocide??
Reposted From Eugene Doyle Solidarity A Public Policy and Advocacy Space Western leaders like to talk about values, shared values, common values. They talk about this a lot. America itself is obsessed with two things: conflict resolution through violence and moral preening. Nowhere is this…
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Daily review 20/05/2024
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A Deliberate Recession
It is sickening to see how economic power is being used against ordinary New Zealanders right now. After the deliberate planning and execution of a recession by the Reserve Bank in the last year of the Labour government and this year, and the deepening of…
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Open mike 20/05/2024
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Fonterra’s Brand Sale Continues to Drag New Zealand Down
Fonterra is a complete construct of the New Zealand state, but it is pulling our entire country down. Fonterra dominates our dairy industry, which accounts for around 3.1% of our entire GDP. It is owned by approximately 10,000 New Zealand farmers, has 20,000 employees, and…
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Open mike 19/05/2024
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Bonnie Jenkins: US ignores China proposal for no-first-use of nukes
Questioned by Maryland Senator Van Hollen regarding US response to China's February 2024 offer of no-first-use, Assistant Secretary Bonnie Jenkins In testimony to the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee said the US would have to think about it, but at this point had no intention…
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Are we drifting away or falling apart?
These days, and depending on your predisposition, saying that we live in interesting times could be either realistic or pessimistic. The doom-gloomers appear to be in the majority and some even see the beautiful display of the Southern lights in the sky as a threat…
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Open mike 18/05/2024
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Daily review 17/05/2024
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Open mike 17/05/2024
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Daily review 16/05/2024
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While the gender/sex culture war rages…
A 4 minute video where a young lesbian woman talks about what puberty blockers and testosterone did to her body and sexuality as a teen. Essential viewing for anyone with an opinion about sex, gender and the transitioning of children and young people. It is…
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Charter schools are back
Just over a week ago the Government announced cuts to the school lunch programme. No longer would there be any "woke" food like hummus or sushi or hot nutricious meals. The only appropriate use of the word "woke" in these circumstances is that it would…
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Open mike 16/05/2024
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Daily review 15/05/2024
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Celebrating the ending of a policy that no longer exists
Winston Peters has served his anti vaccination supporters well. And it is perhaps fitting that NZ First included in its coalition agreement with National the ending of a policy that no longer exists and was ended in September 2022. To a group that is convinced…
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Court of Appeal rules against Chhour
In the ongoing saga of the Government's attempts to repeal section 7AA of the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989 there have been a few recent developments. The Court of Appeal has ruled that the Waitangi Tribunal's summons to Minister Karen Chhour was valid but declined to…
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Open mike 15/05/2024
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Daily review 14/05/2024
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Open mike 14/05/2024
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Daily review 13/05/2024
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Open mike 13/05/2024
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The Waitangi Tribunal v Karen Chhour
The Waitangi Tribunal has released an interim decision relating to the Government's intention to repeal section 7AA of the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989. This was a provision introduced by the last National Government designed to ensure that Oranga Tamariki had a proper partnership with Iwi…
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Open mike 12/05/2024
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Open mike 11/05/2024
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Daily review 10/05/2024
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Power cuts or Powerdown?
From RNZ's live coverage, The country has woken to a bitterly cold morning with temperatures dropping as low as -6C in some areas overnight amid threats of power cuts. Transpower's executive general manager, Chantelle Bramley, told Morning Report there had been an amazing response from…