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Daily review 24/04/2025
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Open mike 24/04/2025
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Daily review 23/04/2025
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Did someone mention “class”?
We often have favourite books to which we return. One of mine is Umberto Eco’s “The Name of the Rose.” Sherlock Homes meets the Inquisition in a riot of geo-politics, medieval cuisine, architectural critique and semiotic analysis and reference. Such are the layers of the…
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The Fall of Saigon 1975. Fifty years of repeating what was forgotten.
Part one: On the courage to remember The first demonstration I ever went on was at the age of 12, against the Vietnam War. The first formal history lesson I received was a few months later when I commenced high school. That day the old…
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Open mike 23/04/2025
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Farewell Pope Francis
Let us not be afraid to say it: we want change, real change, structural change. The system has imposed the mentality of profit at any price, with no concern for social exclusion or the destruction of nature." This system is by now intolerable, farm workers find…
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Open mike 22/04/2025
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Daily review 22/04/2025
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Open mike 21/04/2025
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The National MP and the religious sect
Ilam MP Hamish Campbell has been in the news recently. There was a OneNews report suggesting that he was a member of the Two by Two Christian sect. The Sect is being investigated by the FBI and New Zealand Police for historical sex abuse allegations.…
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Open mike 20/04/2025
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50501
Solidarity with the US people who are fighting back. 50 protests, 50 States, 1 movement, another day of action on the 19th of April, US time. Rolling Stone explains, The coming out party for 50501 was a national anti-Trump rally on Feb. 5. The organizing…
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Open mike 19/04/2025
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Daily review 18/04/2025
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Daily review 17/04/2025
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Open mike 17/04/2025
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Spare a thought for poor Nick Mowbray
Spare a thought for poor Nick Mowbray. He is one of the wealthiest people in the country, having made his money by selling toys manufactured in China and sold throughout the world for obviously more than what they are worth. Like too many wealthy people…
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Daily review 16/04/2025
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Open mike 16/04/2025
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Daily review 15/04/2025
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Open mike 15/04/2025
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And now, the end is near …
It looks like the three way marriage made in hell is on the rocks. Richard Harman at Politik has written a must read post (sorry it is behind a paywall) suggesting that Winston Peters has upped his subtle undermining of Christopher Luxon while the NZ…
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Daily review 14/04/2025
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Open mike 14/04/2025
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The Empire strikes back
The past fortnight has seen another series of back flips and reverse somersault from the White House on Tariffs. The story goes basically like this. On April 2, 2025, dubbed Liberation Day by the US Administration, Donald Trump announced a global initial 10% tariff on…
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Open mike 13/04/2025
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Why Write (and Read)?
Wellington-based poet and student Emma Sidnam penned a compelling piece about writing politically. It could be an obvious segue into political blogging, but her piece is so much more. Staying with the political theme, writings like Sidnam’s expose the arrogant dumbassery of the Coalition to…
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Open mike 12/04/2025
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Daily review 11/04/2025
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