There is a method to Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariff madness. The chaos and confusion is deliberate; the aim is nothing less than the controlled disintegration of the world economy, writes Elliot Crossan. The eyes of the world are on Donald Trump once again. The world’s…
Faced with an inability to fund the the US government debt, Donald Trump halted his insane rush to toward a global depression. However the political system in the US that produced this global economic insanity is still there and is still nonfunctional. It is past…
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Big Hairy News' Pat Brittenden and Chewie will be talking to Tamatha Paul tonight. From their YT: We'll have Tamatha Paul on LIVE to talk about all the free publicity that the Sensible Sentencing Trust have giver her and the message of defunding the police.…
An excerpt of the headlines this morning from the Mountain Tui Substack. 1. Colonoscopy wait times increase, procedures drop under National Wait times for urgent, non-urgent and surveillance colonoscopies all progressively worsened last year. Health NZ data shows the total number of publicly-funded colonoscopies dropped…
The coalition has released the 2025 Defence Capability Plan. The headline is a $12 billion spend on the military over the next four years, and $9 billion of that is new money. We will then live up to Donald Trump's desire that the planet arms…
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The appearance of billboards targeting Green Party MP Tamatha Paul raises concerns about electoral integrity and public trust. These billboards, designed and put up by the Sensible Sentencing Trust, mimic the campaign materials used by Tamatha Paul during her successful bid for Wellington Central in…
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Excerpt from Substack article Summary: Trump’s tariffs are reckless, disastrous and hurt the poorest countries deeply. It will stoke inflation, and may cause another recession. Funds/investments around the world have tanked. Trump’s actions emulate the anti-economic logic of another right wing libertarian politician - Liz…
Remember when the previous National leader had a MAGA cap in the background?Didn't age well did it? All the fools in global hard right political leadership will now be reminded of what they signed their supporters up for: Global economic chaos. Mass unemployment. Irrational threats…
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Let’s be honest: New Zealand doesn’t really do trade policy like it matters. We treat it like a technical issue; something for bureaucrats and exporters to handle while the rest of us focus on schools, housing, or tax. Even during elections, trade barely makes it into…
The Justice Select Committee has returned Act's odious Treaty Principles Bill to Parliament. In its report it has referred to the submissions and broken these down into those who support the bill and those who oppose. I had always feared that the Act Party, Hobson's…
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I occasionally turn up to Fabian meetings, when I remember to tag them in the diary and they are up the road. They are often useful for understanding how other people view topics that I am either familiar with or sometimes have little information on.…
Phil Goff was interviewed on Morning Report this morning about the comments that led to his sacking as High Commissioner in the UK. He took a clear and strong stance on standing up and telling the truth in the face of the lies and chaos…
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While 10% is at the lower end of this unjustified tax, it is very serious for our whole NZ economy. The US is our 2nd largest trading partner taking NZ $9billion of trade. Australia is getting the same 10%. But China its over 30%. That's…
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