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Daily review 28/02/2025
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Its the end of the Media as we know it …
Two recent media related stories made me wonder if there was now formal acknowledgement that the concept that media should fearlessly and impartially report the news is now dead. In America rich man with far too much money Jeff Bezos has announced that the Washington…
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Some more thoughts about National’s vigilante justice policy
A couple of thoughts crossed my mind as I reviewed National's latest law and order announcement. First up I don't know how many people will actually exercise their right to vigilante justice. I have practiced law now for 40 years and spent lots and lots…
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Open mike 28/02/2025
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Daily review 27/02/2025
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The Greens plan for a Green Budget
The Green Party gave their annual State of the Planet speech yesterday. The video replay is on RNZ or Facebook. Text of the speech is on the GP website. Speaking are the co-leaders, first Chloe Swarbrick and then Marama Davidson. It feels like a more…
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Open mike 27/02/2025
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Daily review 26/02/2025
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USA – unreliable, undemocratic, and its citizens are not free compared to me
Read an amusing quora reply that rather crystallised my thinking on the US compared to here. It started as a click-bait clearly written by the usual American fool blinded by propaganda glare from their border mirrors. Isn't it hilarious how Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom,…
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Vigilante justice is apparently our birth right
Amongst the most dangerous, extreme and downright stupid policies the Government has come up with is the decision to be announced today to allow citizen's arrests of shoplifters. From Adam Pearse at the Herald: Retailers and members of the public will soon have more ability…
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Open mike 26/02/2025
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Daily review 25/02/2025
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Radio NZ’s bizarre handling of the Bayly fiasco
This morning's Radio New Zealand was somewhat perplexing. Early on Nicola Willis claimed that National was doing the right thing by showing humanity by allowing Andrew Bayly time to tell his family before releasing the news publicly. "I think there's just a little bit of…
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Open mike 25/02/2025
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Daily review 24/02/2025
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Repaired RSS feed highlights minister’s failing portfolios
Last week, I pointed out that this government, specifically Internal Affairs under Act Minister Brooke van Velden, had managed to lose RSS communications from the Beehive to the world. See "Let me nitpick on the government RSS feeds". It'd been offline for about three weeks…
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Come Rich Foreigners – New Zealand Is For Sale
Over the weekend, David Seymour announced the government’s plans to “overhaul” the Overseas Investment Act. The Act looks after overseas investments in sensitive assets in New Zealand. Its main purpose is balancing foreign money in our sensitive assets/lands/fisheries/forestries with the risks associated with that. This…
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New school lunches waste appears to exceed 70% as David Seymour’s incompetence and PR reliance rises to the fore
Note: MickeySavage has a great, related post - Seymour is wrecking the school lunch program Last month, David Seymour’s press release on school lunches said: “The [school lunch] programme was reformed to deliver the same outcomes while costing taxpayers less. This was achieved by embracing…
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Bayly goneburger
In breaking news Andrew Bayly has resigned as a minister. From the Herald: Andrew Bayly will stand down as a government minister after an “animated discussion” with a staffer, during which he “placed a hand on their upper arm, which was inappropriate”. “Concerns have been…
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Seymour is wrecking the school lunch program
The news concerning David Seymour's reorganisation of school lunches gets worse and worse. Seymour has shown clearly that not only is he completely lacking in understanding but he is proverbially full of it. Back in 2021 he complained about how many school lunches were being…
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Open mike 24/02/2025
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When will Luxon be rolled?
Spare a thought for Christopher Luxon. He thought that through his dominant personality and his huge intellect as shown by his extraordinary grasp of corporate speech he would be a natural as Prime Minister. Sixteen months in and it is clear that his time in…
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Open mike 23/02/2025
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Good as gold
A fascinating expose from Michael Hudson on the causes and implications of the recent rise in the price of gold. When Nixon took the US dollar off the standard in 1971 you could get an ounce for $35. Not now; Hudson explains why. There are…
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Open mike 22/02/2025
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Daily review 21/02/2025
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Open mike 21/02/2025
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Daily review 20/02/2025
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A Commercial Peace Agreement?
Trump’s opening bid for peace towards Ukraine was that the United States would gain access to Ukraine’s rare earth minerals. According to reports, United States officials in discussions with their Ukraine counterparts in Munich were commercially minded and largely concentrated on the specifics of exploring…
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Open mike 20/02/2025
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