Daily review 17/06/2022
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Human rights, culture wars and the right
Christopher Luxton has proposed that social media posts showing gang members wearing bling should be censored. And in the United Kingdom Boris Johnson has railed against a ECHR decision which has upset his efforts to illegally extradite refugee status applicants to Rwanda. These are different examples of something the right is finessing, culture wars against minorities in breach of their rights for political advantage.
Open mike 17/06/2022
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Daily review 16/06/2022
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Open mike 16/06/2022
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Daily review 15/06/2022
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Selling Henderson Film Studios is Actually Good
In 2003 Mayor Bob Harvey drove the formation of Film Auckland and the construction of the Henderson Valley Studios. Now they are being sold. But this is a good thing.
Open mike 15/06/2022
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Daily review 14/06/2022
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Rage and the Woke
The past couple of years has seen a significant increase in far right activity and rapidly increasing racism.
The Cabinet reshuffle
There was some drama yesterday in the Beehive where Kris Faafoi and Trevor Mallard announced that they will be resigning from Parliament and Jacinda Ardern took the opportunity to reshuffle the Cabinet.
Open mike 14/06/2022
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Daily review 13/06/2022
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BusinessNZ has been telling porkies about fair pay agreements
BusinessNZ’s attempt to put New Zealand on the ILO naughty list because of fair pay agreements has failed.
Open mike 13/06/2022
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Gang Control Policy Is Back Big Time
We are about to have a proper gang control policy contest. It’s about time.
National’s anti gang policies and the Bill of Rights
This weekend National threw out a few hunks of red meat to some of its more rabid supporters by going to its old favourite of gang bashing.
An appeal to Putin’s Apologists
Guest with a life of anti-fascist and anti-war activism in their rear-view mirror, alarmingly finds at fifty that they are staring at the green shoots of fascism in their headlights.This is not where any progressive expected to be. But for the left, there is also no discounting fascist action by offering up the reasoning of the aggressor.
Ukraine as a Multi-Year war
The Russian war of aggression against the Ukraine is now three months old. Prepare for a very long grind.
Open mike 12/06/2022
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Open mike 11/06/2022
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Daily review 10/06/2022
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The prospects of a snap election
Various media and the National Party are speculating that there may be an early election. What are the chances of one being called?
Truthiness or Ignorance*
The world is too complex and hostile, so why bother trying to learn and understand.
He Waka Eke Noa?
The He Waka Eke Noa report recommends the introduction of farm-level split-gas levy on agricultural emissions. The anticipated savings are very small and reliant on Government proposals for the sector to reaching the Government target of 10% methane reduction. Are we really all in this together?
Open mike 10/06/2022
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Daily review 09/06/2022
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Open mike 09/06/2022
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Daily review 08/06/2022
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National needs better lawyers
Christopher Luxon this morning called for the police getting warrantless search powers for arms. But the law already allows for warrantless searches where Arms Act violations are suspected.
Open mike 08/06/2022
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Daily review 07/06/2022
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parts per million
Prince Louis and the perfect tweet.
Is Boris gone?
Reports from the UK suggest that Boris Johnson’s reign as Prime Minister may be over because it appears sufficient conservative MPs have a sufficient sense of morality to be outraged about Boris’s Covid lockdown busting ways.
Update: he survived but over 40% of Conservative MPs voted to remove him.
Open mike 07/06/2022
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Open mike 06/06/2022
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