Open mike 11/01/2022
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Daily review 10/01/2022
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It’s Time.
In seven or eight days from now, the dutiful lackeys of the NZ government and the public health dept they direct, are set to come after every child in NZ between the ages of 5 and 12 with injections of m-RNA to hand.
Human rights and MIQ
Well known socialite, fashion blogger and apparent Constitutional expert Jamie Ridge thinks that the country’s MIQ arrangements are completely unconstitutional.
Open mike 10/01/2022
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Open mike 09/01/2022
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Unwanted guests?
When I heard US Secretary of State Blinken’s take-away line from his D.C. press conference on RNZ’s news bulletin today on events in Kazakhstan ‘I think one lesson in recent history is that once Russians are in your house, it’s sometimes very difficult to get them to leave’ I wondered what the Iraqis would think.
Book Review Helen Kelly: her life
The Helen Kelly biography by Rebacca Macfie provides a clear and intense overview of what has happened to New Zealand society over the past 40 years from a time of high union membership and equality to now where unions struggle and inequality is significant.
Open mike 08/01/2022
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Daily review 07/01/2022
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Open mike 07/01/2022
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Daily review 06/01/2022
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Australia’s Omicron problem
With over 61,000 new Covid cases reported yesterday Australia is in the midst of an infection surge that it has not seen before. What lessons can New Zealand learn from Australia’s handling of the pandemic?
Open mike 06/01/2022
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Daily review 05/01/2022
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The Long Covid Post
It’s understandable that public health, governments and the media focused initially on acute covid, but we’re two years in now, it’s well past time to put long covid to the forefront as well.
Open mike 05/01/2022
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Daily review 04/01/2022
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Open mike 04/01/2022
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Daily review 03/01/2022
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Open mike 03/01/2022
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Maintenance time
The Standard server is going down for a few hours later today for maintenance. Some of the drives in the archive array are getting old. The SSDs in The Standard array are showing wear. Needs a good vacuum – for which I mostly blame the cat….
Open mike 02/01/2022
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New Year. Good News.
This one goes out to all those good people running round like their hair’s on fire.
Hope Punk 2022
Here’s a kind of map to a future where things work out.
A few random predictions for 2022
A few random predictions for 2022.
Open mike 01/01/2022
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Daily review 31/12/2021
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Open mike 31/12/2021
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Daily review 30/12/2021
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Let’s punch for peace
Today’s Herald editorial says New Zealand ‘wisely’ doesn’t punch above its weight in military activities. That’s not true – I remember sailing around the nuclear-powered USS Truxtun as it entered harbour in a Wellington gale. It was just one of many flotillas campaigning against nuclear weapons and nuclear war that resulted in a knockout – New Zealand’s suspension from the ANZUS alliance on a point of principle.
New Zealand 2 Covid 0 so far …
But Omicron may be loose.
Open mike 30/12/2021
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Daily review 29/12/2021
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On the death of Joan Didion
We need to remember Joan Didion, who died December 23rd, as perhaps the best defensive pessimist we’ve ever had. She nailed the feet […]
Open mike 29/12/2021
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