Open mike 30/01/2020
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Daily review 29/01/2020
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SFO files charges in relation to National Party donations
The SFO has confirmed that it has charged four persons with offences relating to the receipt of donations by the National Party.
The Government’s $12 billion infrastructure package
The details of the Government’s $12 billion infrastructure announcement have been released.
Trump’s Middle East peace plan
This news shows how strange International Relations has become. Donald Trump, currently on trial in the Senate for withholding approved funds from the […]
Open mike 29/01/2020
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Daily review 28/01/2020
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19th September: Talk Like a Pirate Day
Plus we get to choose our government again.
How low will Bridges go?
Simon Bridges has wondered out loud if anti semitism stopped the Government from sending a senior representative to a Holocaust memorial in Israel.
Open mike 28/01/2020
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The Fourth Estate struggling in the social media world
Originally posted on Nick Kelly’s blog
Ahead of the 2020 General Election in New Zealand, Labour Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced that her party is committed to run a factual election and has signed up to a social media tool to help prove it. The 2020 NZ election will be an interesting case study of whether in the social media age there can be honest political debate free of misinformation and manipulation of facts.
Steve Mnuchin, not Greta Thunberg, needs to go back to school
US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin has attacked Greta Thunberg for not understanding the economics of climate change. But he has then been roundly criticised by a number of people, including his wife.
Chinese New Year
With China’s New Year arriving, and a terrible flu virus struggling to be contained within it at the same time, it’s time to reflect again on China’s future and impact for New Zealand.
Climate change thought experiment
What if…
Open mike 27/01/2020
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Constructive Criticism and Team Work In Politics
Team play is more important than ever in politics.
How To Get There 26/01/20
Welcome to TS’s Sunday think piece. It’s a blank sheet, a tabula rasa, waiting for your thoughts on the future and How To Get There.
Open mike 26/01/2020
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Open mike 25/01/2020
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Daily review 24/01/2020
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Open mike 24/01/2020
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Daily review 23/01/2020
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Labour is signing up to Facebook transparency tool
Jacinda Ardern has announced that Labour will abide by Facebook Ad Library Report rules which allow voters to see where campaigning money is being spent on Facebook ads. And that it will have its major policies independently costed.
The right is splintering on climate change
The right appears to be splintering on climate change, with former Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull describing Donald Trump as the world’s leading climate change denier. And locally National MP Andrew Bayley has talked the profound effects of climate change on Antarctica’s ecosystems at the same time as Paula Bennett is attacking educational material designed to make children think about climate change.
RIP Terry Jones
Sad overnight news with the death of Terry Jones being announced.
Open mike 23/01/2020
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Daily review 22/01/2020
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Rally Against War on Iran and Iraq – Wellington noon Sat 25 Jan
Join people from across the globe for this international day of action to show our opposition to any new US war on the people of Iran or Iraq. Our message is simple: * No war on Iran * No war on Iraq * Troops out. More information on Facebook here.
Trump impeachment trial – gold for comedians.
The hypocrisy of the defenders of Trump defenders in the US Senate is providing grist for comedians and satirists. Here are a few examples looking at Trump supporters in the US Senate.
Open mike 22/01/2020
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Daily review 21/01/2020
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Power, the Acceleration of Cultural Evolution, and Our Best Hope for Survival
Originally published by Post Carbon Institute, Richard Heinberg writes about humanity’s relationship with power and how this presents both great danger and great opportunity.
The great political heist that wasn’t
National has hinted darkly that the theft of laptops from its headquarters was possibly motivated by political considerations even though it had been told of a similar burglary of a neighbouring office had also occurred recently.
Open mike 21/01/2020
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Daily review 20/01/2020
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Bridges will talk tough to the Philippines but not China
Simon Bridges is visiting the Philippines. And unlike his recent trip to China this time he has decided to talk tough to the local leaders about human rights.