Should white supremacists be preferred over ISIS?
According to media sources in the United States Twitter won’t autoban white supremacists because too many GOP Politicians would be banned.
Open mike 27/04/2019
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Daily review 26/04/2019
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Splitters!
David Moffett, a Former board member of the New Conservative Party has announced the launch of a new new conservative party.
Regulating social media
Is it possible that the zeitgeist for global social media regulation is peaking at the right time, and the big tech giants will accede?
Open mike 26/04/2019
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Open mike 25/04/2019
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Daily review 24/04/2019
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Letter From the United Kingdom
Jeremy Corbyn’s class performance has been driving the MSM, the Tories, and the Blairite remnants crazy
Sri Lanka
A junior Sri Lankan Minister has suggested that the recent bombings was an ISIS inspired response to the Christchurch mosque bombings. But others are not so sure that this is right.
Everything Should Be Made As Uncomfortable As Possible, But No Less Comfortable
When providing a voluntary carbon-offset scheme, make it as simple as possible, but not simpler, and tell people about it.
Open mike 24/04/2019
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Open mike 23/04/2019
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Kiwi Cultural Cringe is Alive and Well
New Zealand is too small for high-achievers and star-performers and does not offer enough challenges and rewards.
Open mike 22/04/2019
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Confirmation bias
The internet neatly divides us into separate isolated tribes with polarised views of what are the issues and what is reality. How do we engage in a civilised discussion to educate each other and reach a consensus of what we should be doing?
Open mike 21/04/2019
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How To Get There 21/4/19
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 20/04/2019
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Don’t Rock The Titanic!
The pace of politics of transformation is glacial but it is unstoppable.
The Mueller report
Robert Mueller’s report has now been released and questions are being asked at the benign spin that the White House has been allowed to engage in to describe it before its release.
Open mike 19/04/2019
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Daily review 18/04/2019
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Easter Miracle: JC Rises Again!
TVNZ have just announced a surprise return for NZ’s favourite sermoniser.
About the CGT decision
With the benefit of hindsight the decision not to proceed with a capital gains tax was almost inevitable.
Open mike 18/04/2019
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Daily review 17/04/2019
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CGT Dumped
The Government has announced that there will be no Capital Gains Tax. It’s a shame, but it’s good politics.
Should he stay or should he go?
Tova O’Brien has reported that different National MPs are speaking out against Simon Bridges and that a coup against him may be in the offering.
Open mike 17/04/2019
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Daily review 16/04/2019
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Caption contest
Keep it seemly.
Trump’s border problem
Donald Trump has considered taking some extraordinary steps to quell a surge in migration through the southern boarder of the United States.
Open mike 16/04/2019
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1 NEWS Colmar Brunton Poll April 2019
The latest 1 News Colmar Brunton Poll is out and it says that a Labour/Greens Government is what NZ wants. Oh, and we quite like Jacinda Ardern.
Daily review 15/04/2019
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