Simon Bridges twitter game
Simon Bridges’ twitter account has been tweeting about unusual subjects lately.
Right wing environmental sock puppet party launched
No friends National’s sock puppet party has now been announced.
Open mike 11/02/2019
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Ross taunts Bridges about mental health system
Jami-Lee Ross has implied that Simon Bridges is being hypocritical in criticising a Government review into mental health.
Open Mike 10/02/2019
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How To Get There 10/2/19
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Albert Finney
Actor Albert Finney has died. His break out role as an angry young man railing against stultifying orthodoxy at the start of the sixties may be the greatest debut in film history.
What does the right have against Venezuela?
Simon Bridges has claimed that the Government is going to follow a “Venezuela model” in making much needed reform of the Polytechnic sector. But no one knows what he means.
Open Mike 09/02/2019
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Daily Review 08/02/2019
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The problems with America’s political system
In a series of simple questions shows all that is wrong with the American political system.
Ardern’s state of the nation speech
The text of Jacinda Ardern’s speech delivered this morning.
Trump restarts Nuclear Arms race
Donald Trump has announced that the US will be withdrawing from the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty and Russia has also given notice. Stand by as the nuclear arms race restarts.
Open Mike 08/02/2019
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Daily Review 07/02/2019
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Should teaching about the Treaty of Waitangi be compulsory?
It was sure refreshing to see the current head of the National Party saying on Waitangi Day that teaching of New Zealand history should be compulsory in the New Zealand curriculum.
What should Jacinda Ardern say in her state of the nation speech?
What are the issues Jacinda Ardern should be talking about when she gives her state of the nation speech tomorrow?
Upset by Offset
Life is not simply a zero-sum game in which bad behaviour can be offset with good deeds.
Open Mike 07/02/2019
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Open Mike 06/02/2019
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Happy Waitangi day
Waitangi day should be a day of celebration and a day of reflection.
Daily Review 05/02/2019
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Liam Neeson Under the Cosh
Actor Liam Neeson has made a sensational confession to stalking black men with the intent to kill. No, that’s not the plot to his latest movie, it’s apparently a true story. But what is the wider truth?
UPDATE: Added video of a new Liam Neeson interview regarding the incident.
Mr Brash goes to Waitangi
Don Brash is heading to Waitangi to tell local iwi that treaty settlements will not make them personally rich.
Open Mike 05/02/2019
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Daily Review 04/02/2019
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Herald and Du Plessis-Allan present compelling argument in favour of industry wide bargaining
Heather Du Plessis-Allan has written as compelling an article in favour of the the Government’s proposed industry wide negotiations as you could ever think possible.
Open Mike 04/02/2019
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Trump’s brilliant strategy to dismantle US dollar hegemony
Polymath economist Professor Michael Hudson’s latest article is a geopolitical panoramic masterpiece, sparked by outrage at a series of concurrent events on January 31 which he predicts means that 2019 will be the “year of global fracture.” Definitely worth a read.
Auckland’s yellow jacket protest
Some observations on yesterday’s yellow jacket protest in Auckland. Basically it was pretty mundane but continued vigilance is important.
Open Mike 03/02/2019
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How To Get There 3/2/19
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The Meathead tax
National’s claim that the Government wants to impose a meat tax suffers from the reality that the Government has done no such thing and the proposal comes from an International collective of academics.
Open Mike 02/02/2019
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Daily Review 01/02/2019
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Westpac becomes accredited living wage employer
Westpac Bank has agreed to become an accredited living wage employer which means that its contractors as well as its staff are to be paid a living wage.