What Can This Government Really Do About the Economy?
Why is it that right now some countries can have weak governments and the economies just surge ahead? Why is political agency shearing away from economic change?
Open Mike 23/01/2019
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Daily Review 22/01/2019
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National starts political year beneficiary bashing
National has kicked off the year by reverting to type and engaging in a classic example of beneficiary bashing based on a distortion of official statistics.
Open Mike 22/01/2019
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Enter Sandmann
The young racist who was filmed smugly grinning at a native American elder has put out a statement justifying his actions. Trump will be proud. Bigly proud.
Daily Review 21/01/2019
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Housing affordability and urban form
Hugh Pavletich thinks that Auckland’s housing crisis is because of restrictions on urban sprawl and that loosening up would be a good thing. I disagree.
Karma Cameleon
Cameron Slater is seriously ill. The Whale Oil blog will carry on without him, but in the meantime, Cam is asking for help.
The stoopid it burns …
Donald Trump has tweeted that he wants there to be more global warming.
Open Mike 21/01/2019
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Guest post: Epitaph for a species
In a guest post Tony Veitch [not etc.] imagines his last few days as the world dies …
D Day for US shutdown
Donald Trump is to make an announcement today concerning the shut down. And Buzzfeed has suggested that the Mueller Investigation has uncovered evidence suggesting that Trump instructed his lawyer Michael Cohen to lie to Congress.
Open Mike 20/01/2019
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How To Get There 20/1/19
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Family First thinks there is a Cafe porn watching crisis
Family First thinks that there is a crisis of porn watching at cafes. And has commissioned Curia to see if others think the same.
Open Mike 19/01/2019
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Sroubek; Richie Hardcore Text Released
The text sent by Karel Sroubek supporter Richie Hardcore has been released. Is it the knock out blow we were promised?
Is Brexit A Signal Of Decline?
What if Brexit is not a threat to democracy as a system of government or a threat to liberal values? And what if it is an example of British democracy’s best modern exemplars to the world of institutionalised democracy and the rule of all under the law since universal franchise was first granted?
Open Mike 18/01/2019
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No confidence?
Live feed of the UK debate in Parliament.
National shafted us with the MOM privatisation
Five years on how are the benefits from the Mixed Ownership Model privatisation process the last Government engaged in working out?
Open Mike 17/01/2019
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Well done Gillette
Gillette has come out with this outstanding ad which for some strange reason has invoked a negative response from some.
Open Mike 16/01/2019
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Beware the Ides of May
It’s D Day for Theresa May’s Brexit plan. Will Jeremy Corbyn finally put her out of our misery?
Chinese Herald changed Herald articles to be more China friendly
Stuff has reported that its opponent, the New Zealand Herald, has via its Chinese version amended stories to make them more acceptable to the Chinese Government.
Open Mike 15/01/2019
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Peters to Pence on the Pacific – a return to colonialism?
Winston Peters went to Washington last December to see US VP Mike Pence and invited the US to engage more in the South-West Pacific without informing Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. Patrick Smellie described this apparent oversight as “deeply worrying.” Even more worrying is what Peters said when he was there.
Cops ♥ Chases
The common factor in Police chases is adrenaline fueled driving. And not just by the kid in the stolen car. The Police strategy of chasing stolen cars is a bigger problem than the thefts themselves and it needs to stop. Now.
David Seymour can’t handle criticism
ACT MP David Seymour has lashed out on Facebook at Dianne Khan apparently for successfully fact checking him.
Open Mike 14/01/2019
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How To Get There 13/1/19
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Open Mike 13/01/2019
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President Peaches
I’m moving to the country, gonna eat a lot of peaches! Donald Trump has yet another bizarro, almost Freudian, moment as his threat to invoke a national emergency to fund his wall falls flat. Peaches, people! Not impeachment, peaches!!!
Legalize it!
A new poll shows solid support for legalising cannabis. Is the 2020 referendum a done deal?