Bridges believes fictional character is definitely a male
Simon Bridges is going for the under 10 misogynist vote by claiming that Santa Claus is definitely a man.
Open Mike 27/11/2018
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Daily Review 26/11/2018
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Pride and police
A guest post by Joel Walsham on the decision of the Auckland Pride Board to request the police not to march at the Pride parade in uniform.
Academic freedom and relationships with China
A number of prominent academics and researchers have signed an open letter to Jacinda Ardern urging her to take the allegations of Chinese involvement in crimes against Professor Anne Marie Brady seriously and to make a clear statement in defence of academic freedom in New Zealand.
Open Mike 26/11/2018
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Worrisome Centrist Clowns.
I don’t generally have a problem with clowns. But these clowns are dangerous. When mainstream media promotes centrist clowns promoting fascist clowns….
Open Mike 25/11/2018
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Twyford’s big announcement
The government has just announced the creation of the most massive and powerful housing and land development agency that we have ever seen.
Judith is getting ready
Judith Collins appears to be ramping up a leadership campaign using Fox News type references to climate change, social change and young people.
Open Mike 24/11/2018
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Daily Review 23/11/2018
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Bridges Billion dollar bungle
Simon Bridges has claimed that Labour’s Kiwisaver fund is $18 billion short of the amount needed to meet the Government’s goals of constructing ten thousand Kiwibuild houses a year. The claim has as much credibility as National’s claim that Labour’s budget figures had an $11.5 billion hole in them.
Open Mike 23/11/2018
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Daily Review 22/11/2018
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America First!
Actual press release from the Trump White House.
Simon who?
National MP Simon O’Connor is thinking of a tilt at Auckland’s mayoralty.
Open Mike 22/11/2018
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#IStandWithHarry
Harry Leslie Smith, the 95 year old socialist Twitter star, is seriously ill in a Canadian hospital.
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Daily Review 21/11/2018
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Auckland Council is investigating online voting
Auckland Council wishes to conduct a trial of online voting at next year’s local government elections. Is it time to try this out as a voting system?
Open Mike 21/11/2018
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Political interference
China certainly has interfered in New Zealand politics, most notably by the offer of a free trade deal which delivered huge benefits to our economy. Party and government officials all stressed to us that they were grateful for New Zealand’s support for their accession to the World Trade Organisation, the rule-based trade body. The US and Australia in contrast want to build a military base on Manus Island north of Papua.
Daily Review 20/11/2018
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Open Mike 20/11/2018
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Daily Review 19/11/2018
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Another day and more Simon Bridges f*&k ups
Simon Bridges has in the last 24 hours blamed Labour law changes for increasing rentals but has forgotten which ones, and has disagreed that an apology is owed to the families of the Pike River miners on the 8th anniversary of the disaster.
Go Bus Lockout; Hypocrites Ngai Tahu and Tainui Screw Workers
Ngai Tahu and Tainui remind us that they like exploiting working people as much as the next capitalist. They’ve locked out their Waikato bus drivers for asking to be paid the Living Wage.
We’re All Penguins Now.
To jump or not to jump? Is “not jumping” about to mean “left behind”?
Open Mike 19/11/2018
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My civics – the New Zealand civil war
While looking at a missing post on Briefing Papers, I ran across some material on deficiencies in our current education regime looking at our civil war in the 19th century. So I wrote this post about why I personally think that it matters.
Auckland’s got a Bridge.
London’s bridges were closing down.
Will Andrew Little be responsible if the Pike River mine gets hit by a meteor?
Stacy Kirk has made the outlandish claim that Andrew Little is prepared to risk someone’s life in his desire to have the Pike River mine properly investigated.
Open Mike 18/11/2018
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What happens if housing prices really go down?
So what if Labour decides to go ahead with its capital gains tax? What happens to the equity of the remaining middle class? What happens to the equity of those who were brought in under KiwiBuild?
Open Mike 17/11/2018
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