Has Julian Assange been charged?
In breaking news it appears that the reason for Donald Trump’s grumpiness may have been the impending release of news that Julian Assange has had charges laid against him.
Daily review 16/11/2018
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Climate Action Heating Up.
Yet another front opening up in the demand for action on global warming…
14 Million Yemenis and a Diplomatic Nightmare
In Yemen right now, children are living in the worst humanitarian crisis we have seen in the last 100 years.
Open Mike 16/11/2018
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Daily Review 15/11/2018
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May’s Brexit
The unsolvable problem that is Brexit is reaching it’s denouement with Theresa May’s leadership on the line, talk of a no confidence motion, a very leaky cabinet, and no possible achievable resolution in sight.
Israeli Cabinet Resignation.
Avigdor Lieberman has resigned his position as Israeli Defense Minister because he can’t endorse the government’s “surrender to terrorism”.
Open Mike 15/11/2018
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Daily review 14/11/2018
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The dirty politics of beating up on Karel Sroubek
You will be shocked to learn that the National Party has been less than honest about where it is getting its information regarding Karel Sroubek.
Pike River; Victory For the Families, Victory for Us
Pike River mine is to be re-entered and finally the truth will be told. Victory for the 29 is victory for all of us.
Open Mike 14/11/2018
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Daily review 13/11/2018
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The strange case of the astroturfed Energy Voices organisation
It has been discovered that the person behind the Energy Voices website is a National Party operative and former staffer.
Alaska or New Zealand?
That’s the big question ‘big’ people are asking these days.
Tweet of the year
There is still seven weeks of this year left but it appears likely that the tweet of the year has been tweeted.
Open Mike 13/11/2018
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Daily Review 12/11/2018
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Electricity again
It is time for the Government to down the electricity corporates and regulate them in the interests of the citizen.
American midterms – revenge of young people and the decline of the NRA
In the midterm US elections a number of candidates supported by the NRA have lost out to opponents with strong anti gun views. And the youth vote surged. Were these events related?
Open Mike 12/11/2018
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Open Mike 11/11/2018
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The Guns of November 2018
On 11 November 1918 the guns fell silent across Europe’s slaughter. In the Guns of August, Barbara Tuchman described how that dreadful war started by accident. Daniel Ellsberg warns us now that accidents could happen again, this time in the nuclear age. Ellsberg says first strike is America’s policy, making accidental nuclear winter all the more likely.
All that is wrong with America’s democracy
In Georgia, despite the Repbublican candidate who oversaw the election process engaging in the mass disenfranchisement of Democrat voters, the removal of voting machines to make voting in Democrat areas more difficult and baseless smearing of the Democrat candidate, the result is on a knife edge and a second vote is a possibility.
Open Mike 10/11/2018
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Disestablish the establishment.
Politics can be soap, or politics can be real. This post comments on some of the soap and offers an example of something that’s real
Daily Review 09/11/2018
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Latest poll results – National in freefall
A recent UMR poll has put National support at 37%, deep in danger territory for Simon Bridges.
Open Mike 09/11/2018
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Rude ‘n Terrible?
Trump’s…I don’t actually have words for this little escapade.
ILG, a Rock, and a Hard Place
The Sroubek beat up is still with us. Why won’t National tell us what they knew and what they agreed to?
Daily Review 08/11/2018
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Jeff Sessions resigns as Attorney General
US Attorney General Jeff Sessions has resigned at the President’s request and has been replaced by someone who thought that Mueller’s investigation into POTUS went too far.
ScoMo’s flying bus tour
In an effort to revive sagging support levels Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison is on a bus tour of Australia involving him flying and being picked up by the bus, drinking lots of beer, wearing different hats and saying fair dinkum a lot.
Open Mike 08/11/2018
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