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US Attorney General Jeff Sessions has resigned at the President’s request and has been replaced by someone who thought that Mueller’s investigation into POTUS went too far.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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Proxy Music
Jami-Lee Ross has passed his proxy vote to NZ First, elevating waka jumping to an Olympic sport. How bad does it have to get before the Tory caucus puts Simon Bridges out of his misery?
Daily Review 07/11/2018
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Why this mid term result?
What can we take from the US mid term election results?
Too many jobs being created
The latest unemployment data showing the jobless rate falling to under 4% follows the equally bad 1.0% economic growth in the September quarter and a budget surplus of $5.5b, confirming the economy is going down like Donald Trump, as predicted by the ANZ Bank’s business confidence survey
Triumph the insult dog meets Beto and Cruz
If you have 10 minutes to waste and enjoy laughing uproariously I can recommend this video. Warning should not be watched while you are drinking coffee and the contents may be sprayed on your screen …
The United States mid term elections
The US mid term election results are due out today and should start to appear after 12 pm NZT.
Open Mike 07/11/2018
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Daily Review 06/11/2018
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Simon’s sure fire way to deal with difficult questions
Simon’s strategy is that cunning you could be tempted to pin a tail on it and call it a weasel.
Easy Climate Action
Another promising front is opening that might help encourage people to sit up, take notice, and act.
Simon Bridges wants a new senior social media advisor
Simon Bridges has advertised for a Senior Social Media advisor.
Open Mike 06/11/2018
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Daily Review 05/11/2018
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A Democratic Cakewalk.
Cenk Uygur might be said to have “skin in the game” when it comes to the US Mid-terms, and given that much of this post revolves around, or bounces from his commentary and analysis – which may not be quite as objective as he thinks – that should be borne in mind when reading this post.
The Jami-Lee tapes
Newshub has released a further Jami-Lee Ross tape which contains a promise by Simon Bridges that if Ross stood down for health reasons he could come back in the new year and be promoted.
Open Mike 05/11/2018
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Bryce Edwards: Just another political simpleton
I can only describe Bryce Edwards spin about what a “The Standard” post means is that it is complete bullshit. This site is not the editorial and political monolith. But what else do you expect from a political simpleton with a limited understanding of actual debate. Like Mike Hosking, he is far more suited to a broadcast medium where he doesn’t get robust debate on their inane explanations of real world politics.
Jacinda Ardern’s speech
The text of Jacinda’s speech being delivered to the Labour Conference in Dunedin today.
Leader’s Speech – Live Stream
The most united, upbeat Labour Party conference in decades comes to a conclusion with a speech from Jacinda Ardern. The Otago Daily Times […]
Morongate
In America a young 20 year old Trump supporter has been branded with the hashtag morongate for the most inept dark op smear you could ever imagine happening.
Open Mike 04/11/2018
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Labour Conference Random Notes
Some notes from Ad about the Labour conference currently being held in Dunedin.