Open Mike 13/09/2018
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“That day” in September.
Towers bore me.
Daily Review 12/09/2018
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Ray Avery, Netsafe and the right to public discourse
Ray Avery has complained to Netsafe that Newsroom has been engaged in perhaps a too vigorous investigation of claims concerning medical equipment that he had produced.
Business NZ runs bogus poll
Business NZ has admitted that a poll that it ran was fundamentally flawed but has threatened to go to the ILO about Labour’s rather modest proposed changes to Industrial Relations law. And Radio New Zealand has reported on an industrial dispute involving Sistema plastics where union workers are working 60 hour working weeks without overtime pay on not much more than the minimum wage.
Open Mike 12/09/2018
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Daily Review 11/09/2018
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The Global Financial Crisis 10 Years On
Ten years ago this week massive financial businesses in the United States started collapsing. How has the world recovered from this?
Ghahraman speaks out about online trolls
Green MP Golriz Ghahraman has talked to the New Zealand Herald about the online treatment she has received and described the nature of the attacks and the absurdity of the allegations made against her.
Open Mike 11/09/2018
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Daily Review 10/09/2018
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Te Wiki o te Reo Māori
It is Maori Language week. And National has come out with the unusual situation of requiring primary and intermediate schools to teach a compulsory second language. But the language may not necessarily be te Reo Māori. And Simon Bridges opposes it being taught compulsorily.
Tilting at Windmills
The Donald found a real one!
Open Mike 10/09/2018
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Ardern and Pelosi.
There is something very wrong with “our” media when it takes a stand-up comedian to alert people to important stuff. But anyway…
Guest post – Breast is best
It is high time we wean ourselves off the indiscriminate use of fossil fuels. We need to grow up.
Open Mike 09/09/2018
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Is Politik a propaganda mouthpiece for the UK Embassy?
In Politik’s 7 September issue we are told that Western diplomats in Wellington are surprised that Winston Peters has not accused Russia of the Skripal poisoning or joined some other countries in taking reprisals. Editor Richard Harman quotes a source to tell us that the British in particular were “pissed” at Peters’ response. Well dearie me. I’m with Winston, a wise old owl.
A Tale of Two Protests
I stumbled across two protests in Dunedin today. They offered up a few telling contrasts.
US Mid Terms; Obama Enters the Ring
America gets ready to rumble in the November mid terms, as Barack Obama enters the ring. At stake is control of both houses and the fate of the Trump presidency.
We need to push back on Leighton Smith
Leighton Smith is living for the day when it is proved that climate change is nothing more than a lefty hoax. I hope he is right.
Open Mike 08/09/2018
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The right work themselves into a frenzy about Ardern and Curran
The latest right wing beat up is that Jacinda told a porkie this morning to Chris Lynch on Newstalk ZB. A closer inspection reveals that nothing of the sort happened.
Curran resigns as a Minister
In breaking news Clare Curran has resigned as a Minister.
The Trump New York Times Op ed
Donald Trump thinks that the anonymous opinion writer in the New York times may have committed an act of treason. Others think that this is an act of loyalty to the country.
Open Mike 07/09/2018
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Daily Review 06/09/2018
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Public Service Reform
For a country the size of Melbourne, we have a ridiculously complex state, and this layer of accountablility is largely a complete waste of our taxpayer money and degrades our agency as citizens. Can we do better?
Kremlin Killers?
UK Police have named the two Russian spies accused of the Novichok poisonings. But what can Britain do about it?
Open Mike 06/09/2018
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Daily Review 05/09/2018
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Politicians should be allowed to have families
Elements of the media are criticising Jacinda Ardern for juggling her personal responsibilities with her working life, something that most of us do every day.
And the antisemites are…?
UK Labour adopted the IRHA definition of antisemitism in full, and…
“Creating quagmires” – US policy in Syria
Things are coming to a head in Syria, with a key meeting on 7 August between Syria, Turkey and Russia to discuss future strategy re the Idlib enclave where terrorist groups have been concentrated. The US and its allies want to retain influence, having lost it to Russia. A shooting war based on a false flag is a real albeit disastrous possibility to maintain US “quagmire” policy in the Middle East to date.
Open Mike 05/09/2018
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Daily Review 04/09/2018
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