Open Mike 24/07/2018
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Daily Review 23/07/2018
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Helen Kelly: Together
In 2015 Helen Kelly agreed to let documentary maker Tony Sutorius – the award winning director of Campaign – into her life to document her last year of activism. The result is Helen Kelly: Together – a stunning affirmation of both her dedication to justice, and her friendships with those she fought alongside.
Scrap the spending cap
Economist Ganesh Nana and Alan Johnson from the Salvation Army have urged the Government to relax the fiscal straight jacket imposed by its budget responsibility rules.
Open Mike 23/07/2018
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The UN is shocked by NZ’s child poverty rates
Earlier this year the United Nations expressed shock and concern at New Zealand’s rates of child poverty, homelessness, incarceration and violence. What is this Government doing to address these issues?
Julian Assange; Journey’s End?
Is Julian Assange about to be arrested? Equador looks set to evict the accused rapist and capitalist tool from its London embassy.
Government with a plan
The polls are great. Top work. But I’m getting worried about the entropy of this government already. Matthew Hooten and Karl Marx agree with me.
Open Mike 22/07/2018
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My Little Eye…
Something beginning with…wtf?!
Open Mike 21/07/2018
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Daily Review 20/07/2018
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Alt Reich Speakers get Visas; still lack Empathy, Compassion and Humanity
Two Canadian far right bigots have been granted visas to visit NZ. Let’s make them wish they’d never left Canada, eh.
Is Matthew Hooton becoming a socialist?
Occasional Standard reader Matthew Hooton has written a cogent column on industrial relations in which he realises and accepts that wages for ordinary workers are too low.
Open Mike 20/07/2018
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Daily Review 19/07/2018
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Duck Futton
The Australians are upset with Andrew Little expressing concern about their inhumane treatment of some Kiwis living in Australia and are throwing Donald Trump type tantrums to show their displeasure.
Happy birthday Nelson Mandela
It is Nelson Mandela’s 100th birthday. Happy birthday to him. If he was alive today he would be 100 years old.
Glenn Greenwald on…
Excerpts from Glenn Greenwald speaking on Democracy Now! (h/t Adrian Thornton)
What has happened to Simon Bridges?
You would think that while Jacinda Ardern takes time out to properly introduce baby Neve to the world opposition leader Simon Bridges would be striding throughout the country like a colossus and really make a name for himself. But of late he has been rather invisible.
Open Mike 19/07/2018
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Daily Review 18/07/2018
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Oh, Yulia!
Whodunnit?
What is eating Mike Hosking?
Mike Hosking appears to have entered into a particularly dark time.
Open Mike 18/07/2018
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Daily Review 17/07/2018
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Trumputin
Donald Trump has directly contradicted the collective decision of the United States Security agencies by denying that there was Russian involvement in the last US general election.
Free Speech Coalition’s litigation strikes a major snag
The free speech coalition’s desire to get the High Court to enforce the rights of Lauren Southern and Stefan Molyneux has struck a potential snag. A rather major snag.
Open Mike 17/07/2018
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Wool. Eyes. Pull.
As though politicians with a social democratic bent don’t have enough to contend with…
Daily Review 16/07/2018
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Do republicans really want to arm infants?
It appears that Sacha Baron Cohen has succeeded in getting prominent Republicans to say stupid things about arming kids.
Trump meets Putin
Some things that President Trump won’t do as when meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki.
Open Mike 16/07/2018
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No Mates National
Peter Dunne has some sage advice for National; phone a friend. If you can find one.
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