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Daily Review 29/10/2018

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Date published: 5:30 pm, October 29th, 2018 - 29 comments

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Brazil turns right

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Date published: 1:39 pm, October 29th, 2018 - 90 comments

Brazil has elected as its next President a 63-year-old former paratrooper who built his campaign around pledges to crush corruption, crime and a supposed communist threat.

Media Thriving on its Own Shit.

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Date published: 1:25 pm, October 29th, 2018 - 24 comments

When purveyors of propaganda come to believe their own spin and start entertaining really quite idiotic conspiracy theories and abandoning any pretense of being in possession of rational thought, then we’ve got a problem.

Open Mike 29/10/2018

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Date published: 6:00 am, October 29th, 2018 - 152 comments

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Democracy and peace in the USA

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Date published: 10:54 am, October 28th, 2018 - 115 comments

In the land of the free and the brave there is news of voting machines changing votes from Democrat to Republican candidates, mass stripping of voting rights and closing of voting booths in Democrat areas, and right wing extreme violence caused by escalating rhetoric from the POTUS.

An Ineffectual Opposition Is Bad News

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Date published: 6:00 am, October 28th, 2018 - 42 comments

An ineffectual Opposition creates a vacuum that will be filled by the Mainstream and Social Media as they will assume the role of unelected and non-representative opposition in effectuo.

Open Mike 28/10/2018

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Date published: 6:00 am, October 28th, 2018 - 111 comments

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Eye of the storm

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Date published: 10:31 am, October 27th, 2018 - 106 comments

Simon Bridges thinks that he is past trouble caused by the Jami-Lee Ross incident.  But the way things are developing he may be in the middle of things.

Open Mike 27/10/2018

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Date published: 6:00 am, October 27th, 2018 - 111 comments

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Daily Review 26/10/2018

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Date published: 5:30 pm, October 26th, 2018 - 59 comments

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Green Growth

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Date published: 11:20 am, October 26th, 2018 - 86 comments

Shade it any colour you like…

Open Mike 26/10/2018

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Date published: 6:00 am, October 26th, 2018 - 187 comments

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Lime Sour

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Date published: 7:17 pm, October 25th, 2018 - 56 comments

Lime scooters are this year’s finger spinner. The problem is that unlike last year’s must have toy, e-scooters are a public menace.

Daily Review 25/10/2018

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Date published: 5:30 pm, October 25th, 2018 - 32 comments

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Ross saga quiescent, but donations scandal needs addressing

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Date published: 4:26 pm, October 25th, 2018 - 21 comments

The Jami-Lee Ross scandal may have quietened down but issues raised by his explosive tape recording of Simon Bridges still need addressing. Does the $100k Zhang Yikun donation suggest we are going down the US track and, if so, what needs to be done about that

Power and Knowledge.

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Date published: 12:36 pm, October 25th, 2018 - 54 comments

We say that knowledge is power…

Duped?

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Date published: 10:41 am, October 25th, 2018 - 136 comments

Were you just taken for a ride?

Nothing to worry about

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Date published: 7:36 am, October 25th, 2018 - 48 comments

National thinks that it has weathered the storm caused by the Jami-Lee Ross revelations and it has nothing to worry about even though the Police have gone to the Electoral Commission.  And Simon Bridges has been in touch with Cameron Slater.  What could go wrong?

Open Mike 25/10/2018

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Date published: 6:00 am, October 25th, 2018 - 127 comments

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Daily Review 24/10/2018

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Date published: 5:30 pm, October 24th, 2018 - 117 comments

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Bridges loses connection with reality

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Date published: 5:29 pm, October 24th, 2018 - 70 comments

Simon says that the economy and government are failing, not him and National.  Last week made him stronger.  And improved everyone’s mental health.

Also black is white and the earth is flat.

Australia’s refugee problem

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Date published: 7:45 am, October 24th, 2018 - 89 comments

The Liberal Party has potentially lost one of its safest seats to an independent who campaigned on doing something about climate change and the Nauru refugees.

Open Mike 24/10/2018

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Date published: 6:00 am, October 24th, 2018 - 279 comments

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Pollwatch: Colmar Brunton, October 23rd

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Date published: 8:42 pm, October 23rd, 2018 - 100 comments

In this triumphant return of Pollwatch, we discuss the increasing likelihood of a Labour-Green coalition at the next election, the security of the two smaller list parties’ tenure, the shocking 2% support of Simon Bridges’ handling of recent political events, and the split in the shadow-race for National Party leader.

TVNZ Colmar Brunton Poll

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Date published: 6:06 pm, October 23rd, 2018 - 162 comments

National slump in the latest poll; Judith Collins is up in the preferred PM race.

Daily Review 23/10/2018

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Date published: 5:30 pm, October 23rd, 2018 - 55 comments

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Oil and morality

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Date published: 10:08 am, October 23rd, 2018 - 44 comments

The death of Jamal Khashoggi raises the important question can we still question the morality of Saudi Arabia?

Uncharted Waters

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Date published: 7:59 am, October 23rd, 2018 - 175 comments

Trevor Mallard is grappling with the implications of Jami-Lee Ross’s status under the Mental Health Act.

Open Mike 23/10/2018

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Date published: 6:00 am, October 23rd, 2018 - 221 comments

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Happy Labour Day

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Date published: 8:41 am, October 22nd, 2018 - 15 comments

We’ve written a bit about Labour Day over the years – see the archives for the origins, history, and importance of the day. Enjoying your weekend? Thank a unionist!

Open Mike 22/10/2018

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Date published: 6:00 am, October 22nd, 2018 - 141 comments

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