The left should unite on tax, fast
… before the election starts to get real.
Open Mike 20/07/25
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Do humans have to respect the limits to growth?
we don’t have to, but we probably should.
Open Mike 19/07/25
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Daily review 18/07/2025
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“I did my own research”!
“I did my own research”!
“I did my own research”? No. You didn’t. You can’t!
The ultimate Fuck you, to your neighbours, the community and the environment. Private helicopters!
Again, we were woken up by a bunch of hoodrats drifting on the intersection by our house. Great clouds of smoke and lots of noise. As you do at three o clock in the morning, my brain started tying this together with recent articles about private helicopters in urban areas, and other forms of antisocial “Fuck You’s” to the rest of us.
Open Mike 18/07/25
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Daily review 17/07/2025
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GCSB & NZSIS warn ACT Bill risks NZ’s National Security
Judith Collins was briefed in March 2025 that David Seymour and Bryce Wilkinson’s proposal is incompatible with safeguarding the country from espionage, sabotage and terrorism.
You Can’t Kill A Rainbow
The incongruence of transgender fear
Open Mike 17/07/25
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Daily review 16/07/2025
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Everybody is wrong except David Seymour *
* according to Seymour when it comes to International and Domestic condemnation of his Regulatory Standards Bill.
Open Mike 16/07/25
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Daily review 15/07/2025
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China is not a threat to Regional Peace
The real threat to peace in our region does not stem from China, but from a “China threat” narrative—promoted by the United States to rally other nations behind its China containment agenda.
Climate Change and Bumper Sticker Politics
Christopher Luxon has engaged in a classic example of bumper sticker politics by blaming Labour for excessive power prices, not the structure of the power sector. And he has completely ignored the imperitave action that climate change demands the country takes.
Open Mike 15/07/25
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Daily review 14/07/2025
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New Zealand starting to feel the pointy end of the climate crisis
Nelson Tasman region is still in a civil emergency and our climate denying Prime Minister is signalling an end to future flood bail outs.
Open Mike 14/07/25
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Open Mike 13/07/25
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Jackal: Ray Chung – Arsehole of the week
In the murky world of local politics, few things reek as badly as Wellington mayoral candidate Ray Chung’s despicable conduct. His smearing email, circulated to fellow councillors in early 2023, peddling baseless and salacious gossip about Mayor Tory Whanau, is not just a personal attack, it’s a grotesque abuse of power that exposes his utter unfitness for public office.
Open Mike 12/07/25
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Daily review 11/07/2025
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Corporate profit and Gaza
UN Special rapporteur on Gaza Francesca Albanese’s latest report highlights the corporate role in enabling genocide in Gaza. Utterly predictably, she has been sanctioned by the United States.
Open Mike 11/07/25
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Daily review 10/07/2025
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The Rainbow Warrior 1985-2025. Part 2: Nuclear refugees in the Pacific: the evacuation of Rongelap
On its last voyage the Rainbow Warrior evacuated the entire population of Rongelap. Cancers, birth defects, and genetic damage had ripped through the population after US above-ground nuclear explosions.
Open Mike 10/07/25
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Daily review 09/07/2025
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What happened to the Epstein Client List?
After months and months of speculation as to its content there was a bombshell announcement yesterday by the United States Justice Department. There is no Epstein list of wealthy men who preyed on vulnerable young women.
Open Mike 09/07/25
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Daily review 08/07/2025
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Open Mike 08/07/25
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