Daily Review 25/01/2017
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Stop. Driving. Climate. Change.
What can we do today that will make a difference?
Privatised Education Strikes Again.
The problems we have identified many times, with privatisation of essential services, continue.
Lifeboat NZ
How do we feel about NZ becoming a lifeboat for the super-rich to run out on the problems that they created?
Minimum wage increase doesn’t meet real costs (the CPI is broken)
Any increase in the minimum wage is better than nothing, but National’s increases have not kept pace with the real cost increases (notably housing) faced by low income earners. That is why we are seeing the rise of the working poor, and increases in homelessness and poverty.
Open Mike 25/01/2017
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Daily Review 24/01/2017
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Housing. Cut the Crap.
All this housing malarkey…are we over it yet?
Trump’s global gag law on abortion
“Donald Trump signs anti-abortion executive order surrounded by men”
The inauguration of Trump: Jonathan Pie reacts
Jonathan Pie gets angry at Trump’s treatment of the media.
Māori politics – “don’t believe the hype”
Totally unexpected in an election year, but Te Ururoa Flavell is making a play for the Māori seats. Morgan Godfery has some thoughts on the hype.
RIP TPP
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order withdrawing the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement and leaving the agreement effectively dead in its tracks.
Open Mike 24/01/2017
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Sit-in Occupation to Stop Niki’s Eviction Tuesday 24th January
“These are the people’s assets” – Ioela ‘Niki’ Rauti.
State houses are being given to developers, and people are being evicted from their homes.
Daily Review 23/01/2017
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Everything Contained. Everyone Led.
So what’s important? Millions on the streets and what might become of that, or how many more or fewer people attended a given President’s big day? Just asking…
Auckland’s shit beaches
Not meant as a general criticism. Auckland has lovely beaches. When they aren’t drowning in shit that is.
Mt Albert – a friendly by-election
Campaigning is underway in Mt Albert. Looks like it will be a very different kind of by election.
Starting out with an obvious lie
The Trump / Spicer claim that the inauguration crowds were “the largest audience ever to witness and inauguration, period” are such an obvious lie that it seems unhinged. But there could be method to the madness.
(Update: Apparently in Trump speak these are “alternative facts”.)
Open Mike 23/01/2017
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Protest Marches
The Sister Marches have been a huge success worldwide.
Open Mike 22/01/2017
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Andrew Little: Together, we will fight for justice for Pike families
I want justice for the families of the worst workplace tragedy in decades. If New Zealanders choose to change the Government this year, Pike will be a priority in my first hundred days as Prime Minister.
T Day
Donald Trump has now been sworn in as the 45th President of the United States. And we are in unchartered territory.
Open Mike 21/01/2017
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You Don’t Know How Lucky You Are Boys ….
, Back in the US, back in the US…R
Predator free NZ – how are we doing?
It has been 6 months since the announcement that New Zealand would be predator free by 2050. But is sounds like nothing concrete has happened yet.
Bill English thinks he was pro Springbok tour
Bill English says that he was probably for the 1981 Springbok tour of New Zealand although has hinted that he has since changed his mind.
It Begins
Open Mike 20/01/2017
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Power Up!
Some moment in time will be that moment in time when reality’s faced; when both actions and words accord with it. That moment might as well be this moment as opposed to any other.
Dodgy foreign trusts – will English take action?
Matt Nippert continued his excellent work on foreign trusts yesterday in The Herald. Will Bill English clean up the mess that John Key was determined to ignore?
The CIA files on NZ
The release online of a trove of declassified CIA documents includes several pertaining to NZ. The Herald’s David Fisher has given us a fine summary.
Open Mike 19/01/2017
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100 Coal Fired Projects Scrapped.
…including some already in the construction phase.
Obama orders early release of Chelsea Manning
In breaking news: Obama Commutes Bulk of Chelsea Manning’s Sentence.