Trump and the NZ housing bubble
The bright orange trigger for a sharp rise in mortgage interest rates may have just arrived. Our over-indebted home owners are highly vulnerable.
Quakes – Day 3
For discussing the quakes and the aftermath. Current updates. Includes comments from Geonet Director Dr Ken Gledhill.
Open Mike 16/11/2016
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It’s time for a different story
A post-US election space for engendering solidarity and resistance.
Te Ikaroa – Seismic Testing Presents Significant Risk To East Coast
“Seismic blasting, every 10 seconds, 24hrs a day from now until next May” Time to step up again and protect our environment.
Daily Review 15/11/2016
Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other …
Andrew Little: The Kaikoura Earthquakes
Andrew Little on the Kaikoura Earthquakes.
Quakes and other emergencies
Update: Chaos in Wellington – check the news…
It’s times like this you appreciate our emergency response systems. Huge thanks to everyone who has worked / is working to keep others safe, supplied, informed.
In case you missed it: Nicky Hager awarded interim costs
Investigative journalist Nicky Hager has been awarded interim legal costs towards $475,082 spent suing police.
Sonya Rockhouse: This isn’t just about our families. It’s about all of us
“Now six years later, the Government is moving to seal the mine. They are literally putting hundreds of tonnes of concrete between us and our boys. Between the whole world and whatever evidence of what happened is down there.”
Democracy can be refined
Democracy is difficult. Government is far too complex and ordinary people have neither the time nor the inclination to spend time to understand it properly. So what are the alternatives?
Open Mike 15/11/2016
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Daily Review 14/11/2016
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“Be kind” #StandWithPike
Anna Osborne on the earthquake and day three of the Pike River occupation.
I’m a Muslim, an Immigrant and I voted Trump
Take a deep breath and transcend your fear.
Open Mike 14/11/2016
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South Island quake
A night of quakes.
Beach and shore warning (original major Tsunami warning is over).
Wellington recommends avoid CBD today (all trains cancelled).
Scholarship exams today are postponed, NCEA exams proceeding where possible – official link.
I’m Arab and Many of Us Are Glad That Trump Won
A challenging and provocative piece on Trump’s election victory from an Arab perspective.
Oh noes! The world’s not going to saved now!
Bollocks. It was never going to be.
Remembering what happened at Pike
What exactly happened at Pike River? The families of the 29 men who died don’t know, and as Solid Energy moves to seal the mine forever, they demand justice.
Beware of Spin Doctors and Spin Professors
On the same day that the pollsters in the world’s most advanced democracy were shown to have got things terribly wrong a Professor in New Zealand says that National will win next year because of polling data.
An interesting time for the Republicans
Trump is going to be a figurehead, not a president, leaving governance to an unfettered Republican machine. That machine is no friend of the disenfranchised, never was, never will be. How will Trump’s base react to being betrayed?
The Essential Forest-Gardener – what grows in the forest?
Robert Guyton continues his series on life in a Riverton Food Forest.
Open Mike 13/11/2016
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Remedy for Global Instability – a Public Lecture by Dr Helen Caldicott
“New Zealand now has a unique opportunity to revise its foreign policy and military spending,” says Dr Caldicott, Nobel Peace Prize nominee and founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility.
Fear and loathing in Mt Roskill
Members of the National Party in Mount Roskill are trying to make a story out of Michael Wood after he responded directly to public insults made against his wife.
Chloe Swarbrick steps up for 2017
“The world is changing, people are angry, and more than ever, we need open minds and compassionate action. I’m joining the @NZGreens”
#StandWithPike
The Pike River families have decided to take a stand and are occupying the road to the mine to ensure it cannot be closed, sealing up the evidence of what happened and the bodies of their loved ones forever.
Nat allegations about Michael Wood a pack of lies
I trust the truth will be reported by all the media that reported the lies.
Legalising civil disobedience and the culture of change
Change happens at the intersection of the edge and the mainstream.
The Trump peace dividend: opportunity for rapprochement
Walking back the last 5 plus years of escalating military, economic and diplomatic proxy war between Russia and the United States will be difficult. But it has to be done.
Petitions
A crop of worthy petitions for you consideration: health funding, public broadcasting, environment, and Paris Agreement.
Auckland Council opposes deep sea drilling
Greenpeace on Auckland Council joining others around the country in opposing deep sea oil drilling.
Lessons?
What can we learn from the election of Donald J Drumpf?
Where the Democrats went wrong
The reason for the Democrats losing the recent presidential vote is contained in this video.
Open Mike 12/11/2016
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