Daily Review 19/08/2016
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America bails on private prisons
America is bailing on private prisons because they don’t work. What’s the bet that National is ‘too proud and arrogant’ to follow suit.
Cluster f*&k on cluster bombs
The Government is refusing to accept there are legal issues with Kiwisaver providers investing in manufacturers of cluster bombs. But it is also not ruling out there may be a problem.
What if there were only 34 more whitebait harvests left?
Water is life not merely wadeable.
Between what we want and what we need
New Zealand is slowly losing faith with this Government and this is why.
Tents warehouses and driveways
Tents and warehouses have been considered as emergency housing. Working people sleeping in cars are looking for driveways to rent. Say – has anyone seen John Key lately?
Open mike 19/08/2016
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Charles Hugh Smith – The Ultimate Long Game: Autarky and Resilience
Today, electronic numbers in electronic bank accounts are the most important things to the people who lead NZ. That’s going to have to seriously change. The country’s capacity and resources in terms of food, energy, water and cultural/social resiliency is what actually counts.
Daily Review 18/08/2016
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Check your Kiwisaver
An excellent piece by Matt Nippert, Caleb Tutty, Olivia Carville in The Herald is generating a lot of discussion this morning. Are you unknowingly investing in tobacco and munitions?
Interest free student loans – still safe for now?
A right wing “think-tank” wants to load students up with even more debt.
UNICEF call for action on NZ poverty
Once again this country under National is rightly shamed in the international media.
Open mike 18/08/2016
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Daily Review 17/08/2016
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The Christchurch Commons
Meanwhile, down in Christchurch the plan is to put water back in the centre of our physical, cultural and spiritual lives.
NRT: Against anti-whistleblower laws
I/S at No Right Turn does great analysis of legislation. His coverage of the new spying laws has been excellent. Here he is on National’s clumsy and misguided attempt to re-impose official secrets. Criminalised for reading The Guardian?
Affordable housing fail – we can’t rely on the private sector
To the complete surprise of no one, private sector developers have largely waited out the “affordable houses” requirement in the special housing areas. Another National failure.
Grant Robertson on the adjusted unemployment figure
“The sad reality is that while the change in measurement might elicit a lower number or percentage it will not mean one fewer person is unemployed.”
Open mike 17/08/2016
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July 2016 was the hottest single month recorded since 1880
July 2016 was the hottest month ever in recorded modernity.
Daily Review 16/08/2016
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New Zealand’s most shameful secret: ‘We have normalised child poverty’
Fuck the whole “Brighter Future” New Zealand.
Richard Wagstaff: “Things need to change”
The inaugural CTU organisers’ conference is being held in Auckland this week, bringing together organisers from across the CTU affiliated unions to discuss […]
Spy vs Us
Today National introduced a bill that will enable the NZ Government to spy on its citizens.
Another Key lie is why this government can’t be trusted with increased spying powers
When caught abusing new powers the response will be the same as when caught out abusing the old – meh, so sue us.
A UK Labour Split
The options for UK Labour appear to be limited. Split or die or do both.
Open mike 16/08/2016
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Daily Review 15/08/2016
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Shit in the water
The damage so far in the Havelock North “gastro” outbreak is one possible death, two older people in intensive care, 18 hospitalised, 50 making their way to the emergency department, 280 notifications, and hundreds of kids staying away from school.
In praise of David Shearer
David Shearer has criticised the Australian Government as having lost its “moral compass” in relation to the Nauru Asylum Detention Centre.
Spark – kudos
Our wages are too low generally, and this is one of the main economic challenges that we face. A few more employers committing to paying a living wage would be a good place to start.
The housing crisis and the diseases of poverty
Rheumatic fever is on the rise again. It is likely that other diseases of poverty are also or will also increase as the housing crisis drags on under National.
Open mike 15/08/2016
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This is the face of the failure of globalisation
My apologies to Mohammad Jamal, the man in the photo, for using his largely unknown story to make a point about free-trade and Western privilege.
Why do right wing politicians like stealing dead babies identities?
Savea Peseta Al Harrington Lavea, Auckland Future candidate for the Whau Local Board, shares an unfortunate similarity with David Garrett.
NZ at the Olympics
Congratulations to all the athletes representing NZ at the Olympics!