Spare a thought for poor Nick Mowbray
Nick Mowbray, who has supported and promoted a number of right wing causes, finds himself losing out big time because of Donald Trump’s tariffs. And is complaining.
Daily review 16/04/2025
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Open mike 16/04/2025
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Daily review 15/04/2025
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Open mike 15/04/2025
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And now, the end is near …
It looks like the three way marriage made in hell is on the rocks.
Daily review 14/04/2025
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Open mike 14/04/2025
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The Empire strikes back
A recent run on US Government bonds showing possible coordination between different countries may have been the reason that Donald Trump walked back the worst of his tariff changes. And he has also realised the US can’t make cheap IPhones.
Open mike 13/04/2025
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Why Write (and Read)?
Art has political power and every voice counts.
Open mike 12/04/2025
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Daily review 11/04/2025
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The Trump Shock: Why the US President Crashed the Global Economy
There is a method to Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariff madness. The chaos and confusion is deliberate; the aim is nothing less than the […]
The maniac president blinks, but for a moment…
Faced with an inability to fund the the US government debt, Donald Trump halted his insane rush to toward a global depression. However the political system in the US that produced this global economic insanity is still there and is still nonfunctional. Time to disengage and let the US time to heal itself.
Open mike 11/04/2025
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Daily review 10/04/2025
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Open mike 10/04/2025
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Daily review 09/04/2025
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Open mike 09/04/2025
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Daily review 08/04/2025
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Tamatha Paul on BHN
The Sensible Sentencing Trust’s free publicity, and what defunding the policy means.
NZD Freefalls & NZ First Linked To Green Party Attack Ads
Headlines: NZD free falls, misleading Green Party attack ads linked to NZ First, making NZDF lethal, and American billionaires regret support for Trump
All they are saying is give War a chance
At a time when the need for increased spending in health, education and the environment is so pressing the Government wants to spend a further $12 billion over the next four years on rearming.
Open mike 08/04/2025
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Misleading Billboards Are a Threat to Electoral Integrity
Misleading the public never is good for politics.
Daily review 07/04/2025
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Open mike 07/04/2025
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Trump’s Secret Sauce Hits NZ
What is Trump’s secret sauce? And what parallels and lessons can we draw in Aotearoa New Zealand, before it’s too late?
Trump Schadenfreude
All the fools supporting hard right political leadership will now be reminded of what they signed up for.
Open mike 06/04/2025
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Trade Like You Mean It: How Aotearoa Can Lead with Values in a Volatile World
In an era of weaponised tariffs, crumbling institutions, and trade policy made on the campaign trail, New Zealand’s long game is trust, credibility, and coherence.
If we choose to play it.
Aotearoa take a bow
The Justice Select Committee has returned Act’s odious Treaty Principles Bill to Parliament. And in its report it has noted that the overwhelming majority of submitters opposed the bill.
Open mike 05/04/2025
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Daily review 04/04/2025
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Fabians: On Rwanda invading DRC
I turn up to Fabian meetings, when I remember . They are often useful for understanding how other people view topics that I am either familar with or sometimes have little information on. Like the Zoom tonight on the ongoing conflict in the Congo from invading Rwandan troops and their local proxy insurgents.