Lahore bombing
Condolences to all those affected by the horrific bombing in Lahore.
Audrey Young trashed in her own comments section
Young’s spin on the flag fiasco was – not well received.
Easter Monday Round Up
Three news items stand out from the long weekend. Actor Robert De Niro being inoculated against anti-vaxxers, ISIS being driven out of Palmyra and the free part of Ireland celebrating the centenary of the Easter Rising. All are milestones of sorts, markers of positive change.
Tough couple of weeks for Key
Almost enough to make me feel sorry for the man.
Open mike 28/03/2016
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Big wins for Bernie
To the eternal annoyance of the establishment Democrats, Bernie Sanders is still winning primaries.
Bunnings has no heart
Bunnings management has insisted that a defibrillator bought by the workers at its Dunedin Store be given away to charity.
Easter Sunday
Hickey on the UBI
Bernard Hickey makes some excellent points on the Unconditional Basic Income / Guaranteed Minimum Income.
Open mike 27/03/2016
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Aussies may be bastards, but they believe in themselves.
Here in Ballarat, Victoria we are having a mini-boom in manufacturing. Yes you read that right. We’re having trouble retaining good people because […]
Garner on Key vs Clark
Attracting a fair bit of comment this morning – Duncan Garner on Key, Clark, and the nature of their legacies.
Republican circus
And now we have accusations of a sex scandal. Stick a fork in the Republicans, they are done.
Labour’s Ten Big Ideas
National’s only idea this term has just been shot down by the public. Meanwhile Labour has been thinking about the future and the issues that confront NZ.
Open mike 26/03/2016
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It’s time to reform Fonterra
Fonterra was formed to give New Zealand an economic advantage. Instead it is looking like the country’s biggest achilles heel. Time to reform?
What the flag vote means
Here are some reckons, for what they’re worth.
Open mike 25/03/2016
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Meet the new flag…
… same as the old flag.
Key didn’t take the country with him.
Now let’s get back to the real issues.
Nat MP runs over TPP protester’s foot
Nat MP Chester Borrows has injured a TPP protester with his car. Not the first time this sort of thing has happened.
Rentier capitalism
Tautoko Murray Edmonds’ comment yesterday on this Michael Hudson interview This is an absolutely brilliant discussion of what contemporary economic theory SHOULD be […]
Flag distraction result today
Bragging rights I guess to whomever best predicts the outcome.
The media treatment of Labour’s UBI discussion paper
John Key and an array of National sock puppets have misrepresented Labour’s UBI proposal as party policy and as being very expensive when it is not party policy and when a variety of different potential forms have been raised for discussion.
Open mike 24/03/2016
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Daily Review 13/03/2016
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Future of Work Conference
Labour’s Future of Work Conference is under way. There is a page with information and live stream here.
Looking to the future – planning to adapt and protect people – this is work a government should be doing. In this case, a government in waiting…
Why are we paying Key’s legal expenses for him?
Key backed down on using taxpayer money for his payout to Ambrose – but he is still using it to cover his legal expenses in the case. Why?
Brussels attack
Isis has claimed responsibility for the horrific attacks in Brussels that left 34 dead.
Open mike 23/03/2016
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Daily Review 22/03/2016
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House Tales.
If ‘home is where the heart is’ then what’s the story when everything’s heartless?
New Gov. General – Dame Patsy Reddy
Key has appointed a new Governor General, Dame Patsy Reddy.
Teapot tapes – Key backs down over Parliamentary Services payment
John Key’s office has announced that he will now pay the agreed damages from private sources.
Which hat John?
The teapot payout shows that, while Key is keen on distinguishing between his various hats when he’s trying to dodge responsibility, he is just as keen on ignoring the differences if it lets him dip into public money.
Open mike 22/03/2016
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Glasses and Brick Walls (& woods and trees).
The thing about not having great sight is that sometimes you don’t really see things coming.