Flogging off Kiwibank
Flogging off Kiwibank is not an option.
The sock puppets, the media and the UBI
Labour’s discussion of a possible UBI is still generating debate.
Open mike 31/03/2016
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Daily Review 30/03/2016
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Pure spin vs. pure water
Yesterday a “host” of students marched to the Beehive with a petition of calling for all freshwater in New Zealand to be swimmable.
Postcard from the “brighter” future
Evidence of growing poverty hitting “mid-decile” schools.
Angry politics
Is our political culture getting more angry and aggressive? If so, why?
Up the republic!
The tory clobbering machine is out to attack Little’s comments on NZ becoming a republic.
Open mike 30/03/2016
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Job cuts and the future of work
Two headline job losses today underline the importance of Labour’s Future of Work.
Guy Standing: Rentier Capitalism and the Precariat – Christchurch 30 March
Guy Standing will speak on this subject in Christchurch on Wednesday evening at 6pm at the Fern Room, the Atrium, 455 Hagley Avenue. […]
Global elite plan their escape from “pleb masses”
So, Key has now come out and revealed to us how afraid the global oligarch class (and their well paid professional enablers) are. They appear to have no plans to reverse their activites to make things better for us.
Will the Republicans have the courage of their gun convictions?
Will the Republicans have the courage of their convictions and allow open carry at their approaching Convention?
A quick question (again)
“More than 2400 benefits suspended since 2013”. I have a quick question…
Key wants to turn New Zealand into a haven for the 1%
Fran O’Sullivan has spilt the beans. John Key thinks that overseas terrorism and by implication climate change are good for the New Zealand economy and that the country should not do anything about overseas corporates paying low tax rates because investment will occur. And he wants New Zealand to become a haven for people overseas fleeing from terrorism and climate change. But only if they are wealthy.
Open mike 29/03/2016
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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.