Open mike 24/04/2023
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The Murdoch’s very bad week
The Murdoch family’s decision to pay record damages to Dominion Voting Systems and to capitulate in its defamation case against Cricky Media suggest that they have had a very bad and a very expensive week.
The patriarchy is not inevitable
One of the prime tasks of feminism is to teach women that the patriarchy is not inevitable.
Open mike 23/04/2023
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Much ado about nothing
Right wing twitter thought it was onto something big yesterday after there were revelations that Human Rights Commissioner Meng Foon had donated funds and cheap premises to Kiri Allan’s election campaign in 2020. But there was one rather significant problem with this expose, he had also donated to the National candidate in the same election.
Open mike 22/04/2023
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Daily review 21/04/2023
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National despairs as inflation rate drops
Yesterday Statistics New Zealand dealt a rather large blow to National’s election chances when it announced that the latest rate of inflation was 6.7%, a significant drop below the previous rate.
Open mike 21/04/2023
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Stephen Jack is cancelled by the National Party
So National has yet another candidate problem. His name is Stephen Jack and he clearly has difficulties in negotiating reality.
Really Small States in Really Big Conflicts
We didn’t need the Russian invasion of Ukraine to tell us that great power competition is back, since China and the United States and Russia had been going at it well before even COVID temporarily messed up the multilateral trade system upon which we had built our little country. But it’s made it worse, and so we’re picking a side, and that side is NATO.
Daily review 20/04/2023
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Open mike 20/04/2023
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Daily review 19/04/2023
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Open mike 19/04/2023
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Daily review 18/04/2023
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Some People Say Silly Stuff
To err is human and human error is triggerroring, so let’s err on the side of caution and stop erring altogether.
Open mike 18/04/2023
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Daily review 17/04/2023
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Lonely on the right side of history?
Musing after the recent IMF/World Bank meetings, Former White house economist and US Treasury secretary Larry Summers said “it’s looking a bit lonely on the right side of history..as others are increasingly banding together in a whole range of structures.”
Extinction Rebellion: The Big One
XR are back. New strategy, same smart and bold action.
Open mike 17/04/2023
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Pale Stale Ale and Other Forbidden Fluids
Little Adolf was relentlessly bullied during his ECE through no fault of his own. Later in life, he became a heavy drinker of pale stale ale.
National’s problem with its candidates
Another day, and yet another report a National candidate has done something really stupid.
Open mike 16/04/2023
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About Wayne Brown’s dereliction of duty
Dear journalists, please do not let Mayor Wayne Brown off the hook regarding his appalling dereliction of duty.
Open mike 15/04/2023
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Daily review 14/04/2023
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Three Waters becomes Affordable Water
Three Waters mark two has been announced. And Kieran McAnulty has given a text book example of clarity in political speak when making the announcement.
Greens: Three waters rebrand insufficient
Today the Government adopted a long held Green Party position to increase the number of water entities to ensure a closer connection with communities they serve. However, despite the rebrand, significant concerns remain.
Open mike 14/04/2023
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Daily review 13/04/2023
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Labour’s new water infrastructure policy
We’ve listened to the feedback from Local Government and today we’re announcing our new regionally-led plan to guarantee New Zealanders affordable water, for generations to come. – Labour
How I answered the census ‘gender’ question
Guest Post by Laura López on the complex problems with the “What is your gender?” question in the New Zealand 2023 Census.
What does Luxon think about minimum wage increases and holidays?
It is hard to reconcile Christopher Luxon’s deep christian beliefs with his desire to trash Easter Sunday as a holiday or to refuse to support increases in the minimum wage.
Open mike 13/04/2023
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