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Of course Judith should #DeleteTheTweet
clickbait, Judith Collins, making shit up, Media, national, same old national, Simon Bridges, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, twitter, you couldn't make this shit upThe Project has called on Judith Collins to delete her tweet retweeting a link to a fake news story falsely claiming that France had legalised paedophilia at the behest of an international network of liberal activists determined to normalise paedophilia.
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The difference between Don Brash and Southern & Molyneux
What is the difference between Don Brash and Stefan Molyneux and Lauren Southern. And why should Brash’s right to freedom of expression be greater than Monyneux’s or Southern’s?
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Let him speak
Don Brash should be allowed to speak at a University about politics.
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South Africa, Zimbabwe, New Zealand
Africa, Deep stuff, democratic participation, elections, Globalisation, International, racism, treaty settlementsIn 1962, John F Kennedy said “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.” Is peaceful revolution possible in South Africa, Zimbabwe or New Zealand?
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Bridges and his cheerleaders
National is pulling out all stops to suggest that Simon Bridges is not so bad as a leader.
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National is jamming cannabis law reform
crime, death with dignity, Deep stuff, drugs, greens, labour, national, same old national, the praiseworthy and the pitifulSo National be getting pretty liberal with the Marijuana stuff.
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Julian Assange; Journey’s End?
Is Julian Assange about to be arrested? Equador looks set to evict the accused rapist and capitalist tool from its London embassy.
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Government with a plan
benefits, capitalism, class war, Deep stuff, democracy under attack, Economy, economy, election 2017, Financial markets, grant robertson, infrastructure, jacinda ardern, jobs, Keynes, labour, Politics, poverty, socialism, welfareThe polls are great. Top work. But I’m getting worried about the entropy of this government already. Matthew Hooten and Karl Marx agree with me.
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What has happened to Simon Bridges?
blogs, China, david clark, David Farrar, International, jacinda ardern, Media, national, same old national, Simon Bridges, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, you couldn't make this shit upYou would think that while Jacinda Ardern takes time out to properly introduce baby Neve to the world opposition leader Simon Bridges would be striding throughout the country like a colossus and really make a name for himself. But of late he has been rather invisible.
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Free Tommy Robinson *
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Congrats: fuel tax drive more trucks out of Auckland
Truck drivers are being to told to refuel outside of the Auckland regional fuel tax. Hopefully this will also mean that more of the excessively subsidised road destroying heavy vehicles will stay outside of our precious Auckland roads. But raising the Road User Charges in accordance to the general 4th power law would be more direct and have a better economic effect.
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The United States is becoming a rogue state
The United States of America in its support for Israeli trashing of Palestinian rights and the withdrawal of support for the United Nations Human Rights Council as well as the mass incarceration of children of parents who have tried to enter the United States without permission is displaying concerning signs.
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Sage refuses permission to mine conservation land
Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage has incurred attacks from the right by refusing to allow the desecration of conservation land on the West Coast.
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Gluckman: Methamphetamine policy was a crock
class war, drugs, labour, making shit up, national, paula bennett, phil twyford, same old national, the praiseworthy and the pitifulThe Prime Minister’s chief science adviser Peter Gluckman has described the previous Government’s policy on methamphetamine in Housing Corp houses as hysterical and concluded that there has never been a documented case of someone getting sick from third-hand exposure to methamphetamine.
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It’s Time for a Cost-Benefit Analysis of Dairy Farming
Not just, ‘we’ve got to make the good outweigh the bad’. I mean: why should dairy farming exist here?
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Doofus of the week – May 27, 2018
doofus of the week, Gerry Brownlee, Judith Collins, national, paula bennett, same old national, Simon Bridges, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, uncategorized, you couldn't make this shit upLots of competition this week with Katie Hopkins preferring to be called a racist to being described as being on drugs, Judith Collins for fronting the most naff scandals in the last decade, and Simon Bridges for going on tour to strange places. But the real contest was between Paula Bennett and Gerry Brownlee …
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Yulia wants to go home.
Oops. Was this desire meant to be in the script?
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Algorithms are threatening our democracy
China, community democracy, Deep stuff, democracy under attack, democratic participation, facebook, internet, interweb, Politics, twitterAlgorithms are a form of fascism – yet a fascism from data manipulation rather than from the state. Are they a threat to our democracy?
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The Schnews.
Apologies to the Schnews that was actually a pretty good wee publication that came out of Brighton, England.
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Bottom feeding fish
clickbait, Dirty Politics, making shit up, Media, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, you couldn't make this shit upYesterday the Herald said something stupid about Clarke Gayford, reported his response and then reported at how the country was divided by the article.
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The right to free speech
Deep stuff, democracy under attack, journalism, Media, news, Propaganda, racism, sexism, social media lolz, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, you couldn't make this shit upThis week has seen a number of examples where right wing and religious men have said stupid things and then had their statements defended on the basis that free speech should be protected.
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Homeless families are living in cars … and tents
housing, john key, national, national/act government, phil twyford, same old national, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, you couldn't make this shit upRemember how early on during his reign as National leader John Key talked about the underclass and how they were a blight on New Zealand society? Well over the past year WINZ has been giving grants to homeless families to live in tents.
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Is this a new cold war?
It’s really easy to get cranky right now and believe the world is retreating into to a sad Cold War binary in which Russia and its allies are always in high tension with the United States and its allies. A new Cold War.
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Ardern was right to hold back on Russia
Remember two weeks ago when Jacinda Ardern’s handling of the Russian poisoning scandal was considered to be a major misstep? Well with the benefit of hindsight it appears to have been a very balanced nuanced response to an incident that is not as clear cut as it was presented.
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Doofus of the week Easter 2018 edition
This week the award goes to a Fairfax reporter for writing as fawning a review of a political career as you can imagine.
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Who cares about personal privacy? Not Facebook
Not the National Party and 3 of its most senior MPs.
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US Trade Tariffs against China
Make no mistake: this is the single biggest anti-trade act the world has seen since the Iranian revolution’s nationalisation program from 1979.
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Tell the Health Committee: Make our cannabis law fair for those in pain
“The Health Select Committee is about to consider the government’s changes to medicinal cannabis law. This is your chance to tell politicians they have not gone far enough.”
The Greens have a handy online submission form that you can send as is or add your own thoughts. Submissions close on Wednesday.
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Inevitably the crazy old morons remain
In his usual dignified way, Donald Trump announced that he was sacking Rex Tillerson, the American Secretary of State in a tweet. And so the round of musical chairs that marks the White House’s descent into even more incompetence continues. Meanwhile the farce of the Russian election proceeds in their background of state operated terrorism in the UK. But there is some light
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TPPA rally at parliament today
Protestors will gather outside Parliament at midday on Thursday 8 March to hear from a range of speakers in opposition to the TPPA signing ceremony in Chile
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We need more ministers like Steven Joyce
Rare praise for Steven Joyce from someone on the left.
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Our Reserve Bank
There is a case for the Reserve Bank to be eradicated, or at least major changes made to its structure.
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Arctic monkey wrenching
“This is more than just a temperature anomaly. It is an off-the-scale event. Why is the Arctic meltdown not headline news in every paper?” – George Monbiot
If someone said hey, your house is going to burn down, we don’t know if it’s in the next hour or next week, what would you do?
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Damien Grant thinks National is stuffed
Damien Grant thinks that National is a relic and should fracture into libertarian and conservative parties.
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Doofus of the week – David Seymour
Hot on the heels on the news that he is going to spend valuable time dancing with the stars David Seymour has engaged […]
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National’s meh leadership contest
journalism, Media, national, newspapers, same old national, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, you couldn't make this shit upNational’s leadership contest is one week old. The latest is a central edict that all candidates have to be nice to each other and a claim that candidates are not offering senior positions to MPs in exchange for their support.
