How To Get There 10/3/19

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Date published: 6:51 am, March 10th, 2019 - 54 comments

Welcome to TS’s Sunday think piece. It’s a blank sheet, a tabula rasa, waiting for your thoughts on the future and How To Get There.  

Simon Bridges is rooting for the Greens*

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Date published: 4:12 pm, March 9th, 2019 - 28 comments

Simon Bridges makes a passionate plea for the environment and for a mate.

Chelsea Manning Jailed

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Date published: 9:58 am, March 9th, 2019 - 42 comments

Whistleblower Chelsea Manning has allowed herself to be jailed for contempt of court. She says it’s a matter of principle. But what principle?

Open mike 09/03/2019

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Date published: 7:00 am, March 9th, 2019 - 115 comments

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Daily review 08/03/2019

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Date published: 5:30 pm, March 8th, 2019 - 137 comments

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Caption contest

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Date published: 3:11 pm, March 8th, 2019 - 36 comments

Keep it seemly.

The right to strike for their future

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Date published: 2:49 pm, March 8th, 2019 - 25 comments

Good editorial in the DomPost today supporting the students’ strike for their future environment. I can’t say the same for David Farrar on National radio yesterday opining they should strike at the weekend. For another lesson in patronising, watch Senator Dianne Feinstein’s treatment of the kids in California.

Open mike 08/03/2019

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Date published: 7:00 am, March 8th, 2019 - 233 comments

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Bad: The Michael Jackson Hysteria

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Date published: 9:32 pm, March 7th, 2019 - 187 comments

Radio stations around the world are banning the music of Michael Jackson. What have his records done wrong?

Daily review 07/03/2019

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Date published: 5:41 pm, March 7th, 2019 - 57 comments

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The tax debate – Dogwhistle time

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Date published: 8:07 am, March 7th, 2019 - 111 comments

National has resorted to race baiting in its attempt to denigrate the Tax Working Group’s proposed capital gains tax.

Open mike 07/03/2019

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Date published: 7:00 am, March 7th, 2019 - 87 comments

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Daily review 06/03/2019

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Date published: 5:30 pm, March 6th, 2019 - 56 comments

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Jihadi Justice

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Date published: 1:31 pm, March 6th, 2019 - 87 comments

Should we let the ‘Bumbling Jihadi’ Mark Taylor back into NZ? What message do we send the world if we don’t?

Young people and climate change

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Date published: 7:56 am, March 6th, 2019 - 50 comments

School students are planning national protests against climate change on March 15, 2019. The response of some politicians to this news is less than optimal.

Open mike 06/03/2019

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Date published: 7:00 am, March 6th, 2019 - 172 comments

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Thanks a million Ruth

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Date published: 10:00 pm, March 5th, 2019 - 23 comments

Ruth Dyson, in my opinion up in the top rank of great Labour women, has announced she will leave Parliament at the end of this term. Typically in advance and typically without fanfare. Her contribution to Labour and to the less fortunate in our country has been huge.

Daily review 05/03/2019

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Date published: 5:30 pm, March 5th, 2019 - 167 comments

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National’s Tax review strategy

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Date published: 11:22 am, March 5th, 2019 - 107 comments

The Government is not due to announce its response to the Tax Working Group’s recommendations for a few more weeks. It appears that National using outrageous assumptions will take the opportunity to raise horror stories in the media on how bad the tax could be.

Sage gets the money

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Date published: 7:30 am, March 5th, 2019 - 47 comments

Greens Minister Eugenie Sage deserves praise for securing some solid funding increases for her Conservation portfolio.

Open mike 05/03/2019

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Date published: 7:00 am, March 5th, 2019 - 122 comments

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Daily review 04/03/2019

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Date published: 5:30 pm, March 4th, 2019 - 39 comments

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Venezuela, China and Russia

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Date published: 1:41 pm, March 4th, 2019 - 54 comments

In the new world order of robber barons in which most states are collectively so weak that they no longer effective resistance against large corporations, we should start to view states as diplomatic fronts for corporations.

The Green’s electoral law reform petition

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Date published: 8:47 am, March 4th, 2019 - 389 comments

The Green Party’s launching of a petition to seek changes to the electoral system has met with some Trumpian style rhetoric from the right.

Open mike 04/03/2019

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Date published: 7:00 am, March 4th, 2019 - 177 comments

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MAFS National Style*

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Date published: 10:32 am, March 3rd, 2019 - 61 comments

National is grooming the voters for another dirty ACT.

Kim Hill eviscerates Chris Christie on National radio

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Date published: 10:06 am, March 3rd, 2019 - 54 comments

Chris Christie agreed to be interviewed by Kim Hill about his recently released book. It seems like he did not know what he was letting himself in for.

National’s Maggie Barry problem

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Date published: 9:20 am, March 3rd, 2019 - 25 comments

The Herald has reported that there has been concerns at Maggie Barry’s behaviour towards staff has been raised on three separate occasions. And Parliamentary Services is at the suggestion of the Auditor General investigating claims of misuse of Parliamentary Services resources.

Open mike 03/03/2019

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Date published: 7:00 am, March 3rd, 2019 - 76 comments

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How To Get There 3/3/19

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Date published: 6:46 am, March 3rd, 2019 - 83 comments

Welcome to TS’s Sunday think piece. It’s a blank sheet, a tabula rasa, waiting for your thoughts on the future and How To Get There.  

Lies damn lies and tax analysis

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Date published: 1:21 pm, March 2nd, 2019 - 67 comments

National’s claim that a capital gains tax would reduce the value of an average worker’s Kiwisaver account by $64,000 over a 45 year working life seems to be as valid as Steven Joyce’s claim there was an $11.5 billion dollar hole in Labour’s draft budget.

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