Open Mike 29/01/2019
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Date published: 7:00 am, January 29th, 2019 - 161 comments
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Take the oil!
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Date published: 6:23 pm, January 28th, 2019 - 87 comments
Before he was elected President, Donald Trump’s approach to United States illegal attacks on Iraq and Libya was that their only mistake was that the US didn’t “take the oil.” After becoming President, his approach to oil-rich Venezuela was “can’t we just invade them?”
Update: John Bolton confirms its about the oil.
I’m so tired of you America
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Date published: 12:04 pm, January 28th, 2019 - 61 comments
Every day it’s getting harder to even wake up and hear of the latest outrage to political decency in the United States.
The Blue Green oxymoron
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Date published: 9:18 am, January 28th, 2019 - 252 comments
National appears to be well advanced in the formation of a new puppet party, one with an environmental theme that will present a challenge to the Green Party.
The Power of Anger
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Date published: 8:13 am, January 28th, 2019 - 75 comments
Anger can be a great catalyst for change if used wisely.
Open Mike 28/01/2019
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Date published: 7:00 am, January 28th, 2019 - 87 comments
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About that $100,000 National Party donation
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Date published: 10:20 am, January 27th, 2019 - 88 comments
Fran O’Sullivan has correctly stated that the investigation of the $100,000 donation made to the National Party that was partitioned to hide it should be of much greater concern to the New Zealand Police than Sarah Dowie’s texts.
Roastbusters redux
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Date published: 9:46 am, January 27th, 2019 - 92 comments
One of the Roastbusters this week has talked publicly about what happened in an apparent attempt to start a music career. And John Tamihere has started his Mayoral campaign having to answer questions about his attitude to what happened.
Open Mike 27/01/2019
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Date published: 9:05 am, January 27th, 2019 - 85 comments
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How To Get There 27/1/19
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Date published: 6:54 am, January 27th, 2019 - 93 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.
Trump’s Worst Day
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Date published: 12:08 pm, January 26th, 2019 - 141 comments
The Trump shutdown is over, as the doofus President waves the white flag. And in Florida, his trusted advisor Roger Stone is led away in handcuffs to face charges of lying to the Mueller enquiry. Good times, people, good times!
Open Mike 26/01/2019
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Date published: 7:00 am, January 26th, 2019 - 134 comments
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Daily Review 25/01/2019
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Date published: 5:30 pm, January 25th, 2019 - 23 comments
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Herald names Dowie as the sender of that text to Jami-Lee Ross
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Date published: 8:02 am, January 25th, 2019 - 205 comments
Sarah Dowie has been identified as the MP under police investigation for sending the text to Jami-Lee Ross saying that he deserved to die.
Taxpayers Union receives funding from British American Tobacco
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Date published: 7:36 am, January 25th, 2019 - 39 comments
Sam Sachdeva at Newsroom has connfirmed that the Taxpayer’s Union (*not a real union) has received funding from British American Tobacco.
Open Mike 25/01/2019
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Date published: 7:00 am, January 25th, 2019 - 110 comments
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Daily Review 24/01/2019
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Date published: 5:30 pm, January 24th, 2019 - 68 comments
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Stuff is now an official mouthpiece of the National Party
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Date published: 10:03 am, January 24th, 2019 - 47 comments
Mark Mitchell is an early contender for most stupid utterance by a politician this year. And Stuff has packaged up his utterance and uncritically made it a headline.
Venezuela Coup
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Date published: 8:54 am, January 24th, 2019 - 280 comments
A coup attempt is underway in Venezuala. Opposition leader Juan Guaidó has declared himself interim President. There is no immediate response from President Nicholas Maduro, who appears to still retain the support of the military.
That federation campaign
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Date published: 7:50 am, January 24th, 2019 - 110 comments
There’s an ad campaign that says “New Zealand is doing Australia better than Australia is”, and recommends federation of New Zealand with Australia and Jacinda being the first Prime Minister. Maybe it’s time.
Open Mike 24/01/2019
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Date published: 7:00 am, January 24th, 2019 - 125 comments
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Daily Review 23/01/2019
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Date published: 5:30 pm, January 23rd, 2019 - 16 comments
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National’s Jami-Lee Ross problem
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Date published: 8:59 am, January 23rd, 2019 - 56 comments
Jami-Lee Ross has written a somewhat conciliatory facebook post which essentially confirms that he is not going to resign as an MP.
What Can This Government Really Do About the Economy?
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Date published: 7:35 am, January 23rd, 2019 - 108 comments
Why is it that right now some countries can have weak governments and the economies just surge ahead? Why is political agency shearing away from economic change?
Open Mike 23/01/2019
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Date published: 7:00 am, January 23rd, 2019 - 161 comments
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Daily Review 22/01/2019
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Date published: 5:30 pm, January 22nd, 2019 - 80 comments
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National starts political year beneficiary bashing
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Date published: 11:14 am, January 22nd, 2019 - 70 comments
National has kicked off the year by reverting to type and engaging in a classic example of beneficiary bashing based on a distortion of official statistics.
Open Mike 22/01/2019
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Date published: 7:00 am, January 22nd, 2019 - 83 comments
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Enter Sandmann
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Date published: 8:32 pm, January 21st, 2019 - 220 comments
The young racist who was filmed smugly grinning at a native American elder has put out a statement justifying his actions. Trump will be proud. Bigly proud.
Daily Review 21/01/2019
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Date published: 5:30 pm, January 21st, 2019 - 16 comments
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Housing affordability and urban form
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Date published: 3:07 pm, January 21st, 2019 - 35 comments
Hugh Pavletich thinks that Auckland’s housing crisis is because of restrictions on urban sprawl and that loosening up would be a good thing. I disagree.
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