American midterms – revenge of young people and the decline of the NRA
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Date published: 8:00 am, November 12th, 2018 - 51 comments
In the midterm US elections a number of candidates supported by the NRA have lost out to opponents with strong anti gun views. And the youth vote surged. Were these events related?
Open Mike 12/11/2018
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Date published: 6:00 am, November 12th, 2018 - 124 comments
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Open Mike 11/11/2018
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Date published: 6:00 am, November 11th, 2018 - 242 comments
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The Guns of November 2018
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Date published: 5:38 pm, November 10th, 2018 - 188 comments
On 11 November 1918 the guns fell silent across Europe’s slaughter. In the Guns of August, Barbara Tuchman described how that dreadful war started by accident. Daniel Ellsberg warns us now that accidents could happen again, this time in the nuclear age. Ellsberg says first strike is America’s policy, making accidental nuclear winter all the more likely.
All that is wrong with America’s democracy
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Date published: 10:46 am, November 10th, 2018 - 40 comments
In Georgia, despite the Repbublican candidate who oversaw the election process engaging in the mass disenfranchisement of Democrat voters, the removal of voting machines to make voting in Democrat areas more difficult and baseless smearing of the Democrat candidate, the result is on a knife edge and a second vote is a possibility.
Open Mike 10/11/2018
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Date published: 6:00 am, November 10th, 2018 - 108 comments
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Disestablish the establishment.
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Date published: 6:04 pm, November 9th, 2018 - 29 comments
Politics can be soap, or politics can be real. This post comments on some of the soap and offers an example of something that’s real
Daily Review 09/11/2018
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Date published: 5:30 pm, November 9th, 2018 - 25 comments
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Latest poll results – National in freefall
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Date published: 11:11 am, November 9th, 2018 - 81 comments
A recent UMR poll has put National support at 37%, deep in danger territory for Simon Bridges.
Open Mike 09/11/2018
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Date published: 6:00 am, November 9th, 2018 - 225 comments
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Rude ‘n Terrible?
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Date published: 6:55 pm, November 8th, 2018 - 38 comments
Trump’s…I don’t actually have words for this little escapade.
ILG, a Rock, and a Hard Place
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Date published: 6:40 pm, November 8th, 2018 - 91 comments
The Sroubek beat up is still with us. Why won’t National tell us what they knew and what they agreed to?
Daily Review 08/11/2018
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Date published: 5:30 pm, November 8th, 2018 - 24 comments
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Jeff Sessions resigns as Attorney General
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Date published: 9:57 am, November 8th, 2018 - 27 comments
US Attorney General Jeff Sessions has resigned at the President’s request and has been replaced by someone who thought that Mueller’s investigation into POTUS went too far.
ScoMo’s flying bus tour
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Date published: 8:28 am, November 8th, 2018 - 20 comments
In an effort to revive sagging support levels Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison is on a bus tour of Australia involving him flying and being picked up by the bus, drinking lots of beer, wearing different hats and saying fair dinkum a lot.
Open Mike 08/11/2018
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Date published: 6:00 am, November 8th, 2018 - 186 comments
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Proxy Music
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Date published: 5:37 pm, November 7th, 2018 - 39 comments
Jami-Lee Ross has passed his proxy vote to NZ First, elevating waka jumping to an Olympic sport. How bad does it have to get before the Tory caucus puts Simon Bridges out of his misery?
Daily Review 07/11/2018
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Date published: 5:30 pm, November 7th, 2018 - 14 comments
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Why this mid term result?
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Date published: 5:05 pm, November 7th, 2018 - 39 comments
What can we take from the US mid term election results?
Too many jobs being created
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Date published: 2:20 pm, November 7th, 2018 - 14 comments
The latest unemployment data showing the jobless rate falling to under 4% follows the equally bad 1.0% economic growth in the September quarter and a budget surplus of $5.5b, confirming the economy is going down like Donald Trump, as predicted by the ANZ Bank’s business confidence survey
Triumph the insult dog meets Beto and Cruz
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Date published: 7:47 am, November 7th, 2018 - 6 comments
If you have 10 minutes to waste and enjoy laughing uproariously I can recommend this video. Warning should not be watched while you are drinking coffee and the contents may be sprayed on your screen …
The United States mid term elections
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Date published: 7:29 am, November 7th, 2018 - 101 comments
The US mid term election results are due out today and should start to appear after 12 pm NZT.
Open Mike 07/11/2018
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Date published: 6:00 am, November 7th, 2018 - 120 comments
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Daily Review 06/11/2018
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Date published: 5:30 pm, November 6th, 2018 - 13 comments
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Simon’s sure fire way to deal with difficult questions
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Date published: 2:37 pm, November 6th, 2018 - 45 comments
Simon’s strategy is that cunning you could be tempted to pin a tail on it and call it a weasel.
Easy Climate Action
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Date published: 12:35 pm, November 6th, 2018 - 55 comments
Another promising front is opening that might help encourage people to sit up, take notice, and act.
Simon Bridges wants a new senior social media advisor
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Date published: 8:00 am, November 6th, 2018 - 36 comments
Simon Bridges has advertised for a Senior Social Media advisor.
Open Mike 06/11/2018
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Date published: 6:00 am, November 6th, 2018 - 180 comments
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Daily Review 05/11/2018
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Date published: 5:30 pm, November 5th, 2018 - 23 comments
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A Democratic Cakewalk.
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Date published: 12:52 pm, November 5th, 2018 - 48 comments
Cenk Uygur might be said to have “skin in the game” when it comes to the US Mid-terms, and given that much of this post revolves around, or bounces from his commentary and analysis – which may not be quite as objective as he thinks – that should be borne in mind when reading this post.
The Jami-Lee tapes
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Date published: 8:22 am, November 5th, 2018 - 141 comments
Newshub has released a further Jami-Lee Ross tape which contains a promise by Simon Bridges that if Ross stood down for health reasons he could come back in the new year and be promoted.
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