Coalition Problems? Tell ’em they’re Dreaming!

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Date published: 6:44 pm, September 13th, 2018 - 82 comments

Oh dear. The Winston Peters led governing coalition has completely collapsed and thank God Simon Bridges is there to pick up the pieces. I warned you this would happen! And look! Over there … the sky is falling. Falling, I tells ya!

Daily Review 13/09/2018

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Date published: 5:30 pm, September 13th, 2018 - 57 comments

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What does it take for bosses not to get their bonus?

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Date published: 11:26 am, September 13th, 2018 - 17 comments

Why is it that all risk lies with the shareholders? Why does poor performance by a company not result in CEO and top management bonuses being clawed back?

Fonterra’s loss

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Date published: 9:35 am, September 13th, 2018 - 67 comments

Fonterra has just reported an after tax loss of $196 million for the 2018 year. It’s never had an annual loss in its history.

Brownlee accused of bullying lawyer

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Date published: 7:44 am, September 13th, 2018 - 128 comments

Gerry Brownlee has been accused of ringing a young lawyer involved in a potential class action concerning steal used in the Christchurch rebuild and making her feel intimidated and harassed. Update: National has admitted “[s]o he just kind of unleashed, you know how Gerry is”.

Open Mike 13/09/2018

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Date published: 6:00 am, September 13th, 2018 - 53 comments

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“That day” in September.

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Date published: 6:14 pm, September 12th, 2018 - 6 comments

Towers bore me.

Daily Review 12/09/2018

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Date published: 5:30 pm, September 12th, 2018 - 97 comments

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Ray Avery, Netsafe and the right to public discourse

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Date published: 4:52 pm, September 12th, 2018 - 5 comments

Ray Avery has complained to Netsafe that Newsroom has been engaged in perhaps a too vigorous investigation of claims concerning medical equipment that he had produced.

Business NZ runs bogus poll

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Date published: 8:18 am, September 12th, 2018 - 65 comments

Business NZ has admitted that a poll that it ran was fundamentally flawed but has threatened to go to the ILO about Labour’s rather modest proposed changes to Industrial Relations law.  And Radio New Zealand has reported on an industrial dispute involving Sistema plastics where union workers are working 60 hour working weeks without overtime pay on not much more than the minimum wage.

Open Mike 12/09/2018

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Date published: 6:00 am, September 12th, 2018 - 234 comments

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Daily Review 11/09/2018

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Date published: 7:16 pm, September 11th, 2018 - 10 comments

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The Global Financial Crisis 10 Years On

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Date published: 11:19 am, September 11th, 2018 - 32 comments

Ten years ago this week massive financial businesses in the United States started collapsing. How has the world recovered from this?

Ghahraman speaks out about online trolls

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Date published: 8:21 am, September 11th, 2018 - 134 comments

Green MP Golriz Ghahraman has talked to the New Zealand Herald about the online treatment she has received and described the nature of the attacks and the absurdity of the allegations made against her.

Open Mike 11/09/2018

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Date published: 6:00 am, September 11th, 2018 - 259 comments

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Daily Review 10/09/2018

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Date published: 5:30 pm, September 10th, 2018 - 34 comments

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Te Wiki o te Reo Māori

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Date published: 11:00 am, September 10th, 2018 - 61 comments

It is Maori Language week. And National has come out with the unusual situation of requiring primary and intermediate schools to teach a compulsory second language.  But the language may not necessarily be te Reo Māori.  And Simon Bridges opposes it being taught compulsorily.

Tilting at Windmills

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Date published: 10:38 am, September 10th, 2018 - 42 comments

The Donald found a real one!

Open Mike 10/09/2018

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Date published: 6:00 am, September 10th, 2018 - 265 comments

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Ardern and Pelosi.

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Date published: 11:36 am, September 9th, 2018 - 65 comments

There is something very wrong with “our” media when it takes a stand-up comedian to alert people to important stuff. But anyway…

Guest post – Breast is best

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Date published: 8:43 am, September 9th, 2018 - 26 comments

It is high time we wean ourselves off the indiscriminate use of fossil fuels. We need to grow up.

Open Mike 09/09/2018

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Date published: 6:00 am, September 9th, 2018 - 109 comments

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Is Politik a propaganda mouthpiece for the UK Embassy?

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Date published: 8:46 pm, September 8th, 2018 - 29 comments

In Politik’s 7 September issue we are told that Western diplomats in Wellington are surprised that Winston Peters has not accused Russia of the Skripal poisoning or joined some other countries in taking reprisals. Editor Richard Harman quotes a source to tell us that the British in particular were “pissed” at Peters’ response. Well dearie me. I’m with Winston, a wise old owl.

A Tale of Two Protests

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Date published: 4:09 pm, September 8th, 2018 - 79 comments

I stumbled across two protests in Dunedin today. They offered up a few telling contrasts.

US Mid Terms; Obama Enters the Ring

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Date published: 1:24 pm, September 8th, 2018 - 30 comments

America gets ready to rumble in the November mid terms, as Barack Obama enters the ring. At stake is control of both houses and the fate of the Trump presidency.

We need to push back on Leighton Smith

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Date published: 8:00 am, September 8th, 2018 - 85 comments

Leighton Smith is living for the day when it is proved that climate change is nothing more than a lefty hoax. I hope he is right.

Open Mike 08/09/2018

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Date published: 6:00 am, September 8th, 2018 - 154 comments

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The right work themselves into a frenzy about Ardern and Curran

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Date published: 3:52 pm, September 7th, 2018 - 65 comments

The latest right wing beat up is that Jacinda told a porkie this morning to Chris Lynch on Newstalk ZB. A closer inspection reveals that nothing of the sort happened.

Curran resigns as a Minister

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Date published: 12:09 pm, September 7th, 2018 - 156 comments

In breaking news Clare Curran has resigned as a Minister.

The Trump New York Times Op ed

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Date published: 7:59 am, September 7th, 2018 - 121 comments

Donald Trump thinks that the anonymous opinion writer in the New York times may have committed an act of treason.  Others think that this is an act of loyalty to the country.

Open Mike 07/09/2018

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Date published: 6:00 am, September 7th, 2018 - 126 comments

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