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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Daily Review 06/09/2018
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Date published: 5:44 pm, September 6th, 2018 - 38 comments
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Public Service Reform
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Date published: 4:30 pm, September 6th, 2018 - 27 comments
For a country the size of Melbourne, we have a ridiculously complex state, and this layer of accountablility is largely a complete waste of our taxpayer money and degrades our agency as citizens. Can we do better?
Kremlin Killers?
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Date published: 7:25 am, September 6th, 2018 - 272 comments
UK Police have named the two Russian spies accused of the Novichok poisonings. But what can Britain do about it?
Open Mike 06/09/2018
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Date published: 6:00 am, September 6th, 2018 - 143 comments
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Daily Review 05/09/2018
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Date published: 5:30 pm, September 5th, 2018 - 72 comments
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Politicians should be allowed to have families
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Date published: 9:45 am, September 5th, 2018 - 74 comments
Elements of the media are criticising Jacinda Ardern for juggling her personal responsibilities with her working life, something that most of us do every day.
And the antisemites are…?
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Date published: 9:30 am, September 5th, 2018 - 65 comments
UK Labour adopted the IRHA definition of antisemitism in full, and…
“Creating quagmires” – US policy in Syria
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Date published: 8:33 am, September 5th, 2018 - 82 comments
Things are coming to a head in Syria, with a key meeting on 7 August between Syria, Turkey and Russia to discuss future strategy re the Idlib enclave where terrorist groups have been concentrated. The US and its allies want to retain influence, having lost it to Russia. A shooting war based on a false flag is a real albeit disastrous possibility to maintain US “quagmire” policy in the Middle East to date.
Open Mike 05/09/2018
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Date published: 6:00 am, September 5th, 2018 - 113 comments
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Daily Review 04/09/2018
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Date published: 5:30 pm, September 4th, 2018 - 29 comments
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Winston and the refugee issue
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Date published: 12:49 pm, September 4th, 2018 - 30 comments
Winston has suggested that New Zealand First may not agree to an increase in the number of refugees New Zealand accepts. Even though the infrastructure needed for the increase is paid for.
Government as startup
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Date published: 8:00 am, September 4th, 2018 - 67 comments
This new government is almost perfectly replicating the burn cycle of a startup business.
Open Mike 04/09/2018
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Date published: 6:00 am, September 4th, 2018 - 84 comments
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Zionism and Anti-Semitism Both Suck
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Date published: 9:30 pm, September 3rd, 2018 - 86 comments
Jeremy Corbyn has a problem. His supporters are struggling to seperate anti-Zionism from anti-racism and the Tories can’t believe their luck. UK Labour desperately need to turn around the narrative that they’re tolerant of bigotry. And in just two days, a definition is going to define Corbyn.
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