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.
Daily Review 03/09/2018
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Date published: 5:45 pm, September 3rd, 2018 - 32 comments
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Libspill set to Toy Story
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Date published: 3:22 pm, September 3rd, 2018 - 3 comments
A genius has set the recent Liberal Party putsch to scenes from Toy Story.
Enough Bullshit!
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Date published: 3:11 pm, September 3rd, 2018 - 129 comments
White South African farm murders.
Bridges establishes working group to prepare discussion document
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Date published: 10:00 am, September 3rd, 2018 - 19 comments
Simon Bridges has announced the formation of a working group to prepare a policy discussion document.
Farrar peddles climate change denial nonsense
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Date published: 8:57 am, September 3rd, 2018 - 151 comments
David Farrar has posted a guest post by climate change denialist Bryan Leland where he has criticised the Royal Society of New Zealand for accepting that climate change is an actual phenomenon.
Open Mike 03/09/2018
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Date published: 6:00 am, September 3rd, 2018 - 157 comments
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Open Mike 02/09/2018
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Date published: 5:53 am, September 2nd, 2018 - 171 comments
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Simon Bridges says the weirdest things – Criminal Justice
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Date published: 10:29 am, September 1st, 2018 - 30 comments
Simon Bridges has justified his claim that the three strikes law is working by releasing an Italian study that has not been peer reviewed on the effects on white collar criminals of a pardon system.
Open Mike 01/09/2018
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Date published: 6:00 am, September 1st, 2018 - 106 comments
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Daily Review 31/08/2018
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Date published: 5:30 pm, August 31st, 2018 - 35 comments
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Worst campaign video ever?
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Date published: 1:54 pm, August 31st, 2018 - 18 comments
Repbulican Ron Desantis has released what may be the worst campaign video ever.
Parliament and bullying
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Date published: 12:42 pm, August 31st, 2018 - 41 comments
It should be a qualification of being a Labour Member of Parliament that they treat their worked in an exemplary manner.
Business confidence verses business certainty
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Date published: 11:13 am, August 31st, 2018 - 37 comments
Lately the news has been all doom and gloom about business confidence. But what is the reality? And should we worry what an Australian Bank is telling us?
Facing Meka
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Date published: 9:11 am, August 31st, 2018 - 143 comments
How should Labour react to the loss of two Ministers in a week? And what would John Key have done?
Open Mike 31/08/2018
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Date published: 6:00 am, August 31st, 2018 - 96 comments
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Daily Review 30/08/2018
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Date published: 5:30 pm, August 30th, 2018 - 29 comments
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Australia bans Manning but lets in Au pair for rich Liberal donors
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Date published: 5:14 pm, August 30th, 2018 - 45 comments
Following recent news it appears that in Australia Au Pairs of the rich and connected are welcomed and helped. Seriously ill refugees are ignored. And click bait racists are fine but peace activists are shown the door.
Simon Bridges says the weirdest things – petrol prices
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Date published: 9:41 am, August 30th, 2018 - 43 comments
Simon Bridges has been trying to create a narrative about increasing petrol prices being the fault of the current government. But he has been tweeting an incorrect price and his claims about responsibility have been contradicted by BP.
Open Mike 30/08/2018
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Date published: 6:00 am, August 30th, 2018 - 156 comments
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Daily Review 29/08/2018
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Date published: 5:49 pm, August 29th, 2018 - 38 comments
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What’s wrong with asking people for their ideas?
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Date published: 2:26 pm, August 29th, 2018 - 78 comments
Guest post from Darien Fenton questioning National’s obsession with Government working groups.
Let Chelsea Manning speak
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Date published: 7:00 am, August 29th, 2018 - 146 comments
Chelsea Manning wants to visit New Zealand and talk about how evil war is and what should be done to stop it. We should let her.
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