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The current rise of populism challenges the way we think about people’s relationship to the economy.We seem to be entering an era of populism, in which leadership in a democracy is based on preferences of the population which do not seem entirely rational nor serving their longer interests. ...
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Interesting piece by Johansson. Holyoake had Muldoon at the start or his career to do the hard yards and the vision.
English has Joyce…
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/election-2017/338922/can-national-overcome-the-three-term-curse
Nice glossing over of history there. National were only in power from 1978 because of the dis-proportionality of the FPP system (I would copy/paste but it’s a really nasty table).
And there’s been many times when they shouldn’t have because they didn’t actually have popular support.
In a just world Irma will soften Mar-a-Lago up and Jose, damned immigrant, will level the joint.
https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic=-75.79,18.94,1804/loc=-82.496,17.277
In a just world, hurricanes will wait till after Trump leaves office before demolishing Mar-a-Lago. Because if they do so while he is making a de facto White House out of it, he’ll find a way of making the government pay for a lavish rebuild of it.
Hosking, still off sick from 7 sharp.
Must be the poll results
I think Hosking other problems Johnr
Ah. But Corin Dann has just tweeted he’s stepping p to o the multi Party leaders debate tomorrow night cos Hosking sick.
YES for the power of multimedia Corin Dann is more professional Than Mike Hosking and Corin will behave in a true neutral manner that all our reporter should.
Ooh, look at the latest political cadaver to rise from the crypt (again), this time apparently spruiking for Peters.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11919088
Him AND Prebble.
Heard you the first time, chaps, and you were wrong then, too.
Democrats for Social Credit, Whangarei Candidate Chris Leitch, didn’t get invited to the local candidates debate. Shame on our fallen democracy. This was the third major party, and only competition to Labour Ltd and Nation Inc, decades ago in FPP times.
Chris Leitch is a solid politician with finanical insights and more, a genuine active local, and can even dance. Yeah, guess he’s over qualified for MP. Expect DSC will still out pole ACT nation wide, but expect the media to bury facts like that as best they can.
https://www.facebook.com/Chris.Leitch.Campaign
DSC couldn’t even out-poll ACT in Whangarei last election. Let alone across the country.
To be fair, they did whup their real nationwide competition, The Civilian Party, by 0.07% to 0.05%.
Desperate solutions.
http://themindcircle.com/los-angeles-is-painting-the-streets-white/
Desperate times.
Desperate maybe. But changing the average albedo of the earth is a feasible tool to reduce warming. Painting a house roof white or light green is one of the easiest big things a homeowner can do to reduce their personal contribution to warming.
In LA, though, they can’t drive when it rains as it is. If the roads get even slicker when wet coz they’re painted. fun times.
Charming Joyce piece.
“Steven Joyce reminds journalists that everyone said Copernicus was wrong, too.
…The point is,” concluded Joyce, …. “that just because absolutely everyone says I’m wrong, does not mean I am wrong.
http://www.thecivilian.co.nz/steven-joyce-reminds-journalists-that-everyone-said-copernicus-was-wrong-too/
Does the dildo orbit his head or vice versa?
Nick Smith was given a bashing tonight in the second of Al Jezeera’s expose of NZ’s irrigation wars.
Link?
Sorry, I just watch it as it streams on youtube, so don’t know how t access Al Jez on demand.
Maybe it’ll turn up in the video or playlist pages here:
https://www.youtube.com/user/AlJazeeraEnglish/playlistshttps://www.youtube.com/user/AlJazeeraEnglish/playlists
yeah his ugly mug is all over the playlist page.
Europe are having a pause on quantitative easing, but interest rates will go negative, -0.2%
http://thebricspost.com/no-quantitative-easing-now-says-ecbs-draghi/#.WbG2d8YlHIU