Open mike 18/08/2020
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Date published: 6:00 am, August 18th, 2020 - 209 comments
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Brady under review by Canterbury University
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Date published: 7:59 pm, August 17th, 2020 - 99 comments
Canterbury University is conducting a review of statements made to the Justice Select Committee by Professor Anne-Marie Brady alleging covert military transfer to China which complainants from other Universities under attack said “contained manifest errors of fact and misleading inferences.” The University would do well to broaden its review to encompass the NATO-funded Canterbury SSANSE which Brady heads. The military-purpose link there is explicit.
Let them have gardening leave…
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Date published: 6:59 pm, August 17th, 2020 - 25 comments
“A bunch of retired MPs will now have to come back to work as well, which they will no doubt hate. But at least with current border restrictions, they are unlikely to have fled the country.”. Uh – why exactly? They are almost a sixth of the current parliament. They’re out the door, and there is no substantive work for them to do. I’m sure that puritans of thought will think otherwise – but I think gardening leave is appropiate.
Daily review 17/08/2020
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Date published: 5:30 pm, August 17th, 2020 - 29 comments
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A Stunt Scene from Mission Impossible*
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Date published: 3:52 pm, August 17th, 2020 - 16 comments
In NZ politics, the perception of fairness matters more than actual fairness.
What Now Phil Goff?
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Date published: 1:19 pm, August 17th, 2020 - 36 comments
The Chief Executive of Watercare Raveen Jaduram has resigned. With Auckland Council’s recent Council Controlled Organisation review having been concluded and the recommendations released is this the opportunity to require meaningful change of Watercare?
Extend advance voting
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Date published: 9:15 am, August 17th, 2020 - 11 comments
One thing that Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern should look at asking the Electoral Commission to do would be to extend the period of Advance voting. This was more than a third of the votes in 2017, and is ideal for pandemic voting. It allows to the pressure on polling places to reduce to something similar to queuing for the supermarket.
Why we need to get on with the election
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Date published: 8:23 am, August 17th, 2020 - 114 comments
A coalition of losers has appeared demanding that the election is be delayed. Update: Ardern has announced a short deferral of election day to October 17.
Open mike 17/08/2020
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Date published: 6:00 am, August 17th, 2020 - 101 comments
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What is wrong with postal voting?
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Date published: 11:48 am, August 16th, 2020 - 73 comments
Judith Collins’s and National’s ridiculing the proposition that New Zealand could safely hold an election using postal voting has some disturbing similarities with Donald Trump’s approach in America.
Open mike 16/08/2020
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Date published: 6:00 am, August 16th, 2020 - 149 comments
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Covid-19 vs 1918 influenza
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Date published: 5:29 pm, August 15th, 2020 - 67 comments
Reading a number of articles in the NZ Herald in recent days calling for change in how we handle outbreaks of covid-19 in NZ. The implied precept is the damage covid-19 poses to the population of NZ over time is less than the immediate economic damage. That covid-19 is like the flu and results in herd immunity. However it is far worse than the influenza pandemic of 1918, much longer lasting and we probably won’t reach herd immunity naturally for generations.
Open mike 15/08/2020
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Date published: 6:00 am, August 15th, 2020 - 379 comments
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Daily review 14/08/2020
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Date published: 5:30 pm, August 14th, 2020 - 104 comments
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test post
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Date published: 5:10 pm, August 14th, 2020 - Comments Off on test post
https://twitter.com/TheAlanRichards/status/1304896549399547912
The top seven things Covid has changed
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Date published: 7:45 am, August 14th, 2020 - 47 comments
Covid has fundamentally changed society for the better in surprising ways.
Joe Biden’s Four Surprising Vectors for Success
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Date published: 7:00 am, August 14th, 2020 - 15 comments
He’s old, boring, uninspiring, and offends no-one: surely he’ll fail miserably as President? But he has a stronger chance than any Democrat President since LBJ of getting very strong domestic reforms done.
Open mike 14/08/2020
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Date published: 6:00 am, August 14th, 2020 - 302 comments
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Daily review 13/08/2020
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Date published: 5:30 pm, August 13th, 2020 - 38 comments
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TheY aRe onlY aSKing qUestiOns
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Date published: 8:32 am, August 13th, 2020 - 112 comments
Yesterday National suggested a wide based and interesting conspiracy theory involving the Government and the Ministry of Health and all of the Health Boards suppressing news of community spread of Covid 19 for political advantage while at the same time complaining that the Government should be consulting with them on decisions.
Open mike 13/08/2020
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Date published: 6:00 am, August 13th, 2020 - 257 comments
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Daily review 12/08/2020
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Date published: 5:30 pm, August 12th, 2020 - 28 comments
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UMR Poll August 2020
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Date published: 3:36 pm, August 12th, 2020 - 34 comments
The latest Rogue Poll™ is out. This time it’s UMR’s turn and Judith Collins is on the rise.
Will National politicise the new Covid outbreak? *
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Date published: 12:38 pm, August 12th, 2020 - 182 comments
*Rhetorical question. Of course they will.
Biden/Harris
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Date published: 8:50 am, August 12th, 2020 - 53 comments
Joe Biden announces his VP pick.
Open mike 12/08/2020
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Date published: 6:00 am, August 12th, 2020 - 175 comments
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Well that is a bit shit. Auckland level 3. Rest of NZ level 2
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Date published: 10:14 pm, August 11th, 2020 - 48 comments
Four cases of community transmission from the same family – presumably without an obvious cause. Lock down for 3 days in the Auckland super city area at level 3 starting noon Wednesday. Level 2 for everywhere else outside of Auckland. Allows time for contact tracing and a later decision once facts are known. Good response.
Daily review 11/08/2020
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Date published: 5:30 pm, August 11th, 2020 - 60 comments
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Should the government replace sex data with gender (identity) data?
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Date published: 10:07 am, August 11th, 2020 - 110 comments
Stats NZ want to use gender rather than sex as the default for data collection. But they’ve neglected to ask women about that.
The strange tale of the Auckland Central selection and Merv from Manurewa
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Date published: 8:01 am, August 11th, 2020 - 57 comments
News has emerged that a senior National Party figure rang talkback radio and made derogatory comments about National’s only Sri Lankan candidate in an apparent attempt to reduce her chance of being selected as National’s Auckland Central candidate.
Why you should vote Labour this election
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Date published: 7:00 am, August 11th, 2020 - 146 comments
Four very good reasons why you should vote Labour in this election.
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