That eerie silence
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Date published: 8:29 am, March 26th, 2020 - 69 comments
Waking up this morning was a bit of an eerie feeling. The alarm went off as usual at 0700 (and the 0880 one just clicked over). Very little traffic noise. The quiet sound of the workstation and server fans was louder than the the remaining white noise from the traffic.
This post is here for you to share your first day under lock-down.
Open mike 26/03/2020
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Date published: 7:00 am, March 26th, 2020 - 131 comments
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Bullet Train Wreck
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Date published: 10:21 pm, March 25th, 2020 - 23 comments
New York Governor Cuomo was told CoVid-19 was like an approaching freight train. More like a bullet train was his response. Watching the White House daily briefing with Trump dominant it looks like a massive train wreck is on the way in the US.
Daily review 25/03/2020
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Date published: 5:30 pm, March 25th, 2020 - 143 comments
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Bye bye parliament for a while.
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Date published: 3:56 pm, March 25th, 2020 - 10 comments
Gotta love parliament – James Shaw “there are no fiscal conservatives in a foxhole”.
Anyway, parliament in the chamber will be going dark for a few months. So will parliamentary TV (but you can still get that live).
Have a look at the archives from today- there are some politicians who are on form..
Roll out the plans
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Date published: 1:59 pm, March 25th, 2020 - 10 comments
Fairly soon every group and their dog are going to come out with recovery plans for New Zealand. First off the block – even before we went into lockdown – is the ten point plan from Infrastructure New Zealand.
Generational astrology
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Date published: 10:00 am, March 25th, 2020 - 25 comments
In the time of coronavirus, we can move from blame to connection.
UBI Now, Please
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Date published: 9:19 am, March 25th, 2020 - 75 comments
Universal Basic Income is on the Government’s Covid-19 survival agenda. NZ needs it now, and NZ will need it tomorrow too.
Open mike 25/03/2020
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Date published: 7:00 am, March 25th, 2020 - 155 comments
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Daily review 24/03/2020
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Date published: 5:20 pm, March 24th, 2020 - 72 comments
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Open mike 24/03/2020
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Date published: 7:00 am, March 24th, 2020 - 131 comments
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This changes everything
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Date published: 6:34 am, March 24th, 2020 - 182 comments
What will our future now look like?
Phasing into phase 4
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Date published: 2:50 pm, March 23rd, 2020 - 147 comments
Heading into phase three, moving into phase four 48 hours later. Here is the video briefing and the quick analysis.
Political campaigning in a Covid-19 world
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Date published: 10:52 am, March 23rd, 2020 - 15 comments
How will the Covid-19 pandemic affect the 2020 election campaign, and are we looking at a postponement?
Open mike 23/03/2020
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Date published: 7:00 am, March 23rd, 2020 - 185 comments
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M.I.A. Joe
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Date published: 12:48 pm, March 22nd, 2020 - 19 comments
America has a question.
Open mike 22/03/2020
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Date published: 7:00 am, March 22nd, 2020 - 236 comments
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Ardern’s announcement about the new 4 level alert system for coronavirus
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Date published: 12:31 pm, March 21st, 2020 - 97 comments
Please be strong, be kind, and unite against Covid-19
– Jacinda Ardern.
Open mike 21/03/2020
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Date published: 7:00 am, March 21st, 2020 - 224 comments
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This is not the revolution
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Date published: 6:50 am, March 21st, 2020 - 61 comments
The Corvid-19 virus is turning us all into cautious conservatives.
Daily review 20/03/2020
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Date published: 5:30 pm, March 20th, 2020 - 48 comments
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On Mike the Moron and handling infectious diseases
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Date published: 11:40 am, March 20th, 2020 - 14 comments
Five days ago Mike Hosking was representing his paymasters with his reflection of their basic ignorance of history. Then demanding caution in dealing with covid-19. Yesterday he panicked for immediate action to close the borders which government did anyway later that day. It is just dangerous to give a public platform to a dithering moron who be at home in 1918. Perhaps he should read the pandemic plan?
$1000 per person (recurring) NOW!
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Date published: 9:57 am, March 20th, 2020 - 71 comments
There’s a world where, apparently, people shake hands with other people all day. I don’t know that world. I couldn’t tell you the last time I shook some-one’s hand. And I suspect those who inhabit a world of hand-shakers have as little insight to my world as I do theirs. But in “one world”…
No disconnections or evictions
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Date published: 7:26 am, March 20th, 2020 - 20 comments
Unite’s Joe Carolan has called for a rent, mortgage and bill freeze.
Open mike 20/03/2020
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Date published: 7:00 am, March 20th, 2020 - 128 comments
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Daily review 19/03/2020
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Date published: 5:25 pm, March 19th, 2020 - 52 comments
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What kind of system change do we want right now?
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Date published: 2:11 pm, March 19th, 2020 - 37 comments
As mainstream systems are forced to adapt to the new state of affairs in a covid world, what are the bigger picture changes that need to happen so that we are future-proofing our communities at the same time?
Open mike 19/03/2020
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Date published: 7:00 am, March 19th, 2020 - 180 comments
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Burning Bridges
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Date published: 9:05 pm, March 18th, 2020 - 23 comments
One of Simon Bridges’ caucus supporters has raised the possibility of a leadership coup. Let’s hope not, people!
Daily review 18/03/2020
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Date published: 5:30 pm, March 18th, 2020 - 40 comments
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The DNC Body Count.
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Date published: 10:58 am, March 18th, 2020 - 9 comments
Biden at any cost? Is that the game?
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