The Far Right’s Winning Narrative Superiority
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Date published: 10:43 am, September 7th, 2019 - 132 comments
Why is the right winning so many elections?
Open mike 07/09/2019
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Date published: 7:00 am, September 7th, 2019 - 68 comments
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The Civilian has a fish-hook
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Date published: 9:37 am, September 6th, 2019 - 2 comments
The Civilian is New Zealand’s pre-eminent source of online news, and indeed the purest form of news that you can consume without having an apoplectic seizure. Today they detail the course of a vaccination on live TV. Please put your hot drinks down before reading.
NRA: a international terrorist organisation
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Date published: 9:13 am, September 6th, 2019 - 22 comments
I was joyful to see that the San Francisco board of supervisors has declared what I have long thought; that the National Rifle Association in America has for many years been acting as a terrorist organisation. We should add them to our register of terrorist organisations as well.
Open mike 06/09/2019
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Date published: 7:00 am, September 6th, 2019 - 201 comments
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Daily review 05/09/2019
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Date published: 5:26 pm, September 5th, 2019 - 31 comments
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Forget Brexit
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Date published: 10:30 am, September 5th, 2019 - 39 comments
As Brexit fades our British parent country into a globally forgettable social embarrassment, we should remind ourselves that the only international politics of any impact on us is within Asia. There, as elsewhere, structured relationships are starting to crumble and impact upon us. This is because Asia in the past decade has undergone remarkable transformation […]
The Free Speech Coalition goes to court
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Date published: 9:02 am, September 5th, 2019 - 70 comments
Jordan Williams and the Free Speech Coalition are in the High Court protecting the rights of Lauren Southern and Stefan Molyneux to express views the details of which Mr Williams does not know.
Open mike 05/09/2019
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Date published: 7:00 am, September 5th, 2019 - 143 comments
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Te Whare Pounamu #2
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Date published: 6:30 am, September 5th, 2019 - 4 comments
Are congratulations in order Ang! Are you perhaps patting yourself on the back for some part you played in RNZ dropping a major story on serious issues at Te Whare Pounamu quicker than a hot potato and then seemingly propelling it to obscurity faster than a .45 bullet? Maybe not. Maybe that’s just what happens. […]
Te Whare Pounamu – Are Children Really Safe?
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Date published: 10:52 am, September 4th, 2019 - 7 comments
How seriously do Women’s Refuge, the Ministry of Social Development and Te Whare Pounamu management take child abuse concerns? This requires greater scrutiny.
Head Theory
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Date published: 7:25 am, September 4th, 2019 - 24 comments
The English team have reintroduced the infamous bodyline approach to their cricket. The 20th century euphemism for it was “leg theory,” in the 21st century it is better described as “head theory.” “It isn’t cricket” used to be the Englishman’s definer for noble values. Not any more.
Brexit?
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Date published: 7:15 am, September 4th, 2019 - 20 comments
“The bill will attempt to extend the date of Brexit to January 31, 2020 in the event of no deal being agreed or passed through Parliament. If the bill passes Boris Johnson is expected to call a general election.”
Updated: Bill passed second reading. 21 Conservative MPs effectively expelled from parliamentary party. Boris wants a new election. Corbyn reluctant.. Blond clusterfuck.
Updated: And Boris Johnson just lost vote for a general election.
Open mike 04/09/2019
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Date published: 7:00 am, September 4th, 2019 - 80 comments
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Daily review 03/09/2019
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Date published: 6:15 pm, September 3rd, 2019 - 12 comments
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Boris’s big gamble
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Date published: 12:14 pm, September 3rd, 2019 - 57 comments
Boris Johnson has threatened a general election if Parliament opposes his self imposed hard deadlines on Brexit.
No Right Turn: Ending dairy in Canterbury
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Date published: 7:10 am, September 3rd, 2019 - 146 comments
Idiot/Savant at No Right Turn writes: “Environment Canterbury has finally proposed nitrogen limits to stop dairy farmers from poisoning Christchurch’s water supply”
Open mike 03/09/2019
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Date published: 7:00 am, September 3rd, 2019 - 105 comments
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Daily review 02/09/2019
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Date published: 5:46 pm, September 2nd, 2019 - 31 comments
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National gather fuel for their political dumpster fires
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Date published: 10:17 am, September 2nd, 2019 - 21 comments
Not so much Zero Carbon as Zero Shits. While National look set to monkey-wrench our climate legislation, we can remember that the real power in addressing the climate crisis lies outside of parliament.
Te Whare Pounamu #1
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Date published: 9:21 am, September 2nd, 2019 - 17 comments
When an organisation that exists to help abused people, itself abuses people, I suspect many people will have a lot to say. Here’s my initial take.
Transmission Gully
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Date published: 7:15 am, September 2nd, 2019 - 69 comments
NZTA have determined to not proceed with tolling the Transmission Gully motorway. Does this make it the country’s largest single transport waste?
Open mike 02/09/2019
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Date published: 7:00 am, September 2nd, 2019 - 89 comments
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How To Get There 1/9/19
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Date published: 7:00 am, September 1st, 2019 - 26 comments
Welcome to TS’s Sunday think piece. It’s a blank sheet, a tabula rasa, waiting for your thoughts on the future and How To Get There.
Open mike 01/09/2019
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Date published: 7:00 am, September 1st, 2019 - 188 comments
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Weekend social 31/08/19
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Date published: 7:10 am, August 31st, 2019 - 34 comments
Weekend social is for non political chat. What’s on for the weekend, gigs, film or book reviews, sports, or whatever. No politics, no aggro, why can’t we all just get along?
Open mike 31/08/2019
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Date published: 7:00 am, August 31st, 2019 - 40 comments
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Daily review 30/08/2019
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Date published: 5:30 pm, August 30th, 2019 - 59 comments
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We are sailing
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Date published: 7:15 am, August 30th, 2019 - 209 comments
Greta Thunberg’s journey was an invitation into a conversation not about deprivation, but how to live well as we change.
Funding radical climate action
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Date published: 7:10 am, August 30th, 2019 - 36 comments
The Climate Emergency Fund (CEF) has pledged $350k to Extinction Rebellion, if others will match it.
Open mike 30/08/2019
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Date published: 7:00 am, August 30th, 2019 - 118 comments
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