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Comment: Open mike 02/11/2024
Written By: Stephen D - Date published: 6:25 pm, November 2nd, 2024
Not sure how that would work. For a successful coup, Trump would need the military. Who are loyal to the Constitution, rather than an individual.Comment: Open mike 27/10/2024
Written By: Stephen D - Date published: 8:42 am, October 27th, 2024
Hope. https://thinkeratthegates.substack.com/p/use-logic-not-polls-to-expect-a-decisive “In this article I’ll be ignoring polls and election forecasts, which serve very little purpose for the average person. If the polls were highly decisive, like showing ...Comment: Open mike 19/10/2024
Written By: Stephen D - Date published: 5:28 pm, October 19th, 2024
From Chat GPT. A lot of good ideas, and common sense. If we treat neoliberalism metaphorically as a “cult,” deprogramming its believers would require a systematic and thoughtful approach to addressing the beliefs and assumptions that underlie it. This ...Comment: Open mike 19/10/2024
Written By: Stephen D - Date published: 9:56 am, October 19th, 2024
I was at a public meeting last night with Deborah Russell and Craig Renney. He spoke about the economics of what the CoC is doing, and how the economy is in real trouble. And is going to get a lot worse. All data via Treasury. Deborah went over the Policy ...Comment: Open mike 18/10/2024
Written By: Stephen D - Date published: 4:08 pm, October 18th, 2024
True colours. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/small-business-affairs-minister-andrew-bayly-apologises-for-interaction-during-company-visit/C5UGE434CVBKXPXHJJTO5JQR2U/ “Minister Andrew Bayly has apologised after a complaint he swore at, mocked and ...Comment: Open mike 18/10/2024
Written By: Stephen D - Date published: 12:38 pm, October 18th, 2024
Ooops. https://theconversation.cmail19.com/t/r-e-tdhkkha-nltldiikrh-r/Comment: Open mike 18/10/2024
Written By: Stephen D - Date published: 9:00 am, October 18th, 2024
Don’t tell David! Via, The Conversation. ”Health and physical education is a key pillar of the school curriculum. It’s compulsory from the very first year of schooling to Year 10, and alongside basic movement skills and sport, it also covers healthy eating ...Comment: Open mike 08/10/2024
Written By: Stephen D - Date published: 5:34 pm, October 8th, 2024
I didn’t say they were the only peoples in the region.Comment: Open mike 08/10/2024
Written By: Stephen D - Date published: 5:07 pm, October 8th, 2024
Oh dear. Someone doesn’t realise that Jewish people have been in that region for 3500 years.Comment: How does the left win the Auckland Mayoralty?
Written By: Stephen D - Date published: 4:51 pm, October 8th, 2024
Richard Hills??Comment: Open mike 04/10/2024
Written By: Stephen D - Date published: 6:44 pm, October 4th, 2024
Set it up. Sell it. Another step towards a fully functioning privatised education system.Comment: She did her own research
Written By: Stephen D - Date published: 2:30 pm, October 4th, 2024
The pressure needs to be applied on Winston. As leader of her party he is the only one who can sack her. Blowtorch on Winnie time.Comment: Submit as if your grandkids’ lives depend on it
Written By: Stephen D - Date published: 12:51 pm, September 30th, 2024
What I would like to see is the opposition clearly state that this bill will be repealed immediately on regaining the treasury benches. Make it clear that there is no future in exploration in Aotearoa.Comment: Open mike 29/09/2024
Written By: Stephen D - Date published: 11:26 am, September 29th, 2024
Denying 3000 years of history. Interesting.Comment: Open mike 19/09/2024
Written By: Stephen D - Date published: 1:34 pm, September 19th, 2024
We all know that the US backs Israel, and takes the flak accordingly. So how is it that Iran gets a free pass. They’re the ones supporting, and arming Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis. With Iran’s avowed intent to wipe Israel off the face of the map, is ...Comment: Open mike 15/09/2024
Written By: Stephen D - Date published: 3:59 pm, September 15th, 2024
Fascinating read. https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350397585/auckland-sisters-took-dna-test-and-ended-apologising-slavery-jamaica “The economic benefits derived from chattel slavery contributed to the financial and imperial strength of Britain, which in ...Comment: Shane Jones is obsessed with communists
Written By: Stephen D - Date published: 10:34 am, September 6th, 2024
But we all know Winston won’t.Comment: Guess who needs help with his literacy and numeracy?
Written By: Stephen D - Date published: 2:53 pm, September 5th, 2024
A lot of that is true MtL. In any one day, we can be councillors, mediators, parents, nurses, and paediatric psychiatrists. However most of the time we do manage to deliver knowledge and skills. What we could all do with is much more PD across the whole ...Comment: Open mike 05/09/2024
Written By: Stephen D - Date published: 2:32 pm, September 5th, 2024
If Jo Biden was going to raise taxes, why can’t we?? Rhetorical question. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-will-kamala-harris-do-about?r=aax0&utm_medium=ios&triedRedirect=trueComment: About David Parker’s and Labour’s debate about taxation
Written By: Stephen D - Date published: 1:55 pm, September 1st, 2024
What Craig H said. Also, ask the leadership questions. We have Jill Day coming to our LEC at our next meeting.Comment: Simeon Brown peddling porkies about gas shortage
Written By: Stephen D - Date published: 12:46 pm, August 27th, 2024
A mate put solar panels on their new build. Family of 4 with teenagers. Midwinter power bill $6.00.Comment: NZ: No jobs, expensive housing, time to leave
Written By: Stephen D - Date published: 12:36 pm, August 22nd, 2024
Why would they want to reduce the cost of power? They’re there to make a profit, not provide cheap electricity.Comment: Is the Treaty Principles Bill dead or has it just suffered a flesh wound?
Written By: Stephen D - Date published: 4:32 pm, August 20th, 2024
Curia polls are discredited. https://www.reddit.com/r/nzpolitics/comments/1escg1f/curia_found_in_breach_of_industry_standards/Comment: Is a Transformational Left-Wing Leadership of the NZ Labour Party Possible?
Written By: Stephen D - Date published: 1:43 pm, August 18th, 2024
Somewhere to start. https://thekaka.substack.com/p/introducing-the-kaka-project-of-2026Comment: Is a Transformational Left-Wing Leadership of the NZ Labour Party Possible?
Written By: Stephen D - Date published: 12:40 pm, August 18th, 2024
Our LEC is well pissed off about that.Comment: Luxon’s Support for AUKUS 2 is Against Our Interests
Written By: Stephen D - Date published: 11:20 am, August 18th, 2024
Whatever happened to our “independent foreign policy?” I know we go on about a rules based order, but Luxon hasn’t squared that circle. A rules based order, our reliance on China as a trade partner, human right’s, China’s aggression in the South China Sea, ...Comment: Is a Transformational Left-Wing Leadership of the NZ Labour Party Possible?
Written By: Stephen D - Date published: 8:48 pm, August 17th, 2024
Remits still count. And someone has to organise meetings and campaigns.Comment: Is a Transformational Left-Wing Leadership of the NZ Labour Party Possible?
Written By: Stephen D - Date published: 6:18 pm, August 17th, 2024
Don’t be quite so dismissive Ad. At our LEC meeting the other night we were discussing, quite animatedly, the fact that at the moment the Labour Party is lacking more left wing policies. No-one is defecting, but there is a feeling that the current caucus, ...Comment: Israel is in Serious Trouble
Written By: Stephen D - Date published: 12:24 pm, August 7th, 2024
And a major manufacturer of nappies, apparently.Comment: Open mike 07/08/2024
Written By: Stephen D - Date published: 7:39 am, August 7th, 2024
And then make a firm commitment to investing to the point where it starts to hurt the big 3.
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