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Comment: Still pussy-footing on Gaza
Written By: Adrian Thornton - Date published: 10:05 am, November 1st, 2023
Hundreds of casualties as Israel targets refugee camp in Gaza https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/hundreds-of-casualties-as-israel-targets-refugee-camp-in-gaza-interior-ministry/3039193 "A series of Israeli airstrikes on a refugee camp in northern Gaza on ...Comment: Still pussy-footing on Gaza
Written By: Adrian Thornton - Date published: 9:34 am, November 1st, 2023
Shocking that there are so few comments on this thread.....or is it?Comment: Still pussy-footing on Gaza
Written By: Adrian Thornton - Date published: 9:33 am, November 1st, 2023
Looks like the Yemenis are showing us all yet again that they are one of the few nations of real strength and moral courage.... Yemeni Ansarullah declares war against Zionist regime "General Yahya Saree, the spokesman of the Yemeni armed forces said in a ...Comment: Open mike 20/10/2023
Written By: Adrian Thornton - Date published: 4:34 pm, October 21st, 2023
true that.Comment: Open mike 20/10/2023
Written By: Adrian Thornton - Date published: 10:53 am, October 20th, 2023
Thanks, It was my pleasure.Comment: Open mike 20/10/2023
Written By: Adrian Thornton - Date published: 10:49 am, October 20th, 2023
Yeah, but as we all know, the Right wing only defend free speech when it has affected them personally....an issue which I might add, the Liberal class has kindly gifted them truck loads of ammunition on....with the Liberal class (and their media) who ...Comment: Open mike 20/10/2023
Written By: Adrian Thornton - Date published: 10:06 am, October 20th, 2023
.....Kia ora Adrian, Just to let you know that we are reinstating the full interview online asap this morning. This follows a review of the Afternoons crew's heat of the moment decision. Sorry about the confusion, but the original interview will be up well ...Comment: Open mike 20/10/2023
Written By: Adrian Thornton - Date published: 8:52 am, October 20th, 2023
RNZ has been shit on Geo-politics for a long long time.....talk about thumb on the scales...not too much fair and balanced reporting from RNZ in this dept...sadly.Comment: Open mike 20/10/2023
Written By: Adrian Thornton - Date published: 7:58 am, October 20th, 2023
... /afternoons/audio/2018911682/bookmarks-with-adrian-thornton Best AdrianComment: Open mike 14/10/2023
Written By: Adrian Thornton - Date published: 2:13 pm, October 14th, 2023
", dealing a major blow to local revisionist powers, such as Iran, and global ones, such as China and Russia, that wish to supplant a rules-based order with one based on “Might makes right".... are you being serious or just taking the piss?...rules based ...Comment: Open mike 14/10/2023
Written By: Adrian Thornton - Date published: 12:57 pm, October 14th, 2023
@Anne... "Guardian. Both have been my 'go to' news outlets for years because by and large one gets a fair minded view of most news stories." ....both the Guardian and the BBC have proved themselves to be nothing more that guard dogs of the Liberal/ ...Comment: Open mike 14/10/2023
Written By: Adrian Thornton - Date published: 10:52 am, October 14th, 2023
Good to see Western democracies working so unbiased and fairly in this time of crisis.... The West is banning pro-Palestinian protests Waving Palestinian flag may be a criminal offence, Braverman tells police France orders ban on all pro-Palestinian ...Comment: Open mike 12/10/2023
Written By: Adrian Thornton - Date published: 10:54 am, October 12th, 2023
Reports of Israeli 'white phosphorus' use in Gaza https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-palestine-war-gaza-report-israeli-white-phosphorus Suffocation and Isolation 17 Years of Israeli Blockade on Gaza "Rather than undertaking its duty of protecting ...Comment: Open mike 12/10/2023
Written By: Adrian Thornton - Date published: 10:43 am, October 12th, 2023
There is no serious Left wing political party active in New Zealand....Centre and Centre Right.....The Centre is a political ideology...which is what Labour is.Comment: Open mike 27/09/2023
Written By: Adrian Thornton - Date published: 11:25 am, September 27th, 2023
Predictably Western media/govt recent whitewashing of the well known Far Right extremist elements within both the Ukrainian military and politics, ends up with the Canadian House of Commons, including Trudeau, giving several standing ovations to a former ...Comment: Open mike 24/08/2023
Written By: Adrian Thornton - Date published: 2:21 pm, August 24th, 2023
"Must admit I had a bit of a chuckle when saw the headline this morning".....are you are seriously saying on a public forum, that the thought of a human death made you chuckle?..holy shit, that is fucked up.Comment: Open mike 24/08/2023
Written By: Adrian Thornton - Date published: 10:09 am, August 24th, 2023
Lucky you, I hope it is of slightly better construction than the extensive and totally shit lime stone bike paths they (we) have built here in the Hawkes Bay...every time there is any type of half bad weather event they get washed away....time and again ...Comment: Open mike 24/08/2023
Written By: Adrian Thornton - Date published: 9:28 am, August 24th, 2023
I would also suggest that 'Western' interests in Africa should not be dismissed as possible suspects in this event....as always, my first thought is 'who has the most to gain, at this time?Comment: Later Stuart
Written By: Adrian Thornton - Date published: 4:44 pm, August 22nd, 2023
I always used say Nash was the best National leader they never had....of course Hipkins now nicely fits that bill.Comment: Open mike 15/08/2023
Written By: Adrian Thornton - Date published: 6:33 pm, August 15th, 2023
"I wish I could take credit for you coming back here less and less".....enough said.Comment: Open mike 15/08/2023
Written By: Adrian Thornton - Date published: 9:58 am, August 15th, 2023
I come back less and less...most of the people I used to like on here have been hounded off or kicked off...I noticed a slow downturn in my interest a bit after you showed up as a moderator actually..or maybe that is just a coincidence? RNZ needs to be ...Comment: Open mike 15/08/2023
Written By: Adrian Thornton - Date published: 9:03 am, August 15th, 2023
You don't say......‘Dehumanizing’ Russians has backfired – ex-Zelensky aide Aleksey Arestovich claimed.... “The main thing we did was to allow ourselves to dehumanize the Russians. This is our main mistake. At first we held on and then we delved into all ...Comment: Open mike 02/08/2023
Written By: Adrian Thornton - Date published: 5:40 pm, August 2nd, 2023
@ Phillip ure... "I'm lazy…i find that rnz + the guardian pretty much keeps you/me up to speed"....that explaines a lot, thanks for the insight...but then I guess you did say that you were lazy. The Guardian has proved that it is nothing more than a trojan ...Comment: Open mike 02/08/2023
Written By: Adrian Thornton - Date published: 5:21 pm, August 2nd, 2023
" BBC World, ZB, RNZ,"...that explaines a lot, thanks for the insight.Comment: Open mike 27/07/2023
Written By: Adrian Thornton - Date published: 5:57 pm, July 27th, 2023
The Ukrainians will never take back any more significant land from the Russian now. The progressive Left is mainly pro a negotiated end to this conflict because they are some of the few out side observers that seem to be willing to acknowledge/comprehend ...Comment: Open mike 27/07/2023
Written By: Adrian Thornton - Date published: 12:52 pm, July 27th, 2023
Here is a well balanced piece on the bogged down, and increasingly untenable Ukraine counter offensive... Did the US know the Ukraine offensive might fail, and if so, when? This also begs the question of whether Washington will recognize when it must start ...Comment: Open mike 26/07/2023
Written By: Adrian Thornton - Date published: 6:13 pm, July 26th, 2023
But am not discussing Putin here, I am discussing Biden...we get to hear all the bad things about Putin (and Trump) quite regularly enough on western MSM don't you think? To bad our media seems to believe it is in the business of creating, molding and ...Comment: Open mike 26/07/2023
Written By: Adrian Thornton - Date published: 6:02 pm, July 26th, 2023
"And this is why trump must face the legal consequences from his actions… If only to protect american democracy" You can't really be that naive...can you?Comment: Open mike 26/07/2023
Written By: Adrian Thornton - Date published: 1:42 pm, July 26th, 2023
Like so much that Joe Biden has anything to do with, it looks and smells very much like something really dodgy...even the Washington Post is going to cut Biden free soon it seems.. Yet we’re still left with a motley collection of odd and unsavory figures ...Comment: Open mike 26/07/2023
Written By: Adrian Thornton - Date published: 11:18 am, July 26th, 2023
Are you actually seriously equating this moment in history with the Nazi invasion of Europe and Russia?....holy crap buddy, you must have drunk even more of the Cool Aid than most of the new Liberal pro war crew around these parts....and that really is ...
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