Surely the biggest sign they are on the right track is that the Principal from Auckland Boys Grammar doesn't like it! As for his comment; "this will take education back 30 years", all I can say is YES. That's the point! I'm sure the proposals are actually ...
It wasn't until my 40s that I learned that Gandhi got his ideas of non violent resistance from Parihaka - and only because I was interviewing someone who had just been to visit. The entire western world is aware of Gandhi - and Martin Luther King who ...
And calling it Morongate will just reinforce the sense of injustice that Trump supporters have burning inside them and guarantee that they can't see reason where this issue is concerned. That's the one aspect of this thing that we can guarantee is true - ...
Thankyou! - finally a blog that discusses that fact that the National Party vote represents the entire right wing vote and only looks big because there are no other viable right wing parties to shave their vote. I've been leaving comments for ages about ...
They dropped to 20.9% because there were several other parties around to absorb the right wing vote - United Future, Act, NZ First were all swiping bits of the their vote. Right now when A pollster asks " who would you vote for if there was an election ...
And after the last week's events even more of them will be switched off - which is exactly what Simon Lusk was hoping for. BM you may be a right winger but surely we all need to unite together to rid NZ politics of his influence.
So was sectioning him the sort of 'decisive' action you were thinking of?
The problem with psychological issues is that the opinion is part of the diagnosis. There is no blood test for levels of mental health, in fact there is no physical evidence whatsoever so it can only be a 'medical opinion' that gets him sectioned. There is...
If they kick him out then he gets the chance to be a martyr - much more likely they will keep smearing his reputation. Even more likely since the media is more than happy to make him look crazy - they're as much a part of the establishment as the National ...
So basically the rich and powerful have always wanted to control the information we get and with these new platforms they seem to have found new ways to match the new platforms. I'm not trying to be ho-hum about this, just recognising what is going on. The...
Dude, you sound like a CIA asset sent to mislead us :-). For anyone wanting accurate analysis of this issue try former UK ambassdor Craig Murray's blog, he's been tearing the whole Russian conspiracy thing to shreds. Here's a good example https://www....
Do you not remember what happened the last time the US economy was booming? Or what inevitably follows a boom?
I'm usually a part of the confused left but am surprised to find everyone else has suddenly lost their caution around issues where Big Pharma is making billions of dollars
That's the whole problem with this debate Ross, it seems to be an all out war where everyone is fighting from an emotional base. I too have noted the surprising tactics of the Ministry who act like the don't actually have the science on their side and have...
The first sign of Bridges poor judgement was thinking that being the leader after 9 years in power was a good idea.
Surely screaming the f-word at Corbyn in parliament will result in more support for Corbyn and a lot less for Hodge. I mean it's kind of unprecedented - in my lifetime anyway.
@McFlock. Thanks for the link, good to see someone already thought of this. In a tolerant society we need to be intolerant of intolerance! I think it's only a paradox at an ideological level. If we're looking at things from a practical perspective giving ...
I've realised the problem here is a contradiction between 2 important ideals on the left. Free speech to my mind is just as important as fighting prejudice but there is a contradiction between the two because fighting prejudice requires getting people to ...
You should have tried harder to hide how much you dislike Chris Trotter because it makes it hard to take anything else you say (in this post) very seriously. Do you know what makes you so angry that you can't keep that anger out of your commentary? I ...
Ah, so one neoliberal party is trying to blame the another neoliberal party for a problem caused by both of them over the last 3 decades! Wake me up when someone wants to do something real about the problem.
Sounds like a job for Nicky Hager
It's "might is right" justice - which is very natural, if you're an animal.
Michael Cullen is still lurking behind the scenes and given Labour weren't prepare for government its his ideas that are coming to the fore.
I guess it was an honest move to remove "yours sincerely" from the letter :-) Just a small act of rebellion. Very small.
What's not plausible is that the US and it's allies are involved in a humanitarian campaign - history shows that this rarely the case.
This is really easy to work out. The US and allies have invaded or interfered with as many as 85 countries since WW2 so why would Syria suddenly be the first time they are there for genuine humanitarian reasons? The history of US behaviour is very, very ...
Don't forget Michael Cullen who has a ridiculous level of influence on this government
Waring said "number of women in power". This means Jacinda's capabilities are dependant on there being more women around her. Having a femle PM makes no difference if she's on her own - and in her case surrounded by older men.
They talked about naming it Waikato City about 20 years ago. Everyone thought it hilarious that the name could be reduced to WC. Some wit then suggested they rename it City Of Waikato because that could be reduced to COW and then a radio station offered up...
Obama was the establishment's man so they were never going to try to undermine him in any serious way. Trump (and I'm no supporter) wanted to make peace with Russia so they could do business but this upset the war lobby who stand to lose out if the US ...
I can only speak from personal experience and am not a supporter of Damien Grant but my 5 year degree in architecture was one of the most profound wastes of time I've ever come across. Despite having experience in other parts of the industry I was a ...
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