... you'll be all for #forcethevote then ..or just the DNC 'vibe' of actual reform?? Fiddling at the edges...incremental nothingness... https://forcethevote.org/
..actually...the poor Americans are, as you so delicately put it "fucked as usual"..heres a link to an interesting article related to the lack of basic hospitals in America...a country where five million American workers lost their insurance this spring ...
Well if your idea of "Normalcy" is a crying President on repeat over his dead son...you're in luck...though I guess todays rehash was better than the time he introduced his granddaughter as Beau ..that being said ..I wonder how long they really can keep ...
...like that time Clinton pardoned Marc Rich (plus his own brother, and Patty Hearst), or George H.W. Bush pardoning six people involved in the Iran-Contra arms scandal, or Ford pardoning Nixon, or President Ronald Reagan who pardoned George Steinbrenner, ...
That AOC has an interesting relationship with the power (or otherwise) of voting though... "A few reasons: Sometimes it’s to get members on the record, so ppl can’t make excuses later. Sometimes these votes create real political pressure that forces ...
Isn't it strange that we are all supposed to be so concerned with American Democracy....the very corrupted Democracy that led to Trump being elected in the first place...meantime...under the cover of the Covid Bill.... "$33 million “for democracy programs ...
Bernie Sanders, self described and never shy to claim being a Independent Democratic Socialist, was massively popular, and had voters listening to him on both sides of the divide....so, despite what we are told, it would seem that the people were not so ...
Meantime the DNC along with AOC are making darned sure that Medicare for all never happens...in the middle of a Pandemic ffs.... while our dear friend Boris in the UK is doing such a sterling job of dealing with things that UNICEF is stepping in to feed ...
Don't feel too bad....For some reason 'statsNZ' is "Closed"..but if you google "Average Student Loan Leaving Debt' (Image) and squint really hard, you will get some idea of how much individual student debt has increased since 1992....so while not free, ...
All the more weird and downright delusional/dishonest a comparison given that Households Debt To Income in New Zealand is at 163.80 percent and yet we have a housing policy designed to encourage even more debt....
"Climate change. Build those walkways and cycleways and get rid of those coal boilers. And while they are at it build light rail." Woah, woah there...hold your horses Mickysavage..we don't want to get too radical about dealing with climate change and the ...
'we need a strong economy to support the underclass'..we've basically had a strong and growing economy since the '84 reforms....I'm not exactly convinced thats been used to 'support the underclass'..or, infact, even the middle class..beyond encouraging ...
The first step is for the (world wide) main stream Media to regain its tender hold, on its previous role as a marginally independent Educator, and Mediator, between the voter/consumer/citizen and the Government and Industry.. unfortunately I really do not ...
"Many of us are already doing things in our personal lives".....we can recycle, we can buy locally produced goods(really just Beer, Gin and food) we can refill our glass containers at the milk collective....however within the paradigm of ever more, ever ...
The Left ended up being totally sidelined..they were simply their as observers..I would feel far more hopeful and reassured if I thought, for one second, that the Centrists were capable of doing some soul searching..meantime inequality will continue to ...
Not all cultures are the same. Then again not all people within each culture are the same....Not all people of any particular gender are the same. Not all people of any generation are the same...yet do we feel the need to point this out on every comment ...
Yes..thank you. Annes comment is more what i'm interested in. And more. I'm all for the 'stern but fair assessment' of Labour and its members even though some people interpret such things as being one step away from some sort of Communist style show trial.
"Maori have a very sophisticated and complex understanding of the political process."...qudos for noticing that Maori, like all humans, are inherently political I guess, but what on earth does that mean? and as opposed to whom exactly?..you perchance? or ...
@Ad, wrong as usual. the UK Labour party (as the NZ Labour party) were both infiltrated and ultimately taken over by free market capitalists aka New Labour aka neo liberals, so it is right and proper for Corbyn to fight for the very soul of the UK Labour ...
and I shall keep in mind the History between the EHRC and Corbyn.. https://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/former-equalities-watchdog-chief-trevor-phillips-suspended-from-labour/ and this.. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/libertycentral/2009/jul/21/...
Some interesting fallout from the MSM Universal Messaging 'Vote Biden...He's Not Trump..and, um, well thats it"..though I suspect this will make some folk in these parts fonder of The Intercept.. https://thehill.com/homenews/media/523402-glenn-greenwald-...
...and for those interested in some actual thoughts on Corbyn..or atleast opinion from people who are not on record as having gleeful bias against any and all policies and stands associated with Corbyn.. here's another great piece from David Graeber.. ...
So he was fine till he became White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy? Really. Given that this is a position appointed by The President, I presume we are claiming this was an outstanding and presumably entirely out of character appointment on the part...
Really? I can't think of any Leftist politicians or activists that do/have ever done the plea gesture so often..if at all..ever. It has certainly never been used to create change or forward momentum. Infact the only political figures who tend towards that ...
"Do you think people will be angry about all workers getting the living wage and beneficiaries getting a big helping hand?". .historically, around half of all voters do get angry about these things..and a fair number of labour voters are more concerned ...
Well, how very very odd.."The Guardian" are today, an actual part of the Assange trial.....yet they have decided to not cover the story (as yet)..thats dedication..then again..no news sources have actually applied to have their journalists in Court..any ...
It will be interesting to see how things pan out under a Harris administration*. Looking at her history and public statements it certainly doesn't bode well for the Palestinians. https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/views-on-israel-of-u-s-presidential-...
The Tories and Boris did pretty much the same thing...till Boris actually got sick himself....but I guess thats okay... https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-03-25/coronavirus-boris-johnson-s-response-has-been-a-fiasco https://foreignpolicy.com/...
"... For a start everyone is bruised and battered from the endless debates over the sexual allegations; for a second the entire profession of 'journalist' no longer holds much respect, and thirdly .." ...all the more reason to actually either give a shit...
"Landlord lobby group hopes National Government will ditch warm home requirement" Its a 'rental' or 'flat' to the landlord and homeowner class..its 'home' to the life time renters....maybe if we started acknowledging that fact then the conversation (and ...
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