Written By:
advantage -
Date published: 7:45 am, August 14th, 2020 -
47 comments
Categories: climate change, covid-19, economy, health, immigration, internet, interweb, uncategorized
Tags:
Covid has fundamentally changed society for the better in surprising ways.
Written By:
KJT -
Date published: 6:32 am, April 15th, 2020 -
112 comments
Categories: capitalism, Economy, Environment, Financial markets, Free Trade, Keynes, monetary policy, overseas investment, Privatisation
Tags:
After the lockdown, it is tempting to try and go back to what we had before. To the familiar and comfortable, especially for us that were comfortable. Forgetting that for so many, things were anything but, comfortable. That won’t be happening. “Before” no longer exists.
Written By:
advantage -
Date published: 9:49 am, March 31st, 2020 -
26 comments
Categories: climate change, Environment, health, health and safety, science, uncategorized
Tags: covid, Covid19
Shouldn’t this global shock from this COVID-19 virus make us all wake up to the power of collective global action on climate change?
Written By:
advantage -
Date published: 4:27 pm, March 17th, 2020 -
24 comments
Categories: economy, grant robertson, health, jacinda ardern, uncategorized
Tags: coronavirus
The Minister of Finance says that we are facing the worst of any of the scenarios that they had been preparing for. In response the government’s rescue package is bigger than anything New Zealand has ever seen.
Written By:
Mike Smith -
Date published: 2:21 pm, January 6th, 2020 -
76 comments
Categories: defence, Iran, iraq, law, military, uk politics, us politics, war, winston peters
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General Soleimani was visiting Iraq at the request of the Iraqi Prime Minister to discuss mediation between the US and Iran. Following his assassination by the US the Iraqi Parliament has voted to ask all foreign troops to leave the country. New Zealand’s remaining troops should bring forward their scheduled departure and leave immediately.
Written By:
lprent -
Date published: 5:13 am, August 22nd, 2019 -
56 comments
Categories: john tamihere, local body elections, local government, phil goff, politicans, Politics, transport, uncategorized
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I am really not a fan of political candidates bullshitting. John Tamihere – candidate for Auckland city Mayor, is this kind of blowhard. He is the epitome of the kind of fool who seems to keep his brain mounted right next to his testicles to inform his mouth what to say. He released a transport policy fantasy… I’ll vote for Goff.
Written By:
Bill -
Date published: 5:10 am, June 7th, 2019 -
174 comments
Categories: Environment, global warming, Politics, science
Tags: climate emergency, deep stuff, global warming
I confess that I wear underpants and that my body is exactly like Dan Carter’s – except maybe for some details around shape and size.
Written By:
mickysavage -
Date published: 8:00 am, January 8th, 2019 -
81 comments
Categories: business, class war, Economy, health and safety, jobs, tax, Unions, wages, workers' rights
Tags: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
The CTU has released the results of its recent cost of living and income survey. The results suggest that urgent change is needed.
Written By:
mickysavage -
Date published: 3:34 pm, November 13th, 2018 -
18 comments
Categories: climate change, Environment, internet, Media, national, same old national, sustainability, twitter
Tags: Energy Voices
It has been discovered that the person behind the Energy Voices website is a National Party operative and former staffer.
Written By:
mickysavage -
Date published: 9:31 am, November 2nd, 2018 -
35 comments
Categories: climate change, Conservation, disaster, Dr Deborah Russell, Environment, global warming, greens, labour, national, nz first, sustainability
Tags: george monbiot
In the United Kingdom, Extinction Rebellion, a new mass direct-action group modeled on Occupy, has emerged with the goal of forcing the Government to take urgent action on climate change.
Written By:
advantage -
Date published: 10:08 am, October 23rd, 2018 -
44 comments
Categories: energy, International, sustainability, transport, us politics
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The death of Jamal Khashoggi raises the important question can we still question the morality of Saudi Arabia?
Written By:
advantage -
Date published: 10:17 am, October 17th, 2018 -
21 comments
Categories: iraq, israel, Syria, uncategorized, us politics, war
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Saudi Arabia is preparing to admit that the U.S. resident and investigative reporter did indeed die in their embassy in Turkey.
Written By:
mickysavage -
Date published: 1:16 pm, October 8th, 2018 -
46 comments
Categories: business, capitalism, climate change, Conservation, Donald Trump, Economy, energy, Environment, global warming, greens, labour, national, sustainability, us politics
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The Government is consulting on changes to the Crown Minerals (Petroleum) Amendment Bill to prevent further offshore drilling permits being issued. Locally the right are saying it will make things worse. And in the US of A the Trump administration has conceded that out of control climate change is inevitable.
Written By:
mickysavage -
Date published: 10:24 am, July 2nd, 2018 -
48 comments
Categories: auckland supercity, benefits, child welfare, class war, Economy, jacinda ardern, labour, making shit up, Media, national, poverty, same old national, Simon Bridges, spin, tax, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, wages, you couldn't make this shit up
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Labour’s Family Package and the Auckland Regional Fuel tax have both kicked in.
Written By:
mickysavage -
Date published: 11:47 am, June 10th, 2018 -
125 comments
Categories: climate change, economy, energy, Environment, global warming, greens, jacinda ardern, james shaw, labour, Media, megan woods, newspapers, sustainability, uncategorized
Tags: fran o'sullivan, matthew hooton
Matthew Hooton and Fran O’Sullivan have claimed that the Government’s decision to ban off shore petroleum exploration is “Orwellian”, part of an attempt to divert attention from other issues, bad for the environment and bad for jobs. Are they right?
Written By:
mickysavage -
Date published: 11:48 am, June 1st, 2018 -
170 comments
Categories: Andrew Little, blogs, crime, David Farrar, dpf, labour, Media, national, prisons, spin, you couldn't make this shit up
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Andrew Little has proposed the repeal of the irrational three strikes law. But signs are that National will not engage in a reasoned debate about what the law should be.
Written By:
mickysavage -
Date published: 8:45 am, April 14th, 2018 -
73 comments
Categories: climate change, Environment, ETS, global warming, jacinda ardern, Judith Collins, national, same old national, sustainability, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, you couldn't make this shit up
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National now seems to adopt the position that climate change is real and has to be addressed. But it is refusing to accept that to address the problem New Zealand is going to have to give up its reliance on oil and gas.
Written By:
mickysavage -
Date published: 9:55 am, April 9th, 2018 -
159 comments
Categories: class, cost of living, Economy, housing, minimum wage, poverty, spin, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, workers' rights, you couldn't make this shit up
Tags: mike hosking
Mike Hosking reckons that an increase in the minimum wage will increase housing unaffordability and cause job losses and business closures.
Written By:
notices and features -
Date published: 9:10 am, March 21st, 2018 -
68 comments
Categories: capitalism, climate change, Economy, labour, transport
Tags: fossil fuels, no right turn, oil exploration
Two posts from No Right Turn.
“Fundamentally, climate change means it is us or the oil industry. We know whose side the Greens are on. But people are doubting Labour, and they only have themselves to blame for it.”
Also a post on banning fossil-fueled cars.
Written By:
Bill -
Date published: 2:15 pm, February 11th, 2018 -
35 comments
Categories: capitalism, Economy, economy, energy, Environment, farming, farming, global warming, infrastructure, International, manufacturing, science, sustainability, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, transport, useless
Tags: AGW, false hopes, reality
Biofuels and fossil. The difference?
Written By:
mickysavage -
Date published: 1:34 pm, December 19th, 2017 -
119 comments
Categories: uncategorized
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The Government has announced the phasing out of the granting of permits for oil gas and coal extraction. Greenpeace thinks there should be a ban on new permits being granted.
Written By:
Bill -
Date published: 11:52 am, September 16th, 2017 -
72 comments
Categories: capitalism, Economy, liberalism, Politics
Tags: compassion, fear, liberalism
Bad title. Whatever.
Yesterday there were two responses to Michelle’s guest post, that in conjunction deserve better exposure than “soon to be forgotten” comments buried in a post thread.
Written By:
BLiP -
Date published: 9:48 am, August 19th, 2017 -
24 comments
Categories: Environment, paula bennett
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In the style of how John Key’s contribution to the truth was discussed, lets take a wee look at National’s record on the environment
Written By:
Bill -
Date published: 11:17 am, June 20th, 2017 -
23 comments
Categories: capitalism, Economy, energy, Environment, Ethics, global warming, political alternatives, science, tax, water
Tags: climate change, fossil, glaobal warming
Our economic paradigm (market capitalism) and oil don’t mix. False hope (BECCS) and survival doesn’t mix. Current political settings (Paris pledges produce 3- 4 degrees C warming with the US on board) and intelligent action don’t mix. Incrementalism (time is not on our side) and AGW doesn’t mix. Whatever can’t be mixed into some AGW solution needs to be flushed.
Scary, huh? Well, yes and no…
Written By:
notices and features -
Date published: 8:00 am, October 5th, 2016 -
148 comments
Categories: housing, labour, phil twyford, Politics
Tags: homeless, homeless crisis
Phil Twyford argues housing will be the defining challenge for the next Labour-led Government, and sets out Labour’s reform agenda.
Written By:
advantage -
Date published: 8:14 am, October 1st, 2016 -
234 comments
Categories: Deep stuff, history, john key, labour, national, Politics
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Ad ranks post second world war according to criteria which produces some interesting result.
Written By:
advantage -
Date published: 7:30 am, September 10th, 2016 -
95 comments
Categories: capitalism, climate change, energy, Environment, global warming, peak oil, us politics
Tags:
Big Tobacco was hit this week in New Zealand after Parliament passed laws requiring smokes to be sold in plain packaging. The science about the health threats posed by smoking is settled, as is the science over climate change. When can we expect laws being passed against the oil companies?
Written By:
advantage -
Date published: 9:26 am, August 25th, 2016 -
17 comments
Categories: Abuse of power, ACC, capitalism, Deep stuff, Politics, treaty settlements
Tags: ngai tahu
What are the New Zealand institutions other than the State who can achieve good for New Zealanders?
Written By:
Anthony R0bins -
Date published: 12:34 pm, August 6th, 2016 -
17 comments
Categories: climate change, farming, food, global warming, sustainability
Tags: carbon, emissions, food, waste
The Italian intiaitive encouraging supermarkets to give unsold food to those in need is a great move. Helps the poor, reduces waste, win win. But it’s just a start. We need to massively change attitudes and behaviour to reduce food waste.
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