The Daily Blog Open Mic – Wednesday 7th June 2017

1. This is the number one Election issue in New Zealand too;

   “Stressed” Australians Struggle With Record Debts As Housing Market Overheats

   http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-06/stressed-australians-struggle-record-debts-housing-market-overheats

   “Australians are dialing back their spending on everything from clothes to cars as sky-high housing costs, the result of a housing bubble fueled by Chinese buyers, threaten to finally derail the country’s twin asset bubbles – housing and stocks.

   But rising mortgage debt isn’t the only thing squeezing Australian customers, as Reuters reports. Inflation on essential items like food, electricity and insurance is accelerating, meaning Australians are also paying higher prices for basic consumer goods…

2. Big day for the UK tomorrow! I have the popcorn ready.
   Interesting May wants to ‘rip up’ human rights laws for the fight against terrorism… Good to see she is following the agenda!

3. Should obscene NZDF war porn, which intentionally grooms children for the military, be allowed in schools?

   http://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/national/select-committee-reviews-firearms-rules-for-schools/ar-BBCc1DP?li=AA59FU&ocid=spartanntp

   At a select committee today, Green Party MP Catherine Delahunty said children at a Manawatu primary school had handled assault rifles as part of a Defence Force experience.

   Education Minister Nikki Kaye said there were no guidelines on such matters, but she’d been assured the school had not broken the law.
   She had asked however for some official rules to be drawn up, she said.
   She said she personally did not think firearms should be taken into schools, but that there were some “very rare” exceptions.

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