Is Nicky Hager wrong? Why we are well past an inquiry and need an investigation
…the book already crosses the evidential threshold for a criminal investigation and NZ is signed up to international laws that impact our domestic laws.
Year: 2017
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Branson’s Marijuana over Milk comment reminds us how tiny our unconfident vision is
…OBVIOUSLY we should be transitioning our farmers away from environmentally destructive Dairy intensification towards cannabis production. We could grow some of the best cannabis in the world and Treasury predict a properly regulated and taxed cannabis market would generate half a billion dollars each year in taxes and prohibition cost savings.
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Quarter of a million hectares sold into overseas ownership illegally – Labour Party
Over 250,000 hectares of land have been bought by foreigners without required approval from the Overseas Investment Office since 2011,…
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EXCLUSIVE: Why Labour won’t trust the Maori Party
As far as Labour are concerned, a vote for the Maori Party is a vote for National, and that’s why Labour are hell bent on limiting their influence at the election.
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LATEST POLL: Maori Party steal NZ First’s Kingmaker Crown while Winston dog whistles legal right to bash children
Some interesting results here, but the sudden jump in Maori Party support and collapse of NZ First looks more like a rogue poll than a genuine shift in political allegiances.
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Political Caption Competition
This is the face of truth?
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TDB Top 5 International Stories: Tuesday 28th March 2017
5: The Conservative Christian Moms Pushing for More Legal Weed in Texas
4: Russian Opposition leader Alexei Navalny jailed for 15 days
3: LAWSUIT SEEKS TRANSPARENCY AS SEARCHES OF CELLPHONES AND LAPTOPS SKYROCKET AT BORDERS
2: More Than 1,000 Civilians Reportedly Killed by U.S.-Led Airstrikes as Trump Expands War on Terror
1: Climate change: ‘human fingerprint’ found on global extreme weather -
The Daily Blog Open Mic – Tuesday 28th March 2017
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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Dirty laundry
There’s a pattern. The government lets companies regulate themselves until they get exposed for causing damage to the public interest. Deny, fudge, delay, until there is enough of an outcry that it starts to be politically damaging. At that stage, the government does just enough to make the public think that the problem is sorted. But not enough to stop the companies from making big profits.
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STAKE YOUR CLAIM – A review of Nicky Hager and Jon Stephenson’s Hit and Run
The construction of this book was a painstaking and dangerous enterprise. John Stephenson risked life and limb by returning to the villages and interviewing survivors, and assembling the family trees of the dead and wounded. Empty shell casings from Apache helicopter cannon rounds were collected and photographed. A series of locally sourced stories from the Pajhwok News Agency, pointing to civilian deaths and casualties were filed. And, as mentioned earlier, a locally documented list of the dead and wounded was obtained and photocopied. By triangulating this material with the admissions of anonymous sources throughout the SAS and NZDF, Hager and Stephenson have built a powerful case.