All that is wrong with the Auckland Housing Crisis in one Steve Braunias story
The only ones National seem capable of housing are the rats.
Year: 2017
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Caged chicken eggs sold as free range = OUTRAGE – Matt Nippert unmasks Peter Thiel’s mass surveillance clientele = silence
…so a story on caged eggs sold as free range eggs deserves amplification and endless hand wringing by all parts of the media yet we get only crickets chirping when Matt Nippert points out that one of the global mass surveillance Nazgul gains residency here after their private company is exposed as serving our military and intelligence agencies.
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It’s about time Women in NZ were treated like adults when it comes to abortion
As far as I’m concerned, an abortion is a medical decision between the woman and the Dr doing it, it really has sweet bugger all to do with anyone else.
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Newsroom is to Stuff what Spinoff is to NZ Herald
It’s funny watching a bunch of people who have been forced out of their respective news organisations because of the internet reducing ad revenue starting their own online news source. We are seeing the sub contracting out of news services to other groups at arms length from the parent news organisation in a desperate attempt to stay alive and keep credibility in an age where there is nothing but contempt for corporate news.
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The Daily Poem – Dancing crazy by Peter Le Baige
The Daily Poem – Dancing crazy by Peter Le Baige
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Trumpwatch: The Art of Deflection
With the Cult of Hyper Individualism, “taking Personal Responsibility” is the corollary of the “Small State” and reduced government services. The Right demand Personal Responsibility from everyone. (So when an individual ‘fails’, the fault – and responsibility – must lie with him/her, rather than the State’s tilting the playing field toward the rich and the powerful.)
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Trumpwatch: Fake News, Soft News, and Non-News
Trump’s mis-use of the term “fake news” – to attack and dismiss as untrue, actual news stories – is a corruption of the term for his own purposes. Trump’s actions, statements, tweets, and behaviour has all received media attention – and quite rightly so. Trump is no longer a private individual and his actions and words are no longer unimportant. As the elected leader of the United States, much of what he says and does will be reported.
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GUEST BLOG: Duncan Eddy – Just a Little Bit of History Repeating?
Bill English seems to be as inept at leading the National Party now as he was in 2002, when the Party suffered its worst ever defeat at the polls. So, if John Key is the Keith Holyoake of our modern era, is Bill English the modern version of Holyoake’s hapless deputy, John Marshall?
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GUEST BLOG: Pat O’Dea – The Opportunities Party Climate Change Policy
The Opportunities Party, (TOP), have held a Launch for the release of their Climate Change Policy in Dunedin South.
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Tertiary students call for change in light of rape culture protest – NZUSA
The New Zealand Union of Students’ Associations (NZUSA) and Thursdays in Black today stand in solidarity with students from three…