The Daily Blog Open Mic – Monday 13th November 2017
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
Year: 2017
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REVIEW: Thor does for positive masculinity what Wonder Woman does for feminism
Thor: Ragnarok has been reviewed by far more clever and geeky comic book nerd types than me so I won’t even attempt to compete with their detailed reviews of how this fits into the Marvel Universe and Norse mythology, but what struck me about Taika Waititi’s incredibly funny movie is the real tenderness he gives the male characters.
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The Daily Blog 2017 Christmas contribution drive
Paula Bennett DOES NOT endorse this contributions drive and would probably prefer you don’t read this blog at all.
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How National destroy the new Government through Select Committees over the next 3 years
National will call on massive public engagement from their voters and their financial backers to slow down the Select Committee process and scream about democracy being under attack if they aren’t allowed to have every Farmer and rich property owner in front of the Select Committee to complain about any new law.
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“Fool me once”…
In holding to ransom the election of Trevor Mallard as Speaker of the House, National bluffed it’s way to increase the number of their MPs that can be appointed to Select Committees. This was despite a clear understanding between the new Coalition government and National that Trevor Mallard would be elected unopposed as Speaker, and National’s Anne Tolley as Deputy Speaker.
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Jacinda dodges a TPPA bullet – elites search for next economic trigger to sabotage new Government
What the Right wanted more than anything was Jacinda to march off to APEC trumpeting resistance so that when it fell over, they could blame her for the impending economic slump. What these forces desperately want is to spook the market so interest rates go up which would give every NZer with a mortgage an extra couple of hundred dollars a week in mortgage repayments for Christmas.
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Labour largely endorses National’s TPPA, but it’s not all over. What now?
The bad news is that the Labour government has endorsed the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, with the suspension of a limited range of items, at the ministerial and leaders’ meetings in Da Nang, Viet Nam.
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GUEST BLOG: Lois Griffiths – An Israeli Interpretation of the Battle of Beersheva
How dramatic, how exciting! A carefully researched , authentic re-enactment by the Australian and New Zealand descendents of the Light Horse Brigade whose brave cavalry charge lead to the defeat of the Ottomans at the Battle of Beersheva fought on 31 October 1917. Note the horses, the uniforms, the flags!
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TVNZ members disappointed with CEO salary increase – E tū
TVNZ members of the unions, E tū and the PSA today expressed disappointment that Chief Executive, Kevin Kenrick had accepted…
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Unions want a better approach to trade and investment – CTU
The Council of Trade Unions says that it wants to see a new approach to trade and investment developed that…