The Daily Blog Open Mic – Thursday – 19th May 2016
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A “flatmate wanted” ad on Trademe for CBD. Three bedroom apartment, the rooms are TRIPLE SHARING. You get one single bed in a room with two other people, for $150 a week. X3 X3 = $1350. Assuming that all three bedrooms use the “triple share” system, someone is making $1350 a week out of a three bedroom apartment.
Unless it’s palatial, that seems quite steep to me.
‘Tories will use Counter-Extremism Bill to silence their opponents – campaigners’
https://www.rt.com/uk/343461-queens-speech-extremism-bill/
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‘Tony Blair lied on Iraq and will be exposed by Chilcot report’ – Corbyn’
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‘Trump blasts Tony Blair for Iraq War ‘disaster,’ says Britain should stand up to US presidents’
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‘ ‘Crime of aggression’: Alex Salmond’s quest to put Tony Blair on trial over Iraq hits legal snag’
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New Zealand = pressure cooker – she’s gonna blow!