Why the ‘protections’ in new spy bill are totally meaningless
A modern day stasi that answers to the NSA doesn’t make our democracy safer, it makes it far more dangerous.
Author: Martyn Bradbury
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You can’t say the things Trump says and not expect violence
The violence that erupted at a Trump rally in Chicago can be no real surprise.
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What Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump have in common
The prominence of trade as an election issue surprised many mainstream pundits as they didn’t think voters were smart enough to understand the corporate hegemonic structures that rob them of a quality of life.
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Kawerau siege not a reason to arm Police
We can be thankful that no one is dead and it can not be a justification for arming Police as those Officers at the address were already armed when they entered.
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The irony of a Government who arrested Kim Dotcom for copyright infringement is in court for Eminem copyright infringement
…so this Government will pass 3 strike laws for Corporate Hollywood and illegally spy on and arrest Kim Dotcom for copyright but are more than happy to steal music when it suits their interests.
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God I hate to agree with Cameron Slater – but he’s right – the NZEI has some explaining to do
That a man as damaged and as much of a predator as Burrett was allowed to continue anywhere near children is disgraceful enough, that schools and unions may have been complicit in giving him that opportunity is abhorrent.
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Media Bubble worlds paid for by NZ on Air – The Herald interviews itself, who is the puppet?
Public Broadcasting has an ethos and philosophy to it, giving large foreign owned corporates public money to provide low level wit seems like a sad joke.
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Dear NZ – let me say this slowly – you are being conned into fearing ISIS to give spies more powers
I’m not going to get angry at NZers who have been conned into giving spies more powers using the bogeyman of lone wolf extremists creating acts of domestic terrorism.
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My fear about Government caving in on Zero Hours
I hope for the latter, I suspect the former.
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Dear Fonterra and National Government – can we have our 49% of public assets back now your milk powder to China dream has died?
Sorry to see the putting all our cows in one Beijing paddock strategy has failed abysmally and that we should have focused on producing high end product here instead of once again being a source of raw ingredients.