Political Caption Competition
Lather Boys marching on Parliament wanting to Man Up
Author: The Daily Blog
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The Daily Blog Open Mic – Monday 6th May 2019
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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TDB Top 5 International Stories: Monday 6th May 2019
5: Julián Castro Thinks His Path to the Nomination Is Through Nevada and Texas
4: Netanyahu pledges ‘massive strikes’ in Gaza as death toll rises
3: RIGHT-WING ISRAELI AUTHOR WRITES “THE VIRTUE OF NATIONALISM” — AND ACCIDENTALLY EXPOSES ITS PITFALLS
2: Mass. Judge Refuses to Halt Pro-Palestinian Event at UMass Featuring Roger Waters & Linda Sarsour
1: More than 20 dead as violence flares between Gaza and Israel -
GUEST BLOG: Bryan Bruce – We need an escape plan
The more I watch the Labour coalition government ignore the recommendations of the working groups it has set up (at considerable cost ) the more it’s clear to me that the Ardern/Roberston government is going to make the inmates of our neoliberal prison a little more comfortable with warmer cells to rent (for example) , but they are not going to open the prison gates.
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GUEST BLOG: Bryan Bruce – Help the little guys fight the big guy
Sustainable Otakiri has four days left to meet the costs of Sustainable Otakiri taking the Chinese owned company that wants to bottle .1 million m3 of deep-aquifer water/year (that’s 2,451, 960 bottles each day) to the Environment Court.
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The Liberal Agenda – New Zealand Public Television Trust: Transforming cities with technology?
If you use one of those “free” electric scooters or bikes you are giving someone valuable data about your movements around the city. Is that something that concerns you – or not?
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Dr Liz Gordon – The Bob and Dave roadshow
This is not good enough. Ratepayers need to see a proper, complete, financial accounting of the Henderson saga, and of what it has cost, from first to last. There is a new Council now, a different Mayor and new policies. I would like to see the Christchurch City Council do a public reckoning to its ratepayers of what this iniquitous and shambolic deal cost us, first and last.
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Dr Liz Gordon – That disgusting benefit sanction is gone
Yes, I know, the decision not to increase benefits yet is terrible. It does condemn many households to a further miserable existence in povertyland. And it is wrong. But I am celebrating today. Because thousands of single parent families, whose only ‘crime’ was to refuse to name the father of their child/ren, will no longer be subject to a punitive and disgusting sanction of $28 per week.
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The Daily Blog Open Mic – Sunday 5th May 2019
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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TDB Top 5 International Stories: Sunday 5th May 2019
5: Does Julian Assange Have a Roommate in Jail? A VICE News Investigation
4: Rockets fired from Gaza day after Israel kills four Palestinians
3: A WAR REPORTER COVERS “THE END OF ICE” — AND IT WILL CHANGE THE WAY YOU THINK ABOUT CLIMATE CATASTROPHE
2: We Can’t Back People Who Hate Our Kids: Kentucky & Minnesota Teachers of Year Boycott Trump Meeting
1: Trump insists nuclear deal will happen after North Korea fires projectiles