The Daily Blog Open Mic – Monday 14th May 2018
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
Author: The Daily Blog
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GUEST BLOG: Danyl Strype – Work and Income is Beyond Repair – Scrap it!
Reflecting on about 20 years of dealing with WINZ on and off, this is what I think needs to happen. Firstly, WINZ needs to be abolished. The mild reforms of the Clark years prove that it’s far too politicized to be reformed without just being deformed again by the next government. It’s a failed model. Just bin it.
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The case against light rail
The Government’s announcements that they are to accelerate the procurement process for light rail to the airport and to the NorthWest including Kumeu, had some pundits and young transport enthusiasts breathless with excitement.
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GUEST BLOG: Dave Brownz – Reclaiming Marx
A famous dead white man indulges us by coming back from the grave on his 200th birthday for a bit of celebrity haunting.
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CPAG’s nationwide post budget events
Find out what the impact of Budget 2018 will be for families and children, in Child Poverty Action Group’s 2018 Post Budget presentations.
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Political Caption Competition
How happy does Winston look having to be on The AM Show?
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The Daily Blog Open Mic – Sunday 13th May 2018
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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America’s Bitter Legacy In The Middle East
THE QUESTION CONFRONTING the Democratic Party when it next takes control of the White House will, simply, be: “What now?” The next Democratic President will likely enter office with the two most powerful Islamic nations in the Middle East, Iran and Saudi Arabia, locked in a nuclear arms race. Faced with the prospect of two bitter foes acquiring the means to wipe it off the face of the earth, Israel (which already possesses its own nuclear arsenal) will be screaming at the new Democratic administration to: “Do something – or we will!” Doing something will be unavoidable – but what is it that the United States should do?
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Political Caption Competition
This is America
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Media bullsh*t vs the Bovine variety
A case in point where the media can misrepresent what an elected representative has stated occurred immediately after Corin Dann interviewed Environment Minister, David Parker, on 6 May, on TVNZ’s Q+A;