Political Caption Competition
Simon Bridges and the new Minister for Health
Author: The Daily Blog
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TDB Top 5 International Stories: Friday 19th May 2017
5: Roger Ailes Broke America, Then Died
4: Could Narrow Scope of New Special Counsel Miss Wider Corruption in Trump White House?
3: Donald Trump Said Saudi Arabia Was Behind 9/11. Now He’s Going There on His First Foreign Trip.
2: US-led coalition hits pro-Assad fighters’ convoy
1: ‘Witch hunt’: Trump appears at odds with White House over Robert Mueller -
The Daily Blog Open Mic – Friday 19th May 2017
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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Detention of Vessel in Panama carrying phosphate to Canada
The detention of the cargo aboard the Ultra Innovation comes one day before the South Africa High Court is scheduled to consider its May 1 direction for interdiction of the New Zealand bound cargo.
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Rest in Peace Chris Cornell
Chris Cornell dead: Soundgarden and Audioslave singer dies aged 52
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BREAKING: The Opportunities Party REAL DEAL Cannabis reform policy
The Opportunities Party is pleased to launch its REAL DEAL Policy for the regulation of cannabis cultivation and sale in…
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DHB being pushed into funding deal that will take money from patient services; full disclosure and independent scrutiny required. – ASMS
“The Government is trying to force a public ‘private’ partnership on the West Coast District Health Board that would take…
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Why Our Government Really Has No Interest In “Solving” The Kiwi Mental Health Crisis
I will be genuinely surprised [and inestimably pleased] if any of our political class dare – as part of what’s set to become this year’s election debates – to name the specter whose rapacious possessionary antics have fed so perniciously into the mental health crisis of today.
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GUEST BLOG: Dave Brownz – Suicide is about Alienation
Good on Mike King for attacking the gutless, shamefaced, official line on suicide as part of the problem not the solution. And cheers to The Daily Blog for acting as a forum on suicide with activists like Dave McPherson and Martyn Bradbury exposing the failures of the health system. While I agree that we need to change the official response to suicide, that should be based on what causes suicide.
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The Faustus Project – Tuesday May 30th
The Faustus Project – an actor has mad a deal with the devil