The Daily Blog Open Mic – Saturday 24th December 2016
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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NZ climate groups form coalition and announce plans to disrupt major oil summit – Greenpeace
Thursday, December 22: Groups campaigning on climate change, fracking, oil and gas drilling and social justice from across Aotearoa have…
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Christmas a Real Test for Innovative Family Violence Project – Women’s Refuge
Some families affected by violence these holidays will be using state-of-the-art technology to access justice, and the law firm behind…
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Political Caption Competition
Spot the Difference
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TDB Top 5 International Stories: Friday 23rd December 2016
5: IN MAJOR PRIVACY VICTORY, TOP EU COURT RULES AGAINST MASS SURVEILLANCE
4: New Zealanders Can’t Test Their Holiday Drugs After Ecstasy Kits Withheld From Retailer
3: Registry used to track Arabs and Muslims dismantled by Obama administration
2: Trump: US should veto UN Israel settlement resolution
1: The Impossible Revolution: A Syrian Dissident on How a Fight Against a Dictator Became a Proxy War -
The Daily Blog Open Mic – Friday 23rd December 2016
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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Playing Sergeant Pepper – The B-Side
In the interests of fairness and balance I thought it only proper to include a retrospective squiz at the parties and groups who ended up on the debit side of the political ledger of 15 years ago.
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“What, No ‘I, Too, Am A Russian Ambassador’?” Why Reactions To This Political Murder Are Different
Something odd I’ve noticed: After an act of terrorism (or other highly publicized egregious act of politically motivated violence), we customarily have a hashtag or a display-pic filter showing solidarity with the victim – indeed, often going so semi-ludicrously far as to claim that we “ARE” the Victim. (I’m sure we all remember #JeSuisCharlie etc.)
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Political Caption Competition
Evidence the National Party Cabinet is a cactus – thick skinned and surrounded by pricks
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TDB Top 5 International Stories: Thursday 22nd December 2016
5: Meet the Kiwi American Football Pioneer, Now a Washington Missile Lobbyist
4: EXXON MOBIL IS FIGHTING TO KEEP ITS DANGEROUS CHEMICALS IN CHILDREN’S TOYS
3: German police step up manhunt after Berlin truck attack
2: Flint: As 2 Unelected Emergency Managers Are Charged over Water Poisoning, Will Gov. Snyder Be Next?
1: Ice-melting temperatures forecast for Arctic midwinter
