Political Caption Competition
America has managed to trump Bush
Author: The Daily Blog
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TDB Top 5 International Stories: Sunday 4th December 2016
5; Human shields – An estimated 2,000 U.S. veterans are set to protect protesters at Standing Rock
4: MAN WHO CLAIMED TO BE CIA ASSET SENTENCED TO TEN YEARS IN PRISON IN ARMS DEAL STING
3: Syrian forces tighten grip on besieged Aleppo
2: China lodges complaint with US over Trump’s Taiwan phone call
1: Expert on Trump Business Conflicts: “There are Hard Ethical Questions in Life. This Not One of Them” -
The Daily Blog Open Mic – Sunday 4th 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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GUEST BLOG: Lizzie Cook – Addressing a failure by the Government to adequately support Kura Kaupapa Māori
My take on the matter is that it is racism, Institutional Racism that does not like the independent Māori doing well and being successful. Pākahā dominated institutions still want to apply Pākehā rules and tell Māori what to do and how to do it.
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Economic Democracy
Universal Basic Income is neither an idea of the political left nor of the political right. The principles of liberté and égalité are not principles of partisan politics.
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What if we could start talking from the premise that all of us believe we are fundamentallly good people?
The US is facing at least two major problems at the moment. One is that Donald Trump doesn’t care about the fact that he has persistently been blatantly disrespectful to Muslims, immigrants, the LGBTIQ community, women, people with disabilities, and other minority groups.
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GUEST BLOG: John Stroh – says it all…
I hope one of the more experienced TDB Bloggers picks this up and uses it to light some fires elsewhere in the media. It would seem a wasted opportunity to let this study go unnoticed.
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GUEST BLOG: Martin and Lois Griffiths – HEBRON
The Israeli journalist Gideon Levy warns, “If you want to know what callousness is, if you want to know what racism is, if you want to know what evil is, if you want to know what injustice is and if you want to know what malice looks like, Hebron …is the best place on earth to find out.”
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Café Review: Chlöe Swarbrick’s new ‘Olly’
Creamy coffee, artisan doughnuts and art – what’s more to love?
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Political Caption Competition
Lose today and I will never speak to you again