Australia’s regime of cruelty has turned Nauru into an open-air prison – Amnesty International
The horrific conditions that refugees and asylum seekers are forced to endure by the Australian Government inside Australia’s now notorious…
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Emotional Literacy
I was the first one in my family to be waylaid by a mental health speed wobble. Oh LaQuisha, she’s so crazy. But as the decades ticked over, the others started to fall too. This is when I realized I was the canary. The illness was in the family all along, it was just that I was that much closer to the psychic metal than the rest of them.
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MUST READ: Bill opens door to extensive GCSB surveillance of New Zealanders
I recommend the Select Committee not proceed with this Bill in its present form. Overall it puts New Zealanders in a worse situation than in already existing legislation, in relation to both their personal privacy and their right to untrammeled freedom of expression.
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Political Caption Competition
Jonathan I’m going to call you Dr Croak ok? What’s in your throat mate? I haven’t heard a sound like that since I told Murray McCully to hide that Saudi sheep bribe
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TDB Top 5 International Stories: Tuesday 18th October 2016
5: MUSLIM STUDENTS SPEAK OUT AGAINST FBI INFORMANT PLAN EXPOSED BY THE INTERCEPT
4: Why Female Trump Fans Don’t Care About the Sexual Assault Allegations
3: WikiLeaks: Assange’s internet ‘severed’ by state actor
2: Amy Goodman Broadcasts from North Dakota Across from Court Where She Faces Riot Charge Today
1: Climate change could drive 122m more people into extreme poverty by 2030 -
The Daily Blog Open Mic – Tuesday 18th October 2016
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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A Howling Moral Vacuum: America’s Syrian Policy
The creation of a liberal secular democracy was not the real reason the CIA was in Syria. The real reason they were working so hard to make civil war inevitable was because they wanted to prevent Syria and its neighbours, Lebanon and Iraq, from getting any closer to the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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GUEST BLOG: Dave Macpherson – ‘Nero’ Coleman fiddling while people die
Two weeks ago a seriously mentally ill Otorohanga man killed his mother and two others, and badly injured his father – only days after his mother had requested help from Waikato DHB’s mental health services for fear of the harm her son might cause others (the request was obviously unsuccessful).
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Political Caption Competition
How to damage a brand for ever
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TDB Top 5 International Stories: Monday 17th October 2016
5: Is Trump’s Rise a Result of America Declaring War on Institutions That Make Democracy Possible?
4: Iraq PM declares offensive to retake Mosul from ISIL
3: Trump calls for pre-debate drug tests, says Clinton enhanced her performance
2: Freed From Gag Order, Google Reveals It Received Secret FBI Subpoena
1: Trump warns of ‘rigged’ election as Giuliani makes racially charged claims