Donald Trump is, unquestionably, the most morbid symptom of the current political crisis gripping the capitalist West – but he is not the only one. Of almost equal concern is the toxic combination of ignorance and viciousness on display in the commentary threads of political blogs and websites.
Make no mistake, housing has become a crisis in New Zealand as this May poll for a TV3/Reid Research Poll highlighted;
Immigration is not a central cause of unemployment, and not the key driver of the explosion in housing prices. Even dramatic reductions in immigration numbers will have little impact.
It’s been interesting watching the shift in discourse about Bernie Sanders from some of the local #ImWithHer crowd (and, presumably, those further afield/closer to the action).
How do we counter the right-wing populist currents emerging in several Western countries? The Trump victory shows that backing a liberal establishment alternative, like Hillary Clinton, is not a successful strategy.
I’ve just counted up the ships that are coming to Auckland; they total 23, a real war fest. Five frigates, two destroyers, a submarine, a torture ship, two landing platform docks (amphibious warfare ships) and a handful of patrol vessels will sail into the Waitematā Harbour on Thursday.
On Friday, word reached us that the world’s foremost obstreperous atheist, Richard Dawkins, appears to be advocating we open our borders to the world’s “creative intellectuals” in a bid to make New Zealand a ‘new Athens’ for the ‘Trump era’.
It’s a cold and broken hallelujah
5: Your Government Wants to Militarize Social Media to Influence Your Beliefs
4: SLASHED BUDGETS AND TOXIC CHEMICALS: PLANNING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CARNAGE UNDER DONALD TRUMP’S EPA
3: ISIL claims suicide attacks in Fallujah, near Karbala
2: 2016 will be the hottest year on record, UN says
1: A White Nationalist & Anti-Semite in the Oval Office: Trump Taps Breitbart’s Bannon as Top Aide
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