Commentary of Trump’s Inauguration Concert
5pm ET – This inauguration has all the charm and culture of your average Klan rally – it’s a sad joke after a crippling 18months of hate
Martyn Bradbury
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TOPs environmental policy shows how dangerous to the status quo Gareth Morgan is
…this has always been the danger of Morgan. Labour and the Greens are so frightened of being seen as left wing they have done all they can to drag themselves to the middle and cloak themselves in the water down political language of the centre.
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All that is wrong with NZ politics in one simple devastating chart – Part 2
My blog on comparing Superannuation with the pittance paid out to the vulnerable via the neoliberal welfare state provoked the usual ‘don’t be mean to boomers, we worked hard’ mantra from our beloved boomer comrades.
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How Jacinda Arden loses the Mt Albert by-election
I say all this as someone who desperately wants to see Labour as the backbone of any new Government and Andrew Little as the Prime Minister with a very Green Cabinet, but there are some terrible political blunders being made and the ramifications could be a Fourth National Government.
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The madness of Tolley’s neoliberal welfare cuts
…folks, here’s the problem with these types of farcical statements. Tolley is telling us that this drop in benefit numbers is somehow a good thing. What she isn’t telling you is how Tolley and these neoliberal welfare stormtroopers have gone about getting that reduction.
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Shalom.Kiwi threatens The Daily Blog with legal action over Kiwiblog/Shalom.Kiwi hack
If Shalom.Kiwi wish to censor The Daily Blog, they clearly need a new tactic to do so because this one looks pretty desperate.
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Mongrel Mob-Black Power gang war, beggars and why today’s Political Roundup proves inequality is a dead political issue in NZ
Nothing sums up how inncoulated the NZ population are to the debate about inequality than today’s Political Roundup in the NZ Herald by Bryce Edwards.
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BLOGWATCH: Annoying the sad old Standard and weird old Whaleoil in the same week
I’ve managed to annoy the sad old Standard and the weird old Whaleoil in the same week.
I must be doing something right.
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Thank you for showing mercy to Chelsea Manning Mr President, now about Edward Snowden…
It is welcome news that the terrible abuse of heroic whistleblower Chelsea Manning is coming to an end.
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Isn’t a black market in Tobacco the Government’s fault and when can we have an honest discussion about cigarettes?
I think we should investigate a Vice Tax on the profits of the corporations selling these products. Instead of putting the cost of the product individually upon the end user, the Government should tax a super tax onto the Tobacco Industry.