5 months out from 2017 election – National melting, Labour stalling, Greens tactical & the one word NZ First uses to explode immigration debate
Following up on my 6 months out from the election analysis, here’s the run down 5 months out.
Martyn Bradbury
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MEDIAWATCH: The mainstream media lie about Willie Jackson
It was amazing watching so many supposedly ‘liberal’ twitter accounts gleefully attacking Willie Jackson last night based on a story from corporate media pundit Vernon Small that Willie Jackson had thrown a wobbly and flown to Wellington to get a higher place on the Party list.
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When people try and tell you National are better economic managers of NZ – show them this
The line that the sleepy hobbits of muddle Nu Zilind seem to believe without ever even questioning it is that National are far better economic managers than Labour.
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Digging deeper into the Harmful Digital Communications Act
I think any incoming Government needs to urgently check the powers granted to Netsafe as a State sponsored censor and recalibrate those to where there are actual problems. Allowing a state backed censor to secretly attempt to censor legitimate political opinion online is a god damned outrage that no one in a free society should tolerate.
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Solo Fatherhood, gender roles and my fingernail polish
Solo Fatherhood is just like sole fatherhood but uses Han Solo more.
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Green Party muscle in on Maori vote and open up alternative path to Parliament
By splitting the Maori vote again and taking party vote support, the Greens just made it easier for the Maori/MANA alliance to beat Labour and in doing so provide an alternative path way to Parliament where the Greens have actual political power and not what Winston will allow them to have.
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Flick Electric co. Comedy Gala review
There were some sparkles this year, there was also a lot more misses than one would have expected. I won’t name and shame the misses, but the words ‘experimental’ were used about a few of the comedians in a way that isn’t positive.
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At a time of rising sea levels due to climate change, Phil O’Reilly wants to build an underwater stadium in Auckland?
Wanting to plonk an underwater waterfront stadium on the Auckland waterfront when our future will see more and more extreme weather events and a dramatic jump in sea levels looks like a recipe for a mass drowning.
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In celebration of Eminem suing John Key – will the real slim shady please stand up?
I’m guessing National’s defence to being sued by Eminem is that they’ve spent 9 years stealing ideas from Labour so they thought it was cool.
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If only actual suicide could get as much immediate action as fictional suicide on Netflix
We are in denial about how our neoliberal welfare state and free market consumer culture has contributed to the zeitgeist of suicide and we don’t have the maturity to confront our delusion which is why it’s easier for us to slap some censorship on an internet series that talks about it.