If only the NZ media could focus on Key lying about SAS in combat the way they have over an Australian Rugby Coach spitting the dummy
We are allowing the cult of Rugby to over shadow civic issues far larger than an Ozzie Coach having a rant!
Martyn Bradbury
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State funded mass surveillance shocker
Nicky Hager, TVNZ and Glenn Greenwald’s Intercept have come together to look at state funded mass surveillance programs created in NZ using University money…
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The Herald’s weird moralistic rant about Millennials, misplaced Tinder angst and toxic individualism
Focusing on the supposed morality in all of this eclipses what I really think the Wright/Tostee story confronts us with.
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TV REVIEW: Wow – Best Q+A ever?
There are times when TVNZ and its true public broadcasting purpose shines so brightly you are reminded, ‘we should probably keep that as a public asset’.
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John Key caught out lying about SAS – truth finally comes out
…of course this has been released while it’s a Friday before a long weekend so absolutely no one is going to be even remotely aware that NZ SAS are helping guide in air strikes. So have we been involved in any of the air strikes that have killed civilians?
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Why Key and Hekia are at odds over her reason to resign
As was first pointed exclusively out by The Daily Blog, the reason why Hekia and Key are at odds over why she will resign is because Key publicly needs the reason to be her husbands health, and not the real reason.
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The mass surveillance state turns on beneficiaries first
Poor people are terrified having to deal with Housing NZ, WINZ, Ministry of Development, Corrections, Probation, CYFS because those state departments are only seen to punish those desperate enough to need their services, that’s why people go to community groups.
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3rd and final debate – Clinton crucifies Trump and sends Republicans the bill for nails & timber
Hillary spoke to an educated electorate, Trump tried to scare an uneducated electorate. The style of the debate demanded actual policy and seeing as Trump doesn’t actually have any policy, it was always going to be a whipping.
It turned into a crucifixion.
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The real reason why Hekia quit suddenly?
The tip line has been running hot as to the real reasons behind Hekia Parata’s sudden decision to stand down from Parliament at the next election.
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The horror of Clinton winning vs the horror of Trump winning – voting for the lesser of two evils is still voting for evil
The bizarre gladiatorial orgy of gross absurdity between Clinton and Trump will damage the American psyche in a way I don’t think it can return from. Either candidate will inherit a White House that is smeared with lies and bitter resentment.