TDB Domestic Political Predictions 2022
If you thought getting people to take a vaccination was hard, wait till you tell them you will take away their free speech.
Deconstructing Headlines
Critical analysis breaking down New Zealand news coverage, media framing, and political narratives behind the headlines.
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I think pretending we have beaten Covid is optimistic in the extreme
To believe we are now suddenly smarter than the virus and we have beaten it ignores the last 2 years.
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Chris Bishop is a dick for lying over pill testing & what the real issue with them is
The real issue here is that middle class children named Apple and Bruschetta can party safely at their expensive summer festivals while working class stoners have their rights going backwards!
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The Daily Blog Geopolitical Predictions 2022
Shit is going to get way worse in 2022.
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TDB 2021 predictions vs 2021 reality
So here were TDBs 2020 predictions, how well did they stack up?
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TDB – Political Winners & Losers 2021
2021 started with Trump trying to overthrow American democracy and got progressively worse. The explosion of hate via Facebook algorithms…
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And then came Omicron
Jacinda had her political reputation resting on something as tragically petty as a good old fashioned Kiwi Christmas Experience as payment to Auckland for accepting a de facto house arrest for 4 months, she’s rewarded us with that while stamping out Delta, but here comes Omicron.
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Of course MIQ will close for Omicron
The rules of travel during a pandemic are as follows:
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Waitangi Tribunal utterly misses the vaccination politics of NZ
Can you imagine the nuclear explosion from pakeha being told their family members dying from Covid is acceptable because we have to vaccinate Māori first?
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A Chris Trotter rewind – 20 years of LOTR
As LOTR turns 20, I think the best political cultural evaluation of the movie and the Shire that is NZ was written by Chris Trotter back in 2016…