90% double vaxxed has become a threat multiplier – PM requires more security
I hope that the SIS, GCSB, Police Intelligence Unit and the dozen other security apparatus acronyms you’ve never heard of…
Deconstructing Headlines
Critical analysis breaking down New Zealand news coverage, media framing, and political narratives behind the headlines.
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Sir Russell Coutts’ dictatorship, Mandatory vaccinations & the rights of the individual vs the collective
There has been an explosion of fear and paranoia over the Government’s Covid response.
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Hurry up and take 3 Waters already
This can’t just be about water infrastructure and making sure our water is clean, if you are taking it you must answer sovereign issues like foreign interests and privatization.
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90% Double Vax: Political Winners & Losers
I’m excited that we have collectively gone from being experts on pandemics and virus to gun handling protocols on film sets in just one weekend but before we start legal defenses for Alec Baldwin, there’s the small matter of Jacinda staring down the camera and telling Auckland without telling Auckland that we are likely to be locked down until December.
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The fall into AntiVaxx cult madness of Liz Gunn is a cautionary tale to us all
I’m old enough to remember Liz Gunn and there was no doubt that in her day she was the mustard. Intelligent, insightful and ruthless, she was the perfect team with Mike Hosking, like an extra pair of jaws for a pack of piranhas.
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Labour Day & modern unions are a hollow joke we must resuscitate for a post growth NZ capitalism
Universal Basic Income, 4 day working weeks, not for profit community wrap around service employment, Financial Transaction tax to shift tax burden from workers to Corporations and universal Union membership are necessities to cope with the magnitude of change coming.
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The planet is burning & James Shaw is fiddling
I have zero confidence in James Shaw at COP26.
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An open letter to my vaccinated and unvaccinated whānau in NZ
I’m watching the anger between the vaccinated and unvaccinated erupt on social media with a heavy hearted sadness.
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Don’t mock Judith’s tears – that would be a terrible political blunder
Small Business is really hurting and their pain needs to be respected if we want the same compassion for workers, beneficiaries and the poor.
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90% Double Vax: Jacinda Ardern‘s greatest political challenge
You have to respect that Jacinda just told Auckland that they will be in lockdown for another month, and no one in Auckland seemed to notice.