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.
Deconstructing Headlines
Critical analysis breaking down New Zealand news coverage, media framing, and political narratives behind the headlines.
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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.
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Green-Labour Damage Control finally kicks in
The joint State of the Nation address is a very smart move by Labour and the Greens. The purpose of Unity and the symbolism of that Unity is what gives voters confidence to vote for them. No one wants to vote for a Party that looks like it’s going to rip itself to pieces 30 seconds after getting elected.
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All that is wrong with NZ politics in one simple devastating chart – it’s time to riot
…when 2 NZers have more than the poorest 30% of the entire nation, the time for debate is over and the time to riot is upon us.
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Grotesqueness of NZ inequality – 2 richest own as much as bottom 30%
How grotesque a joke is our egalitarianism now?
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In NZ we have a week of navel gazing over micro aggressions, in America Cops beat and shoot
…now clearly the US Police are Condesplaining and Heterosplaining in a gender binary manner a hate crime against this African-American cismale but I’m more concerned about the Internalised superiority and Internalised oppression that’s obviously on display.
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Clever politics by Winston at Pike River while Greens fight Labour in Mt Albert
While the Greens and Labour needlessly fight each other in a fortnight in Mt Albert, Winston is at Pike River telling those families that re-entering the mine will be a non-negotiable bottom line of any co-alition.
Christ that’s clever.
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Why NZers wouldn’t support Euthanasia if they read this – why Jenny Shipley makes me never want Euthanasia
Mountain climbing lawyers might consider ending their life on their own terms a victory, but the real losers will be the poor and voiceless in state hospitals being pushed into ending their expensive treatment of a life.
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For everyone claiming Gareth Morgan couldn’t win the Mt Albert By-election
The Greens have already damaged the perception of unity by running in this by-election, let’s all pray to Gaia that Gareth Morgan isn’t serious about his political party and won’t run.
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‘Social Investment’ is simply mass surveillance of beneficiaries designed to limit the neoliberal welfare state even more
It’s a sick joke using the crisis of the worst to deny those not so desperate any state help whatsoever.