We’ve Got A Schlong Way To Go With How We Talk About Women In Politics
How shameful for a 68 year old human female to have to go to the bathroom once in awhile.
Deconstructing Headlines
Critical analysis breaking down New Zealand news coverage, media framing, and political narratives behind the headlines.
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The 10 great neoliberal myths of NZ
30 years of neoliberalism in NZ has created important pillar myths that need to constantly be reinforced and worshiped unquestionably. We are not allowed to challenge these scared cows, we must not ever disagree with them and we must always accept them.
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BREAKING: Dow Jones meltdown by 392 points after China loses 3.6%
The continuing meltdown on stock markets around the world didn’t slow down. China lost 3.6%, European markets slid hard and the Dow Jones just closed down 392 points.
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Can Labour’s New General Secretary do what Corbyn has done?
Despite all the claims that Corbyn’s shift to the Left is utterly unelectable, a recent survey of the thousands and thousands of new grass root activists who have flocked to the Party suggests that his leadership has given UK Labour more energy and rebirthed branches that had been near dead…
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Cameron Slater is right – suppression orders are terrible
The only thing worse than using your power to hide your identity would be hypocrisy.
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Beer doesn’t kill people, people kill people
Screw the booze barons, their interests have been protected and advanced for too long.
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Despite being ignored by msm – Bernie could win Democratic nomination: Will 2017 be Trump vs Sanders?
No where could the very best of America come up against the very worst of America.
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Cataclysmic, sell everything and your Kiwisaver account
Most NZers have Kiwisaver now, which means the meltdown impacts you if your money is invested in the stock market. The only Kiwisaver option you can choose which removes you from the stock market altogether is opting for the cash rate. You can do this on your banks website.
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Here is what happens next with the TPPA
The right are attempting to counter the growing rage many NZers are now starting to feel, All Blacks included, over Key telling them that the TPPA would be debated in Parliament with the news (originally denied by the Government) that Key will sign the TPPA days before Waitangi Day and days before Parliament is even open.
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Dairy – pollutes environment, steals water, abuses animals, privatises national assets for unsustainable irrigation, is dangerous AND uses slave labour?
The farming and Dairy corporates don’t have to answer to anyone. In the National Party they have a political power that protects them from having to be serious about water pollution, climate changing emissions, animal rights and worker safety.