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A high percentage of my fellow inmates are mentally ill, forcing officers and fellow inmates such as myself into a role for which we are unprepared. They made a mistake when they closed most of the mental hospitals.
It is outrageous that the so called ‘Taxpayer’s Union’, a right wing attack club fronted by Dirty Politics agent Jordan Williams, attacked the Māori custom of Koha this week as some sort of corrupt Ministerial bribe.
Yesterday 14 year old Haami Hanara was convicted of murdering 40 year old homeless man Kelly Donner behind a Flaxmere Tavern in March of this year.
In 1979 we went up to the Auckland University and “beat the shit” out of 51 Pakeha students.
Why?
I’ve been keeping abreast of the drama that has been unfolding around the police’s involvement in the Auckland Pride Parade, but only from a distance. I’ve avoided the hui and Facebook rants, but I’ve heard about them second hand from friends and colleagues.
The Photo attached to this post is from 1932 when Wellington Police on horseback charged a demonstration by the unemployed during the Great Depression
People often ask why I’m not afraid to stand against antiquated status quo driven conventional thinking.
Next time you go to an ATM machine have a look at the list of banks whose cards it takes. The new rulers of the world are closer than you think.
A press release by ACT yesterday applauding Labour’s neoliberal public /private “user pays” solution to paying for the water and sewerage infrastructure at the Millbrook housing development announced by Minister Phil Tywford, tells you that Right wing neoliberal economic thinking is still alive and well in our coalition government.
Despite the minister’s airy references to ‘experts’ it is the worrying lack of expert contestable advice that is his scheme’s greatest weakness. Remarkable too is the lack of any ministerial interest or curiosity about Melbourne which has the biggest light rail system in the world and which is now building a heavy rail connection to Melbourne International Airport.