Another example of Police whitewashing – green light for suicide by cop
Everyday we seem to slip closer to the American policing culture of ‘respect my authority’ style aggression.
Martyn Bradbury
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Why National are to blame for violent Dairy robberies
Our migrant communities who staff our local Dairy’s have become a shock absorber for National’s welfare reforms.
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Has Environment Minister Nick Smith finally gone mad?
The latest joke statement from the Government is from Nick Smith who is desperately trying to find something to blame other than farming for water pollution.
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Mt Roskill by-election co-operation & Labour Auckland HQ – 2017 campaign has begun
News that Labour will open a new Auckland HQ to be headed by some of Labour’s best strategists shows how serious Labour are going to be to win Auckland.
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Kiwisaver make us all merchants of death + ACC makes us gulag owners
There is something grotesque about us building a retirement off the backs of cluster bombs.
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John Key blaming Helen Clark for his Housing Crisis is like blaming John Campbell for the state of Journalism
..this is inane. The Housing Crisis has increased under Key’s Leadership. He won’t even admit there is an actual problem, and if there was, it’s all Helen Clark’s fault?
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The TPPA and The Real Housewives of Auckland
What The Real Housewives of Auckland represent is American neoliberal cultural colonialism that promotes a mono-culture of narcissism and hyper individualism from inside a wealth bubble 99% can’t attain.
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Giovanni Tiso, Russel Brown and the 2 unspoken issues inside NZ Journalism
The arguments are pretty stock standard complaints about the deteriorating quality of journalism and the economic pressures that are confronting journalists. It’s nothing that none of us haven’t been saying for years, and there aren’t any new angles explored, which I think is a missed opportunity.
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The dangers for the Maori Party and why their only solution is Labour
The Maori Party are finally flexing their political muscle with their possible alliance with MANA and the Maori King’s endorsement, but it’s the muscle of a Political Party on its last legs, and their possible success has many challenges – namely Winston Peters.
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Of course the Housing Crisis requires a state of emergency
As The Daily Blog first suggested several months ago, the Housing Crisis needs to be declared as a state of emergency…