TV Review: I know this to be true aka white rich baby boomers sing the blues
If TVNZ wants any positive reviews of this beige mess they better pay The Spinoff to be a client.
Martyn Bradbury
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Blaming recreational fishing while Industry pillages
It staggers me that as a nation we have spent more media time crucifying the Rugby Union for not publicly whipping Losi Filipo than we have demanding every MPI employee be arrested for allowing the fishing Industry to burn and pillage our fishing stock.
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Housing NZ hoisted by their own P Pipe
This isn’t an issue about health or safety, it’s politicised fear mongering to demonise state tenants and soften the public up for state house privatisation, so the joy of watching Housing NZ squirm due to their own hysteria about P over this furniture that was left for 3 days is wonderful.
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Now we have a new Governor-General can we please investigate the old one for War Crimes?
It took 18months for the cops to admit they were wrong for illegally raiding Nicky Hager’s house. It took 5 years for Key to admit he was wrong for defaming Bradley Ambrose. It took the NZDF 7 years to admit their defaming of Jon Stephenson was wrong. How long do we have to admit as a country that handing civilians over to known torture units was also wrong?
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Have we finished crucifying Losi Filipo? The case for 17 year olds in Youth Court
It is difficult to put aside our righteous disgust at his bullying violence on that night, but that’s what we as citizens in a liberal and progressive democracy must do. We have a Judiciary who is asked to stand above the anger and make decisions on punishment that are beneficial to the wider community.
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We can all mock Donald Brash – but what about actual racism in NZ? Where were the smug comments last week?
The mere idea that Maori somehow have a special privilege is just a white myth! Look at the incarceration rates, look at the crime rates, look at the life expectancy rates, look at the socio-economic rates, look at the education rates, health rates, inequality rates, poverty rates – in EVERY SINGLE NEGATIVE SOCIAL INDICATOR, Maori are suffering.
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Political Dictionary Time – ‘Doing a Luigi Wewege’
‘Doing a Luigi Wewege’ – is a term used to describe a tactic by right wing activists who sleep with a woman to gain politically damaging information to smear and attack a person in public.
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Once the Schadenfreude subsides – do Journalists understand chilling implications of Williams defamation case plus latest on the case
This is an extraordinary case because of what is at stake. The narrative that the Jury believed is that Jordan Williams was a white knight riding to the rescue of a damsel in distress.
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Dirty Politics wins – Colin Craig loses to Jordan Williams
Cameron Slater and Jordan Williams win again.
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Comment on Campaign Against The Daily Blog
I wouldn’t normally pay these types of social media smears any attention at all, but defaming me and attacking this blog’s ability to continue is something I will fight tooth and nail against.