The Daily Blog Open Mic – Monday – 29th November 2021
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
Most Recent Blogs
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A Chris Trotter rewind – What sort of Christian is Chris Luxon?
TDB looked into Chris Luxon’s extreme evangelical faith in 2019. In an age of science leading policy, will NZ embrace an extreme religious politician?
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Dear panicking civil libertarians – isn’t a pandemic the reason you have urgency?
A lot of angry and frightened civil libertarians (many of whom I admire ) were rattled last week by the use of urgency to pass the traffic light vaccination passport scheme.
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Jimmy O’Dea – Thank You
I’m proud to have known this man and to have stood alongside him on many frontlines. He lived a big life in a small country. Thank you Jimmy.
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Awaiting response to questions
On 14 November 2021, an Open Letter (below) was emailed to Nanaia Mahuta, noting her past comments on certain aspects of foreign policy and the importance of international rules and institutions.
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The simple truth is – Simon Bridges has earned a second shot
The Key-Luxon conjoined twin pitch is Luxon for Leader and Key replacing Goodfellow as President. Together, puppet and master, will shoulder tap the next generation of alpha leaders to stand as a fresh new generation of right wing politicians vetted through a candidate academy.
It’s elitism on cocaine.
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Dow drops 900 points – Omicron Virus mutation risks all
The Dow dropped 900 points on news that a new Covid mutation could bypass current vaccine protection AND be more transmittable than Delta.
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Waatea News Column: What are we going to do with the unvaccinated?
One of the most painful aspects of this pandemic has been the two different realities our community has been split into.
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What could possibly go wrong next?
What a week. But while National’s woes dominate, who is noticing the erosion of democracy and the exclusionary politics that Labour is busy promoting?
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Judith Collins – she brought out the worst in us
I asked someone today what they think when they hear the name Judith Collins. Nastiness was the answer and I think this is how she will be remembered, not only by her political opponents in Labour but by a big chunk of her National Party colleagues.