Waatea News Column: Could Dame Tariana Turia’s musings cost Labour the Māori vote?
How hard will Jacinda and Grant make it for Willie Jackson to deliver the Māori vote for Labour again?
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Dr Liz Gordon: Waiting for Vodafone
I once took my husband to see the play ‘Waiting for Godot’, with Ian McKellen in the starring role. Afterwards, he was puzzled. What was that all about? “Waiting”, I replied, “or should I say the existential experience of waiting”. More puzzlement. “So, what is it about waiting, as opposed to working, or talking, or sitting on a park bench dreaming, that is different from any other human activity?” At this point he sighed in exasperation. The Marxist was not well-attuned to existentialism.
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TV REVIEW: Carmel Sepuloni’s terrible TVNZ interview shows a Minister more focused on protecting her staff than beneficiaries
The Minister is owned by her Ministry & her Ministry has a toxic culture staffed by cruel people who seem to enjoy the power they have over vulnerable people – there is story after story after story proving the glee staff seem to show when they deny or hurt beneficiaries.
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GUEST BLOG: Lois Griffiths – We hear the cry of our Children
Noam Chomsky has described Israeli control over Gaza as ‘sadistic.’ Israeli historian Ilan Pappé has said, ‘incremental genocide’. The UN has said that Gaza will be unliveable by 2020.
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A smart approach to the cannabis referendum, and medicinal cannabis
We need a well-funded public education campaign ahead of the cannabis referendum, and a model based on social equity, social retail enterprises and social clubs.
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The Daily Blog Open Mic – Thursday 11th July 2019
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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The real problem with our Cannabis laws that no Politician or Party is actually addressing
The politicians were wrong on cannabis all along and watching them bicker amongst themselves while refusing to admit they were wrong sickens me.
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The terrible misreading of political populism as white supremacy in the Trump & Brexit results & why Bishop Brian Tamaki will fail to make it happen in NZ
Yes the Coalition Party will sound like alt-right populism, but it won’t embody the economic security those working classes who have been damaged by neoliberalism are seeking. Trump attacked the TPPA and Brexit focused on economic sovereignty, the Bishop is just promising more divisiveness.
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Political Caption Competition
The most grim announcement of a Minister in the history of Democracy.
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TDB Top 5 International Stories: Wednesday 10th July 2019
5: REPUBLICAN WOMEN LOST BADLY IN 2018. THEIR PLAN TO TAKE BACK SEATS STARTS IN NORTH CAROLINA
4: China demands US cancel proposed $2.2bn arms sale to Taiwan
3: HACKED BORDER SURVEILLANCE FIRM WANTS TO PROFILE DRIVERS, PASSENGERS, AND THEIR “LIKELY TRIP PURPOSE” IN NEW YORK CITY
2: How Investigative Reporting & Survivor Testimony Toppled Billionaire Serial Abuser Jeffrey Epstein
1: Glacial melting in Antarctica may become irreversible