The Daily Blog Open Mic – Friday 14th June 2019
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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Open letter to Kim Dotcom
This case has not so much to do with New Zealand in one sense. In reality you are facing the wealth, power and wrath of corporate America who argue they have lost unearned income through filesharing services you helped provide for internet users.
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Polls show how to win the cannabis referendum: social equity, social enterprise and social clubs
TVNZ’s Colmar Brunton poll had support for making cannabis legal at 39%, versus 52% for the status quo. It’s a drop from two years ago. A Newshub/Reid Research poll was also concerning, with 42% saying they would vote Yes, but 48% would vote No.
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GUEST BLOG: Ross Meurant – I cannot ignore that the Rt. Honourable Winston Raymond Peters Llb, has: “Dun good” for the North
Winston deserves recognition. He has done what no other MP or group of MPs has been able to do – since World War Two at the least.
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Political Caption Competition
Less Flowers in the Attic, more weeds in the basement.
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TDB Top 5 International Stories: Thursday 13th June 2019
5: Mexico’s President Is Playing Trump’s Tariff Deal as a Win
4: Hong Kong clashes erupt after protesters storm legislature
3: TEAM OF AMERICAN HACKERS AND EMIRATI SPIES DISCUSSED ATTACKING THE INTERCEPT
2: Overcrowding, Rotten Food & Nooses: DHS Watchdog Confirms Horrific Conditions at Immigrant Jails
1: Police use rubber bullets as Hong Kong protesters vow ‘no retreat’ -
The Daily Blog Open Mic – Thursday 13th June 2019
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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Now Pakeha media have highlighted the horror of Oranga Tamariki’s theft of Māori children – will Government be shamed into action?
We all accept that there will be some parents who are a danger to their children, but they are the exception, not the rule, and the incredibly low thresholds being used to seize children is just unacceptable. We know these children have more risk of being abused in State care, we know these children taken into state care tend to turn up in our prisons, we know that we are not supporting vulnerable parents to help them be the best parents they can be.
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Ripped Away From Their Parents
That this regularly involves burly police officers carrying distraught and screaming children from their family home is a fact which Oranga Tamariki is very keen to keep from the public.
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More Motels for the homeless? Dear Labour, dump KiwiBuild, start KiwiOwn
Labour need to dump KiwiBuild, using free market solutions to fix a problem created by the free market is like bailing water into a sinking ship.