Top 10 NZ TV news shows
Q+A and The Nation return for 2017 this month, so the line up of political news shows on TV amounts to a dozen shows in Election Year.
How depressing.
So here’s the 12 NZ mainstream media news shows ranked from worst to best
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Bill English wants to raise the age of Superannuation
English has clearly fumbled Superannuation and rather be seen as being too weak to change things, he’s decided to go all in and signal a rise in eligibility to 67.
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Compare Superannuation outrage to whisper about beneficiaries being spied upon
What English has in fact created are neoliberal welfare state agencies that are more aggressive than a Police Dog on meth. The beneficiaries are terrified of talking to any government agency now because that information goes to everyone and suddenly the beneficiary who is asking for help from Housing NZ are then facing a bill from WINZ for a relationship they didn’t disclose.
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Bill English stumbles badly on Superannuation
What many Journalists still don’t appreciate about English is that he is a hard core ideologue. He sees superannuation as simply the next benefit to attack, just like CYFs, just like state housing, just like public prisons.
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Government’s Claytons ‘consultation on mental health admits about 1,700 mistakes – annually!
In one of the more curious admissions by the Ministry of Health’s Mental Health mogul John Crawshaw, when discussing the ‘consultation’, he stated “Ninety-nine per cent of the time they get it right, but occasionally there will be outcomes” in reference to the 167,000 annual mental health ‘treatments’ by Govt-funded services.
By my calculator’s reckoning, that means they are admitting to about 1,700 mistakes annually.
How many of the 570 deaths from suicide annually in New Zealand are amongst those ‘mistakes’?
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The Daily Poem – THE CALLIGRAPHER by Sonya Young
THE CALLIGRAPHER by Sonya Young
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Political Caption Competition
Diversity in action
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Daily Blog Guerrilla Radio – PUBLIC ENEMY- FIGHT THE POWER
Daily Blog Guerrilla Radio – PUBLIC ENEMY- FIGHT THE POWER
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TDB Top 5 International Stories: Monday 6th March 2017
5: As Sessions Recuses Himself From Campaign Investigation, Questions Remain Over Trump-Russia Ties
4: Report: More than 200,000 displaced by Mosul conflict
3: Why Burger King Is Under Fire for Alleged Rampant Environmental Destruction
2: Trump ‘wiretap’: White House wants investigation but Clapper denies order
1: Trump Wants NSA Program Reauthorized But Won’t Tell Congress How Many Americans It Spies On -
The Daily Blog Open Mic – Monday 6th March 2017
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.