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Daily Blog Guerrilla Radio – Johnny Cash – God’s Gonna Cut You Down
Daily Blog Guerrilla Radio – Johnny Cash – God’s Gonna Cut You Down
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TDB Top 5 International Stories: Friday 17th March 2017
5: How Trump’s Vicious Budget Would Hurt Science, Poor People, and the Arts
4: Who is really paying for Donald Trump’s border wall?
3: PROSECUTORS ALLEGE DUBIOUS ISIS-NAZI CONNECTION IN TERROR STING CASE
2: In Stinging Blow to President, Hawaii & Maryland Judges Block Trump’s Second Muslim Ban
1: Senate intelligence chiefs of both parties reject Trump wiretapping claim -
The Daily Blog Open Mic – Friday 17th March 2017
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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Politically, Abortion change rests with NZ First so what does that look like?
So how does it all play out politically? Where are the 4 Political Parties that will decide any change in abortion law on this?
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Mass surveillance of beneficiaries, rape and sexual abuse survivors
The ramifications of the mass surveillance of beneficiaries is starting to be understood by the NGOs who are now finding their funding threatened.
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Water for New Zealanders!
We need a commitment from the Opposition that there will be an immediate moratorium on all foreign interests taking water including the existing contracts.We need to prioritise the water needs of the environment and people first and then business second.
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Super vs tax cuts – what’s affordable?
The super debate hasn’t been super. It has missed the most important issues. The government has tried to focus on misleading measures of financial affordability in 2040, in an attempt to position themselves as responsible. But the real issues are about fairness and equity, across and within generations.
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America’s crazy war in Yemen
It is shameful that the New Zealand government supports the American/Saudi war on Yemen, which is causing such suffering. The UN reports that 7,700 people have been killed so far, including 1500 children. Millions have been displaced, primarily as a result the Saudi bombing of homes, hospitals and other infrastructure. It is a catastrophe.
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GUEST BLOG: Willie Jackson – Raising the retirement age isn’t fair
Lot of talk this week that we need to raise the age of retirement to 67. The argument is that we can’t afford Superannuation at 65 for everyone so we should raise it to be ‘fair’. But who exactly is that being ‘fair’ to?