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TDB Top 5 International Stories: Thursday 22nd September 2016
5: 27 U.S. Senators Rebel Against Arming Saudi Arabia
4: Boris Johnson: ‘strong’ evidence Russia carried out strike on UN convoy in Syria
3: Protests Erupt over Police Killings of Terence Crutcher & Keith Lamont Scott in Tulsa & Charlotte
2: Poll: Most US voters ‘disgusted’ with presidential race
1: UK Government Money to Tackle Rogue Landlords Is Being Used to Arrest Tenants -
The Daily Blog Open Mic – Thursday 22nd September 2016
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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Philippines president’s ‘hit man’ allegations spur renewed calls for killings probe
“Our job was to kill criminals like drug pushers, rapists, snatchers. That’s what we did. We killed people almost every day.” Allegations of a former hit man in Senate testimony about life with the new Philippines president.
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Gifting something that isn’t yours to gift: What Kermadec’s fiasco says about us
It’s always funny how it’s supposed to be Maori who just roll over and have their private property taken off them for the benefit of the public
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The facade of local democracy in Auckland
The fundamental problem of engagement in local democracy comes down to the grim reality that most of the democracy at a local level is a facade.
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Breakfast on TV3 vs Breakfast on TV One is a clash between two bald old media monoliths fighting over a comb
The new TVNZ Breakfast Team look like they are insurance brokers for a new company that gets most of its new client enrolments at malls…
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“Better Now Than Later!” – Nato Deploys 4,000 Additional Troops To Eastern Europe
The decision to deploy an additional 4,000 troops to Russia’s eastern borders has been undertaken in an attempt to both intimidate and deter Putin from contemplating a lightning-fast repossession of the former Soviet republics of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
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Street Harassment
There’s a hand on my arm. Gripping my arm, pulling me back. I sway slightly in my heels. Both adrenal glands, perched above my kidneys, deep in my viscera, squirt their load of adrenaline into my bloodstream. My pupils dilate, my heart rate and breathing increase sharply. All of a sudden I’m not sleepy, I’m not thinking about my day. I’m right here, right now. Deadly calm.
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New Bloggers joining TDB
Paralympian Aine Kelly Costello
Artist and social commentator LaQuisha St Redfern
New Green MP and anti-TPPA campaigner – Barry Coates
Arts reviewer – Genevieve McClean