Chippie finally makes up for the first day of Parliament by catching out David Seymour
Catching Seymour out was as much a redemption for Chippie as it was a repudiation to Seymour’s media preening.
New Zealand Politics
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From ‘End Of History’ To ‘End Of Democracy’ – Why Fukuyama Et Co Now Like China
In the past week, comments have surfaced from Francis Fukuyama – aka the man who propheceyed that the perceived ascendency of ‘liberalism’ in the late 80s and early 90s meant history was now ‘over’ – claiming Chinese system is a “real alternative” to ‘Western democracy’
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GUEST BLOG: Bryan Bruce – Good Cop. Bad Cop
Yesterday I learned that Blogger Martyn Bradbury (pictured) has not only had to contend with his personal bank accounts being searched without a warrant but that the police are now seeking a closed hearing of the Human Rights Tribunal to present evidence it does not want made public.
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Majority of submissions reject the neoliberal seductiveness of euthanasia
This legislation is to appease alpha personalities who can not tolerate the idea of needing help in the painful end of their lives, but it will be used against the poorest and most vulnerable who are already so easily abused by the State.
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Waatea News Column – Fighting the Police when you can’t see the evidence
I’m in the news this week. I have an ongoing case against the NZ Police in front of the Human Rights Review Tribunal regarding the Police breaching my privacy and my civil rights when Police gained access to my banking records minus a warrant.
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Dark Matter
Since Friday, 15 March, the Left has been dazzled by Jacinda’s light. So much so, that it has failed to understand that, far from defeating the Right’s darkness, the Prime Minister’s recent illuminations have only exposed the terrifying dimensions of its realm. Light speaks only to light. Political dark matter has always been, and always will be, profoundly deaf to everything except the soundless screaming energy of its black and inexhaustible rage.
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GUEST BLOG: Gerard Otto – Simon Bridges and the Minimum Wage Increase
Of the remaining 108,983 small businesses with between 1 and 19 employees, only a small portion of them employ anyone on the minimum wage at all because many need higher skilled people with experience.
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The Project Euthanasia debate last night – can current affairs get more shallow?
The Project last night was juggling between the euthanasia debate and a cheated wife from Married At First Sight.
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Dear Labour – make the hate speech review about regulation of social media NOT a debate about free speech
In the wake of this atrocity we have solidarity and a genuine desire to change, regulating social media would be a huge step forward together on that, using an ideological framework over what can and can’t be said by the individual would be a giant leap backwards.
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GUEST BLOG: Gerard Otto – Barry Soper’s April Fools joke
Barry did his best to fool us all that the Beehive had forgotten Beijing this morning.