Happy Birthday, Stupid Drug Laws! Protest 90 Years of Cannabis Prohibition, Sat 11 November
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New Zealand Politics
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Settling The Stardust: The Grim Logic Behind National’s Opposition Tactics
WHAT WAS HE THINKING? When Simon Bridges pulled his little parliamentary stunt and extracted his procedural pound of flesh – what was he thinking? Was it no more than a spur-of-the-moment bluff? Did Labour’s Chris Hipkins give in too readily? What would have happened if the Government had been prepared to call his bluff? We’ll never know. We never do.
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GUEST BLOG: Damon Rusden – The politics of principle
Contrary to popular belief, there is often a fine line between pragmatism and idealism. The art of welding the two together is what makes for great public presentation – and that can often lead to a better outcome for everyone involved.
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Why yesterdays meltdown by new Government was so much worse than first thought
And yes, that’s me getting into a twitter argument with the ghost of a fictitious tweeting cat, but even me arguing with the ghost of a dead cat is less stupid than what the new Government did yesterday.
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New Government meltdown on first day
National might just be the greatest Opposition ever if this is the level of the governments competence.
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Jacinda says ISDS is a dog. So let’s put it down
There is no doubt the new government has been working hard to achieve some protection for NZ from ISDS in the TPPA. But is asking the other parties for side-letters, similar to the one signed by Australia and NZ, saying they won’t let their investors use the TPPA’s investor-enforcement mechanism against us a solution?
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Australia: Seeing What We Have To See.
What Jacinda saw when she arrived at Kiribili House on Sunday was what she wanted to see. Our good friend and ally, the Australian prime minister. She comported herself accordingly: joshing and joking; and reporting (politely) on her Government’s response to Australia’s latest policy decisions.
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How dare National claim an ‘erosion of democracy’
If you are stupid enough to believe this bullshit, you are either a coma patient or a Trump supporter.
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In defence of Guy Fawkes – let’s take it back for the Activist Left
You can take my sparkler out of my dead cold hands.
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Dave Macpherson – Cops the de facto mental health crisis go-to agency
A young Greymouth man attempted suicide while in the midst of a possible cannabis-induced psychotic episode; but rather than a mental health crisis team arriving, Caleb – fighting for his life at that point – is attended by Police, who help resuscitate him and then find two cannabis plants in his back yard.