On Cassus Belli-aching with Israel
There are many reasons why states may be said to go to war with one another.
There are many reasons why states may be said to go to war with one another.
There should be a unified call from the Opposition to expel the Israeli embassy for their threat if Bill English won’t front.
Oh what a wonderful gift in a year torn asunder by hate and pain, after NZ pushed for a UN vote against the illegal occupation of Palestine, Apartheid Israel has thrown a temper tantrum and recalled their ambassador from New Zealand!
If religion is the opiate of the masses, then it’s no wonder semi-religious consumerist celebrations like Christmas incite frenzied and irrational buying and eating. We’re addicted to modern Christmas rituals involving spending madly, as much as religious iconography.
Surely the huge achievement that is raising a child deserves the same acknowledgement afforded to university graduates.
Merry Christmas everyone
Oh for the love of Christ, the Greens have torn up the Memorandum of Understanding and are running in the Mt Albert by-election.
2016 was the year of Fake News. It saw neoliberal globalisation rejected by major liberal democracies with the Brexit vote and win of Donald Trump. Science and facts were thrown out with the bathwater and the baby as voters who have been failed by the promise of free market globalisation turned on every elite they could hurt.
In the interests of fairness and balance I thought it only proper to include a retrospective squiz at the parties and groups who ended up on the debit side of the political ledger of 15 years ago.
National have suffered a shock drop of 4.5% and Labour-Greens have jumped up 5.5% in the latest Roy Morgan Poll…