GUEST BLOG: Martin & Lois Griffiths – American sycophancy towards Israel
We might like to shrug all that off as American politics where we know super big money and the Israel lobby are so influential. Surely things are different in Europe.
politics
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Will Greens Support NZ First On Asset Buy-Back Scheme?
72 hours after a poll-result which once again showed The Greens trading votes with New Zealand First … the Green Party are signalling they’re open to adopting NZ First’s flagship Asset Renationalization policy.
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Don Brash blames Maaaaori privilege again and the launch of a season of protests against TPPA
…seeing as Maori women make up over 58% of the prison population, I’m amazed Josie wasn’t tasered and then fatally wounded in a Police chase.
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Boomer Rage – they booed & jeered when younger & poorer Auckland’s asked them to share
The hatred older NZers from wealthy suburbs have towards younger & poorer Aucklanders on display at the Town Hall meeting was disgraceful.
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Kissing The Whip: Electoral Politics And The Authoritarian Personality
The rather alarming conclusion of MacWilliam’s article is that Trump’s support among American voters has yet to peak, and may be much larger than the political pundits have so far been willing to admit:
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Murray McCully threatens Key in Saudi stand off
By making it clear he won’t stand again, Key would trigger a by-election if he sacked McCully.
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Mark Jennings final casualty of MediaWorks news self-mutilation
And so it comes to pass, Mark Jennings, the legendary news boss has finally fallen and been pushed out…
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RNZ hate speech, conspiracies and right wing bloggers aghast: Political Kettling
Every day in every way, the weakest and poorest members of our society are being treated appallingly and without compassion.
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The Kiwi Trudeau
After years of the Conservative government of Stephen Harper, Canadians voted for the Liberal Party lead by Justin Trudeau. Trudeau shows the value of a progressive party uniting under a charismatic leader with a core message – that diversity is a strength and Canada’s common uniting feature.
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Bernie versus Wall Street
In Washington the finance lobby is more powerful than big Oil, big Pharma and Hollywood. In the Federal Reserve senior positions are occupied by alumini from Goldman Sachs and other major investment banks. And, Hilary Clinton, like her husband, is not going to upset these people.