The Daily Blog Open Mic – 5th October 2022
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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Are we – ?
Classical pluralism is the view that politics and decision-making are located mostly in the framework of government, but that many non-governmental groups use their resources to exert influence. The central question for classical pluralism is how power and influence are distributed in a political process.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluralism_(political_theory)
This was never going to happen. Now what? Do we donate blood and sell it to both sides in the Russian- Ukraine war to keep the economy afloat.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/476101/lack-of-chinese-demand-more-products-factor-into-global-dairy-prices-tumble
Responsible reporting from Radionz?
https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/2018861397/stadium-concerts-return-to-auckland
Nearly 300,000 people are expected to attend major stadium events in Auckland this summer – as the city – and the rest of the country –get back to a bit of post-Covid normal.
WTF
This highlights thepromiscuous approach to suppliers that supermarkets use.
Local berries mau still be sold but the supermarket of New World etc which has n-house brand Pams will put up their own competition to the locals. This is possibly the case here. Not content with all the ways they can charge or control prices from suppliers they can verticallly integrate and push original suppliers off their shelves.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/476149/hepatitis-scare-nz-producers-worried-frozen-berry-recall-may-hurt-local-market
Local berry growers are worried a hepatitis A scare linked to imported fruit could accidentally put people off local produce.
Twelve cases of hepatitis A prompted Foodstuffs to recall some Pams frozen berry products while government food safety specialist investigated into the source of the illness.
Ministry for Primary Industries yesterday said frozen Serbian berries were under investigation because of a possible link.