The Daily Blog Open Mic – Friday 22nd January 2016
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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Cook Islander arrested at airport for student loan default.
I bet this man was only picked up because he’s a Pacific Islander. There are more student loan defaulters out there, travelling backwards and forwards to and from NZ without arrest. But they would be Kiwis of the white skin variety I’d say! Racism alive and well and thriving in Aotearoa it seems!
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11577974
Economic slight of hand. Is the use in rescission or not?
Some lovely screen grabs of Glodmen Sachs being inept–
https://www.rt.com/news/329757-goldman-sachs-recession-slide-fail/