The Daily Blog Open Mic – Monday 20th March 2017
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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8pm LIVE TONIGHT: The Bradbury Group with Minister of Defence Chris Penk on NZ military in time of conflict; Green MP Huhana Lyndon on climate change + Political Panel: Hooton, Dita De Boni, Maria Slade, Tukaki
A Marxist, A Government Cabinet Minister, a Green MP, a Newspaper columnist and 2 business journalists all walk into a…
Shane plays to petty ‘tsunami of butter chicken’ bigotry while Labour defines the real issues behind free trade deals
Shane Jones throws red meat to the worst instincts — but the real danger is slipping through unnoticed. An India trade deal pushed by corporate interests, signed before the public ever sees the fine print.
Luxon claims support, then 5 traitors, then total support again – he’s becoming as credible as a non-orange Trump
Five disgruntled MPs… or total support? Luxon can’t seem to decide — and that contradiction is starting to look a lot like a leadership crisis National can’t contain.
What a Labour, Green, Te Pāti Māori, TOP Government could achieve
The numbers are shifting — and suddenly the left has real options. A four-party progressive government isn’t just theory anymore. The question now is what they’d actually do with it.
MEDIAWATCH: Why the BSA complaint against Sean Plunket is such a waste of time
Sean Plunket has said far worse than this, which is why the BSA complaint feels less like principle and more like bureaucratic theatre with a funding problem underneath.
Political Caption Competition
Winston is confused that he’s an opposition MP and not actually part of the Government
NOT the McCarthyist NZ mainstream media( just listen to Morning Report)…which is putting forward the view Trump was in collusion with the Russians to hack the Democrats …in actual fact the leaks came from concerned citizens within the USA government
‘The Founder of WikiLeaks Just Dismissed the Russia Hacking Report as a ‘Press Release’ ‘
http://time.com/4628558/wikileaks-julian-assange-russia-election-hack-donald-trump/
‘Deep State’
https://www.rt.com/shows/crosstalk/381105-deep-state-conspiracy-theorist/
“Not long ago, if you mentioned the Deep State, many would call you a conspiracy theorist. Now we are discussing how strong it is and its loyalties. Most importantly, does it respect the will of the people?
CrossTalking with Matthew Sheffield, William Craddick, and Charles Shoebridge.”
‘Comey: “The Russians Concluded Trump Was Hopeless Last August”‘
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-03-20/comey-russians-concluded-trump-was-hopeless-last-august
‘FBI confirms probe into Trump’s alleged ties with Moscow during 2016 election campaign’
https://www.rt.com/usa/381456-comey-fbi-russia-hearing/
‘Surprise! WikiLeaks’ Assange Backs Trump on Russia Hacking Report
He called it “quite embarrassing.” ‘
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/01/julian-assange-blasts-us-intel-report-russian-hacking
‘Assange implies murdered DNC staffer was WikiLeaks’ source’
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/08/10/assange-implies-murdered-dnc-staffer-was-wikileaks-source.html
‘Steve Pieczenik claims US intelligence released information to Wikileaks to stop Clinton Crimes Coverup’
https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/5akovg/steve_pieczenik_claims_us_intelligence_released/