The Daily Blog Open Mic – Thursday – 19th May 2016
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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BREAKING: 1News Verian Poll – Right Wing Government Hold Power
The latest 1News Verian poll confirms what many on the Left feared: the Right bloc remains competitive and within striking…
Maybe if Eru hadn’t burnt all the Treaty Principles Referendum good will we wouldn’t be facing Winston’s attack on the Māori Electorates?
As Winston Peters targets the Māori electorates, fractured protest unity may weaken resistance. Is Aotearoa facing a majoritarian reset?
MEDIAWATCH – Damien Venuto surprised free market capitalism cheerleaders might be wrong
Are media cheerleaders ignoring cracks in New Zealand’s economy? Rising unemployment, weak retail and stalled infrastructure suggest deeper trouble.
The tragedy of bullied Kayden Stanaway, broken masculinity and why he shouldn’t have been sentenced so harshly
New Zealand’s justice system has handed down its sentence in the Grey Lynn feud shooting that left one young man…
Chippy shows Labour is listening on Indian Free Trade Agreement
Chris Hipkins outlines Labour’s conditions for supporting the India Free Trade Agreement, including migrant worker protections and transparency demands.
Do you really trust Shane Jones with Fast Track Powers to push a Gas facility that will only cost us while making climate change worse?
NZ First wants ministers to regain Fast Track powers as a $1B LNG terminal is rushed through. Is this energy policy — or corporate welfare?
A “flatmate wanted” ad on Trademe for CBD. Three bedroom apartment, the rooms are TRIPLE SHARING. You get one single bed in a room with two other people, for $150 a week. X3 X3 = $1350. Assuming that all three bedrooms use the “triple share” system, someone is making $1350 a week out of a three bedroom apartment.
Unless it’s palatial, that seems quite steep to me.
‘Tories will use Counter-Extremism Bill to silence their opponents – campaigners’
https://www.rt.com/uk/343461-queens-speech-extremism-bill/
“Officially announced in the Queen’s Speech on Wednesday, the Conservative government’s new Counter-Extremism Bill has been decried by campaigners as a repressive tool for curbing free speech and clamping down on opposition.
The Counter-Extremism Bill would place restrictions on the employment of people with prior convictions for hate speech and other extremism-related offenses.
The bill will also ban extremists from working with children and close loopholes so that broadcast regulator Ofcom can stop extremist material from being broadcast from abroad…
‘Tony Blair lied on Iraq and will be exposed by Chilcot report’ – Corbyn’
https://www.rt.com/uk/343403-corbyn-chilcot-blair-iraq/
‘Trump blasts Tony Blair for Iraq War ‘disaster,’ says Britain should stand up to US presidents’
https://www.rt.com/uk/343295-trump-blair-iraq-khan/
‘ ‘Crime of aggression’: Alex Salmond’s quest to put Tony Blair on trial over Iraq hits legal snag’
https://www.rt.com/uk/343151-salmond-blair-iraq-impeachment/
New Zealand = pressure cooker – she’s gonna blow!