The Daily Blog Open Mic – Wednesday 26th October 2016
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
Moderation rules are more lenient for this section, but try and play nicely.
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Never forget that for most of his press conference, the Prime Minister was justifying carpet bombing for Christ
golly I thought the police had a big P problem on their hands and were understaffed for solving things like burglary..would have thought this more appropriate for gangs and P drugs smugglers…who sets their priorities?…suggest IQ tests for police
….so checkpoints aren’t checkpoints for alcohol and traffic safety anymore ?… they are fake checkpoints used for a cover for something else entirely
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/85752421/Police-admit-using-checkpoint-to-target-euthanasia-meeting-attendees
No matter where you stand on the issue of Euthanasia…how about some comment on fake checkpoints????
You won’t find this in the mainstream media:
‘GCHQ hired New Zealand firm for mass hack capabilities – Snowden leak’
https://www.rt.com/uk/364064-gchq-hacking-snowden-leak/
“Electronic spy agency GCHQ paid a New Zealand firm to tap undersea internet cables in order to bulk-hack massive amounts of data, according to the latest Snowden leaks.
Documents obtained by the Intercept show UK spies got the NZ-based firm Endace to create data capture technology that scooped up information….
(this was covered by a Post by Martyn Bradbury in the Daily Blog recently
https://thedailyblog.co.nz/2016/10/24/state-funded-mass-surveillance-shocker/ )
Anyone for a Punt?
NOT the mainstream media:
So is the mainstream media biased?..contrary to the non stop drip pro Clinton CNN ‘BIG WIN’ polls
…fed to us through the New Zealand mainstream media, including RNZ, some polls and pollsters suggest otherwise, for example:
‘Donald Trump two points ahead of Hillary Clinton in poll that has accurately predicted last three presidential elections
-Most polls predict the Democrat candidate winning, including another new national survey which shows her soaring to a double-digit lead’
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-elections/trump-poll-lead-us-presidential-election-hillary-clinton-investors-business-daily-a7377206.html
http://www.investors.com/politics/trump-clinton-in-dead-heat-as-race-hits-final-two-week-stretch-ibdtipp-poll/
https://www.peoplespunditdaily.com/polls/2016/10/24/democratic-pollster-pat-caddell-smells-lot-like-2014/
‘WE HAVE JUST BEGUN TO FIGHT’
http://newswithviews.com/Hultberg/nelson120.htm
Well he would wouldn’t he?…but seriously!
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2016/10/24/trump-criticizes-media-for-phony-polls-says-hes-winning/
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2016/10/24/why-im-still-betting-big-on-donald-trump-to-win.html
NOT the mainstream media:
Episode 984
https://www.rt.com/shows/keiser-report/363994-episode-max-keiser-984/
“Max and Stacy continue their discussion of the WikiLeaks revelations about Hillary Clinton with a look at her statements on the Asia Pacific region.
In the second half, Max interviews Dan Collins of TheChinaMoneyReport.com about the significance of the state visit to China by the Philippines’ president, Rodrigo Duterte, and whether or not Hillary Clinton can implement her planned aggressive military build-up in the Asia Pacific without the Philippines on board.”