The Daily Blog Open Mic – Wednesday 28th June 2017

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1. I call bullshit!
   Setting the record straight: Why food prices are more expensive in NZ than in Australia
   http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11883061

   It’s only true if you believe that the food produced here (and by way of the taxpayer and citizen’s subsidies – in terms of use of NZ’s natural resources) should be part of a global market place.

   Why beef and lamb (contributing to the pollution of land and water), or BoP Avocadoes, or potatoes or a vast variety of fruit and vegetables) that are produced here should be cheaper in Australia (AND elswhere) is down to ideology.

   Let’s not get into the reasons why NZ fish is cheaper way up and down the eastern seaboard of Australia than it is here, and has been for several years. Oh, I know – the market the market – that same market that is going to cure our housing shortage /sarc

   Unbelievably stupid. In NZ, it takes a while, but the natives eventually get restless. Maybe it’ll take a few of those Kiwi economic migrants living in Australia to chant a little louder.

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2. RT roundup:

   ‘ ‘Petya’ ransomware attack stems from NSA exploit – Snowden, security experts’

   https://www.rt.com/viral/394318-petya-ransomware-nsa-exploit-snowden/

   “The Petya ransomware that spread across the globe Tuesday was made possible thanks to EternalBlue – a hacking tool used by the NSA to exploit a Windows vulnerability it left open for five years, Edward Snowden and security experts have said…

   …and

   ‘Bullhorns say it straight’

   https://www.rt.com/shows/crosstalk/394062-war-syria-qatar-crisis/

   ‘On this edition of the program, we again focus on real news. This time: is the war in Syria escalating? If so, who is driving this? The latest in the Qatar-Saudi Arabia saga. And, as so many viewers have enjoyed, an extended version of the program.

   CrossTalking with Dmitry Babich, Alex Christoforou, and Mark Sleboda.’

   …and

   ‘Rising threat of climate conflict with Christian Parenti’

   https://www.rt.com/shows/on-contact/392886-global-climate-change-geopolitical/

   “On this week’s episode of On Contact, Chris Hedges discusses the geopolitical consequences of global climate change with Professor Christian Parenti, author of Tropic of Chaos: Climate Change and the New Geography of Violence. Later, RT Correspondent Anya Parampil explores how this is increasing tensions between the global north and south.”

   ..and

   Keiser Report – Episode 1089

   https://www.rt.com/shows/keiser-report/394208-episode-max-keiser-1089/

   “In this episode of the Keiser Report from Mexico City, Max and Stacy discuss ‘green gold,’ grasshoppers, and inflation in Mexico. In the second half, Max interviews Jose Rodriguez, VP of payments at Bitso, about bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies’ impact on the Mexican markets. They discuss initial coin offerings, hard forks, soft forks, and crypto euphoria.”

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