Tag Archives: Chris Trotter

The 1% are fighting back – Resist !

Posted on October 26, 2017 by admin

Jacinda watch your back ! First the attack on the electoral system Before the final votes were even counted the defenders of the status quo had already started attacking MMP. Their discontent was the fact that under proportional representation the biggest party … Continue reading →

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Barbie & Ken – America’s Choice 2016

Posted on August 4, 2016 by admin

US Elections 2016 Anybody who does not live in a cave and has contact with any media at all cannot avoid being exposed to the circus of the US election campaign 2016. However this year’s spectacle is unlike any other we … Continue reading →

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Corbyn & Sanders – the end is nigh

Posted on September 18, 2015 by admin

It has been a while but now I find the time to reflect on recent events, which have send shockwaves through the political establishment on both sides of the Atlantic. Like the tsunami crossing the pacific at the time of writing … Continue reading →

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Racism in Real Estate ?

Posted on July 16, 2015 by admin

First the facts : 1.     The Auckland housing market has gone crazy over the last few years making it all but impossible for first home buyers on average incomes to buy a house. The situation has become so … Continue reading →

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100 years Gallipoli: ANZAC propaganda still working overtime

Posted on April 29, 2015 by admin

I recently read Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” researching the source of the ideology behind the biggest crime of the 20th century may be ever. There I found an interesting assessment by the WWI western front veteran why England had won the war. … Continue reading →

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Creep

Posted on April 23, 2015 by admin

Prime Minister Key is on his way to Gallipoli, New Zealand’s troops are on their way to just another jolly war in the region and a Facebook play on words picture/comment takes on an altogether different meaning. The story broke … Continue reading →

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Weapons of Mass-Surveillance

Posted on April 9, 2015 by admin

Once upon a time a little country in the South Pacific outpost of a great empire woke up and started to have a discussion about it’s place in the world. This was a serious discussion and became part of the national … Continue reading →

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Greens must be doing the right “dirty deal”

Posted on February 20, 2015 by admin

If David Farrar in his Kiwiblog accuses the Greens of a dirty deal in Northland then they must be doing something right. The cause of Mr Farrar’s concern is the announcement of the Greens that “It is our strategic assessment that … Continue reading →

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