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BROWNLEE BLUSTER

BROWNLEE BLUSTER

 Graphic: Porcupine Farm Gerry Brownlee 'tells off' the insurance industry - pity he's several months too late. In the imm...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Monday, July 30, 2012 0 comments
Labels: earthquake, gerry brownlee, insurance
PETRA AND BRIAN TO THE RESCUE!

PETRA AND BRIAN TO THE RESCUE!

Petra Bagust  and Brian Tamaki want to 'save' the New Zealand mainstream media! There are of course, many tormented souls in the m...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Monday, July 30, 2012 1 comments
Labels: brian tamaki, media, petra bagust. simon barnett, religion
GUNG HO IN THE SUBURBS

GUNG HO IN THE SUBURBS

Why is it okay to use the eastern suburbs of Christchurch for militaristic police exercises? Just how many indignities are the eastern sub...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Thursday, July 26, 2012 0 comments
Labels: christchurch, christchurch city council, police, sideshow bob
BUT WHAT ABOUT THE GUNS?

BUT WHAT ABOUT THE GUNS?

We've all anguished at the murder of twelve innocent people in Aurora, Colorado. But what about the violence unleashed daily by the U...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Wednesday, July 25, 2012 0 comments
WELL RED

WELL RED

The new left needs a  sense of the  'viscerally thrilling possibilities for change', says journalist Laurie Penny. Penny Red: Note...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Saturday, July 21, 2012 0 comments
Labels: books, laurie penny, media
THE ROAD TO HELL

THE ROAD TO HELL

Here's a radical new idea! Vote Labour! Zzzz..... Last  Saturday over a thousand people marched in Christchurch to protest the propose...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Wednesday, July 18, 2012 1 comments
Labels: chris trotter, labor party, martyn bradbury, media, neoliberalism
MARTY IN DA HOUSE!

MARTY IN DA HOUSE!

Martyn Bradbury... real estate guy! Has well-known  blogger Martyn Bradbury gone into the real estate business? According to this website ...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Wednesday, July 18, 2012 0 comments
Labels: martyn bradbury
A WORD FROM GEORGE...

A WORD FROM GEORGE...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Tuesday, July 17, 2012 0 comments
Labels: george carlin
LOADSAMONEY!

LOADSAMONEY!

While the good people of Christchurch  struggle with the Earthquake Commission, insurance companies, Fletcher Challenge and Gerry Brownlee, ...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Saturday, July 14, 2012 1 comments
IN FROM THE COLD

IN FROM THE COLD

We are witnessing the renaissance of Marxism on an international scale, says The Guardian newspaper. This is not so much a new post  but...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Thursday, July 12, 2012 0 comments
Labels: capitalism, marxism
WE'VE NEVER HAD IT SO GOOD!

WE'VE NEVER HAD IT SO GOOD!

Living in a garage in the middle of a Christchurch winter is positive, says Gerry Brownlee! For months the Earthquake Recovery Minister Ge...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Saturday, July 07, 2012 2 comments
Labels: christchurch city council, gerry brownlee, housing, sideshow bob
LOCK UP YOUR FIRSTBORN!

LOCK UP YOUR FIRSTBORN!

Christchurch's assets should not be off-limits when deciding how to fund the city's recovery, a business leader says. Canterbury...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Saturday, July 07, 2012 0 comments
Labels: christchurch city council, peter townsend
THE REAL GREEN ALTERNATIVE

THE REAL GREEN ALTERNATIVE

While Green Party co-leader Russel Norman  talks of something called  'market environmentalism', the real green alternative is ecoso...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Friday, July 06, 2012 1 comments
Labels: ecosocialism, green party
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THE MISSING BILLIONS

With more corrupt practices being exposed in the banking system, this documentary is worth watching.The film centres on the court case bei...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Wednesday, July 04, 2012 0 comments
TRUE COLOURS

TRUE COLOURS

Credit: Porcupine Farm

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Monday, July 02, 2012 0 comments
Labels: john key, merrill lynch
DUNNE ATTACKS KIWI FM

DUNNE ATTACKS KIWI FM

Peter Dunne MP  is asking why Kiwi FM is still squatting in three valuable publicly-owned radio frequencies - something this blog has been a...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Monday, July 02, 2012 0 comments
Labels: broadcasting, kiwi fm, peter dunne
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