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The Daily Blog Unites Top Left-Wing Political Commentators and Progressive Opinion Shapers. Launched on Friday 1 March, 2013, the 'TheDailyBlog.co.nz' unites over 42 of the country's leading left-wing commentators and progressive opinion shapers to provide the other side of the story on today's news, media and political agendas.
The Daily Blog
6h ago
Best NZ Left, Independent and Progressive Political opinion daily reading list
Because so much of the mainstream media is polluted by right wing free market ideologues pushing corporate interests:
TDB daily collates the best NZ Left Wing, Independent and Progressive Political Opinion and includes the best international voices.
Unlike Victoria University’s The Democracy Project, this will never be behind a Paywall.
We promise we will never link to The Spinoff.
DOMESTIC:
RNZ – Government cuts will hit Pasifika communities hard – union
Waatea News – Change needed to ease tikanga ev ..read more
The Daily Blog
10h ago
Ummmmm, WTF?
Sean Plunket, Cam Slater in nasty argument over Down syndrome dolphin comments
Rival internet provocateurs Sean Plunket and Cameron Slater are engaged in an online war of words over Plunket’s recent derogatory comments around people with Down syndrome.
The controversial The Platform broadcaster apologised on Wednesday for comments he previously made in response to a SailGP race through a marine sanctuary being delayed due to a dolphin sighting.
Plunket stated Māui dolphins were “like the Down syndrome kids of marine mammals. They’re cross-bred and they deserve to die.”
In respons ..read more
The Daily Blog
13h ago
Well, well, well, so Snowden WAS right during the Moment of Truth after all, and much of the criticism we made against the NZ Deep State using mass surveillance powers all turned out to be bloody true..
Edward Snowden leaked papers reveal rogue spying tool found in GCSB was likely used to hunt War on Terror targets – and spy on China
Edward Snowden documents from 2012 match dates in report on GCSB;
Spy kit was likely ‘Apparition’ used by Five Eyes partners in the War on Terror;
GCSB says inquiry found its geographical limits constrained how the rogue spy kit was used.
The Five Eyes spy equ ..read more
The Daily Blog
14h ago
Karangahape Road rainbow crossing in Auckland covered with white paint
The rainbow crossing on Karangahape Road outside St Kevin’s Arcade was covered with white paint overnight Wednesday.
The paint was smeared along the road as commuters made their way through the city on Thursday morning.
It follows similar vandalism to a rainbow crossing in Gisborne earlier this week.
Ummmmmmm.
If Destiny Church are concerned about the sexual molestation of children, shouldn’t they be attacking the Church rather than rainbow pedestrian crossing?
My daughter has been to Drag Story Time at her local library ..read more
The Daily Blog
15h ago
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
The Editor doesn’t moderate this blog, 3 volunteers do, they are very lenient to provide you a free speech space but if it’s just deranged abuse or putting words in bloggers mouths to have a pointless argument, we don’t bother publishing.
All in all, TDB gives punters a very, very, very wide space to comment in but we won’t bother with out right lies or gleeful malice. We leave that to the Herald comment section.
EDITORS NOTE: – By the way, here’s a list of shit that will get your c ..read more
The Daily Blog
15h ago
In Occupied Palestine
Zionism in practice
Israel’s Daily Toll on Palestinian Life, Limb, Liberty and Land
08:00, 24 March until 08:00, 25 March 2024
[Source of statistics: Palestinian Monitoring Group]
Gaza Strip
Air strikes: Heavy aerial bombardment on buildings, homes and many facilities.
Attacks: All over Gaza, there are air strikes, heavy gunfire, tank and artillery shelling, as well as missiles fired from Israeli forces and military occupation, especially in Khan Yunis. The Israeli Navycontinues to fire missiles, targeting facilities and buildings along the shoreline of the whole of Gaza ..read more
The Daily Blog
15h ago
University of Auckland student shuts down segregation allegations levelled by Act Party
A University of Auckland student is hitting back at claims by the Act party that designated spaces for Māori and Pasifika are racist, claiming they are vital for their wellbeing.
Photos show a sign outside a study area in the central Auckland campus saying: “This is a designated area for Māori and Pasifika students”.
The coalition Government party said the signs were reminiscent of an “ugly past” that New Zealand has left behind. The tertiary education spokesperson is investigating whether other universitie ..read more
The Daily Blog
15h ago
Why is Finland the happiest country on earth 7 years in a row?
The population of Finland is close to our own so why are they reported as being much happier with life than we are?
According to the latest annual report conducted in partnership with the United Nations, Gallup World Polls and the Oxford Well-being Research Centre New Zealand is no longer in the top 10 of happiest places.
So why are the Finns generally far happier than us?
Answer – lots of reasons but mainly because they have a much fairer society with far less of a gap between the highest paid and the lowest paid. Yes they pay mor ..read more
The Daily Blog
15h ago
Julian Assange wins temporary reprieve in case against extradition to US
Julian Assange has been handed a reprieve in his fight against extradition to the US after two judges ruled the WikiLeaks founder could take his case to an appeal hearing – but only if the Biden administration is unable to provide the court with suitable assurances.
The president of the king’s bench division, Victoria Sharp, and Mr Justice Johnson said Assange had real prospects of success on three of the nine grounds argued, but adjourned the leave to appeal application to give the US government three weeks to allay thei ..read more