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Replicating failure – John Banks and charter schools
“charter schools are not about raising student achievement but are a political response to a corporate problem – how can we get into public education and make private profit from government spending?”
Read More →Welcome to The Daily Blog – now with Laila Harre
“We don’t pretend to hide behind the corporate media’s farce of objectivity. No one can ever suggest this blog is peddling a hidden left wing agenda, we are all very open about our left wing agenda.”
Read More →Plan B
“Dame Sian Elias must surely have asked herself whether a judgement against the Government would have been worth the trouble it would cause.”
Read More →How left wing are our left wing politicians?
“Labour’s political identity crisis helps explain its lack of traction in the polls. Their fear of mentioning ideology to a consumer culture has seen them drag their philosophical anchor all over the spectrum from beneficiaries on the roof to wanting to give away 100 000 affordable roofs.”
Read More →How the hardship of farmers and beneficiaries differ
“I don’t know that many beneficiaries who were on the phone to their Wall Street stock broker in 2007 buying lite crude in euros and speculating on a Goldman Sachs derivative market”
Read More →Partial asset sales highlight need for electricity regulation
“Treasury have expressed their concerns that the drive within National to sell all of the power companies before the end of their term may lead to an oversaturated market and minimal returns. “
Read More →Implications of unqualified unregistered teachers in classrooms
“You see, teacher training is very, very good these days. But Prime Minister of Our Whole Country John Key doesn’t care if teachers are trained or not… I say, that that probably happened, you little rocket scientist you, but wasn’t ideal. Better that professionals are professional, no?”
Read More →The Financialisation of the Economy
“The company name may change but the methods to lower costs stay the same. In Alexandria, Egypt, workers formed an independent union in the wake of the Arab Spring. But for Kraft/Mondelez, human rights stopped at the factory gates. An independent union could not be tolerated.”
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Katherine Switzer first woman to run Boston Marathon
Katherine Switzer first woman to run Boston Marathon
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TV Review: 7 Sharp: defining pointlessness
“Who are these three hosts? They are a paranoid reaction to the mega-pay days of Holmes and Hawkesby that ended with a virtual ban on nurturing and promoting personalities as personalities because of the potential negotiating imbalance. They are simply too timid to back a personality. Some would argue – strongly – that even more simply there is no talent at TVNZ.”
Read More →Pete George – an example of right wing blogging falsehoods
“The implication that Pete George is evidentially trying to imply is that The Standard is run by Labour in the same manner that those two blogs are.”
Read More →Talkback Radio, Public Radio, and related matters…
“It is incumbent on the next centre-left government that it must look at ways and means to entrench and protect our state assets. Whether those assets be roads, hospitals, an airline, power companies – or a non-commercial broadcaster – it is time that the potential for market-based “reforms” is closed off – once and for all. “
Read More →Why TVNZ will keep Seven Sharp on despite ratings meltdown
“Lest we remember: TV3s failed version of Seven Sharp in 2010 was @Seven using the exact same failed format TVNZ adopted.”
Read More →The Liberal Agenda View All →
4th March – 11th March
“The big news this week is obviously the Auckland Arts Festival kicking off on Wednesday. My picks for the festival are here. What a phenomenal line-up.”
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Auckland Fringe Festival Review: SALON MIKA
“If you’re by the bar (as I was) you will most likely have a groin in your face at some point (as I did (that’s not necessarily a complaint)).”
Read More →The Liberal Agenda 1st March-3rd March
“Welcome to the first ever Liberal Agenda. Eeeep. Big weekend to kick it all off. A tonne of theatre and Fringey things…”
Read More →The Hobbit movie NZ review – what most foreigners don’t appreciate
“What most foreigners don’t appreciate about The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings trilogy is that they aren’t fantasy movies. They are real life documentaries set in modern day New Zealand.”
Read More →Auckland Fringe Festival Review: Puppet Fiction
“There was something inherently giggle-worthy about a movie as widely acclaimed and popular with movie buffs as Pulp Fiction being done in a medium so silly. It’s a lovely juxtaposition between all that is Tarantino and the quaintness of a puppet. “
Read More →Auckland Fringe Festival Review: Velcro City
“That said- Kimbra (from Hamilton) does end up in a flaming lavender field and then singing a loop-loop cover of Rubicon’s Bruce. Which is equal parts bizarre and hilarious. “
Read More →The Lantern Festival and Racism
“A stupid drunk girl was yelling the most horrid torrent of racist hate at a Chinese lady walking down the street. Apparently, I gathered, because her dog was yapping.”
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Loading ...- And an interview with Russell Norman on politics and the economy
- On the Daily Blog tomorrow: Professor Jane Kelsey on TPPA, Marama Davidson on indigenous rights, Keith Locke on Monarchy + Chris Trotter
- The Liberal Agenda - Auckland Arts Festival Picks - http://t.co/TqQpmfrCyb
