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Huawei P10 review: A steady-as-you-go upgrade
Monday, 17 April 2017, 6:26 pm | Digitl
An incremental update of last year's P9. The Huawei P10 contains few surprises. Huawei P10 at a glance For: Camera app well matched with hardware. More >>
The Mother of All Bombs Goes to Afghanistan - Binoy Kampmark
Monday, 17 April 2017, 9:42 am | Binoy Kampmark
These are the times where magnitude and size matters. Bombs in number with much heft and presence are being sought to root out those non-state jihadists of the Prophet, destructively maiming and killing all before them in the name of the next heavily ... More >>
Pompeo, Power and WikiLeaks - Binoy Kampmark
Monday, 17 April 2017, 9:32 am | Binoy Kampmark
“Vested interests deflect from the facts that WikiLeaks publishes by demonizing its brave staff and me.” Julian Assange, The Washington Post , Apr 11, 2017. More >>
Chemical Weapon Use, Destruction of Children, Ethical Vacuum
Monday, 17 April 2017, 9:24 am | Rene Wadlow
The Association of World Citizens calls for the re-affirmation of humanitarian international law. It is a call to the soldiers and militia members in armed conflicts to refuse orders to violate humanitarian international law by refusing to use weapons outlawed ... More >>
Katya Rivas' Passion : The Sorrows of the Virgin Mary
Monday, 17 April 2017, 12:08 am | Katya Rivas
Through till the end of the observance of Lent 2017 Scoop will be publishing a serialisation of Katya Rivas’s “The Passion”. Readers can sign up to receive the serial by email at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dailykatya/ . To order a video about Katya’s ... More >>
Katya Rivas' Passion : God The Father
Monday, 17 April 2017, 12:04 am | Katya Rivas
I see My Son, trembling in the shadows of Gethsemane, coming down from Heaven and taking the shape and substance of My creature, who thought and still thinks he can rebel against his Creator. More >>
Dreaming of Coal: Turnbull Goes to India
Sunday, 16 April 2017, 5:11 pm | Binoy Kampmark
This was not a trip of orient driven romance, but one of dull, bottom line economics. Less curry than cabbage; more brown nosing than elevation. Australia's increasingly wooden Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, did not exude colour or charisma as he was ... More >>
Katya Rivas' Passion : The Resurrection of Jesus
Sunday, 16 April 2017, 9:10 am | Katya Rivas
Holy Friday was followed by the glorious dawn of the Sunday of the Resurrection. If I have decided not to destroy the world, it means that I want to renew it and rejuvenate it. The old trees need to lose their leaves and be pruned so that they ... More >>
Katya Rivas' Passion : Jesus Pronounces His Last Words
Friday, 14 April 2017, 12:20 pm | Katya Rivas
My daughter, you have heard and seen My sufferings, accompany Me till the end and share My pain. More >>
2degrees Data Clock sells bytes by the hour
Thursday, 13 April 2017, 6:02 pm | Digitl
Mobile carrier 2degrees now sells data in time blocks as well as by the gigabyte. Data Clock is an app for pre-pay customers to manage time-based data purchases. More >>
Spark, 2degrees unlimited mobile data plans reveal 4G limits
Thursday, 13 April 2017, 6:01 pm | Digitl
2degrees offers what it calls an unlimited mobile data plan . Unlimited in this context doesn't mean no limits. The plan has restrictions. More >>
Don Christie says global IT giants all take, no give
Thursday, 13 April 2017, 5:56 pm | Digitl
Don Christie writes in the New Zealand Herald Global IT companies are taking profit here and putting nothing back : An organisation I co-chair, NZRise, has been looking at the problem. We represent New Zealand owned digital companies who generate jobs ... More >>
Martin Doyle Cartoon: Vile and reptilian attacks
Wednesday, 12 April 2017, 5:34 pm | Martin Doyle
One of the deadliest chemicals in government is ego. It seems that not just President Trump, but several of his Cabinet, are suffering from a bad dose of it even as the world edges towards war. Their timing couldn't be worse. More >>
Jitterati 12.4.17: Something Wicked This Way Comes
Wednesday, 12 April 2017, 5:30 pm | Grant Buist
Easter! Time for… bunnies. More >>
Forced Removal from United Airlines - Binoy Kampmark
Wednesday, 12 April 2017, 4:57 pm | Binoy Kampmark
Flying United Airlines was never a pleasant business. Functional, sterile, with staff more appropriately disposed to a deep freeze morgue than the hot blood of enthusiastic living, the airline was always an entity you wished ill towards, even as the flight ... More >>
Violence & Discrimination against Hijra Community in S. Asia
Wednesday, 12 April 2017, 12:54 pm | Sazedur Rahman
Transgender is used to refer people whose identity, expression differs from their birth sex and who live between or outside a male-female binary [1, 2]. In South Asia transgender people are mostly known as hijra, considered neither man nor woman [3]. ... More >>
Don't Be a United Airlines Passenger - David Swanson
Wednesday, 12 April 2017, 12:47 pm | David Swanson
Do not sit still like a United Airlines passenger in a video when an injustice is happening. If the other passengers had simply blocked the aisles, corporate thugs could not have dragged their fellow passenger away. If everyone on board had demanded ... More >>
Call for Inquiry into Child Rape and Child Abuse
Wednesday, 12 April 2017, 12:45 pm | Ann Thompson
There needs to be a Royal Commission Inquiry in New Zealand for child abuse and child rape in the catholic church orphanages, state homes, institutions, babies taken away from their mothers and sold by church and state, all religious homes and orphanages, ... More >>
Scoop’s Top-5 Crowdsourced Election Topics
Wednesday, 12 April 2017, 9:52 am | Opening The Election
Last Friday Scoop announced the top 5 issues we hope to prioritise for our “Opening The Election” journalism project over the next 5 months. The topics selected by the Scoop community (with % of respondents who agreed) were: More >>
Katya Rivas' Passion : Jesus Is Nailed To The Cross
Wednesday, 12 April 2017, 8:31 am | Katya Rivas
Through till the end of the observance of Lent 2017 Scoop will be publishing a serialisation of Katya Rivas’s “The Passion”. Readers can sign up to receive the serial by email at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dailykatya/ . To order a video about Katya’s ... More >>
Joining the War Train: Trump’s Liberal Cheer Leaders
Tuesday, 11 April 2017, 4:05 pm | Binoy Kampmark
At the psychological heart of every liberal is a milk soft tendency to succumb to the authoritarian personality, a feeling that, just around the corner, resistance will fold. Before such authority, adoration and bruising follow in menacing union. More >>
Fred Dagg Discusses All Black Israel Dagg's Ancestry
Tuesday, 11 April 2017, 1:20 pm | Steve Whitehouse
"The only addition I can provide emerges from a conversation I had recently with Owhata Dagg, a cousin of Israel's grandfather, Balfour Dagg." More >>
Top 10 Lies, Damn Lies, and Lies About Syria
Tuesday, 11 April 2017, 12:44 pm | David Swanson
This is not the case. Death and dismemberment are horrific regardless of the weapon. No weapon is being used legally, morally, humanely, or practically in Syria or Iraq. U.S. bombs are no less indiscriminate, no less immoral, and no less illegal than ... More >>
Concerns about balanced reporting on Syria
Tuesday, 11 April 2017, 12:26 pm | Andrew Hubbard
There is yet to be publicly provided one single verifiable shred of evidence that Assad was behind the chemical weapons deaths in Syria. A Syrian aerial bombardment of an acknowledged militant position was followed by civilians apparently dying of ... More >>
Adrian Maidment Cartoon: The Trevs
Tuesday, 11 April 2017, 11:12 am | Adrian Maidment
Adrian Maidment Cartoon: The Trevs *** More cartoons by Adrian Maidment More >>
An Important Message To Professional Users Of Scoop
Tuesday, 11 April 2017, 9:20 am | Alastair Thompson
First, thank you to all our newsagent subscribers and accredited professional organisations. This message is not addressed to you. More >>
Ice and Busts: The Lost War on Drugs in Australia
Monday, 10 April 2017, 5:04 pm | Binoy Kampmark
It was hard to tell whether Australia’s Federal Police authorities, along with their Victorian colleagues, were gloating at their latest effort. Thrilled at the unearthing of a stash of methamphetamine, a form of it colloquially known as ice, ... More >>
PM's Press Conference 10/04/17: Edgecumbe Flooding Update
Monday, 10 April 2017, 4:48 pm | Liana Pantaleo
Today Social Development Minister Anne Tolley joined Prime Minster Bill English to discuss the flooding situation in Edgecumbe. Ms Tolley has been appointed the lead minister to oversee government assistance. The Prime Minister said, a state of local ... More >>
How Israel Understands the Arab Peace Initiative
Monday, 10 April 2017, 2:21 pm | Ramzy Baroud
Once more, the Arab Peace Initiative of 2002 is taking center stage. Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas insisted during his speech before the recently-concluded Arab League Summit in Jordan , that the Initiative is the only solution on the table; ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on regime change, bombs and Syria
Monday, 10 April 2017, 12:27 pm | Gordon Campbell
N ow that America has found its greatness again the traditional way – by bombing someone – the misgivings have set in. Despite the 57 Cruise missiles fired at the al Shayrat airbase in Syria, the airbase was reportedly functioning again soon afterwards ... More >>
Katya Rivas' Passion : Jesus Is Helped to Carry the Cross
Monday, 10 April 2017, 3:33 am | Katya Rivas
I am on My way to Calvary. Those wicked men, fearing to see Me die before reaching the end, look for someone to help Me carry the Cross, and from the vicinity they seized a man called Simon. More >>
Katya Rivas' Passion : Jesus on His Way to Calvary
Sunday, 9 April 2017, 1:49 am | Katya Rivas
Let us continue, My little daughter. Follow Me on the way to Calvary, overwhelmed under the weight of the Cross…. More >>
Katya Rivas' Passion : Jesus Forgives The Greatest Sinners
Saturday, 8 April 2017, 1:37 am | Katya Rivas
Pilate has pronounced sentence. My little children, consider attentively how My Heart suffered… More >>
Agile Spark responds to 2degrees with unlimited mobile plan
Friday, 7 April 2017, 5:10 pm | Digitl
It took Spark two days to respond to 2degrees' all-you-can-eat mobile plan . That's agile for a large company. There was a time when it would take months to get a counter offer like Freedom Mobile out the door. More >>
Nicky Hager Speaking Live on Scoop Tonight
Friday, 7 April 2017, 4:52 pm | Opening The Election
Tune in live at our facebook page at 8.45pm tonight Friday 7 April to hear Nicky Hager speak live at Scoop’s Opening the Election event. More >>
Katya Rivas' Passion : Barrabas Is Set Free
Thursday, 6 April 2017, 10:06 pm | Katya Rivas
Pilate was looking for ways to free Me. He was worried because of his wife’s warning and confused between the guilt of his conscience and the fear that the people would initiate a riot against him. In the pitiable state in which I found Myself, he exposed ... More >>
PressPatron: Now you can support my site
Thursday, 6 April 2017, 7:06 pm | Digitl
You may have spotted the PressPatron banner at the top of this page. It invites you to be a supporter. There's also a button to the right of this text. More >>
Samsung after the fire: big screen Galaxy S8 phone debuts
Thursday, 6 April 2017, 7:05 pm | Digitl
Samsung introduced the Galaxy S8 phone overnight. It's the first major phone release from Samsung since the ill-fated Galaxy Note 7 which the company discontinued last year after some phones caught fire. More >>
2degrees offers trial unmetered mobile phone data
Thursday, 6 April 2017, 7:02 pm | Digitl
You can't share it. You can't tether. There are conditions. But you can download as much 2degrees mobile data as you need on your phone without worrying about the bill. More >>
Rural broadband extension bids: Your guide to the RBI2 runne
Thursday, 6 April 2017, 6:59 pm | Digitl
Crown Fibre Holdings' Rural Broadband Initiative and Mobile Black Spot request for proposal closed on Monday. That's RBI2 to the rest of us. More >>
Gordon Campbell on the MSD’s privacy problems
Thursday, 6 April 2017, 12:52 pm | Gordon Campbell
This fiasco has been a perfect example of a bad policy, terribly executed – on a rushed timetable that appears to have been driven by an MSD desire to cut costs in the contracts due for renewal, mid year. More >>
Katya Rivas' Passion : Jesus Is Crowned with Thorns
Thursday, 6 April 2017, 12:46 am | Katya Rivas
In the Will of Father I have lived days of intense sadness without complaining but accepting what the Father wanted to make Me feel. When I was apprehended in the Garden, My accusers were quick with every lie and I, without the least resistance, allowed ... More >>
Extract: Michel Bauwens Interviews Scoop's Alastair Thompson
Wednesday, 5 April 2017, 9:41 pm | Freerange Press
At the P2P Foundation we have been observing and analysing the multifarious effects of peer to peer networks on the way our society and its actors work, and in particular we talk about a new prototype ‘mode of production’ of value creation and distribution. ... More >>
Jitterati 5.4.17: The Properties of Unicorns
Wednesday, 5 April 2017, 1:37 pm | Grant Buist
Jitterati: The Properties of Unicorns By Grant Buist 5.4.17 Click for big version. More >>
Katya Rivas' Passion : Jesus Is Sentenced to Death
Wednesday, 5 April 2017, 2:21 am | Katya Rivas
At dawn Caiaphas ordered them to take Me to Pilate so that he might pronounce the sentence of death. Pilate questioned Me, hoping to find a reason to condemn Me, but at the same time his conscience tormented him and he felt great fear at the injustice ... More >>
Win a copy of 'A Constitution for Aotearoa New Zealand' Book
Tuesday, 4 April 2017, 4:24 pm | Opening The Election
We have one copy of A Constitution for Aotearoa New Zealand , by former prime minister Sir Geoffrey Palmer and constitutional lawyer Dr Andrew Butler. The book has been signed by Sir Geoffrey and generously donated to Scoop in support of this campaign. More >>
The Hazara Dilemma: Ghani in Australia - Binoy Kampmark
Tuesday, 4 April 2017, 3:39 pm | Binoy Kampmark
The Hazara Dilemma: Ghani in Australia By Binoy Kampmark Australian government officials are at it again, and the visit by President Ashaf Ghani to Canberra on Sunday piqued interest amongst various members of the Afghan community concerned about the next ... More >>
Trump in Outer Space: The NASA Bill - Binoy Kampmark
Tuesday, 4 April 2017, 3:25 pm | Binoy Kampmark
The NASA authorisation bill was another Trump huff and puff show, brimming with the usual air of minted if misplaced confidence. “My fellow Americans, this week in the company of astronauts I was honoured to sign the NASA Transition Authorization ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on Shifty Bill’s Last Stand
Tuesday, 4 April 2017, 11:18 am | Gordon Campbell
S o that’s alright then. Nothing to see with this SAS raid bizzo, move on. Or so PM Bill English would have us believe, at yesterday’s post-Cabinet press conference. More >>
Katya Rivas' Passion : The Scourging of Jesus
Tuesday, 4 April 2017, 6:39 am | Katya Rivas
Look at Me, My dear ones. Letting Myself be led with the meekness of a lamb to the terrible torture of the scourging. On My Body, already covered with blows and overwhelmed with fatigue, the executioners cruelly discharge terrible lashes with braided rope, ... More >>
PM's Press Conference 03/04/17: PM adresses Hit and Run
Monday, 3 April 2017, 5:46 pm | Liana Pantaleo
In today’s press conference the Prime Minister addressed allegations brought forth by the book Hit and Run. He expressed confidence that the NZDF acted lawfully and that no further inquiry is necessary. More >>
Scoop ‘Opening The Election’ Forum Event
Monday, 3 April 2017, 5:38 pm | Opening The Election
Scoop ‘Opening The Election’ Forum Event 7 April from 7pm - 11pm @ 17 Tory St, Wellington and streaming online at this page. Speakers ft. Nicky Hager, Geoff Simmons Live Music from Mara TK , Ruth Mundy and Lake South More >>
Sebastian Gorka: Dreams of Fighting Jihad - Binoy Kampmark
Monday, 3 April 2017, 3:03 pm | Binoy Kampmark
Counter-terrorism has been a pop field for some decades. As vague as what it purports to counter, it has generated a pundocracy of sorts, guns and mouths for hire across the US imperium and its associate powers. More >>
An Appeal To All Friends Of Scoop - This Is Not A Drill
Sunday, 2 April 2017, 12:14 pm | Alastair Thompson
An Appeal To All Friends Of Scoop.co.nz - This Is Not A Drill - Please Pledge Today ....including, a Scoop finances FAQ + a brief history of Scoop's crowd-funding efforts to date... A Special Message From Scoop Co-Founder Alastair Thompson More >>
Brexit and Away! - Binoy Kampmark
Friday, 31 March 2017, 4:32 pm | Binoy Kampmark
Painful moves and painful movements have been underway in Brexiting Britain. Prime Minister Theresa May of the UK initiated the Brexit bluster via letter, and March 29, 2017 may well go down in the annals of the European project as more than a mere ... More >>
Katya Rivas' Passion : Jesus Is Taken Again before Pilate
Friday, 31 March 2017, 8:45 am | Katya Rivas
I allowed them to treat Me as a mad man and they covered Me with a white tunic as a sign of their ridicule and their making fun of Me. Later, in the middle of furious mocking shouts, they took Me again before Pilate. More >>
Martin Doyle Cartoon: A small story of great suspense
Thursday, 30 March 2017, 4:35 pm | Martin Doyle
The torture and execution of civilians in Syrian prisons is one of the worst atrocities of modern times. But it remains a secret hell within a much-televised war. Amnesty International deserves credit for revealing the reign of terror [via mass hangings] ... More >>
What Cost Liberty? Civilians in the “Liberation” of Mosul
Thursday, 30 March 2017, 4:01 pm | Binoy Kampmark
Bombs do not have a conscience, however named, blessed or created. They go, at least in a rough sense, where directed, and if the deliverer is ill disposed, confused or simply incompetent, disaster follows. More >>
Jitterati 29.3.17: Party at 2040!
Thursday, 30 March 2017, 2:06 pm | Grant Buist
Kicking the can down the road More >>
Gordon Campbell: John Pilger, and making war on China
Thursday, 30 March 2017, 10:56 am | Gordon Campbell
Why is New Zealand taking part in military war games aimed at our main trading partner ? by Gordon Campbell First published on Werewolf More >>
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