By Sam Manas The Texas Tribune “Sen. Ted Cruz launches daily podcast about Trump impeachment trial” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz launched
George Information Satire “Oh dear another public engagement, when does a youth adjacent girl like me get a break? I’m sorry Clarke, unfortunately, it’s just another day you will have to take care of our little cutie.” “Darn, I’m always the handbag. When do I get time
Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com Will Maori overtake NZ European in Labour’s term? If they do, it’ll be a historic first. quarterly-benefit-fact-sheets-national-benefit-tables-december-2019Download
Craig Batty University of Technology Sydney Sarah Krasnostein’s The Trauma Cleaner has won many awards since it was published in 2017, including the Victorian Prize for Literature and the Australian Book Industry Award General Non-Fiction Book of the Year. While the title may speak of a provocative premise
Brent Bozell Tim Graham papundits.wordpress.com The impeachment trial of Donald Trump should begin with an indictment of the media. The alleged crime committed by President Trump revolves around his request that the president of Ukraine investigate the shady business dealings of Hunter Biden with a corrupt Ukrainian oil
Lindsay Mitchell ‘Hand-out’ prioritised over ‘hand-up’ Trite as they may sometimes sound there is a good deal of wisdom in ancient proverbs: Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime The following
Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com This is quite desperate stuff. The number of people on Jobseeker benefits has gone up 10 percent since December 2018. Here’s Sepuloni’s take: The December quarter benefit numbers released today show the Government’s plan to get people off the benefit and into
Brian Dingwall Dear Simon, Many have been saying that there is no pathway to power for National at the next election. I disagree. Here is the track clearly laid out for you to follow. First read President Trump’s Davos speech. Second, plagiarise the heck out of it for your
George There aren’t many days when I come up with a good idea and today may not be one of them either, but I have been thinking. We are all aware that as the election draws near the landscape becomes littered with ‘vote for me’ hoardings. The usual theme
Viv Forbes saltbushclub.com Politicians hide behind enquiries – their magic answer to all problems, especially bushfires. Announcing enquiries give the impression of decisive action, they generate fees for armies of barristers, lawyers and bureaucrats, and provide momentary excitement for the media. The proposed 2020 Australian Bushfires corrobboree will provide a
George Elderly white Zimbabwean farmers who were evicted from their farms during Mugabe’s land grabs in the early 2000’s are still struggling 20 years on from the brutal farm raids which killed dozens of innocent, hard-working white Zimbabweans. I was shocked to find out that up to
Wendy David Seymour, in an attempt to publicize his upcoming state of the nation speech on Waitangi Day, came up with the idea of calling the event, ‘Make Aotearoa Great Again’. (A better choice than ‘a year of delivery’ some spin doctor dreamed up for our great leader, which was
Daniel Wagner fairobserver.com Soon enough, the West will be looking at China in the tech space from the front window, rather than the rearview mirror. Science and technology will become the lifeblood of the Chinese economy in this decade and will remain its lifeblood in the future. That is,
Robin Grieve Information Humour/Satire Schools wanting to teach global warming have a great opportunity to integrate many aspects of education into one enjoyable topic. Children today are engaged with the topic of global warming so this provides a tremendous opportunity to educate them. The use of Greta Thunberg in
If one was to consider writing a manifesto the first rule would be to minimize the usage of clichés. When clichés were first uttered they were created by literary geniuses, but now they are phrases which are overused and betray the lack of an original thought. Just like the National
Mike Loder Under the nation’s new gun laws Police will be able to decline an applicant from receiving a firearm license based on the political views of the individual. I have asked the Police Minister, Stuart Nash, just what would constitute an opinion ‘extreme’ enough to raise concerns. Both
