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PROPAGANDA WARS

PROPAGANDA WARS

The Labour Party is different from the National Party in the same way that Marmite is different from Vegemite. I see that everyone in the ...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Sunday, October 30, 2011 0 comments
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Labels: british labour party, john key, phil goff
WE'RE HAVING A PARTY!

WE'RE HAVING A PARTY!

Councillor Sue Wells lives it up in Germany... Councillor Sue Wells quietly slipped out of Christchurch a week or so ago. She was off on a...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Friday, October 28, 2011 6 comments
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Labels: christchurch city council, sideshow bob, sue wells
WORK TILL YOU DROP

WORK TILL YOU DROP

The CTU bureaucrats are going to support Labour's threat to raise the retirement age to 67. What's 'a point of difference'...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Thursday, October 27, 2011 2 comments
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Labels: labour party, phil goff, retirement
THE VIOLENCE OF CAPITAL

THE VIOLENCE OF CAPITAL

The police declare war on Occupy Oakland. I was disturbed to read of the 'demolition job' the riot people did on Occupy Oakland (C...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Wednesday, October 26, 2011 2 comments
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Labels: occupy oakland, occupy wall street
KERRE IN WONDERLAND

KERRE IN WONDERLAND

It's a classless society in Kerre Woodham's 'Stadium of Four Million'! Mac, who is a regular reader of this blog and alway...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Monday, October 24, 2011 0 comments
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Labels: kerre woodham, media, rugby world cup
FREE BRADLEY MANNING

FREE BRADLEY MANNING

Accused Wikileaks whistleblower Bradley Manning has been sitting in prison, much of that time spent in solitary confinement, for over sixt...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Monday, October 24, 2011 1 comments
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Labels: bradley manning, united states, wikileaks
IF VOTING CHANGED ANYTHING, THEY'D OUTLAW IT

IF VOTING CHANGED ANYTHING, THEY'D OUTLAW IT

We need to look beyond the ballot box if we are serious about real change. The Occupy movement has made impressive and inspiring progress ...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Friday, October 21, 2011 4 comments
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Labels: labour party, occupy wall street, representative democrcay
I HATE THE RUGBY WORLD CUP

I HATE THE RUGBY WORLD CUP

Relief is at hand! The Rugby World Cup is, thankfully, nearly over. I am very proud to say that I have seen mere glimpses of the Rugby Wo...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Wednesday, October 19, 2011 2 comments
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Labels: media, new zealand, rugby
WEEKS WHERE DECADES HAPPEN

WEEKS WHERE DECADES HAPPEN

Europe is pregnant with revolution. The monstrous horrors of…war, the suffering caused by the high cost of living everywhere engender a revo...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Monday, October 17, 2011 1 comments
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Labels: lenin, occupy wall street
I AM NOT MOVING

I AM NOT MOVING

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Monday, October 17, 2011 0 comments
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Labels: occupy wall street
OCCUPY NEW ZEALAND

OCCUPY NEW ZEALAND

The movement arrives in New Zealand... Often a humble blog cannot keep up with the pace of events and I think this is one of those times. ...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Sunday, October 16, 2011 2 comments
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Labels: occupy new zealand, occupy wall street
BLOOMBERG REVEALS HIS TRUE POLITICAL COLOURS

BLOOMBERG REVEALS HIS TRUE POLITICAL COLOURS

The Mayor of New York wants Occupy Wall Street to just go away.. While he initially declared that everyone had the democratic right to pr...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Friday, October 14, 2011 3 comments
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Labels: michael bloomberg, occupy wall street
TURKEY FM

TURKEY FM

More appalling ratings for Kiwi FM... The numbers are in and, yes, the Mediaworks station Kiwi FM has delivered, yet again, another set...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Thursday, October 13, 2011 0 comments
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Labels: kiwi fm, media, mediworks
# OCCUPY AMERICA

# OCCUPY AMERICA

We Are The 99 percent and Boing Boing

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Thursday, October 13, 2011 0 comments
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Labels: occupy wall street
WINE JUNKETS AND SHOPPING SHOWS

WINE JUNKETS AND SHOPPING SHOWS

Councillor Sue Wells is off on a German wine jun k e t later this month which the good people of Christchurch are being for ced to subsidise...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Monday, October 10, 2011 0 comments
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Labels: christchurch city council, sideshow bob, sue wells
APOCALYPSE NOW

APOCALYPSE NOW

The Financial Crash Pt 2 is on its way. This time it'll be worse I don't wish to crash the Rugby World Cup 'Bread and Circus...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Monday, October 10, 2011 0 comments
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Labels: capitalism, occupy wall street
BOMBER GETS THE BOOT

BOMBER GETS THE BOOT

Blogger Martyn 'Bomber' Bradbury has been booted off a National Radio show for criticising the Prime Minister. Apparently he wasn&...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Monday, October 10, 2011 0 comments
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Labels: martyn bradbury, media
WHY I'M OCCUPYING

WHY I'M OCCUPYING

I believe another world is possible'. By Trish Kahle If you’re o ne of those people wondering why in the world those people are down t...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Saturday, October 08, 2011 0 comments
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Labels: occupy wall street, trish kahle
GEORGE CARLIN ON 'THE AMERICAN DREAM'

GEORGE CARLIN ON 'THE AMERICAN DREAM'

''But I'll tell you what they don't want. They don't want a population of citizens capable of critical thinking. They ...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Thursday, October 06, 2011 1 comments
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AN AMERICAN AWAKENING

AN AMERICAN AWAKENING

Real political change is finally back on the agenda in the United States Thursday will be another significant day for the new political ...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Wednesday, October 05, 2011 0 comments
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Labels: capitalism, occupy wall street, united states
#OCCUPY WALL STREET : 700 ARRESTED

#OCCUPY WALL STREET : 700 ARRESTED

While the New Zealand mainstream media obsesses over the All Blacks, the New York police arrest a reported 700 Occupy Wall Street proteste...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Sunday, October 02, 2011 0 comments
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