Thursday got a little away on me - and there was so much I could have talked about, from Republicans proving they are patently ridiculous to Casey Costello and her tobacco company mates. 

So how about you come join me tonight and we can talk about a couple of things together!

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Inflation is down to just 3.3% - and of course the government is crowing and taking credit for it. But should they? 

Of course not, well not in the way they think they should…

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Corruption, double standards, police exodus, health NZ in free fall, Orange Tamariki and boot camp problems, selective speeding for Simeon and more - all in three days this week!

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When big dramatic news hits the world stage, it’s easy for it to overshadow what happens domestically, which is important for us to remember as the Government has another frankly odd week being weird.

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With news about what happened at Trump’s weekend Rally hitting on Sunday, it created an Information Vacuum - where there’s more questions than answers - that spread like wildfire. So how can we, as media audiences, navigate the vacuum and still be kept informed?

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It's easy to get lost in depressing, dramatic and or shocking news - our news sites are overflowing with it - so I thought I’d attempt to end the week on a positive note with some positive news stories…

I may or may not have succeeded…

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Are we back on track yet? New stats revealed this week show that we seem pretty far from it. 

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Months of work that took on board feedback from local government organisations up and down the country, that would revolutionise and make fit for purpose our local government sector, and see uniform standards of behaviour expectations created for local councillors is being binned by this government cause Labour Bad. And it means the worst elected officials will keep getting away with their shitty behaviour.

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It’s not an election video because there’s no election on but the Prime Minister’s latest piece of social media content sure looks like a campaign video that he thinks makes us see how hard he’s Prime Ministering…

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Confirmation bias is such a strong personal bias it makes some idiots sound like they believe their vote for the NActFirst is more powerful than Newtons third laws of Motion. Which they are more than welcome to test the assumption of…

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