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Check out this fantastic karaoke clip from Ali Ikram on Sunrise this morning. Lyrics below: I know this song might sound like "Clocks" But I assure you that it's not Just a bunch of random notes we composed to attract your votes Sent 10,000 DVDs…
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Um, why does John Key have a picture of a dead seal on his flickr page?
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In my work as a constituent MP, I have often been emotionally shocked at the dilemmas that some constituents get trapped in. However, none have matched the trauma and plight of a young married couple in my electorate who have been fighting for over two…
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The PM has launched a new website, sustainability.govt.nz challenging citizens to commit to doing one thing to help contribute to a "sustainable nation".
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Here he is being interviewed by Paul Henry on Breakfast earlier today. Key tries to slip out of answering a direct question not once, not twice, but SIX times. Notice that Key tries his pre-rehearsed "precious" line twice to start with. When it's rejected, the…
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John Hales, the secretive Australian world leader of the Exclusive Brethren (known as the Elect Vessel), met the elect faithful in Christchurch yesterday. According to a former member of the church quoted in the article, his main purpose would be raising cash. But just prior…
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From the Guardian: "Australia yesterday joined the fold of rich countries committed to tackling climate change by signing the Kyoto agreement to limit CO2 emissions, at once distancing itself from the US and ending a 10-year diplomatic exile on the issue." So where does that…
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So it's official: National is filibustering the Electoral Finance Bill. This really is childish, and it's directly at odds with what Bill English was telling the public on Morning Report on Tuesday. These were his exact words: "How long the debate takes will be largely…
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It seems John Key's lack of judgment isn't restricted to matters of policy. Twice in the last few days he's made nasty digs at senior Labour MPs' personal lives - something National has previously been very sensitive about - and when challenged his response has…
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This is very cool. USA Today's put together a candidate match game to help voters work out which US presidential hopefuls best share their views on the key issues. Here's how it works: Polls suggest Americans are concerned primarily with a few key issues in…
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Popular Science has recently announced its "Grand Award Winner" in the "Green" category: PowerSheet solar cells. 'Imagine a solar panel without the panel. Just a coating, thin as a layer of paint, that takes light and converts it to electricity... "You're talking about printing rolls…
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From RoyMorgan.com: In the second half of November support for the New Zealand Labour Government was up 1% to 35% while support for the Nationals remained unchanged at 48%, the New Zealand Morgan Poll finds. The poll also shows the Greens above the threshold on…
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USA Today reports that Mike Huckabee and Barack Obama are the leaders for their respective parties in Iowa with the caucuses now only a month away. Huckabee's a real danger to the Democrats. He's a folksy ex-Baptist minister who's timing his run well. The UK…
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If you thought the Nazi flags and 'Heil Helen' signs at Saturday's march against the Electoral Finance Bill were distasteful, take a look at what far-right political punter and anti-EFB crusader Lindsay Perigo's been up to. According to Molesworth and Featherston: Attacking the Electoral Finance…
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National's attempt to spin its way out of John Key's DVD debacle doesn't stack up. Here's the official line: National's campaign manager Jo de Joux blamed the production company. "Obviously, National relied on the expertise of the production company that put together the video and…
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Just had a read of Colin Espiner's latest opinion piece. He certainly doesn't pull any punches. Here's what he has to say about the EFB: But despite attempts by Labour to patch up the worst of the bill's flaws, it remains a shoddy piece of…
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Am halfway through "Kiwi Keith", Barry Gustafson's portrait of our third-longest serving Prime Minister. He obviously had something, as he was picked out as a young man by Reform's Coates and others as having leadership potential from his early days crop-farming in Motueka. As a…
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Fran O'Sullivan is not known as a critic of our pollies from the right. So imagine my surprise when catching up on my weekend reading I spotted these somewhat acerbic comments. On Thursday night, the man who wants to be our next prime minister was…
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Just spotted on Scoop: A scheduled gathering of the media in Auckland this afternoon to meet National Party leader John Key to view his DVD 'Ambitious for New Zealand' has been cancelled reportedly owing to copyright concerns. Meanwhile, hectic preparations are underway to give a…
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A short while back Bob Clarkson effectively admitted to having no idea what he was doing in Parliament. Now he's thinking of standing again - for no other reason than to continue his personal feud with Winston Peters. MPs like Clarkson and fellow no-hopers like…
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powered by ODEO National needs to come clean and stop misleading the public. The Herald reported yesterday that "National Party campaign manager Jo de Joux said the music was composed by "an Auckland artist" and paid for by the production company which produced the DVD…
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Remember when the National Party threatened the Standard with copyright infringement? Nothing ever came of it of course because we had the fair defence of satire. But at the time we figured it showed the Nats were tuned it to intellectual property rights and the…