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The Right is whining that Key said "If [the Norway massacre] is an act of global terrorism, I think what it shows is no country large or small is immune from that risk and that's why New Zealand's played its part in Afghanistan" . 'IF!…
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June's Metro contains an article by Chris Harris called 'The Ticky Tacky Death of a Dream'. According to the article, 127 hectares of prime urban land in Albany, publicly owned by the Housing Corporation, were sold to a Malaysian-owned land development consortium for $21 million,…
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It's cold in Christchurch. Yeah I know it's cold in lots of places, but Christchurch is of particular concern, with so many houses, and so much infrastructure, trashed in the quakes. So WTF is going on here? Bizarre’ delay in Christchurch heating programme The Government’s…
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One of the things that has shocked a lot of people about Anders Behring Breivik is the fact he appeared so normal and how he wasn't on the authorities radar because he wasn't part of some neo-nazi or skinhead organisation. Of course in retrospect they've…
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvUkYueexEcBill
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Gotta love the piece in the Herald today about Key[s]'s meeting with Obama. No mention of what was discussed or achieved (nothing). Just 'oh they got along. And Key would have made Obama laugh. If Obama wasn't busy with important stuff'. Best part in this…
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Tolley's running a nasty little smear through Cameron Slater. See, non-profit kindergartens have millions in the bank while saying they need more cash. It must be a rip-off, eh? Yeah. Nah. The kindergartens just have the cash they've been given for future operations. So, why…
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Anyone who takes a gun and starts killing innocent people is fundamentally deranged. Such people will probably always exist, and some of them will act. Not all such cases have political motives, but some do. Timothy McVeigh bombed the Oklahoma City federal building. There's a…
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The US is embroiled in the most extraordinary of crises. Unique among nations, the US has a legal debt ceiling. This artifice has allowed the Republicans to create the current 'crisis'. For 30 years, Republicans have cut taxes and upped (defence) spending. Strategic deficits that…
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Classic Key on his holiday very important series of very important meetings that were very important and achieved all kinds of important things: "I've got to be the luckiest Prime Minister of New Zealand in the last 25 years. I've come to Washington and every…
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I'm a geek and I'm proud. I grew up with science fiction, and with the heartfelt wish and hope that humanity would one day make it off this poor abused planet and spread to the stars. But I think it has now become obvious that…
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Our sincere and heartfelt condolences to Norway, and in particular to Norwegian Labour Party members and their families, at this terrible time. Bright, compassionate and active young people are the future of any country, and to lose so many is a tragedy beyond belief. Our…
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This today from Charles Moore, Eton and Cambridge, ex-editor of the Telegraph and the Spectator and Margaret Thatcher's authorised biographer. It has taken me more than 30 years as a journalist to ask myself this question, but this week I find that I must: is…
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The bombing and shootings in Norway overshadowed Key's meeting with Obama. But he was quick to exploit Norway's tragedy for political gain saying: "I think what it shows is no country large or small is immune from risk [of 'global' terrorism] and that's why New…
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We've written about The Spirit Level on several occasions. Here are the authors discussing the New Zealand situation. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKeCMHi0ZY8
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The global economy has never really recovered from the recession. Over the last couple of months two potential crises have been unfolding in two very different countries. Both of them looked to be in danger of defaulting on their huge debts and triggering a cascade…
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I've long thought that some of the best commentary on the business pages in the Herald and DomPost comes from Alex, the Telegraph cartoonist. He documents the real priorities of the insiders running the rentier economy. News that the banks are offering a lot of…
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Weekend social is for non political chat. What's on for the weekend, gigs, film or book reviews, sports, or whatever. No politics, no aggro, why can't we all just get along?
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Under the last Labour-led government the GDP per capita rose 15.6%. Under John Key's National, it has fallen 1.9%. 'Ah but Labour was just lucky and Key has just been unlucky', say the righties. Which suggests righties think economic policy doesn't matter and makes you…
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It has been long known that the name "Fox News" should really be known as "Faux News" because it doesn't believe in reporting reality. It just makes crap up and spins everything to avoid dealing with reality. This video looks at their performance on climate…
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Another big fall in dairy prices overnight. Yet the dollar keeps breaking record highs.
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3 days of dinners and walking around looking for a photo-op in LA done, Key's in DC. But his meetings are being cancelled by people with better stuff to do. Not to worry. The big date is still on: providing "light relief", in his own…
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What to make of Epsom? I haven't so far had a strong opinion on the topic, but I'm starting to come down on the side of "if you can't beat them, join them". I'm sure we all know the background. The Nats are standing the…
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Should we be more angry or scared? Just read the first official government presentation on peak oil. The IEA says conventional oil peaked in 2006 but our government offers only crude denialism and, paradoxically, blithe assurances that they're ready. This is the kind of crap…
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When David Cameron was asked did he ever discuss the BSkyB bid with News International, he said "I never had an inappropriate conversation." It would be interesting to know whether he had an "appropriate" conversation about it with Rupert Murdoch when they met after the…