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Open mike 16/01/2013
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Ear treatment cuts another attack on the poor
This is a topic that came up over the break that I noted to write about when I got back to posting. The Nats want to cut the budget for surgery to install grommets, a technique for treating persistent ear infection (especially in children). The…
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If you can’t beat ’em, scaremonger about ’em
The Herald's running a pretty intense series about how awful it is to emigrate to Australia. A cynic might think the editor's daughter is talking about crossing the ditch, such is the passion in the anti-Aussie message. But all the stories follow the same pattern:…
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So, that’s what Nats mean by creating jobs
We all know, because that Nice Man Mr Key told us, the government can't create jobs. That is, unless it has given away $67m to international bully boys and wants to show a return on investment. Then, it can create 3,000 jobs out of thin…
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Open mike 15/01/2013
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Welcome to the Burdigalian
Last year, in the Arctic, atmospheric CO2 concentrations were measured at 400ppm. (referring to the text and links below the vid) If you search on line for historical CO2 levels, you’ll find a lot of comments that are of the opinion that 400ppm CO2 last…
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Questions questions
Christmas holidays - never long enough! Happy 2013 to one and all. So - what do we do with this new year of ours? I've been pondering blogging, the role of The Standard, the future of blogs and the like. I've ended up with far…
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Johny on ice
After four weeks holiday in Hawaii, John Key will briefly land in New Zealand this week before popping off on a junket to Antarctica. Now, you won't hear a lot about this in the media - because half the press gallery is going with him…
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Open mike 14/01/2013
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Deja vu all over again: Labour in 2014 edition
From Dimpost on Trotter on Shearer (I feel like we're in the beginning stages of some terrible blogging chain letter here): My concern about a Shearer-led government is less dramatic than Trotters’. It’s that many of the senior Labour Ministers will be the usual gang…
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Police Association offers a recipe for dead cops
In December, a cop had his taser taken off him and fired at him. The Police Association said the solution is for cops to be armed. Judith Collins got it right, "if that was a gun [not a Taser] we'd probably be going to a…
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Missing the point: Minister of Tourism fail
In an article this morning on Stuff, Michael Field responds to a question he attributes to "Labour Party blog, The Standard" about our Minister of Tourism spending most of his holidays in Hawaii and fails to answer the question he cites. Instead, Field uses the article…
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Open mike 13/01/2013
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I know, how about a Jobs Summit
Today, Fran O'Sullivan calls Key out on his complete failure on jobs: "If I have one New Year's wish it is that John Key returns from his Hawaiian summer holiday brimming with enough determination to challenge the nation's employers - and himself - to tackle youth…
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Open mike 12/01/2013
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Upcoming talk on Canadian student uprising
A few days ago I went along to a house party featuring a “Revolutionary Hip Hop Artist” called “Test Their Logik", whilst the music was great (similar to Dead Prez) it was talking to the artist Darius which was the highlight of the evening. Darius…
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Weekend social 11/01/2013
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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State housing vs home ownership
So Labour's Kiwibuild programme is very popular, according to a small scale digipoll, as quoted by Mike Smith in his post 'Labour's popular housing policy'. Also in that post, Mike Smith claims that Labour's 2011 pre-election housing policy is still live, quoting from that policy…
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Open mike 11/01/2013
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Labour’s popular housing policy
I'm delighted to see that over 70% of respondents to a recent Herald poll, published today, think Labour's 100,000 houses plan is “a winner for Labour”. The plan was announced by David Shearer at Labour's November conference. I'd also like to thank Olwyn for asking…
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Mr Fail strikes again
On Monday, Steven Joyce promised lots of new jobs in the wood manufacturing industry thanks to the wonders of foreign investment and a do nothing government, and called the Left anti-jobs. On Wednesday, wood manufacturer Norske Skog sacked 110 workers. What's Joyce's next trick, attend…
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What’s the Right’s plan for Auckland 2013?
It's 9 months until polls close in the 2013 local body elections. Len Brown has just been rated the 7th best mayor in the world. He failed the wharfies, but its not looking like there'll be a big challenge to his Left. So, who's going…
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Nats in secret state house sell-down
It turns out National's sold off a net 251 houses since it was re-elected. The spin is that isn't a sell-down but moving resources to where they're needed... uh, huh.... fewer resources. Meanwhile, looks like KiwiBuild's hugely popular. The State building affordable housing always has…
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Open mike 10/01/2013
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Back to work time
Thought I'd share this portrait of my holidays.... This is why we're a bit slack about posts of the Xmas-New year period. At various times over the last five end of years we've tried having lot of posts, few posts, and at the end of…
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David Shearer isn’t Jesus? No sh*t, Sherlock
(Author note: I originally wrote and scheduled this post just at my own blog, but given Imperator Fish's post has been syndicated to The Standard, I figured I'd reply in kind.) I'm absolutely certain that Scott Yorke was not thinking of me when he wrote…
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Imperatorfish: The post I never posted
I spent hours and hours writing a blogpost attacking Labour's various failings, and explaining why the February caucus vote would be a defeat for David Shearer, no matter how it went. I concluded in my post that the party was doomed under its current leader,…
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Where the bloody hell are you?
Like here, Queensland's tourism industry is hurting. Like ours, Queensland's Tourism Minister thought it would be a good idea to holiday in a foreign tropical resort instead of supporting her local industry. But, there, the main newspaper responded with a devastating "where the bloody hell…
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Climate Change & Poverty
The current heat wave and wildfires in Australia are an immediate cause for concern, threatening large scale damage to homes and life. They have also caused some to focus on the possibility of an increase in such catastrophes as average global temperatures rise. Meanwhile, Joseph Stigliz warns of an…
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It’s the market, baby
I went to the supermarket and said "I want your best meat for $9 a kg". They said I could have pre-cooked sausages or the cheapest mince for that. But I wanted good meat! So I went to other supermarkets and butchers. Some wouldn't sell…