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Open mike 09/01/2013
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Killing the Cullen Fund’s costing us
You may have missed it, but David Shearer recently picked up National's policy of not contributing to the Cullen Fund until 2017/18 because the Government's in deficit. Of course, there is nothing fundamental about being in deficit that alters the case for investing the Cullen…
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Open mike 08/01/2013
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Why the February vote could be very bad for Labour
[Warning: post may contain "political pessimism" from "the outside left".] In February, if my understanding is correct, and gods know I hate this kind of complex constitutional fluff, there will be a vote in the Labour caucus on Shearer's leadership of the parliamentary Labour Party.…
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Halting Dynamics and Shifting Inertias
Like many, I’ve been somewhat bemused and not a little angered that austerity is touted as a pathway to economic recovery. Like many, I’ve come to view both austerity and bail outs simply as means to put public monies and the control of public institutions…
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The brighter future – now with wood
Steven Joyce pops up today in the Herald to promise more jobs. Apparently, the Chinese are going to invest in wood manufacturing here because the power's cheap. Funny, the power's been the same price for a while and... um... wood manufacturing has collapsed 15% under…
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Open mike 07/01/2013
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Open mike 06/01/2013
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2013 – the policy year
The word is that John Key to attempt to avoid a year like the last one by front-footing 2013 with a high-profile policy announcement. Some expect it to be about the economy and jobs, I think it'll be a smaller more symbolic move like food…
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Open mike 05/01/2013
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Weekend social 04/01/2013
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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Asset sales referendum is a go!
Asset sales petition organisers say they have the numbers of signatures for a referendum. (h/t mickysavage) However, to be sure, they will continue to collect signatures up until the time to submit the petition at the end of January. Congratulations and thanks to all who…
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Open mike 04/01/2013
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Federated Farmers want more urbanites
I see Conner English head of federated F__l's, sorry Federated farmers (yes bills brother) may have been partaking in a little to much xmas cheer over the new year, as he has just come out with a piece called "lets take the lid off our…
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Climate: last year and this year
At scienceblogs, Greg Laben and a cohort of people heavily interested in the actual climate have put together a list of the top climate stories of the year past. Gareth over at Hot Topic contributed and put the list up in his post "THE YEAR…
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Open mike 03/01/2013
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2012 cabinet report card
After Eddie dissed the usual beltway year in review style of column/post I was a little chary about doing this one. And then I realised the good thing about The Standard is we do real world and beltway issues. So here goes my once-over assessment…
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The unreported & off the cliff
Some news issues now and over the last year, have been over-dramatised, some under-reported, and some ignored. Project Censored has its top 25 unreported stories of the last year. Some of them (like Oceans in Peril) look like they warrant their inclusion on the list,…
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Open mike 02/01/2013
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Gimme sense!
It’s nothing but ardent colonial nonsense to be celebrating a seasonally determined cultural event in the wrong season and about six months off the mark. Every culture that marks new year celebrates around the time of, well…new year. And every culture that marks New Year…
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Lange: Old Faiths New World
In the slow summer break, here's a slow, thoughtful speech to ponder. David Lange's last public appearance, "Old Faiths New World", delivered at the University of Otago on 5th August 2004. The video doesn't embed, but click here to watch the Otago podcast.
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Open mike 01/01/2013
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