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Daily Review 30/11/2015
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Duncan Garner and the great Christmas beatup
Duncan Garner does good work sometimes, but is also capable of complete bollocks: Duncan Garner: Let's squash the PC race relations office and move on I'd almost forgotten about the ludicrous decision to appoint a squash player as the country's race relations commissioner – till…
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Trans Tasman make fools of themselves with MP “rankings”
There's a rubbish publication called "Trans Tasman" which gets some attention once a year when it publishes a Roll Call - "rankings" of MPs. These rankings are pretty much always blue-tinted nonsense. But this year Trans Tasman have really made fools of themselves. Here's some…
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The ALP’s climate change emissions reduction target
In a week of massive climate change activism, Australian Labor will today proudly nail its colours to the mast. Australian Opposition Leader Bill Shorten will today reveal his party's long-awaited post-2020 emissions reduction targets, after committing to tougher climate action than the coalition.Labor would aim…
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Labour’s reshuffle announced today
Andrew Little is set to announce a new Shadow Cabinet today -I know, I know, the phrase Shadow Cabinet is so #ukpol but it's also too cool not to use: https://twitter.com/ShakingStick/status/670861177648513024 Tracy Watkins has some reckons: Some big movers are tipped in Labour leader Andrew…
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Open mike 30/11/2015
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Allahu Quackbar!
Those lovable scamps at 4chan have taken to replacing the heads of Isis fighters in internet images with rubber duckies. Isis want our fear and they get our derision. Nice; if any of these cowards get martyred in the next few days the first thing…
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House arrest for Paris activists
I'll be heading off to the Dunedin climate march soon. A basic right which is being denied to activists in Paris: Paris climate activists put under house arrest using emergency laws French police arrest activists for flouting ban on organising protests during climate talks next…
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Jarrod Gilbert 1 – Windmills 0
' Wow – that was quick! Wednesday morning, the New Zealand Herald publishes Jarrod Gilbert's exposure of the Police's totalitarian controls on academic research and freedom of speech. Three days of MSM and Fifth Estate support for Dr Gilbert ensues. By 10am Saturday morning, the Police…
Abuse of power accountability climate change crime crosby textor democracy under attack human rights john key Media police privatisation same old national science spin Steven Joyce uncategorized
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Open mike 29/11/2015
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NZ Weather Report (2050)
Great messaging in the run-up to COP21, the NZ Weather report - for 2050 (ht The Herald): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JzNLuwRPXM
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Nats positioning for 2017
A couple of months ago Phil Goff pointed out that Judith Collins has started positioning herself for leadership of the Nats. Nothing Matthew Hooton says can be taken at face value, but yesterday he was playing games on the leadership issue too (NBR paywalled): Joyce…
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Open mike 28/11/2015
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International law and the Turkish shootdown of the RuAF Su-24
A couple of days ago Turkish F-16s shot down a Russian Air Force Su-24 bomber. The plane was returning to base from a ground attack mission against Islamic militants in Northern Syria. The pilot and the navigator of the Su-24 bailed out in time. Unfortunately…
colonialism defence International iraq military Syria uncategorized war
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Daily Review 27/11/2015
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Weekend social 27/11/2015
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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NRT: Compare and contrast
I/S at No Right Turn... Compare and contrast School gets aid despite assets worth millions, Dominion-Post, 13 January 2014: A high school under investigation by the Ministry of Education for illegal fee-charging has been criticised for being allowed to operate under its own set of…
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Corbyn – no convincing case for UK bombing of Syria
The UK press is unanimous that Jeremy Corbyn's recent comments on the proposal for the UK to engage in the bombing of Syria is a further example of how out of touch he is. But when you actually read what he said you have to question…
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Corbyn’s Isis Crisis
New UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn faces a difficult test of his leadership over the next few days. He has made a reasonable case that the Tory proposal to join the bombing campaign in Syria is vague in its aims and uncertain in its outcome,…
defence International iraq Jeremy Corbyn Syria uk politics war
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Refugees to be settled in Dunedin
As reported yesterday: Dunedin picked as refugee settlement location Dunedin has been picked as the new settlement location for refugees flocking to New Zealand shores. Thanks to our government's constitutional meanness it's a pretty small "flock". A Government assessment - carried out by the New…
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Jarrod Gilbert is tilting at windmills
' Is Jarrod Gilbert's call for an end to the gradual crushing of academic research in New Zealand quixotic? Probably. Looking specifically at academic research into crime data, the rot began in 2008. The National Ltd™'s Crosby Textor election campaign essentially exploited the unfortunate fact…
Abuse of power accountability class war corruption crosby textor democratic participation Dirty Politics Ethics health and safety human rights john key Judith Collins law Politics science
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The People’s Climate March – Saturday or Sunday
With just days to go before the 2015 Paris Climate Conference (COP21) it is time for we the people to make our voices heard. Time for The People's Climate March: At the end of November, the week before the Paris Climate talks, people around the…
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Open mike 27/11/2015
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Daily Review 26/11/2015
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Nats campaigning with public money
Labour pointed this out a week ago - Investigation needed into roadshow promo Labour’s State Services spokesperson Kris Faafoi is calling for the Auditor-General and the State Services Commissioner to investigate concerns that taxpayer money and departmental resources are being used for political campaigning. “Documents…
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RMA announcement
https://twitter.com/avancenz/status/669629644996415488 Changes to the RMA have just been announced. To be updated... https://twitter.com/mizjwilliams/status/669651425169805313 https://twitter.com/VernonSmall/status/669651619487739904 https://twitter.com/philiplyth/status/669649900531941376 https://twitter.com/avancenz/status/669649175785504769 https://twitter.com/avancenz/status/669651706481782784 https://twitter.com/VernonSmall/status/669654769888161794 https://twitter.com/janepatterson/status/669654901820026880 Detailed coverage now from Vernon Small, RNZ and The Herald. See in particular No Right Turn for the usual plainspoken analysis.
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How many prospective state house tenants hate birds chirping?
I posted previously about the apparent crisis caused by existing or prospective state house tenants turning down state houses because of the chirping of birds or the particular colour of some doors. Paula Bennett made a big song and dance about it. The results were such that…
Abuse of power housing making shit up national paula bennett same old national you couldn't make this shit up
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Andrew Little in Australia
A big policy change by Australia was never at all likely from Little's visit. But it looks like the visit has been positive and constructive: Andrew Little given 'good hearing' on Kiwi rights in Australia despite pushback Labour leader Andrew Little says he has received…
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Open mike 26/11/2015
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Daily Review 25/11/2015
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