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Charlie Mitchell in the Dominion Post recently published this very interesting article giving an insight into how John Key's thinking may have developed over the past seven years. To come up with data on how often Key talked about different subjects the reporter analysed the text of…
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The Authors of the Standard are now in holiday mode. Posting will be less regular and dependant on individual author enthusiasm. Open mike will continue every day and prepare yourself for some year in review posts and some recycling of old stuff. And as R0b…
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It's still the silly season, and my brain is still on holiday. However, I did think this was worth a quick laugh! In a piece on the Archivist investigating Key's deletion of his textses, the usually excellent Andrea Vance gets a bit silly herself: But…
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Over the holiday break*, I was astonished by an anonymous NZ Herald editorial - "NZ economy is in a good place and thriving". I blame the drivel in it on an inferior intellect being cooked in the warm holiday weather. It evidentially turned to mush and lazily regurgitated…
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The Authors of the Standard are now in holiday mode. Posting will be less regular and dependant on individual author enthusiasm. Open mike will continue every day and prepare yourself for some year in review posts and some recycling of old stuff. And as R0b…
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A recent article made me reflect on the current state of progressive politics in the Western World. The Guardian reported Douglas Alexander, Labour's campaign chief, as predicting that the UK Conservatives would spend three times as much money as the Labour Party on this year's election campaign.…
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The Authors of the Standard are now in holiday mode. Posting will be less regular and dependant on individual author enthusiasm. Open mike will continue every day and prepare yourself for some year in review posts and some recycling of old stuff. And as R0b…
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At this time of year you get to really appreciate the Pohutukawa Tree. It seems everywhere I have been lately there has been this wonderful red/green splash of colour. Mother nature is telling us what sort of Government she thinks should be in power! There…
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The Authors of the Standard are now in holiday mode. Posting will be less regular and dependant on individual author enthusiasm. Open mike will continue every day and prepare yourself for some year in review posts and some recycling of old stuff. And as R0b…
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The Failed Estate is a blogsite run by veteran Australian Journalist Jim Parker. He writes occasional but perceptive posts primarily on media issues. This current post, reprinted with permission, provides a damning critique of main stream media coverage of the Sydney Siege. It often takes a…
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Yesterday, on Outspoken at RNZ, Craig McCulloch interviewed Jeanette Fitzsimons, Gareth Morgan and Metiria Turei on the future of the Green Party. Craig McCulloch interview McCulloch asked should the Greens move towards being able to go into an alliance with a National government. This is largely…
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The Authors of the Standard are now in holiday mode. Posting will be less regular and dependant on individual author enthusiasm. Open mike will continue every day and prepare yourself for some year in review posts and some recycling of old stuff. And as R0b…
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A TS post with the title "No one was there to meet them - no one went to help them" was high on the list of one's being viewed today. It's not a recent post. It is a July 2013 post by Helen Kelly, about…
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New Year's Day is a time when many people in Aotearoa-NZ sit back and chill out, or head for the outdoors. RNZ has some New Year images from around the world: Some suggestions for songs suited to the day/month. As 2014 was a year when…
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The Authors of the Standard are now in holiday mode. Posting will be less regular and dependant on individual author enthusiasm. Open mike will continue every day and prepare yourself for some year in review posts and some recycling of old stuff. And as R0b…