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This is due today at 12:30 pm. Speech notes will be posted as soon as we can get them. The livestream of the speech is here. Update with speech notes: Tēnā koutou katoa I te tuatahi ka mihi au ki ngā mana whenua o tēnei…
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National is a master of the micro policy, making with great fanfare and noise small changes to existing rules to address what on the scale of things are limited difficulties. The micro policies appeal to those predisposed to thinking that all beneficiaries are bludgers and…
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If ever anyone needed a powerful standard of an alternative and entirely sustainable life that has made a big difference, consider Barry Brickell. Died this weekend, or as his biographer on Sunday said to me; “ran out of steam”. Lots of people dream about running…
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Aussie journalist Stan Grant says what needs to be said: the Australian dream is built on racism. Happy Australia Day, cobbers, you've got a long way to go ... and saying sorry isn't the end of the matter, it's barely a good starting point for…
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Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other …
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Donald Trump thinks that he is politically untouchable: Donald Trump Says He ‘Could Shoot Somebody’ and Not Lose Voters At a campaign stop in Iowa on Saturday, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said he could shoot someone in public and still not lose any voters.…
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Crashing stock markets! Record low oil prices! The collapse of the Baltic Dry shipping index! Death by deflation! Not heard of all of this? Well, if you are a resident of Aotearoa, you could be excused for not knowing the full story behind the crashing…
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Posted with permission from the legendary Bryan Bruce. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Swjh-v2HMbI&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQnrtplsvj8&spfreload=10 And from his Facebook page: Huge TPPA Auckland Town Hall Meeting 7pm Tomorrow Night. Please Share. It's not too late to stop the TPPA. Tomorrow night (26th January) in the Town Hall at 7pm you…
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More cracks in Key's teflon were on display at Ratana yesterday: Key defends TPP as Ratana crowd boos Prime Minister John Key mounted a strident defence of the Trans Pacific Partnership at Ratana, ranging from tapping into trans Tasman rivalry to pointing to the trading…
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Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …
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Te Reo Putake live blogs the visit of politicians to Rātana paa during the celebration of the life of founder Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana: It's a glorious day in the Whanganui region. Around 28 degrees, blue skies, a gentle breeze. We've been welcomed onto the marae…
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This is a repost of a comment from Incognito on the Building Mass Movements post, with some editing. It's also linked to one of my points on the Fisiani Gets it Right post yesterday; how does the left with it's vital and diverse components achieve…
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Tory spinners have a tactic called "the dead cat (h/t for the link to RedLogix). It's a monumental derail of the nation-wide conversation as soon as your opponent shows signs of gaining momentum, especially if that momentum is largely on the back of a single…
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Reprinted from Cheekygames. Since National came to power after the 2008 election, it has become increasingly clear that John Key's government, unduly influenced, aided, and abetted by the bantamweight ACT party, intends to cleave mindlessly to the ideology that essential government services and functions must…
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Veteran Climate Science Denialist Bob Carter Dies of Heart Attack Bob Carter has died. To most members of the general public, the name of that Australian geologist and paleontologist will barely register a flicker of neurons in the temporal lobe. But to the global community…
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Let’s get this straight. Fisiani's on-going sycophantic love-in with John Key may be nauseatingly embarrassing to read, but this does not make him necessarily wrong. Unforeseeable circumstances aside, John Key will see out five or six terms in office. He will then likely hand over…
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No real surprise - Key sets eyes on a fourth term The Prime Minister is launching into 2016 with plans to stand for an historic fourth term. In a wide-ranging interview with the Weekend Herald about the year ahead, John Key confirmed his intention to…
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This week has seen a lot of coverage of the news that 2015 has been confirmed as by far the hottest year on record. A post here at The Standard generated plenty of discussion (a lot of it driven by a couple of persistent climate…
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Turns out that the AI required to simulate Sarah Palin is pretty simple. Give the Palin-o-matic a try!
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This policy proposal from Paula Bennett has had a fair bit of attention: Govt may give state tenants cash to move to regions The government is looking at cash incentives to get Auckland's state housing tenants to move to the regions. The offer would include…
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Education is a public good. We all benefit, socially and economically, from a well educated populace. A couple of days I wrote about a disastrous fall in student numbers that is undermining tertiary education in NZ. It isn't the same data set, but this a…
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You know how Paris and COP21 was meant to mark a new beginning, that climate change denial was dead and that man made anthropogenic change was now accepted to be real and that to address this most important of issues urgent action needed to be taken?…
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I had a dream in which media magnate Mark Weldon spoke to me. "TRP, me old son, the people don't like the news". "Which people?", I asked, naively. "The shareholders, of course", he replied with a look of contempt. "Now get a press release out…
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So as expected 2015 has been confirmed as the hottest year on record, by far. Just to state the obvious: “Record shattering” NASA announcement indicates NZ faces extreme weather events Climate change disaster is biggest threat to global economy in 2016, say experts There are…
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Hot on the heals of the (re)publication of Jamie White's nonsense (there is no poverty in NZ), yesterday we had right-wing "think-tank" (i.e. lobbyist group) The New Zealand Initiaitve burst into print with a more sophisticated attempt to minimise the significance of poverty: Truth on…