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Daily Review 03/08/2016
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Trade retaliation
McClay and Key have made a total mess of the Chinese steel fiasco: Gordon Campbell on Todd McClay’s faulty memory ... As NZF leader Winston Peters was saying yesterday, McClay’s obvious difficulty in getting his story straight is part of a wider credibility problem with…
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Meth Fries Housing NZ’s Brains
Housing NZ has admitted evicting state house tenants if even tiny amounts of meth contamination is found on the property. It turns out the minimum reading needed to force homelessness on the people they are supposed to be housing is similar to the trace amounts…
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Team Trump pretty much calls for civil war
I thought nothing that Donald Trump could do would surprise me any more. Picking a losing fight with the impeccable parents of a dead soldier. Parading his foreign policy ignorance and sexism. Posing for a photo "eating" KFC with a knife and fork. Same as…
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Open mike 03/08/2016
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Free money from climate change deniers
I don't know why I find this minor story so funny, but I do: Climate Change Contrarians Lose Big Betting Against Global Warming Layzej writes: Two members of the Global Warming Policy Foundation academic advisory board have each lost [roughly $1,320 (1,000 British Pound)] betting…
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Daily Review 02/08/2016
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Breaking: Compensation for Bain for Government’s mishandling of compensation process
Justice Minister Amy Adams has announced there will be no compensation for David Bain for his incarceration although it has decided to award compensation for undue delay difficulties in finalising the matter processing the claim in a hope the matter will be finalised by the payment of…
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Listen to Nick Smith trying to defend fudged foreign ownership data
The Nats are peddling dodgy statistics again - 3 per cent of NZ house buyers officially from overseas. Note "officially" not "actually". As for last quarter the current figures are well fudged, and the real rate of foreign ownership could be anywhere between 3 and…
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The EU thinks that our tax system’s clean bill of health is not so clean
Well this is embarrassing. The European Union thinks that New Zealand is operating as a tax haven and is considering sanctions. From Newshub: Possible EU sanctions against New Zealand could make travel harder and have a massive effect on the economy. New Zealand is under…
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NZ being used as international example of a bad welfare system
The Nats like to pat themselves on the back over reducing the numbers on benefits. For a while now I've been asking a quick question - what happens to those who are kicked off? Fewer than half move in to jobs. What happens to the…
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Open mike 02/08/2016
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Free Petrol Pt II
Part one here. Neither international shipping nor aviation is included in any country’s CO2 emissions totals. Both sectors have been allowed to self regulate. Neither sector has done a damned thing about reducing emissions. A fair bit of what follows is based on study undertaken…
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Daily Review 01/08/2016
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Free Petrol Pt I
The banner headline from Paris – the one that no-one printed – was that the world will experience about 3.5 degrees of warming if governments meet all of the reduction pledges they’ve made. The unwritten sub-header might have stacked that headline against the multiple commitments…
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The Unitary Plan will not solve the Housing Crisis
The Government has put a lot of weight on the Unitary Plan dealing with the housing crisis that clearly Auckland is in the middle of. Last week Minister of Housing Nick Smith said this: It’s not for me to be trying to influence the Council as…
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Who will be to blame if a bridge collapses?
National's deregulation of the building sector prepared the field for the multi-billion dollar leaky homes crisis. From which they have learnt - nothing. Govt won't investigate weak steel The government is downplaying the importation of hundreds of tonnes of weak Chinese steel is a one-off…
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We can’t say we weren’t warned
When the Auckland housing bubble bursts a lot of people are going to lose a lot of money. They won't be able to say they weren't warned. Just as a random recent sample: 17 April 2014 (international): 12 Reasons Why New Zealand's Economic Bubble Will…
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Open mike 01/08/2016
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Caption contest
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Climate change pedal to the metal
NASA recently reported that the first 6 months of this year have been the hottest on record by far – a neat 1.3 deg C above the pre-1900 baseline, even as the atmosphere warming El Nino recedes. They also updated the chart which displays data…
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Open mike 31/07/2016
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NZ in the international news again
Front page of The Guardian today. Makes you proud, doesn't it. (Link to article.)
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Hollywood should try a different model
Interesting results reported here: Piracy: Streaming Video Accounts for 74% of Illegal Film and TV Activity, Study Finds Pirates have largely shifted from peer-to-peer downloads to illegal streaming-video sites for film and television content, according to a new study. In 2015, out of a total 78.5…
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Chris de Freitas now is the time to be afraid
Chris de Freitas is the local go to person whenever the media want balance on climate change. Balance in that on one side is the views of the overwhelming majority of respected climate change scientists who think we are going to hell in a hand…
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The Ray White – China deal
Speaking of the housing crisis: Ray White signs deal with Lianjia as it launches into China Ray White has expanded its agency services to China, signing an agreement to list new and old properties for sale with China's largest real estate agency, Lianjia, also known…
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Open mike 30/07/2016
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Daily Review 29/07/2016
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Offer to NZLP candidates
As the most widely read left blog in New Zealand, the Standard is a regular stop for most Labour Party members who spend time online. We think that offers candidates for Labour Party positions a great platform to get their ideas out to members and…
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DNC Day 4: Madame President
The last day of the Democratic Party's National Conference. Chelsea Clinton will introduce her mum around 2.30, then Hillary Clinton will presumably give the speech of her life at around 3pm. In other news, the 1% candidate Donald Trump has removed his foot from his…