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It's hard to overstate the extraordinary merging of events in Europe that led to the Industrial Revolution exploding in the mid-1800's. There was of course at least 200 years of prior scene setting, across the sciences, philosophy and political arena's. In say the year 1600…
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I am spending some time down in Taranaki and thought I would check out some of the local historical sites. Top of my list was Parihaka. I was generally aware of its history but after reading some more about it I cannot believe how badly…
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*Warning: the following contains material that might upset some retailers Luckily, for retailers, Christmas shopping has been strong. NZ even set a new record for transactions at 204 transactions per second, which is almost as good as the number of visits per second to The…
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I realise that this would normally be our silly season, but it seems a bit macabre with such an awful and predicable death toll running overseas in the northern winter. But nothing really excuses Chris Bishop for being a complete dickhead in barking for immediate…
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Recently instead of playing golf Donald Trump has been handing out pardons, lots and lots of pardons. So which outstanding members of the American community has he decided to exercise the prerogative of mercy and are there any common features amongst them? I should start…
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There is a new strain of Covid 19 recently discovered in the UK that is considerably more infectious than the originally discovered strain. From the ABC: A new variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes COVID-19, is thought to be driving increased transmission of the…
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Another moron said something outrageous again and gets away with it (almost) scot-free. I’m seething with anger and I need want to do something about it, about my anger that is. I go on-line and vent my spleen. It makes me feel better. Others join…
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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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January Demonstrating that hydro electricity generation and the Department of Conservation can work well together, a small scale "run of river" 1.89 megawatt generator system on public conservation land in South Westland is approved. No dam, just smart thinking. February The Auditor General comes out…
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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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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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From a few days ago (it seems like an eternity), RNZ reported "Govt to pump almost $3 billion into its Covid-19 response after report identified failings". There are several points I'd make about the border controls and generally with our border and the long slow…
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Population has always been a critical driver of events and prior to the Industrial Revolution we lived in a zero sum world, with energy and resources effectively limited to that which could be harvested from photosynthesis, one person's gain was at the limit, always someone…
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New Zealand like most countries across the world in the last year, has gone deeper and deeper into public debt. It's pretty clear that the New Zealand government's response to economic crisis from lockdowns and global trade crashes by spending tonnes of debt money has…
capitalism covid-19 debt / deficit Economy grant robertson labour national same old national treasury
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As the reign of Potus 45 draws to a close the people of America, or at least that part of the population with a nodding acquaintance with reality, must be wishing that he would play more golf. Because some of the decisions that he is…
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