No one likes McCain
Ever wondered what would happen if the whole world could vote for the President of the United States? According to The Economist’s online […]
International
Video: Why vote? Watch this
We’ve seen the work of Declare Yourself before. Their message is aimed at voters in the US but the call to engage and […]
Nice
Obama wipes the floor with McCain
There’s not much more that needs to be said about the first presidental debate. McCain was stiff and boring. His framing was awful: […]
Sarah Palin on CBS News
Apologies for the ad on the start of this but what follows is worth seeing. (Hat-tip: Boing Boing) [lprent: removed cbs clip because […]
Free trade must be fair
In principle, a free trade deal between the US and the P4 countries (NZ, Chile, Singapore, and Brunei) is a good thing. If […]
Nats relying on ignorance
It’s really easy to present misleading statistics. David Farrar shows how it’s done with a post on migration today. Note how his figures […]
Kerr shows how the Right lie to themselves
The Business Roundtable held another in their series of forums on political issues targeted at young people on Thursday. The aim is obviously to get […]
Key still wishes we had invaded Iraq
Helen Clark made foreign policy judgement a campaign issue today when she told a Grey Power meeting that if New Zealand had invaded […]
Jessica Alba says “Declare Yourself”
Some commentators have pondered whether an election in NZ so close to the election in the States should be a concern for Labour. […]
New York Times praises NZ on nukes
‘Let’s hear it for New Zealand’ exclaims the New York Times editorial. Why? Because New Zealand is leading a group of countries that […]
Aussie Invasion – a video with an agenda
We’re used to hearing opposition parties talk about people rushing to Australia. But let’s remember we’re attractive to Australia too – where could […]
Why I love The Daily Show
They’ve just erected this billboard in Minneapolis-Saint Paul to welcome delegates to the Republican National Convention.
On grounds of race or trust?
Regular Standard readers will know I like to keep an eye out on what’s happening in the States (where the arte of politic$s […]
Briefly
The coverage of the Australian Dfat* briefing paper on Helen Clark is as unsurprising as it is depressing. Depressing in that this appears […]
Reflections on the war in Georgia
What can we learn from the war in Georgia? Without going into the rights and wrongs of the combatants, what I’m interested in […]
Petition: sign the Enforced Disappearance Convention
In December 2006, the United Nations adopted a major new human rights treaty, the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from […]
Clown princes
The ‘Key-English secret recording followed by denial followed by excuse followed by apology’ debacle is, well, an utter debacle. If these clowns ever […]
How Wal-Mart spread across America
Here’s a cool animation of Wal-Mart’s spread across the US (click the image below to launch it): Wal-Mart is the largest corporation in […]
Kiwi style to walk the world stage
So US Secretary of State Condolezza Rice has left our shores. She inspired protest. She met the PM and said “New Zealand is […]
Does anyone care about the gender wage gap?
I recently caught a story on the radio about the gender wage gap of new graduates – and in the failed search to locate […]
The conservative brotherhood
Eddie’s already posted on the scripts the Tories in the UK used when it came to explaining (away) their associations with dodgy political […]
So what is a subprime then?
The phrase “subprime” seems to have become part of our universal vocabulary – reflecting global uncertainty, events beyond our control, and financial complexities. […]
Growing opposition to Immigration Bill
Nick Butcher has produced this excellent video opposing the Immigration Bill (which we blogged about last week and is covered in more detail […]
Iran’s Photoshop job
From NYT blog The Lede: As news spread across the world of Iran’s provocative missile tests, so did an image of four missiles […]
Drop the Immigration Bill
The September 11 attacks were used as cover to pass draconian laws around the world, particularly concerning immigration. The Government is, once again, […]
Video: The Century of the Self
Hager’s Crosby/Textor revelations and the ensuing debate reminded me of this four party BBC documentary by Adam Curtis: The Century of the Self. Embedded […]
The making of some (commercial) magic
As usual we’ve been running the hot political stories this week but I, for one, need a breather. And what better way to […]
Buying trains gets noticed in Britain
The buy back of rail has been put in a British context in this article from the Guardian. Here are some excerpts: “New […]
More migration mythbusting
From Brian Fallow in The Herald on migration and immigration: …Statistics New Zealand has been comparing last year with previous peak gross outflows, […]
Leadership: What’s nice got to do with it?
An interesting article in the Washington Post poses the question: “You thought our presidential candidates were nice guys, regular guys, guys with whom […]
Free Zimbabwe
There is no longer any hope the union-led Movement for Democratic Change can remove Mugabe from power peacefully. Now, his thugs are killing […]
The grass isn’t greener across the ditch
The cornerstone of National’s ‘New Zealand sucks’ campaign is that Australia is much better (and we have to lower taxes and slash work […]
Daily Show on Baracknophobia
Hat tip: onegoodmove.org
More bluster, still no policies
Every month, Stats releases migration figures. Each month, they show little change in the pattern from last month. And each month, National comes […]
Fundrace
From The Huffington Post’s “Fundrace“ website: Want to know if a celebrity is playing both sides of the fence? Whether that new guy […]