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Open Mike 11/07/2018

Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, July 11th, 2018 - 109 comments

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Daily Review 10/07/2018

Written By: - Date published: 5:43 pm, July 10th, 2018 - 31 comments

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 …

Open Mike 10/07/2018

Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, July 10th, 2018 - 75 comments

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Daily Review 09/07/2018

Written By: - Date published: 5:34 pm, July 9th, 2018 - 30 comments

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Open Mike 09/07/2018

Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, July 9th, 2018 - 193 comments

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The extent of the right to free speech

Written By: - Date published: 10:02 am, July 8th, 2018 - 354 comments

Lauren Southern’s cancelled lecture has caused some debate about what freedom of speech is, is it absolute, and if not where is the line to be drawn?

Open Mike 08/07/2018

Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, July 8th, 2018 - 51 comments

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Open Mike 07/07/2018

Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, July 7th, 2018 - 55 comments

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For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy).

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Daily Review 06/07/2018

Written By: - Date published: 5:30 pm, July 6th, 2018 - 7 comments

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Far right Canadian activist wants to come to New Zealand to insult local communities

Written By: - Date published: 12:08 pm, July 6th, 2018 - 292 comments

Far right journalist Lauren Southern wants to come to New Zealand to give a speech which will no doubt insult various communities. Should we let her in?

Open Mike 06/07/2018

Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, July 6th, 2018 - 89 comments

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Apparently Labour was to blame for the global financial crisis

Written By: - Date published: 9:00 am, July 5th, 2018 - 65 comments

These sorts of debates do my head in. Essentially because they are so removed from reality that anyone with any sense would know that Labour was not responsible for the last global financial crisis.  But apparently the opposition spokesperson does not understand what happened in 2008. Does this seem a bit harsh? Well it is […]

Open Mike 05/07/2018

Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, July 5th, 2018 - 180 comments

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Daily Review 04/07/2018

Written By: - Date published: 5:30 pm, July 4th, 2018 - 26 comments

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US Democrats plan to start civil war today *

Written By: - Date published: 11:32 am, July 4th, 2018 - 42 comments

* according to Alex Jones on Infowars.

Blogs and the Political Establishment

Written By: - Date published: 11:01 am, July 4th, 2018 - 43 comments

Being in the thick of student politics in the mid 2000s, I was around just at the very beginning of social media.

Open Mike 04/07/2018

Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, July 4th, 2018 - 125 comments

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Daily Review 03/07/2018

Written By: - Date published: 5:30 pm, July 3rd, 2018 - 44 comments

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The right wing media’s infatuation with breeding

Written By: - Date published: 8:57 am, July 3rd, 2018 - 99 comments

Elements in the media clearly think that the payment of a modest amount to families with young babies will cause them to breed babies for a business.

Open Mike 03/07/2018

Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, July 3rd, 2018 - 59 comments

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Daily Review 02/07/2018

Written By: - Date published: 5:30 pm, July 2nd, 2018 - 31 comments

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Families Package and Auckland Regional Fuel tax kick in

Written By: - Date published: 10:24 am, July 2nd, 2018 - 48 comments

Labour’s Family Package and the Auckland Regional Fuel tax have both kicked in.

Open Mike 02/07/2018

Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, July 2nd, 2018 - 112 comments

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Doofus of the week – July 1, 2018

Written By: - Date published: 10:34 am, July 1st, 2018 - 15 comments

The latest in an occasional series where we celebrate the horrendously awful and bizarre behaviour of political figures both locally and overseas.

Open Mike 01/07/2018

Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, July 1st, 2018 - 61 comments

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Open Mike 30/06/2018

Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, June 30th, 2018 - 90 comments

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Daily Review 29/06/2018

Written By: - Date published: 5:28 pm, June 29th, 2018 - 15 comments

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And then there was….

Written By: - Date published: 12:08 pm, June 29th, 2018 - 38 comments

The aftermath of Douma chemical attacks and Skripal poisonings…

Another day, another mass shooting in the US of A *

Written By: - Date published: 8:27 am, June 29th, 2018 - 41 comments

* but this one involves a media outlet and not a school.

Open Mike 29/06/2018

Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, June 29th, 2018 - 146 comments

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 …

Soper gets sucked in by National’s fake Ardern quote

Written By: - Date published: 4:35 pm, June 28th, 2018 - 51 comments

Barry Soper in the Herald has fallen for National’s fake news concerning something said by Jacinda Ardern that was taken totally out of context.