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Open mike 11/07/2013
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No one was there to meet them – no one went to help them.
I am doing a speech on health and safety tomorrow. Been thinking about Pike. Bernie Monk rang yesterday. Bridges is in Gisborne Herald today saying all the reports needed on Forestry have been written. In my speech tomorrow I Will read this bit out from…
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GCSB – independent inquiry needed
There is clear evidence that a full, independent inquiry of the GCSB is needed before the law/s related to NZ intelligence gathering are changed. The Green Party called for such an inquiry in May 2013. They argued that the inadequate report by Paul Neazor indicated…
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ImperatorFish: That letter
Scott at Imperator Fish has kindly given us permission to syndicate posts from his blog – the original of this post is here.
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Sky City deal – personal vote
Multiple reports on Twitter that Key's grubby Sky City Bill will be a conscience personal vote. If true, I'm surprised, given the fragile majority Key has on this issue. Now I guess we get to see if any Nat MPs have a conscience: Thousands more…
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Much a coup about nothing
Apparently there was a coup in Labour last night. Missed it? So did Labour. The coup seems to have taken place largely in the mind of Duncan Garner, with the assistance of well-known Labour insider Cameron Slater. Let Twitter tell the tale: Duncan Garner 9:05pm:…
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Open mike 10/07/2013
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John Key – Economic Miracle Maker
You have to hand it to John Key and this National Party. It appears that they are economic miracle makers, able to make money go way further than it should do and capable of, a la loaves and fishes, making what is left more than…
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Can democratic parties succeed?
Can democratic parties be successful major parties in modern politics? The media's drooling obsession with the "man ban" really makes me wonder. Labour is a democratic party. It develops its policy in the open, via a remit system and conference. It recently became a lot…
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Why the Pakeha Party is great news for the Left
The 'Pakeha Party' has the most Facebook followers of any New Zealand political movement (excepting John Key's page) That's in one day of publicity. They're seriously talking about forming an actual political party. Should we be worried about this apparent reactionary force? Nah. The creation…
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Open mike 09/07/2013
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Snowden on US-NZ intelligence
This just up on Stuff, about Edward Snowden making links between US and NZ intelligence services, as well as between other "5 Eyes" participants. The article, taken from The Sydney Morning Herald, begins: United States whistleblower Edward Snowden has disclosed a link between New Zealand…
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Envy
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Dunne not convinced on GCSB Bill
Key has started making concessions in an effort to pass his GCSB bill to spy on Kiwis: Key forced to change spying law Under Mr Key's original law, spying warrants would be issued by one commissioner. Mr Dunne wants a panel of three distinguished New…
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Government still doesn’t care about climate change
We have very good climate scientists in New Zealand, but the government isn't exactly promoting them. Wanting us to be followers rather than leaders, taking us out of Kyoto 2, diluting our ETS into a polluter-subsidy scheme, getting us fossil awards, even only having an…
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Is the Government bailing out Solid Energy using the Future Investment Fund or not?
Late last Friday during the man ban beatup and the finalising of the Sky City deal a further event occurred. The Government released a stack of papers relating to the 2013 budget. This morning on Morning Report Clayton Cosgrove was interviewed and commented that the…
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Robert Wade
As promoted by the Fabians, Professor Robert Wade of the London School of Economics is speaking across the country on Inequality and the ills it causes. Inequality and the West – Capitalism at a Tipping Point Political economist Robert Wade talks about rising inequalities in the Western world, placing…
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45,000 more signatures
Like other recent calls for citizen initiated referendums, the referendum on asset sales was deemed to need more signatures after the initial submission. The eight week window to gather more signatures is now over, and the new signatures will be presented to Parliament today. Lots…
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Collins sanitising wikipedia
Wellington alcohol and drug counsellor Roger Brooking has revealed a campaign by Judith Collins' staff to sanitise her Wikipedia page and the pages on various issues related to New Zealand justice issues. References to facts that National doesn't want to acknowledge - such as its…
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Open mike 08/07/2013
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Pike River Compensation must be paid
So Pike River has been punished for the deaths of 29 workers. Judge Jane Farish has fined the company $760,000 and ordered it to pay $110,000 compensation for each worker that died and for the two survivors. Judge Farish found the company had a high…
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Do you like Pina Colada
Four stories this week in the MSM could be pulled together and used as a case study for a number of NZ's economic and social failings in my view. The increase in the practices of psychometric and drug testing by companies to employ and dismiss…
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A problem of “masculine” values
This is largely a re-post. I agree totally with QOT, on the way the MSM have followed the whale's lead on the issue of the Labour Party remit: a remit that was attempting to counter the gender imbalance in politics. In their usual way these…
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1938 8
A Sunday feature - each week a random section scanned from a copy of The Standard, September 15th, 1938. Find out more here. Click on the image for a bigger version.
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Open mike 07/07/2013
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ManBan!
A great joke has been played on the mainstream media: they have bought, hook, line and sinker, into W****O**-type spin. They have been exposed as a bunch of followers, desperate to land the next hilarious 140-character-one-liner, to prove their relevance ... without really understanding just…
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Poverty Watch 38
Just a quick Poverty Watch update this week (too much happening and too little time!). Check out The Herald chat session with Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) co-convener Alan Johnson (The Herald headlines him as a "poverty expert" but Johnson demurs). Interesting to see the…
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Bob Parker is gone …
Bob Parker announced last night that he is not going to seek re-election to Christchurch's Mayoralty. At one level this is not surprising. Christchurch's Building Consent problems were a smoldering mess of an issue that kept getting worse and worse. John Key and the Government…
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Open mike 06/07/2013
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Who represents who
The Herald is reporting that the SkyCity deal to increase human misery pokie machines in exchange for a white elephant convention center was done at 8pm this evening (which must be a record for burying a story on a Friday). As Matt McCarten (who heads…
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