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lprent: Post from No Right Turn. In this case I haven't asked for permission because I was irate about the suppression decision in the first place, but I'm sure I/S will understand. I haven't seen the variance to the suppression decision - but I consider…
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Much like the scriptwriters of American sitcoms, the writers at The Standard can get a little lazy at this time of the year and like those scriptwriters the cheap and easy answer is the clipshow episode. Let's get the ball rolling with a robinsod guest…
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The New York Times has an article about a continuing trend in technology. That of discrete stand alone solar and bio power - "African Huts Far From the Grid Glow With Renewable Power". This article is focused on the use where existing networks don't exist.…
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The link for the letter is here. It will be delivered to the Commanding Officer at the Quantico Marine Base brig by David House when he next visits Bradley Manning Meanwhile, Joshua Holland's informative and heavily out linked piece notes Glen Greenwald's observation that: Having…
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Kiwis frequently like leading the world in the many ways that outmatch our 'weight'. I wish we weren't leading the world in this one. We have one of the worst youth unemployment rates in the world. The Economist compiled this chart showing the ratio of…
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The day before Christmas, in what will surely be a forlorn attempt to bury the story, Bill English's office has finally relented after months of resistance and released under the OIA papers on how the unknown Pacific Economic Development Agency was awarded a $4.8 million…
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Say you run a large company. Say the manager of a division in your company chose do a deal that improves the division's own profitability instead of one that would have made the division less profitable but the company as a whole more profitable. You…
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In the spirit of Christmas, the government is playing Scrooge to caregivers. In an extra special present the government will now appeal, after the High Court agreed with the Human Rights Tribunal that people related to disabled adults should actually be paid for their work…
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The economy shrank by 0.2% in the September Quarter. None of the forecasters had dared to predict it would be this bad, except yours truly :) because I looked at the facts, rather than being taken in by Key's rosy spin. The money trader's economic…
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Couldn't resist this excellent BODY cartoon:
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I find that I'm increasingly bemused by the subjective component of the various diplomatic cables being leaked. What the hell is it with the US having a bit of a tizzy over the Labour Party screening Fahrenheit 9/11 as a fund raiser? I get that…
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I had hoped to be posting lighter Merry Christmas fare, but the government keeps rolling out its agenda under the cover of Christmas consumerism. So it is that we have TV6 to lose its commercial-free status, and our large amount of quality pre-school and family…
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All those who think Keynes is dead (and those who merely wondered what happened to him) should check out the website of George Soros's Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET). A remarkable range of economic luminaries are presented on video and powerpoint, most or all…
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Peter Jackson yesterday did what the government has refused to do and commented on the revelation that he told Gerry Brownlee the Actors' Equity blacklist was no threat to the Hobbit movies being filmed here. Unfortunately, Jackson has just further sullied his reputation by revealing…
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Yesterday, we hit 3 million pageviews for 2010. Today, we'll have our millionth visit. 45% growth on 2009 even with the few days we were offline and a couple when stats data wasn't captured. It's not just a small cadre of hardcore fans (although, do…
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It's First Past the Post thinking to look at the polling gap between National and Labour and conclude National will romp home. MMP is here and set to stay - it means the coalition with the support of a majority of MPs governs, not necessarily…
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National are running out their favourite tactic again - the Straw Man. We see it regularly with every highly-paid "Working Group" they establish. They choose the participants to make sure they get the ideas they want to implement, plus a bit more. Then they cleave…
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It seems we don't have a government at the moment. John Key is incommunicado in Hawaii. The Acting PM, Bill English, and Key's press people refuse to speak for him. Someone needs to front up because serious questions are emerging about the honesty of statements…
corruption film Gerry Brownlee Minister for Overseas Holidays Parliament
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Student unions are great. They provide excellent services, they enrich campus life. They provide an introduction to politics, management skills, journalism skills and much much more. But young people are idealistic, and idealism means Leftie politics. So much older, much greyer, much meaner politicians, who…
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'Twas the week before Christmas, and all through the House, Nats announced policies, they're usually scared to espouse. Journos on holiday, Key out of reach on his Hawaiian vacation, It was the time to let slip, their plan for ACC privatisation. These lines hardly rhyme…
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Well, this one isn't such a surprise, it has been expected. But the timing is classic, as with much bad news coming out at the moment with Key conveniently in Hawaii, and public too busy getting into the spirit of the season / consumerism. We'll…
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National still seem to be getting a lot of cover for their economic mismanagement from the Global Financial Crisis way back in 2007-2008. But New Zealand's failure to be "roaring out of recession", as John Key promised, is no longer tied to the GFC. It's…
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Mark Hotchin is expected to become a campaigner for beneficiaries if cleared of serious fraud allegations. His assets frozen, the SFO has given Hotchin a 1K a week allowance. Not enough for the basics: private school, hire car, mortgage on mansion. A family of 7…
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I couldn't let the last of the year slip away without a fond farewell to the good old Electoral Finance Act. Cast your minds back to where it all began. The 2005 election, where National's lies and dodgy dealings with third party lobbyists cost them…
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We're very pleased to have another guest post from Labour's Dunedin North candidate, David Clark: Whirinaki power plant is up for sale. Energy Minister Gerry Brownlee has waited, until after the year-end press gallery drinks, to announce this state-owned asset will be sold by tender…