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Normally, we get 3.65 millisieverts of radiation a year. Increased cancer risk is associated with 100 millisieverts per year. Nuclear workers are only meant to get 100 millisieverts even in an emergency with protective clothing. Previously, radiation at Fukushima has hit 100 millisieverts per hour.…
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Auckland Transport Blog is a great resource on its topic. As you read through its numerous posts, you become quite aware of how much of a old fossil Steven Joyce (and NZTA under his direction) is in his thinking of Auckland's transport priorities. They are…
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One for the grown-ups http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xe3Ou9xBAlI&has_verified=1
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Fran O'Sullivan makes some pertinent remarks about John Key's recent performance. The fact is, he wanted to be the Party PM, head clown presiding over good times, but times aren't good and his heart just isn't in tackling the hard issues. However, while saying these…
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Two weeks ago, Matthew Hooton started pushing David Parker for the Labour leadership in an NBR article. WhaleOil picked up on it and gave it some air-time, as did Farrar and a speaker at the ACT party conference. Then Darren Hughes' police investigation was leaked…
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The revolts around the Middle East are still heating up. The coalitions air strikes are dealing havoc to Gaddifi's heavy weapons, giving the rebels a fighting chance. In Bahrain, the Shi'ites are brooding as the country remains under de facto Saudi occupation, Saleh looks gone…
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STOP DEEP SEA OIL IN NZ "Local iwi Te Whanau a Apanui have called on New Zealanders everywhere to join them in defending their precious marine environment. We are now uniting to respond to that call." Greenpeace With the ink barely dry on the agreement,…
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It's been a dreadful week for Labour. So out come the oft repeated rumours of a coup against leader Phil Goff. Usually this is just the ever predictable right wing blogs stirring. But this time the excellent Scoop news site is making the claim: Hughes…
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Darren Hughes has resigned as an MP Labour leader Phil Goff has announced that Darren Hughes is resigning as an MP. The move comes after two days of speculation following a complaint made against Hughes. Goff said: "It is just too difficult for him to…
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Let's try a new experiment. Weekend social is for non political chat. What's on for the weekend, gigs, film or book reviews, sports, or whatever. No politics, no aggro, why can't we all just get along?...
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Where does a year go? Tomorrow is Earth hour 2011: Earth Hour 2011: It's time to go beyond the hour At 8:30 PM on Saturday 26th March 2011, lights will switch off around the globe for Earth Hour and people will commit to actions that…
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Some are for this bill, some are against it, but I think what I am seeing is inaccuracy, xenophobia and hysteria around the bill in general by a few loud voices who are being listened to and believed as if they were Jesus Christ himself…
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As we brace for this year's budget it's important to remember that no change is a cut. A dollar today buys nearly 5% less than it did a year ago and there are 1% more New Zealanders. Not every piece of government spending is affected…
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Yesterday, John Armstrong wrote "Goff's management of the crisis has already begged a major question." Apart from making me wonder if the question is 'is it OK for the Minister of Police, Judith Collins, to go leaking stories about ongoing police investigations for political gain',…
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Japan's ongoing nuclear disaster is spreading radiation over an ever widening area. After contaminated spinach, milk, and other foodstuffs, the latest advice is that water in Tokyo is unsafe for babies. If it's unsafe for babies now, how long before it is unsafe for children,…
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Darren Hughes has been suspended from his shadow portfolios due to the continuing police investigation. Goff probably should have done this earlier, despite the understandable wariness of a leader can't punish an MP on the strength of a complaint alone. As Key did with Wong…
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The economy grew just 0.2% in the December quarter, enough to avoid the technical definition of recession but did it feel like that for you? No. It felt like recession because the economic pie grew slower than the population. National's economic record is GDP per…
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So what are you gonna do with the 9K of tax cuts you got with your 400K pa job since October? Why not pay 7K to shack up with 65 of the elite and eat a 6 course meal from foreign chefs?... What do you…
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62,000 Christchurch workers are now receiving special earthquake payments. Most of these workers' businesses have been closed by the earthquake and plan to re-open at some point. Their wages are subsidised by up to $500 a week. But 6,300 of them have lost their job…
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The PM and the Minister of Finance are at odds on how the cost of rebuilding Christchurch will be met. Bill English (last Wednesday) stated that the costs are too high to be met by cuts, and significant borrowing will be required: The Budget deficit…
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Rob Carr over at Political Dumpground has provided me with my third glimpse at why twitter can be useful*. Melissa Lee took a swipe at Phil Goff for wearing a red tie to the memorial service for the Christchurch Earthquake as apparently this was politicising…
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Turia's learning the price of loyalty. Her Whanau Ora is getting cuts. Key knows she'll roll over and vote for any budget to keep her seat in the limo. Hide's 2025 Taskforce is for the chop too. He and Key say it's not worth the…
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Darren Hughes has identified himself as under investigation by the Police. No details on the issue. Hughes says he did nothing wrong. Clearly not what was needed with Labour hammering National on the economy. Comments off on this post and strict moderation elsewhere for legal…
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The Nats are telling us there is no other option than massive cuts to government spending. Roughly, a third of the cuts covers the earthquake rebuilding, another third covers the Nats' tax cuts for the rich, and the last third covers the revenue loss from…
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One of the charges levelled at the previous government was that of running a "nanny state". Of course the Nats are every bit as guilty in practice. In fact, more so, the Nats are far more inclined to use the bulldozing force of the state…
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David starts speaking four minutes in. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaqGKTG0liA