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The Right is whining that Key said "If [the Norway massacre] is an act of global terrorism, I think what it shows is no country large or small is immune from that risk and that's why New Zealand's played its part in Afghanistan" . 'IF!…
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June's Metro contains an article by Chris Harris called 'The Ticky Tacky Death of a Dream'. According to the article, 127 hectares of prime urban land in Albany, publicly owned by the Housing Corporation, were sold to a Malaysian-owned land development consortium for $21 million,…
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It's cold in Christchurch. Yeah I know it's cold in lots of places, but Christchurch is of particular concern, with so many houses, and so much infrastructure, trashed in the quakes. So WTF is going on here? Bizarre’ delay in Christchurch heating programme The Government’s…
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One of the things that has shocked a lot of people about Anders Behring Breivik is the fact he appeared so normal and how he wasn't on the authorities radar because he wasn't part of some neo-nazi or skinhead organisation. Of course in retrospect they've…
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Gotta love the piece in the Herald today about Key[s]'s meeting with Obama. No mention of what was discussed or achieved (nothing). Just 'oh they got along. And Key would have made Obama laugh. If Obama wasn't busy with important stuff'. Best part in this…
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Tolley's running a nasty little smear through Cameron Slater. See, non-profit kindergartens have millions in the bank while saying they need more cash. It must be a rip-off, eh? Yeah. Nah. The kindergartens just have the cash they've been given for future operations. So, why…
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Anyone who takes a gun and starts killing innocent people is fundamentally deranged. Such people will probably always exist, and some of them will act. Not all such cases have political motives, but some do. Timothy McVeigh bombed the Oklahoma City federal building. There's a…
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