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During every revolution there will be winners and losers, change can mean pain for some, especially for the bloodsucking leaches & parasites, that have entrenched their positions, after years of mediocrity. Yes the death of Hollywood and current Music industry would cause financial pain for…
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Not satisfied with playing the Maori bashing card and appealing to some people's inherent racism ACT has released a further policy that will appeal to the right's greed. ACT has announced its policy on corporate tax and, surprise surprise, it wants to reduce it. Great…
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Steven Joyce says Labour's opposition to the sale of 13,800ha Lochinver station to Shanghai Pengxin is based on "xenophobia." The benefit from our land should stay here. Joyce's open door has seen rail wagons bought cheap and fixed dear, at the expense of good local…
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I know at the Standard that we try to have a civilised debate about current events and allow all points of view to be expressed. I also prefer to discuss the merits of issues and I agree with Labour's positive campaign for this election. But…
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As some of you may realise, I (grumpy) cannot by any stretch of the imagination be described as a “leftie” and it may surprise your readers to know that I have been involved in International business for about 30 years and have many close friends…
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Reposted from Polity. Here is Adam Bennett in the Herald today: Shaky case for $212m fast-tracked road plan The National Government's $212 million plan to fast-track regional road projects using asset sales cash is not backed by a strong economic case, documents released under the…
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The past week has seen a reversal in fortunes for the major political parties. I think that National's attacks on David Cunliffe have been too well planned and too cynical and people are now seeing through this. They have started to realise that they are witnessing a…
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This [showering a neighbour with rockets is an act of war, perpetrated by Palestine on Israel and Israel is quite entitled to take out the Hamas military apparatus] is a general argument I’ve often heard in the media, blogs, etc. over the past few weeks.…
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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 ... lprent: I'm going to be doing some server changes later in the afternoon.
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Reposted from No Right Turn. When National set up charter schools, they promised that they would be more accountable, and that contracts were a better means of enforcing standards than the usual school system. Only if they're enforced: “The Whangaruru contract online shows that the…
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Labour is promising to raise the minimum wage to $16.25. "But that will cost jobs!!!" is the usual right-wing response, and we hear it from some economists and most business interests. Other economists disagree, and they get much better support from the actual data, like…
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In breaking news John Banks has not applied for a discharge without conviction and a conviction has been entered. This is a realistic choice by him. A discharge was never going to be given in a case like this. But he could have faced reality…
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