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The Greens have closed their nominations for male co-leader, and are running a number of provincial meetings. I went to the second one in the data starved bowels of the OGGB4 at Auckland Uni. Province Date Time Venue Top of the South - Nelson 18…
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The Government's apparent response (at least according to Kiwiblog) to news that New Zealand has been spying on the Chinese is that they spy on us so what is there to worry about? There have also been suggestions by the usual suspects that the work of…
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The latest in the Snowden / GCSB spying leaks, as emerging in The Herald: Leaked papers reveal NZ plan to spy on China for US Our spies and America's top government hackers cooked up a plan to crack into a data link between Chinese Government…
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The fight back against the canning of Campbell Live show has been marvellous to watch. The show's previously muted viewing statistics have surged as many progressives have made sure that they watch. It was not as if they/we did not like the show before. It is just that…
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Yesterday, the Guardian headlined its UK Election reports with Ed Miliband’s rejection of a coalition with the SNP in the case of a hung parliament. That’s all very good, except for the small detail that the SNP aren’t seeking a coalition deal with Labour. Notably,…
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It's a ludicrous situation when houses are "earning" more than people. Warnings about the (largely Auckland based) property bubble are coming thick and fast now. This week the Reserve Bank waded in with some sensible advice: Reserve Bank calls on Govt to rethink housing tax…
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Daily review is also your post. This provides Standarnistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don't forget to be kind to each other.
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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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Capital gains tax is back under discussion, with the Governor of the Reserve Bank practically pleading with the government to do something about absurd property prices in Auckland (one, two). A capital gains tax is not the only measure that can be taken to help…
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National has this habit of announcing and then reannouncing new policies and capital projects. Why bask in the limelight once only when you can do so again and again? Paula Bennett is a master at this behaviour. Key has previous form for it too. In…
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News today: Wikileaks releases 'The Sony Archives' showing corporation's ties to White House Secret-spilling group WikiLeaks has taken the trove of documents stolen during last year’s colossal Sony Pictures Entertainment hack and made them searchable through a new database to show “the inner workings of…
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Yesterday the latest in the ongoing series of GCSB spying leaks emerged: Secret documents shine light on GCSB spying in Bangladesh Secret files reveal the GCSB spies both on and for the South-East Asian nation. Secret documents reveal New Zealand has shared intelligence collected through…
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WTF? From 3 News: Unite Union's office robbed, trashed The Unite Union's Auckland offices have been robbed and ransacked in a vicious attack that some are speculating could be politically motivated. The robbery happened on Wednesday night at the union's Kingsland offices. ... "All the…
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' One of the John Key's "tells" which indicate that he's in the shit is how the nature of his lying changes. Most of his lies tend to be various forms of random, one-off dribbles stemming from the cold pool of contempt he has for…
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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 …
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Daily review is also your post. This provides Standarnistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don't forget to be kind to each other.
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I was having a look at the browser statistics for the site, and thinking that Internet Explorer was dying really fast. You can see what I mean by looking at the stats from the past about what was used on the site. This is the…
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Reposted from Polity. Emma Hart at Public Address has a great post covering the Electoral Commission’s review of the 2014 election. In the Commission’s report, it expressed a concern about what is currently happening to hard-copy electoral rolls that are being purchased: If rolls and…
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Steven Joyce has today announced his latest appointments to TEI. These are important because after changes to the Education Act 1989 in 2009 the Minister controls the appointment of half of the appointees of Councils. The Council appoints the other half. Think about the possible…
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The government is doing a poor job at explaining our Iraq war policy, but never fear, we have the answers. By popular demand, promoted from comments yesterday, McFlock explains: So, to recap: John Key is sending soldiers (we can’t identify) into an area (roughly outlined)…
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Over at Pundit Andrew Geddis has a great piece - "Three signs that National knows Simon Bridges did wrong". Geddis on the third sign, Nat spinster David Farrar running the "beltway issue" deflection, is brilliant in all sorts of ways. Won't spoil it by quoting,…
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National has a long history of attacking and intimidating people who are expressing inconvenient opinions. It's a culture that brought us dirty politics, and one of its recent manifestations was the attempt to silence a roading advocacy group during the Northland by-election. Back in January,…
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A much discussed piece by Scoop's Alastair Thompson yesterday: An Investigative News Media Blood Bath |500 Words Last week was a bad week for NZ Media. And for much more than just the announced "review" of Campbell Live. One of NZ's best newspaper editors Tim…
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This is an experimental post to see how a second open mike type post would work. Daily review is also your post. This provides Standarnistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don't forget to…
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Putting aside the soap of a UK General Election where the Tories and Labour Parties still seem to be fighting the SNP on the basis of Independence Referendum issues (there might be a post in the pipeline on that), an interesting development is unfolding vis…