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To have any chance of avoiding very dangerous levels of global warming and the climate change that rides shot gun on the warming, the world must be burning absolutely no fossil fuels by, at the latest, 2050. In a world that cannot burn fossil fuels, there…
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(Graphic from Lamia) We are well into this National Government's third term and the weaknesses are now very clear. John Key's reputation as a formidable wheeler dealer deal maker is clearly mythological rather than real. And a series of deals have been completed based entirely on…
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This week something notable and overdue occurred in the Courts of New Zealand. The first all women Court of Appeal bench presided over a case. Amy Adams posted the following tweet to celebrate this event. https://twitter.com/amyadamsMP/status/629466565738500096 But I am not sure that Finlayson deserves the praise Adams…
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Unitec is resturcturing. Again. This is the third restructure in 15 years. Ok, they are not farmers. But of 1100 staff between 250 and 300 of them are losing jobs. That is a lot. This government is shrinking funding and directing tertiaries that if they…
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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 Standardistas 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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That was two weeks ago. Then today this happened. https://twitter.com/Fonterra/status/629493691456069632
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A while back, and on a few occasions, I’ve opined that NZ Labour ought to essentially cut and paste the policies and announcements of the SNP - who have themselves occupied ground abandoned by Labour. Some people seemed to think the suggestion was too simplistic…
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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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National must be hurting over this issue. Yesterday morning we had contributions from two of this Government's strongest leaders saying there is no issue here and we should just move on. John Armstrong says that National has outmanoeuvred the opposition parties by saying it was…
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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 Standardistas 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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Hannah McGill has written a lengthy, thought provoking piece on the 70th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the US. 'Seventy Years on from Hiroshima Devastation' appeared in Saturday's edition of The Scotsman. Two short excerpts are reproduced here. “Even if the…
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From the you have to be joking file, John Key thinks that the new flag will make us rich. As reported on stuff: People say it will cost $26 million, it will cost less than that," he said. He argued that the flag would make…
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Next Monday 1,000 workers at Talley's owned AFFCO will take strike action. After 18 months of trying to drive down their terms and conditions, Talley's are the first company to take advantage of the government's new employment laws to walk away from bargaining. This is…
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I'd hate to count the number of times that political pundits have said that New Zealand First is dead for one reason or another. I'd really hate to have to find and read John Armstrong's stash of them. He has been consistently wrong about the…
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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 Standardistas 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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Reposted from No Right Turn. The latest Household Labour Force Survey was released today, showing that despite Treasury projections of a fall, unemployment had risen for the second quarter in a row. There are now 148,000 people unemployed, 43,000 more than when National took office.…
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Far too late in his presidency Obama is taking important action on climate change: Obama unveils sweeping cuts to power plant emissions: 'We have to get going' ‘We are the last generation that can do something’ about climate change says president in announcing requirement of…
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Last week (ex) President Jimmy Carter created a bit of a stir with this pretty frank assessment of the state of US politics: It [money in politics] violates the essence of what made America a great country in its political system. Now it’s just an…
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There are a few tell tale signs showing when National is in trouble. For instance dumping a huge amount of paper at the one time during a week when Parliament is not sitting and the responsible Minister is overseas apparently without access to a land line…
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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 Standardistas 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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The Talleyban, eh? No, I'm not off to Afghanistan, but I have been thinking about another brutal organisation firmly opposed to the kiwi way of life. I'm boycotting Talley's products until they negotiate a collective employment agreement with their AFFCO meat plant workers. If they're…
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With Solid Energy facing liquidation no doubt there will be analysis about why this is happening and who is to blame. I believe that blame is clear and it should be applied to the incompetence of this Government. This is what I wrote in October…
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From RNZ last night: Private prosecution win over forestry worker's death The Council of Trade Unions (CTU) has won a private prosecution against a Tokoroa forestry company over the death of a worker, after the government safety regulator declined to prosecute. In 2013, loader driver…
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My name is Enzo Giordani, I am a dyed in the wool Labour voter, supporter and activist, and despite my party’s line on this I am advocating to change the New Zealand flag. Why would I commit such a heinous act? Well, it’s quite simple…