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Reprinted with permission from Invisiphilia's blog Rabblerave In 2006 Ben Elton wrote a novel called Chart Throb. It was a hilarious send-up of the all too familiar reality TV show series format in which little-known yet potentially talented individuals get to make their big debut. Sadly I only…
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Details about the behaviour of the Malaysian Diplomat who fled the country earlier this year after being charged with attempted sexual violation and after invoking diplomatic immunity are now being revealed in Court. And they are somewhat bizarre to put it mildly. The Herald in this article…
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Hilary Benn and Maria Eagle have invoked "Labour's proud internationalism" to support their votes for bombing ISIL in Syria to keep Britain safe! As Michael Chessum points out in the LRB, this view of Labour's internationalism is statist rather than socialist. We can be proud…
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On Friday, Pete George of the Your NZ blog said this. Tonight I was served with a court order notice instructing me to “take down or disable material from the blog Your NZ that mentions or identified [person’s name] or [company name], or any of…
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Pepe Escobar is a writer with a sharp perspective of Eurasian affairs that you won't often read in the mainstream media. In a piece entitled "How Russia is Smashing the Turkish Game in Syria" he makes it very clear why the shoot down of Russia's…
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' While the world's eyes are focused on COP21 in Paris, the laws and regulations which will actually be put in place to ameliorate climate change are being simultaneously discussed in secret at the TiSA negotiations in Geneva. The Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) is an…
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Good piece by Helen Clark on Huff Post: A Zero-Carbon Future Soon I will be making my way to the Paris Climate Conference where it is hoped that a new global climate change agreement will be concluded. The Paris Agreement has the potential to put…
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Insecure, insufficient and adulterated food supplies are set to become one of the major problems of the 21st century, causing societal upheaval and discontent. In Egypt and Syria, they were central elements which helped to foment revolution. In Tahrir Square, masses of anti-government protesters chanted,…
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Good on ya Andrew Little: Andrew Little takes on skydive for kea conservation launch ... Mr Little will do a tandem skydive from 19,000 feet above the Franz Josef Glacier to help launch a new kea conservation programme promoted by Skydive Franz and the Kea…
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UK Labour MP Hilary Benn has given a powerful, compelling speech in favour of air strikes in Syria. He put the case far better than the hopeless Tory leader David Cameron, who had early alienated potential support from Labour MP's with a stupid sound bite…
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As if flying heavily pregnant sheep to a farm situated in the middle of a Saudi desert and paying $4 million dollars to settle a legal dispute that did not exist was not enough. Now the Government is gifting a $2.6 million kit set abattoir…
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' Protege of the Simon Lusk School Of Politics, National Ltd™'s Sam Lotu-Iiga, was back in the House this week. Explaining. Again. As Corrections Minister, Lotu-Iiga was facing questions about SERCO dropping from first to last place on the most recent Prison Performance Table. Was SERCO's first place position…
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Gareth Morgan is an interesting commentator, a businessman that gets climate change. He's written two good posts on his blog in the last few days. Probably best to take them in order, starting with: Six Ways the Government has exaggerated the cost of meeting climate…
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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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I don't have great hopes for the climate talks in Paris, where the world's rich countries (like NZ) are still disgracing themselves. I have no hope at all for NZ under National, which is still stuck in a stupid fossil fuel mentality. I do have…
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Deputy Mayor Justin Lester is running on a Labour ticket in next year's local body elections. Stuff reports: Wellington's mayoral team may be side-by-side for now, but they'll come head to-head in next year's local body elections. Deputy mayor Justin Lester has broken his poker…
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The Salvation Army recently reported on the fifth of New Zealand who will be forced to be without their own home by the forces of unrestrained real estate capitalism. In 2030, over 200,000 New Zealanders over 65 will not own their own home. Does anyone still…
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' National Ltd™'s Todd McClay was up to his usual tricks in Parliament this week. McClay's speciality is helping mop up National Ltd™ messes. He's had a lot of practise. His deeds this year range from denying a minor MP was caught out in a bald-face lie through to…
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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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In a world awash with people transiting from one country to another, it’s rare to meet someone who has moved involuntarily, under the threat of being shipped from his urban incarceration to a far worse prison island thousands of miles away. We are sadly familiar…
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Good reviews for Little's reshuffle of the Labour lineup. The perspicacious Vernon Small: Andrew Little's canny reshuffle rewards effort, softens blow for losers Labour leader Andrew Little has unveiled a canny reshuffle, rewarding energy and talent in roughly equal measures. He has also avoided any…
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' Some time today, New Zealand's Prime Minister, John Key, will be wandering around the hallways of his Paris hotel in his underpants. Or maybe his swimming togs. Its tough to get leadership "face time" at international events and John's dress-code is part of his unique way of…
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Two months ago National cut the funding for Agresearch's work on greenhouse gas production in the Agricultural centre. At the time Radio New Zealand reported: AgResearch staff are being forced to abandon burgeoning careers and years of important work is being cast aside, a scientist…
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Yesterday, this happened: Heather du Plessis-Allan says police home search "unsettling" Journalist Heather du Plessis-Allan has said the police search of her Wellington home was "unsettling" but says she will stand by the story she delivered. On Tuesday morning police officers searched through her drawers…