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There's a lengthy piece in today's "Independent" that claims to take inspiration from a two hundred year old travelogue "A Journey from St Petersburg to Moscow". It's the usual Russian propaganda. Photographs of grey skies, poor people, empty shelves and cold weather. And of course,…
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My morning coffee was spoilt by doing something that I immediately regretted. Reading Heather Du Plessis-Allan's latest article, or as it is known colloquially, click bait, was something I should have prepared myself for. It contains the sort of analysis that I would normally expect…
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https://twitter.com/_chloeswarbrick/status/974498105142910977 The Greens have an online submission form to make the process easy. From the Greens: ______________________________________________________________________ To the Health Select Committee, Please fix the Misuse of Drugs (Medicinal Cannabis), Amendment Bill to provide greater access to treatment using cannabis-based medicines. The current Bill fails to offer relief…
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And this week has a new winner. And not a National politician or someone with links to one of the major political parties but someone who has really been making a doofus of themselves lately. I was thinking of awarding it to Mike Hosking for…
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The possible poisoning of Sergei Skripal and the consequent hysteria have all the signs of another false flag operation, as we saw before the second American invasion of Iraq. The chain of circumstantial evidence has more holes in it than a swiss cheese, and while …
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Hamilton or Kirikiriroa? I don’t even know why this is a question. Well, I do, it’s a question because white people are stupid, but I mean there’s no question in my mind which name I prefer. Kneejerk reactions to this sort of suggested change are…
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National's refusal to acknowledge that it oversaw the creation of a massive housing crisis continues. Two weeks ago Simon Bridges admitted there was a housing crisis for some people, and that while National had done a lot to alleviate the situation this had not been…
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This government has not yet developed an economic strategy. Sure, they’re busy, but that’s not the same thing. Not one month ago there were massive shocks to our two largest local companies at the head of our two largest industries. The government through the Minister…
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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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Yesterday's herald featured this cartoon, which may have set me off on a rant elsewhere: https://twitter.com/rodemmerson/status/973612360622489601 One News also broadcast perfectly innocent footage from the party for some unfathomable reason, violating privacy of people completely unrelated to this incident. (fortunately, you can no longer find…
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It's been awesome to see feminist activists in New Zealand enable a new and fast liberation occur. It's worth reflecting on the success of #MeToo and all its new forms. Here's Fiona McNamara from the Sexual Abuse Prevention Network on TV1 news last night. Can…
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https://twitter.com/jamespeshaw/status/973710463409168384 https://twitter.com/jamespeshaw/status/973715711573897216 Details at mfat.govt.nz: _____________________________________________________________________ Submissions on New Zealand’s priorities in the international climate change negotiations New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade We’re seeking submissions on New Zealand’s priorities in the international climate change negotiations The Paris Agreement on climate change was agreed…
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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 his usual dignified way, Donald Trump announced that he was sacking Rex Tillerson, the American Secretary of State in a tweet. And so the round of musical chairs that marks the White House's descent into even more incompetence continues. It appears that the proximate…
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On the weekend my cousin, who is managing a large Auckland restaurant, asked me about an opportunity to invest directly in a large new cafe business by the same partners. My advice was: keep your Kiwisaver as your primary long term goal, but be brave…
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Standardista Macro writes: An excellent article on Tui Motu on food security in New Zealand. CHRIS FARRELLY reflects on the hope of the City Mission to realise the Maori proverb: Nā tō rourou, nā taku rourou, ka ora ai te iwi. With your food basket…
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From scoop.co.nz ___________________________________________________________________ Tuesday, 13 March 2018, 1:13 pm Press Release: Nicky Hager Defence Force admits SAS Afghan raid WAS in the same location as events in Hit and Run The New Zealand Defence Force has admitted that the photographs of an Afghan village shown in…
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Newsroom is reporting on the sexual assault of four teens at a Labour Party Summer School last month. Please read the article if you want to comment on that. It's likely that there are issues with how Labour have handled this, at the time and since. I…
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https://twitter.com/GreenpeaceNZ/status/973072255398719488 Newshub, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has banned all Government departments from using a firm of private investigators for spying. It follows a Newshub investigation that found state-owned insurers Southern Response got the investigators from Thompson and Clark to snoop on victims of the Christchurch…
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The take away line National wanted the media to take from yesterday's reshuffle announcement was that Crusher Collins was going to make a mess of the Government's housing policies and Phil Twyford was not going to be able to sleep at night. My first response…
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https://twitter.com/CrowdvBank/status/972600770473308161 It's Our Future spokesperson Oliver Hailes was interviewed by Wallace Chapman on Sunday (RNZ) yesterday. It's only five and half minutes, but Hailes is succinct and clear in pointing to the problems. It's not a shiney new deal, it's basically the same deal that…