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So there we have it. Launching missile strikes on three pieces of infrastructure is an act of humanitarianism. The US is ready to do it again if anyone says “Boo!” to a monkey. The UN Security Council has endorsed itself being by-passed by countries (or…
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I was no great fan of Obama. But at least when it came to foreign interventions he didn’t cower before the hawks. Notwithstanding his illegal drone programme that targeted US civilians abroad in a series of extrajudicial killings, when it came to Iran, he sought…
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The two greatest powers at work in the world right now are the roles of global finance, and climate change. In New Zealand we don’t yet see how these intersecting worlds of finance and climate change are interacting, or the government’s role in forming that…
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Climate change has been the issue of the week. Watching the debate is interesting. No longer is it a contest between those who believe climate change is happening and those who think it is a figment of our imagination. The deniers have changed tack. Now…
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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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Speaking for myself...when I try to think of Antarctica, then besides all those beautiful images I’ve seen, and besides having no real idea what minus a hell of a lot feels like, all I have is words like “vast” - or “forever”. And that’s about…
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Remember how early on during his reign as National leader John Key talked about the underclass and how they were a blight on New Zealand society? He gave a speech in 2007 where he said this: However, things are different now than they were 30…
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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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Taika Waititi believes that New Zealand is as “racist as fuck” and after listening to Duncan Garner and Mark Richardson on the subject, I am inclined to believe that there are at least some New Zealanders who are as “racist as fuck”. A look at…
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Climate change is our biggest challenge. If we do not get on top of the issue soon then we are facing catastrophic damage to our environment. Yesterday's Auckland storm is but a portent of what will happen. To address it we have to deal with…
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So there may or may not have been chemicals deployed against civilians in Douma. And if there was, it may have been done by Tom, Dick, Joe or Harry. Each of us is informed by our own logic, reasoning and sources of information on that…
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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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It’s really easy to get cranky right now and believe the world is retreating into to a sad Cold War binary in which Russia and its allies are always in high tension with the United States and its allies. A new Cold War. Well there’s…
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https://youtu.be/cU2lzpi78Qk?t=9 Here is video of new Green Party co leader Marama Davidson asking Jacinda Ardern This is why the Greens should retain their Parliamentary questions. So that how bad the current situation is can be told to New Zealand. The Hansard report for the day…
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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 election of a genuinely left-wing populist leader, let alone one who's an indigenous woman of colour, has predictably led to right-wing journalists exploding into hot takes with the heat of a newly-born supernova. There have been some more reasonable takes too from more independent…
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Steven Joyce's $11.7 billion fiscal hole is becoming more and more of a reality although it is in hidden infrastructure costs that National had suppressed in search of the elusive surplus. Imagine tolerating shit leaking into the walls of a major hospital just so that…
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The good news is that our Immigration Minister has put the "pilot data modelling programme" on hold, with assurances that race and nationality were never used. I sincerely hope so, because there are huge issues if it does get used. From Gordon Campbell: Apparently….age, gender,…
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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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Like an obnoxious uncle who has drunk too much at Christmas Mike Hosking continues to loudly broadcast his reckons on all the things that are terrible with this country and with this Government. Like how they and Auckland Council want to stop him driving his…
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I don't know about you, but I've really enjoyed the coverage of the Commonwealth Games this week. With TVNZ providing coverage over 3 channels, there's an ability to watch a range of sports and to keep an eye on various things by switching between channels. …
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It is often said that people (voters) have short attention spans – imagine a class of school kids. Get the message across, plain and simple – teachers follow tested guidelines for effective pedagogy and, of course: repeat, repeat, repeat. Unfortunately, nothing in politics is plain…
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