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The 1 News Colmar Brunton poll tonight confirms the worst kept secret in Wellington; National are tanking under Bridges and Bennett. There's an eight point gap between the government and the inspiration free zone that is the opposition. The poll covers the last few weeks,…
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There is a heatwave hitting the northern hemisphere. It’s not so much heatwaves affecting some parts of the northern hemisphere, as it is a hemispheric heatwave. You won't really get that from media reports from the likes of the BBC and others, that tend to…
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There is this interesting article written by Stacy Bannerman in the Common Dreams website. The writer points out the huge amount of green house gas emissions are caused by military activity, and in particular American military activity. And the major beneficial effect that could happen…
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I'm about to provide a entertainment review. This isn't something I'm known for doing. But before I start to explain how good the entertainment was last night, I really have to explain the circumstances and my mood last night to provide the required sense of…
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In 1962, John F Kennedy said “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.” That’s on my mind when I see three things this week. The Zimbabwean election, the declaration by the South African President of legalising forced farm possession by the…
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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 I put up a post about the BBC claiming copyright infringement to have pro Scottish Independence YouTube channels taken down. They've rowed back in a hurry and are in damage control after getting a right good skelping from across a range of media outlets…
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If you felt like being challenged but can’t quite imagine opening your leftie Facebook after going to Laura Southern, you could always open your minds for another for-profit event, with Dr Cornell West and Douglas Murray. Mediated by Mihingarangi Forbes, and then hopefully a decent…
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A night of protests against the visit of Canadian racists Lauren Southern and Stefan Molyneux begins at 5.30 tonight in Aotea Square, Auckland. The hate speech tour, promoted by old white men Don Brash and Chris Trotter, rolls into NZ after violent demonstrations in Australia.…
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We’ve seen a fair few construction companies go under or get close to it recently. It’s the right thing to happen. It’s going to happen often. And it’s the right time to happen. Construction here, as elsewhere, is a totally cutthroat business. It’s all about…
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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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There's this thing called "fair use" when using copyrighted materials without permission. So, for example, if a video clip is used, and the intent is review, report or criticise current events, then (according to guidelines issued for the UK by the UK government), there is…
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Lauren Southern and Stefan Molyneux are coming back to New Zealand to give a talk. Such will be their commitment to free speech that entry to their event will be heavily regulated. At the event those wanting to exercise their rights to free speech in…
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In 2010 the ACT Party with the help of National managed to pass a piece of legislation that damaged student democracy, and blatantly ignored public opinion. Voluntary Student Membership or VSM sounds like a horrendous STI, and its impact has been to screw student democracy.…
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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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From the you have to be freaking kidding file. Simon Bridges office just sent out this tweet: https://twitter.com/simonjbridges/status/1024442638731112448 The actual background does not seem to be that dire. From Statistics NZ: The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to 4.5 percent in the June 2018 quarter,…
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A wee word on Serco. They operate in NZ and have this on their vacancies page (Justice and Immigration) At Serco, you’ll be part of a team of more than 50,000 people delivering essential services on behalf of governments and organisations around the world. We…
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