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The guy who touted himself as the one who "get things done" (and god knows what else) - where is he? As the likely Democratic challenger for the position of US President, it might have been expected that Joe Biden would be gearing up and…
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Like most of us I'm pretty stressed, and struggling to keep up with the rapidly evolving situation. I'm going to ask here that we be extra kind to each other, or at least respectful. RNZ's livestream https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2eu2Z0R94M (Ardern's announcement at midday, commentary via RNZ, a…
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My impression at the time of the September 11th 2001 attacks was that the surface of the world had been forced to open up in a long weighty fissure, but was ready to close shut really hard. The revolutionary drive from that was the more…
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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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Five days ago, Mike Hosking (now known as Mike the Moron) was in full display with his levels of basic ignorance and blatant stupidity. Of course there are the characteristics of a radio jerkoff. But even so, his self-interested rant then that included such waffle…
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With coronavirus numbers in Italy going through the roof and some US unions expecting up to 90% of their members to lose their jobs, while JP Morgan's forecasting a 14% retraction in the US economy in the next quarter... Unlike the GFC of 2008, NZ…
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Unite's Joe Carolan on the Covid-19 pandemic. "It's time to freeze rent, mortgage repayments, electricity and all other bills at this time of crisis. No disconnections or evictions." https://www.facebook.com/solidarityjoe/videos/10156830784487601/
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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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https://twitter.com/norightturnnz/status/1240114747019755522 From the Herald article, An Auckland woman in self-isolation has been left empty-handed after her online grocery order was cancelled without any warning. The woman said her order at New World Stonefields comprised mostly of baby items and she was now working out how…
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Poor Simon! An obscure National Party list MP has accidentally confirmed that there are now rumours regarding a leadership spill. Brett Hudson is the MP in question. No, I'd never heard of him either. Hudson has put it out there that there are people suggesting…
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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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Tom Perez is the chair of the DNC. And Tom Perez pushed for Democratic Party Primary elections to commence in Florida, Illinois and Arizona. Ohio postponed theirs on health and safety grounds in the midst of the US being in partial lock-down. Look. I've got…
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Twelve years ago I recall the moment that I thought the fifth Labour Government's chicken was cooked. It was when Key managed to front a change to the anti smacking bill. The bill was in a difficult situation. On one side was Sue Bradford with…
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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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Yes. The Minister of Finance says that we are facing the worst of any of the scenarios that they had been preparing for. In response the government’s rescue package is bigger than anything I have ever seen. Here are the headlines of it. From the…
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The coalition Government is going to commit to a 12 billion dollar support package. The details will come through from 2pm and will be live streamed at TVNZ here. Radio NZ's coverage is here. https://youtu.be/fYU4SnYDwo0 Update: The first details are through, via Radio NZ. Beneficiaries…
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Way back in 2007, after 8-9 years of mostly developing a product from home and supervising programmers remotely, I went off to work at a workplace. Frankly I was getting bored with the network layer, working with remote customers and on remote servers. So I…
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Clearly it is a time to put ideology aside. The right, elements of which have thought the best thing to do to the state is weaken it that badly that they could then drown it in a bathtub, are rethinking and now realise that a…
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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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New Zealand now has its seventh case of covid (Queenstown). The government is set to announce an economic package in response to corona virus on Tuesday. Labour released this video yesterday: Transcript: Wash your hands If you don't need to travel overseas, then don't. Enjoy…
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The right, typically, think that the best response, after making an absolute pig's ear of the situation, is to try and buy a vaccine. Not for everyone's benefit, only for your own people, presumably excluding illegals. Yes this actually happened. https://twitter.com/amanbatheja/status/1239177184536862721 Trump's handling of the…
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