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We are entering into an interesting 24 hours. Jacinda Ardern is to announce tomorrow morning if the election is to be delayed. Should the country just get on and hold the election and decide who is going to make decisions for us in the next…
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It has been interesting and rather disheartening reading a number of idiotic articles in the NZ Herald in recent days calling for a change in the way that we handle outbreaks of covid-19 in NZ. Implicit in the articles was that the risks that covid-19…
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Change 1: Health Overrides Economy Recently, the German philosopher Markus Gabriel said “The pandemic has shown that we are capable of not always making economic considerations our first priority. We have done the right thing morally, and decided to prioritise health at almost any economic…
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He’s old, boring, uninspiring, and offends no-one: surely he’ll fail miserably as President? Joe Biden elected as President has a stronger chance than any Democrat President since LBJ of getting very strong domestic reforms done. Biden is positioned to be one of the most successful…
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Yesterday was a remarkable day. Deputy Leader of the National Party Gerry Brownlee posed a series of questions suggesting a wide based and interesting conspiracy theory involving the Government and the Ministry of Health and all of the Health Boards suppressing news of community spread…
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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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Yet another rogue poll, this time from UMR, has Labour on 52%, National 28%, Act 5.9%, Greens 5.4% and NZ First steady on 5.1%. That would give Labour 65 seats, the Greens 7, NZ First 6 and ACT 7, National 35. I stand by my…
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So the bad news that we were all hoping not to hear has occurred. There is a new case of community transmission discovered in Auckland. A test conducted on Monday was positive. The Government has acted quickly and imposed a level 3 lockdown on Auckland…
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Joe Biden has picked Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate. Significantly, she is both the first black or Asian woman to be offered the position. Harris was an early runner to be the Democratic Party's Presidential candidate, but dropped out. The California senator of…
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Just been reading the NZ Herald. "Covid 19 coronavirus: Auckland in lockdown, rest of country in level 2 - Four cases of community transmission". Four cases of community transmission from the same family - presumably without an obvious cause. Lock down for 3 days in…
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Stats NZ is asking for submissions on their proposed changes to the standards for collecting and using data about sex and gender (submissions close 5pm on Thurs). The proposed changes appear to be twofold in intention: to make this research and governance part of society…
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National truly is the party that keeps on giving. Every day there is a new scandal, a new event that casts doubt on National's ability to organise a piss up in a brewery, let alone run a country. Yesterday it was the the chance for…
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Reason 1: Prime Minister Ardern Jacinda Ardern. We have the best crisis manager in the world, and pretty much the entire country agrees Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has done and will continue to do an astounding job. No one else comes close. We need a…
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Ten reasons to vote against the proposal: 1. It's In Your Professional Interests You - and your employment - become unsafe for driving or for work under the influence of THC. The government tried to clean up this mess with a law enabling testing of…
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Originally posted on Nick Kelly's blog Just over three years ago, a few weeks before leaving New Zealand, my friend Rob and I were in Burger Fuel on Cuba Street the hipster trendy part of Wellington. Piko was renting an office space in the old Wellington…
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For a few days now Gerry Brownlee has been peddling dog whistle conspiracy theories that the Government is hiding bad news about Covid and we should all be really concerned. On August 5, 2020 the Spinoff commented on a press release that he had provided…
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One of the founders of the Transition Town movement, Rob Hopkins, talks about how Transition Towns have responded to the covid pandemic, and how this helps us prepare for the coming climate crises. Central to the Transition movement from the outset has been the idea…
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