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The first great era of globalisation from roughly 1840 through to 1914 took place inside a framework that we can now view as the last hurrah of empire. The logic of empire extends back to the invention of agriculture - a technology that fundamentally demands…
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There has been this escalating drum beat about the PM's regular press conferences. It started off last lockdown with National. They claimed that Jacinda Ardern was getting an unfair advantage because she was getting the opportunity to speak to us most days. If communicating effectively…
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So here we are, four days into the latest Covid induced lock down. So far my impression is that kiwis are doing what we do and complying with the instructions and getting on with things. There are some exceptions, rich people with holiday homes seem…
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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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Dr Michael Cullen has died, and with him goes a real standard-bearer for Labour for three decades. He died of lung cancer. I heartily recommend everyone read his autobiography Labour Saving which came out earlier this year. To me the cover title is accurate, because…
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Very sad news that Michael Cullen former Deputy Prime Minister has died. I have always thought that he was the best Prime Minister the country never had. He was a huge intellect and very, very funny. He also tended to say it the way he…
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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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COVID-19: Vaccine data This is the page that I read at least once a week. With a clean brevity it gives me almost all of the strategic summary information about the progress of the vaccinations in NZ. Even the title is clean and clear. It…
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It is perfectly understandable feeling a range of negative emotions such as fear and anger because we are again in Level 4 lockdown and I certainly do right now. Everybody deals with the situation and circumstances differently and it is ok to let off steam.…
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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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For anyone who hasn't caught up, we're back in lockdown again. For Auckland and Coromandel there are 7 days at level 4. For the rest of the country at level 4 for 3 days. Then a decision will be made on the basis of what…
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Yesterday the news that none of wanted to hear was broadcast. A community case of the delta variant was discovered. The poor person involved, a Devonport man in his 50s had done everything right. He was described as a compulsive scanner and had gone for…
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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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Yesterday morning I woke up bright and early and checked my email. One of the overnight emails was not good news. Richard Harman's Politik website announced the leaking of a new poll, one that had Labour on 38%, National on 31%, Act on 13% and…
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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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In this post I use the terms women and girls to mean biological females. I avoid the use of the word gender because it can mean biological sex, gender roles, gender identity, or some conflation of those, and almost no-one bothers to say which they…
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In autumn 2001 the invasion of Afghanistan began, and here we are 20 year later and the U.S. is all-out in just over three weeks by September 11th. President Biden is about to get a Jimmy Carter-scale shellacking with tv footage coming of Afghani Taleban…
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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 …