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Worrying news emerged this morning with a report that Jacinda Ardern is a close contact of an Omicron case on an Air New Zealand flight. The Governor General Dame Cindy Kiro was also on the flight which was from Kerikeri to Wellington and occurred after…
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I have always enjoyed music. During the 1980s and 1990s I would religiously buy one or two CDs a week. Technology slowly changed that. I can recall discovering Napster and the ease in which music could be transported across the globe. Clearly the CD as…
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Because I love accurate comparisons and because the media typically do a shit job of looking at political polls, I decided that a look backwards to a comparable poll in the last parliament. So One News - Colmar Poll from the start of the mid-term…
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The latest Colmar Brunton (now Kantar) poll has now been released and some of the commentary and analysis is pretty ordinary. Labour is down 1% from December to 40%. National is up 4% to 32%, it is amazing what not looking like a shambolic shit…
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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 Government’s Covid 19 response, mainly via Reserve Bank measures, has enabled a mind-boggling increase in inequality, according to influential financial commentator Bernard Hickey in his blog, The Kākā. Unquestionably, the government’s Covid response has saved multiple lives, but its refusal to simultaneously address inequality…
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The comments session of this site has seen a vigorous debate about issues concerning Covid. Some, including some authors, question the severity of the threat posed by Covid and believe that corporate interests are being advanced at the cost of what is good for society. …
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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 entity making the most money out of threatening the Ukraine is the Russian Federation government itself. Follow the money. The Russian Federation owns Gazprom, Gazprom is the leading supplier of gas to the whole of Europe. Europe has had the Russian threat to 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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I have been astounded and bemused by the sorts of allegations being made by social media against Jacinda Ardern. A quick trawl through different sites this morning found the following: Ardern is on electronically monitored bail and having an ankle bracelet. Apparently all of Parliament…
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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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Millionaires and billionaires worldwide are calling for governments to tax them more. From their website: To our fellow millionaires and billionaires, If you’re participating in the World Economic Forum’s ‘online Davos’ this January , you’re going to be joining an exclusive group of people looking for…
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