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Last night I attended the campaign launch for supporters of Efeso Collins. He has a talented campaign group behind him. Campaign manager is Max Harris. He is a phenomenal intellect and well known for his writing on left wing issues. Campaign manager is a new…
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Who remembers former Labour MP Matua Shane Jones? He was the Labour MP and Cabinet Minister who was heavy on rhetorical flourishes but light on work. His most famous achievement was to be outed as having purchased porn on his Ministerial credit card. He showed…
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RNZ, Kathleen Stock was a professor of philosophy at the University of Sussex for 18 years, but quit her post last year amid angry protests over her views on gender and transgender rights. In her book Material Girls: Why Reality Matters for Feminism, Stock writes…
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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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What can one say. JuiceMedia have done their high quality opinionated but fact based satire Honest Government Ad describing the lowlights of the current Aussie shitshow. If you haven't seen it yet, then be my guest. Feel free to link to previous great political satire.
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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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https://vimeo.com/708480401 Do yourself a favour and spend six minutes watching this speech from Kelvin Davis. Some highlights: The Opposition says that they believe in equality, that Māori should be treated the same as all other New Zealanders. And do you know what? There isn't a…
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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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Act has publicly released its proposal to decimate the state should it have a say in the next Government. Its Real Change Alternative Budget may be wet dream inducing for Ayn Rand acolytes but for the rest of us the proposals should instill a deep…
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The early voting polls have opened in Australia, so the election there is nigh. Reading on the election there has been interesting. Two things stand out for me. The weirdness of having marginal seats to a political geek from NZ. The burgeoning dissatisfaction and probable…
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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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It is no mere hypothetical to inquire whether States, as soon as the reversal of Roe v Wade is confirmed, start to aggressively go after kinds of contraception. The state of Louisiana is considering making the criminalised charge of abortion applicable to when life starts, and…
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Climate Minister James Shaw gave a 20 minute speech yesterday announcing the upcoming Emissions Reduction Plan, In the months since I delivered that last speech, and whilst we’ve been developing the content of the Plan, we have seen first-hand the impact that the climate crisis…
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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 commercial parts of Russia’s state will do very well with plenty of customers remaining for its oil and gas. It’s $3-$4 a litre 91 everyone. Everything else in Russia is ruined. We are seeing, slowly but perfectly surely, the United States and the European…
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I have followed Paula Bennett’s political career with some interest. Her attempts to become a Westie I thought were ridiculous but in John Key’s National his caucus had to look like all of us so the effort, misguided as it was, was worth it. Since…
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