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We are about to have a proper gang control policy contest. It’s about time. The international press have been tracking our growth in gang crime since at least early 2020. It seems as if no matter the extra effort this government is putting in, the…
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This weekend National threw out a few hunks of red meat to some of its more rabid supporters. The recent series of drive by shootings have made it determined to do something. None of the proposals will actually achieve anything but that is beside the…
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With a life of anti-fascist and anti-war activism in my rear-view mirror, alarmingly I find myself at fifty staring at the green shoots of fascism in my headlights. This is not where I expected to be. As with many ‘progressives’, I tend toward optimism when…
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The Russian war of aggression against the Ukraine is now three months old. Prepare for a very long grind. Russian forces are now more successful having concentrated in much narrower areas. The idea of Ukraine pushing back Russia to original borders is now unthinkable. But…
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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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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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The world is a scary place. Good things, bad things, things happen all the time and it seems at a rapidly increasing rate. Life seems to want to confront us with big complex problems for which nobody seems to have solutions. No more than ever…
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This will test Christopher Luxon's climate change credentials. The He Waka Eke Noa report has been released and is recommending the introduction of farm-level split-gas levy on agricultural emissions with incentives to reduce emissions and sequester carbon. The anticipated savings are very small. It is…
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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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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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The civil war between the Killer Beez and the Tribesman have provided National with the chance of banging the law and order drum. And banging it they are. This morning Christopher Luxon was reported by Radio New Zealand as follows: A rivalry between the Tribesmen…
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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://twitter.com/James_BG/status/1532645745983119362 You can check the ppm of atmospheric CO2 for when you were born here (a measure of climate change). Sidebar for the current political news, 350ppm is a ballpark of safety. The beauty of this chart is that it cuts through the equivocating that…
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Reports from the UK suggest that Boris Johnson's reign as Prime Minister may be over because it appears sufficient conservative MPs have a sufficient sense of morality to be outraged about Boris's Covid lockdown busting ways. Stay tuned ... Update: Media is reporting he won…
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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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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 …