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Mawkish sentiment running up to Christmas perhaps, but imagine Luxon or Willis speaking hours after the Christchurch massacre. Some may recall the Jacinda Ardern of the speech right after the Christchurch Massacre. Tone perfect. Some may also recall how she took New Zealand diplomacy to…
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Australia is showing New Zealand how to resist the authoritarian Xi Jinping’s pressure and stay prosperous at the same time. You may recall that China imposed a series of targeted punitive trade measures against Australia in 2020. There were a series of escalating disputes between…
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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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This week's big news is that Jacinda used unparliamentary language to describe David Seymour. She had just been subject to a series of soundbite questions covering all sorts of topics. The initial question "[d]oes she stand by all her Government's statements and policies?" meant that…
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This post by Richard Heinberg first appeared on November 21, 2022 at the Post Carbon Institute. ______________________________________________________ This essay is dedicated to the memory of Herman Daly, the father of ecological economics, who began writing about the absurdity of perpetual economic growth in the 1970s; Herman died on…
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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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Kim Hill slays tobacco company PR guy in this 7 minute interview, and doesn’t even break a sweat. She’s quite unfair, but rightly so. The question she didn’t ask is “why do you care?”. TCPRG says the new government Bill will cause many smokers to…
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I have a confession to make. I grew up in South Auckland. Aupito William Sio's statement that South Auckland was the home of the young and beautiful and gifted has always struck a chord with me. My family's home property had a garage on it. …
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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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Vladimir Zelensky’s message to the New Zealand Parliament will be delivered in the last week before Christmas, in the bury-it time-slot. That seems appropriate, for much has changed since the heady days when our Parliament went straight for sanctions on Russia without discussion. The sanctions…
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New Zealand politics is at an interesting stage. National is no longer tearing itself into pieces, at least publicly. It is currently maintaining discipline and its modus operandi is clear: Present a small target by having no policies whatsoever. The one policy that it had…
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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 …