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Rupert Murdoch and his family have had a very bad week. They settled the claim by payment of $787.5 million to Dominion Voting Systems which, given Dominion is worth maybe as much as $226 million is a pretty hefty pay out. Dominions owners and lawyers…
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I’ve been talking with other feminists lately about the patriarchy and how, in order to dismantle it, we have to know what it is: its structure, purpose and intent. Part of this means acknowledging that the gains women are making have made under patriarchy’s current form, neoliberal…
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Right wing twitter thought it was onto something big yesterday after there were revelations that Human Rights Commissioner Meng Foon had donated funds and cheap premises to Kiri Allan's election campaign in 2020. Their belief that Foon was politically biased now had solid evidence in…
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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 Statistics New Zealand dealt a rather large blow to National's election chances when it announced that the latest rate of inflation was 6.7%, a significant drop below the previous rate. You could hear the fear in Nicola Willis's voice on Radio New Zealand this…
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So National has yet another candidate problem. His name is Stephen Jack and he clearly has difficulties in negotiating reality. He was selected as National's Taieri candidate yet clearly thought that he he had a chance of being an MP and lamented the fact that…
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In case we just missed it, New Zealand really has picked a side. Prime Minister Hipkins will in May head to London for the coronation of King Charles III, and then it’s on to the NATO summit in Lithuania together with Australia, Japan and South…
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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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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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So, some people do and say silly stuff and sometimes even stupid stuff that perhaps they should not have, in hindsight. With “some people” I mean that we all have done this and are likely to do it again. I have and I will, although…
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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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Musing after the recent IMF/World Bank meetings, Former White house economist and US Treasury secretary Larry Summers said “it’s looking a bit lonely on the right side of history..as others are increasingly banding together in a whole range of structures.” Summers has form, too much…
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21–24 April 2023 100,000 people at the Houses of Parliament. Impossible to ignore. Extinction Rebellion UK, the original XR, are back. Starting in 2019, their phenomenally successful first few years of direct action on the streets of London led to a global movement, a huge…
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