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Open mike 28/12/2015
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We will always have Paris
In the movie Casablanca, Rick says to his twice-lost love, "We'll always have Paris". Meaning, that romance was amazing, but it's just gone. The Parisian response of internationalist unity was a perfect riposte to terrorist attacks in that same City only a few weeks earlier. Statist optimism. Call it a little…
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Open mike 27/12/2015
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Guest Post: Employment and Unemployment
From open mike yesterday ... Employment and unemployment (both classical and structural) are two sides of the same coin; the one cannot exist without the other. This ‘coin’ [no pun] forms the central pillar of our culture as well as our society. Everything is centred…
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Open mike 26/12/2015
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Banksy on Christmas
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Open mike 25/12/2015
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On the twelfth day of Christmas AFFCO gave two of its workers …
On the twelfth day of Christmas Tallys gave two of its workers the sack. Here is the press release from the Meat Workers Union setting out what happened. Coming on top of a year of turbulence in AFFCO Talleys meat plants, two union delegates have…
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Open mike 24/12/2015
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Kim Dotcom to be extradited?
Judge Nevin Dawson has ruled that the extradition of Kim Dotcom and his coaccused can proceed. From the Herald: Judge Nevin Dawson said there was an "overwhelming" amount of evidence that all four defendants should be surrendered to the US. Batato's wife began crying as…
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Treachery and silly season political snippets
' With most New Zealanders concentrating on getting through the Christmas break, our politicians have largely abandoned the Beehive to enjoy the sort of holiday-leave most workers can only dream of. There's still a few MPs "on duty". Their function is to maintain the semblance…
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Open mike 23/12/2015
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Open mike 22/12/2015
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A letter of thanks from Nicky Hager
Worth sharing. This arrived in my mailbox yesterday, and I was just musing this morning about how effective this example of cooperative action on the left had been. As Nicky Hager effectively points out, by donating this money for the legal costs of challenging this unlawful…
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Ladies and Gentlemen this is your Prime Minister
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7cQ1O8xz7I "John Key joins Tom in his cage Go ahead Prime Minister, pick up the soap"
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Open mike 21/12/2015
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Rachel Stewart eviscerates John Key
Rachel Stewart is a tough uncompromising columnist for the Taranaki Daily News. Rachel is not someone to hold back. Her previous criticisms of the farming industry were met with death threats. Her recent critique of the post John Campbell media is a must read. And her…
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Open mike 20/12/2015
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Local Democracy
It's beginning to get on my nerves, this slow shrinkage of the scope and use of democracy in New Zealand. I'm not talking about the direct anti-democratic attacks like Southern District Health Board, or Environment Canterbury. I'm thinking solely about local government as we come…
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Summer break
Standardista authors are on summer break! There will be an Open Mike each day, but little or no other posting (unless an author feels particularly inspired). We'll pick up again gradually in January some time. But just in case you haven't had enough of politics…
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Open mike 19/12/2015
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Daily Review 18/12/2015
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What was National’s role in the police raid on Nicky Hager?
The repercussions of Justice Clifford's decision that the police raid of Nicky Hager's home was illegal are starting to be felt. The decision itself is a scathing condemnation of the police behaviour and you really have to wonder how the police got things so wrong.…
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Child poverty has been monitored – now what?
So now we know how child poverty was affected by the Global Financial Crisis. Our tory friends have taken their annual two-pronged approach, with distraction arguments about whether individual poverty measures measure poverty and the old stereotype that poor people are poor because they do…
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NZ and the emissions scams
Yesterday in The Herald: NZ achieved emissions reduction targets: Paula Bennett New Zealand has achieved its first round of emissions reduction targets and is on track to meet its 2020 target, Climate Change Minister Paula Bennett says. In the first commitment period in the Kyoto…
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Open mike 18/12/2015
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Daily Review 17/12/2015
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Police raid on Hager ruled illegal
Reprinted from Scoop. High Court finds police raid on Nicky Hager was illegal Thursday, 17 December 2015, 4:15 pm Press Release: Felix Geiringer Wellington High Court judge Justice Clifford issued his judgement today on the legality of the police search of Nicky Hager's home on…
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The ink wasn’t dry on COP21 when…
https://twitter.com/NZGreens/status/676903980539211783 https://twitter.com/NZGreens/status/676927691619237889 Here's the Green's press release...
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Key – too far even for his fans
While there is a certain amusement value in having a performing monkey for a PM, his participation in the great rape jape yesterday was too far even for his fans. Barry Soper: Has John Key gone a step too far? The trouble with John Key…
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