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10. I got lost on my way to Afghanistaniania. 9. It's much more fun than running the country. 8. Textes from Kevin Taylor told me to. 7. I've got some National Park lignite to sell. 6. I'm on safari, hunting the elusive scuttlebug. 5. My…
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Just noticed the interview with Garrett in the Sunday-Star Times: "Garrett, who "wore overalls and not a suit" while working as a roughneck on oil rigs as a young man, makes no apologies for being a politician that calls a spade "a bloody shovel"." A…
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Anti-violence campaigners are urging Auckland parents to be especially vigilant in the wake of news that "Vote No" campaigner Larry Baldock is planning a referrendum victory party at a secret Auckland hotel. Local supermarkets have reported selling out of wooden spoons, extension cords and lengths…
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Something about the title of this press release from Peter Dunne yesterday just made me laugh: Call for leadership, vision from pharmacy workshop And, inevitably, it led to this:
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Following the success of TV3's 'Big Night In' Telethon which raised over $2 million for KidsCan, I was thinking there are others that could benefit from some charity. You know, the recession is biting and even people who have been used to living well are…
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John explains how what he said was taken out of context, and he outlines his views on climate change.
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John Key has recently acted like a jerk to a young mother worried about what climate change is going to mean for her future and that of her child. Essentially he said that she should stick to what she knew. Bearing in mind the complete…
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An old favourite.
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We've been puzzling over how Bludger Bill can be spending all the $920 a week he is rorting for living in his family home in Wellington on an allowance meant for out of town ministers. I mean, $920 is a crap load of money. If…
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Just when we thought he couldn't top the comic value of the cycleway...
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I take it all back. Key really is a genius! I didn't think he could do it, but I underestimated him. Under his leadership, the country has closed the gap with Australia. By 30 centimetres. "Massive New Zealand quake moves country West" -- r0b
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Courtsey of Chairman Meow. Obey the Kitteh!
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Crusher Collins to launch McPrisons(TM) Clearly envious of the regular stream of complimentary Happy Meals arriving at Paula Bennett's Parliamentary office (Paula tells us she has already managed to collect seven out of the eight of the new Ice Age figurines), Crusher Collins has attempted…
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Today Key is giving a major speech on the economy. He told Oliver Driver on Sunrise yesterday that it would be "pretty high level", and he wasn't joking. The Sir Peter Blake Awesome Stratosphere Rollercoaster will rise from Queen's Wharf, circle the Sky tower, rise…
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Sometimes writing is hard. Especially when one is hungover for the third morning in a row. Thank God for Youtube. This one goes out to all our readers who are, or will be, addled by swine flu. Honestly, if you aren't watching The Daily Refrain,…
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www.should-a.com, a website "created for the express purpose of openly mocking the citizen's initiated referendum aimed at The Crimes (Substituted Section 59) Amendment Act 2007, popularly known as the Anti-smacking Amendment". Awesome.
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I reckon Red Alert, the Labour MPs' blog, has been a huge success. It's great to see MPs unscripted and it's good for them to get the instant public reaction in the comments. It's also a bit of a political risk. When you're allowing instant,…
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This post by Scott Yorke over at Imperator Fish amused me. It is such an apt description of the differences between the two major political partisan blogs in New Zealand. I like to visit The Standard now and then. There's an occasional gem to be found…
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This goes out to all the dispossessed emos of Manners Mall, the forgotten victims of Wellington City Council's new bus lane: [Hat tip: the wellingtonista.]
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[Hat tip: onegoodmove]
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Apparently, Minister for Unemployment Paula Bennett doesn't like reading too much, She prefers to have things explained to her with whiteboards, charts, and graphs. Now, we've received one of those graphs with Bennett's notes added. Seems she's as relaxed about soaring unemployment as Key:
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This is a classic. Media are reporting that National MP Nick Smith has had an assault complaint lodged against him by a Nelson man. Right on cue, Farrar puts up a quick post to downplay the whole thing. His choice of headline? "Sounds like a…
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So. There's this dude who writes a song a day (weekdays only) and puts it on Youtube. Calls it The Daily Refrain. He's been going three weeks now. Mostly pretty funny and well written. Great little project. Seems like he's a Kiwi. He's put up…
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Another bad week is about to end for John Key with a mammoth defeat of his handpicked Mt Albert candidate. What's that now, four disaster weeks in a row? And another one to come next week when the House resumes and he has to face…
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Whale Oil has a page of 'trophies'. Little pictures of people he thinks he has dragged through the mud and embarrassed. Even made himself a little 'harpooned' image. Running this 'ludicrous' (as John Armstrong called it) honey-trap line. Getting Farrar to run it too. Only…
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The Irascible Curmudgeon writes some really good posts. So without apology we republish this little gem on spin and the art of re-writing history. John Key follows the same style - as evidenced by his shifty stories on when he knew about complaints against Richard…
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From Lee's presser yesterday: "I am the only candidate that Mt Albert voters can vote for that will be inside John Key's Government.' Melissa, you're not a minister. Only ministers are members of government.
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I was listening to Parliament on the wireless this afternoon. First. Question Time. Bennett was asked how many jobs the Jobs Summit has saved. Proudly, she announced '223'. But wait! A few minutes later she corrected that to, wait for it, 303! After all that 223…