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OK, so there are limitless ways to mock the Nat's 'WW2 bombers flying to Chile' billboard (send us yours to add to these ones) but I want to quickly examine it seriously as a piece of political argument. First, the premises: a) our taxes are…
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An astute reader just sent us this - they spotted Ashcroft's jet parked at Lyall Bay on Saturday August 30 and managed to snap a quick pic. The photo below is from TV3's coverage. Looks like the same plane.
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The Drinking Liberally - Wellington email: By popular demand this Wednesday Drinking Liberally Wellington presents: Russel Norman - Co-leader of the Green Party. Russel is a relatively recent addition to parliament and many of you expressed an interest in hearing more about him and his…
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TV3 revealed last night that John Key has recently met with billionaire Tory donor Lord Michael Ashcroft. Lord Ashcroft clearly preferred that the meeting be kept secret and only a glimpse of him was caught as he departed Auckland airport in his private jet. Garner:…
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Over to you (click the image below for the high res version - 300K JPG): send us your versions and we'll post them under the fold. _______________________________________________________________ (Rodneygrub) (Rodneygrub) (David Slack) More billboards from Island Life
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Dave at Big News has a good post up on a vagaries of the polls. It expands on something that Idiot Savant noticed at No Right Turn in his post Priceless. I/S observed:- I don't normally poll blog, but this I can't resist: according to…
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John Key's attempt to ride on Obama's coattails has been rightly ridiculed in the New Zealand press, but the differences go much deeper than their respective speaking abilities or Key's charisma deficit. As this quote from Obama in a recent piece in The Nation shows,…
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As we've discussed earlier, it would be highly surprising if the investigations into NZF's finances find any serious illegality. At worst, a failure to declare donations might be found, an offence for which charges cannot be laid more than 6 months after an alleged offence. Now, TV3…
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As part of the Buy NZ Made programme that was part of the Government's abstention deal with the Greens, the Get NZ Made website has been launched. It works like a normal online shopping site and lists thousands of New Zealand-made products - everything from…
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Gordon Campbell spends some time examining Key's likeability factor: "That's why Key's gamble over Winston Peters is so interesting because it could help to unravel that image. If Peters can ultimately provide sufficient satisfactory evidence of where the money has gone, Key will have been…
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Perhaps I've overestimated the National Party's PR machine. I mean I've seen them run their C/T strategy pretty well and, as much as I hate to admit it, Ansell's billboards were pretty bloody good last time. But then I opened the PDF with their latest…
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"I'm a bit like (Barack) Obama," - Key Of course, National has been trying to link Key to Obama because Obama is probably going to win and Key hopes to piggy-back on that. But, as we've seen before, they really have nothing in common: Turns…
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'Let's hear it for New Zealand' exclaims the New York Times editorial. Why? Because New Zealand is leading a group of countries that opposes a Bush Administration plan to supply nuclear technology to India. Supply of nuclear technology to India is banned because it used…
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Because National has abandoned its wastewatch website, we keep track of the 'waste' National has promised to cut to pay for those magical, mysterious, cure-all tax cuts. Here's what they've said they will cut: 1) Embassy in Sweden - approx $3 million capital, $3 million…
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The TV channel in Lebanon that relays Fox News is called ADD. I...I just think it's funny.
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John Key tells us that National hasn't decided yet what it would spend its extra borrowing on, what projects would be PPPs, what roads would be tolled under National. How, then, to explain this from last week's Agenda? RAWDON Give me an example of a…