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On Nightline just now there was coverage of a meeting held by Nick Smith in St Heliers. Two interesting things: 1) there was an astounding level of anger, even vitriol, against him and the government over the ETS (from both sides of that argument), over…
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I haven't bothered looking too far for reaction to Paul Henry jerking off in public to attract attention to his personaility defect - inflated ego. Against the current had a post that captured my opinion the best - Meet Mr Stupid. This time the victim…
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As we predicted, the main recommendations of the Brash report have been rejected out of hand by John Key. They are, as intended, mere headline grabbers - outlandish, silly ideas like flat tax funded by slashing government spending by 20% (that's $17 billion). Forget relatively…
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I was interested to read in the Herald on Friday that Tip Top is under fire for cutting the size of its 2 litre ice-cream packs to 1.6 litres, without changing the price. Remind you of Cadbury, except without the palm oil? Well, maybe. A dairy…
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There is a very revealing article in this month's Metro magazine (not online) that takes a look at the strengths of the campaigns of the two declared candidates for the Auckland mayoralty. Interestingly the piece states that National and ACT are ready to dump John…
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Brash's taskforce releases its report today. Where's Key? CHOGM ended yesterday but he's not back until Wednesday. Catching Aussie by 2025 is meant to be his big vision. He can't get them to wait a couple of days or get back quicker? We know this…
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As the same old faces of the Right roll out the same old failed neoliberal ideas in new packaging, it's a useful time to rewatch Alister Barry's fantastic documentaries on what happened the last time round. In many cases even the faces haven't changed. Someone…
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Well the productivity task force is reporting back today and some of their ideas have been forward released. As we expected they are a grab-bag of unpalatable, short-sighted and frankly mad measures from the loony right including putting interest back on student loans, flat tax…
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Mark your calendar, and turn out next Saturday for the Planet A Concert and March (the concert to be webcast live): In Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch, you'll be able to march, dance, listen to speakers, sing, and jump on bouncy castles in support of a good outcome…
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