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Two ministers went head to head calling each other racists last night but it looked more like two old hobos fighting over a tin of beans. Pathetic. Even Rodney Hide has come out against Brash's racism, but our Prime Minister doesn't give a damn. John…
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In today's DomPost Andrea Vance has a tell-some-of-it op-ed piece about her days working in the Scottish edition of the News of the World. In it she says "it was The Guardian that has, rather sanctimoniously, pursued the News of the World." I've been following…
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Labour has been chipping away at National's case for asset sales for months. The hole in the budget has been exposed, the 'mum and dad investors' myth has been quashed, the efficiency argument has been broken. Now, Bill English has been caught out lying to…
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There were two ways that the Mana vs Maori Party confrontation could have gone. Some form of cooperation could have seen them holding or increasing their seats, and thus Maori representation in parliament. Alternatively all out competition between the two will see them diminished or…
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Wayne 'Tipple' Mapp went to Crete recently with veterans to commemorate our heroic defeat there in World War 2. Naturally, the old fellas who risked their lives and lost their mates 60 years ago got pride of place, like their Australian counterparts, eh? Nope. Mapp…
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Paediatrician Professor Innes Asher has written an open letter to the Welfare Working Group lauding their aims, but warning that their recommendations will harm children. Child Poverty Action Group and Every Child Counts have endorsed the letter, bringing with them a considerable number of academics…
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We keep getting told that Government is the problem and that the Private Sector is the answer. This Reserve Bank data indicates that up until 2008 Government Debt as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (red) consistently tracked downwards. At the same time Corporate debt (blue), which includes the overseas…
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ACT adman John Ansell has resigned in the fallout from the race-baiting ad he designed for ACT, which Brash proudly endorsed. The Maori Party has effectively ruled out working with ACT. Isn't it time for John Key to do the same? He cannot avoid responsibility.…
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The Tax Working Group said in its report: There is a major hole in the tax base for the taxation of capital, which is manifest, for example, in high investment and low taxable returns in the property market. (p. 21) and: New Zealand’s high personal…
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Murdoch-watchers have long known there's something rotten in the Newscorp media empire. The extent and reach of the phone hacking scandal in Britain has finally seen the biter bit by its own corruption. Murdoch sought power over governments around the world to entrench his extreme…
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The genius of Labour's (not yet official) capital gains tax is not just the policy itself but the way it has picked the public mood. Support has been near-universal. The Left loves the fairness aspect - workers won't be subsidising landlords anymore. The Right loves the…
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Paul "cheeky darkie" Holmes is at it again: No place here for burqa To hell with the burqa. No Paul, to hell with racists. It has no place here. This is my considered opinion after giving the matter extensive thought. This is Paul's considered opinion…
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Yesterday, hundreds of parents protested cuts to early childhood education on Queen St and gave Phil Goff a 60,000 signature petition to take to Wellington. 1000 people in the Octagon called on the government to consider Kiwi jobs when awarding contracts. What is wrong with…
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English's Budget that counted asset sale revenue but not costs appears to be part of a wider maths problem for our Finance Minister. Perhaps this explains the Double Dipton affair.
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It's a big call, I know, but I'm pretty sure we're seeing the end of the ACT party happening right before our eyes. Let me be clear, I don't mean the end in a shifted-so-far-from-their-values-it's-as-if-they-are-gone way and I don't mean in a taken-over-by-the-National-Party way. I…
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The Independent asks "Is this Britain's Watergate? In the article: "At a Downing Street press conference, Mr Cameron defended his decision to appoint Mr Coulson but admitted his relationship with senior members of the Murdoch empire had been too close. "The deeper truth is this...…
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A very interesting report appeared in yesterday's NZ Medical Journal, as reported by The Herald here: Raise super age, doctors say Doctors are calling for higher family welfare benefits and taking GST off healthy food - with the extra costs funded by raising the retirement…
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Tipped off by robertguyton in comments I see that DPF has posted the following little gem at Kiwiblog: Kiwiblog Outage Kiwiblog will be off air this Sunday between 6 am and midday approx. The server it is on is being cleaned and moved. Now, cleaning…
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Weekend social is for non political chat. What's on for the weekend, gigs, film or book reviews, sports, or whatever. No politics, no aggro, why can't we all just get along?
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It has been a rare and sincere pleasure to see National walk straight into a trap carefully laid by Labour. Goff and his team haven't even publicly confirmed their capital gains tax policy but proponents to the Left and Right are winning the pre-launch media…
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Vote for Change, Peter Shirtcliffe's anti-MMP vehicle a grassroots movement discussing the need for change in the electoral system, has launched an ad competition for their movement. There's $10,000 in prizes. I guess they raised the money from cake stalls. Naturally, the Standardistas encourage you…
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We tend to get very wrapped up in our own world here in NZ. Same old voices running the same old lines round and round in circles until we're all dizzy and just a little bit nauseous. Sometimes it's good to hop off the merry-go-round…