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Word around the traps is that Labour is working on a significant new wages policy. Good. Kiwis' pay has been falling away from Australians' for two decades thanks mainly to the deregulation of the labour market in 1991. Of course that's not completely true for…
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Here we are again. This time its ABs vs Wallabies 9:00 pm at Eden Park. May the best team win (but it better not be Wallabies!).
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Over at Wheelers corner in the Manwatu there is this rather classic post about a conversation overheard in a cafe. Eavesdropper: Marton is a small place and I had stopped for a short break after visiting Hunterville. The café was small but made a good…
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micky savage at Waitakere News has a well-written post on the political events over the last few weeks and their impact on Phil Goff's chances of forming a government. We will know if there has been a shift in the political landscape as the Rugby…
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Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the link to Policy in the banner). Step right up to the mike...
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National's election billboards focus on National's "Brighter Future" plan. They read more like a wish-list for the tooth fairy. Bill board No 1 says "End the deficit sooner". Sooner than what? This year's budget projection? Not likely according to Brian Gaynor in today's Herald story…
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Does this sound familiar? We have no official spokespeople. Correspondingly, no single view should be seen as necessarily representing the views of (the movement) as an organisation or of other people who are a part of (the movement). We are many contributors and participators from…
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As funny as 'Trotie'. Especially the comments with the creator effortlessly taking the piss out of the moaners whinging about him 'disrespecting' the All Blacks. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hd68leOH1C4&feature=colike In case you missed it, the Trotie dubstep: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuQM1Oko8IE
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The Herald has produced an extremely useful and detailed timeline of the Rena disaster to date. For me, it raises several questions that, I think, you can divide into two categories: first, did the government have the plans and equipment it needed to deal with…
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3News reports that: Key dismisses Goff’s oil drilling moratorium as 'pure politics'. He's right. But not in the way he thinks. A moratorium on drilling is about the danger to our environment. It's about our "100% Pure" brand. Which is worth a whole lot more to the…
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By the time this post appears a showdown will have taken place in New York. City police, allegedly at the instigation of the Park's owners, are due to confront the Occupation at Liberty Plaza (Zuccotti Park) on Friday at 7am (US Eastern). Update: showdown cancelled. I've…
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Attentive readers may recall some time back, when talk about illegal police video surveillance was to the fore, that there was also mention of the existence of video surveillance of a politician having an affair with a P user. Now of course having an affair…
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The Broadcasting Standards Authority has decided that Key's hour-long promotional programme on RadioLive was not an election programme. They interpret "encourage or persuade" in the Broadcasting Act as "overt or explicit encouragement or persuasion to vote in a particular way"; quite differently from how the…
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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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Labour has announced it will put a moratorium on deepsea oil drilling until it's proven safe. Good. Basic precautionary principle. Clearly necessary given the piss-poor handling of a relatively small spill. Besides, there's no rush to dig this stuff up. It's not going anywhere and…
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From my facebook Some opportunistic bugger is trying to offload their boat Tom Scott does his cogent take The Herald (and I wonder what happened to HappyFeet) And finally, my favorite... Great image and message. It is a pity about the use of 'pass' rather…
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Steven Joyce has two big jobs on - lead minister for the Rena disaster (because National still regards this as a transport problem, not an environmental one) and National's campaign manager, but can realistically only do one. Leaving him with both tasks means Key isn't…
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This press release from the CTU deserves wide discussion: Tax Switch Created Many Problems The New Zealand Treasury has revealed that the tax switch has created a $1.1 billion hole in the already weakened Government accounts. Peter Conway, CTU Secretary and one of a number…
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While there's plenty of criticism flying around about the slow response to the Rena disaster, it is properly directed high up the decision making chain. As usual the people in the front lines are working hard. And as is too often the case, some of…
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Price of Tupperwaka: $200K per day Price of specialist environmental response vessel: Dunno, didn't bother buying it. Leaving scene of shipwreck/oil disaster to open fake boat made from oil products: valueless Hmm. Just me or is he developing a severe list? Could be in danger…
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It's the one week anniversary of Bomber Bradbury's appearance on RNZ's the Panel, and his subsequent shameful banning from same. Bomber's "crime" was to bombastically criticise Key’s behaviour in the throat slitting incident (video) and his dodgy free 1 hour self promotion session on RadioLIVE. At the…
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Check out ACT's policy page (ht freedom in comments). It's the most sense that they've ever made. Click through to any specific policy - they all look the same: Update: They've fixed it. So it's back to their usual nonsense now. How dull.
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The Rena disaster has put the spotlight on the environmental risks of National's deepsea oil drilling plans. Yes, they're not the same thing. In fact, an oil spill from a drilling platform or one of the ships serving it is more likely than from a…
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Perhaps Mr Key's staff might like to explain to him what the implications of this development, in conjunction with the recent UN Report on NZ SAS rendering prisoners in Afghanistan and the housing of CIA operations at NZDF bases, might mean for the PM. Amnesty International…
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We'd been missing the Dimpost lately but it seems there was good reason for Danyl abandoning his blog - as of Sunday he's a dad! Congratulations to Danyl and Maggie from all of us at the Standard - hopefully the months of sleep deprivation you're about…
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Key says an anonymous emailer told him that S&P said a Labour Government would make a downgrade more likely (more likely than 'actually, already happened?'). S&P categorically denies saying any such thing. We can now reveal the identity of the anonymous emailer. As well as…