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Scott at Imperator Fish has kindly given us permission to syndicate posts from his blog – the original of this post is here In the Heraldthey’re reporting that the sun is bombarding us with radiation from the biggest solar storm in more than six years.Six years! And what…
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Gareth at Hot Topic has been looking at the funding sources for our local climate denier organisations. He writes in "Puppets on a string: US think tank funds NZ sceptics uncovered" about the interesting (and long-suspected) revelation... The Heartland Institute, the US organisation that plays a…
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Headline - PM to Ratana: National has made a difference Maori unemployment under National: +15,300 Median Maori income under National: -$78 per week Are Maori looking forward to another three years of Key's 'difference'?
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I understand there's a bit of a following of George Lakoff in the Labour Party caucus. Now I'm not a great exponent of his but consider this "frame": "Labour is no longer the party that supports Maori." This is a very familiar meme that has…
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National is letting children go to school hungry to try to teach their parents a lesson. Every fool knows the basic requirement for learning is food in the tummy. No decent person would turn their back on a hungry child. But Mike Sabin wants 20…
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A couple of weeks ago Irish asked why the right are so worried about how much working people earn. Today POAL and their creepy lackies David Farrar and Cameron Slater have continued their knicker-sniffing. I reckon that if we're gonna go rooting around in people's…
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Scott at Imperator Fish has kindly given us permission to syndicate posts from his blog – the original of this post is here A police raid at a kindergarten this morning has led to several deaths and multiple arrests. Police and Armed Offender units raided the Meriwether Community…
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There are a couple of nice pieces in the Herald today on upstanding ACT MP John Banks. Firstly how he advised Kim Dotcom on residency and gave advice on the Overseas Investment Commission to help Dotcom buy the Chrisco mansion (he failed, and got a…
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The high point of John Key's popularity came about 3 weeks before the election. Then the tea tapes meant a spectacle that was meant to be a show of his power became a media storm with him at the centre. National lost 5% in those…
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In a couple of week's time parliament will resume and the government will start its move on the POAL dispute. The way I figure it John Key and his government can do nothing at all or they can respond in a variety of ways. The…
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It seems nowadays that everybody (including me) seems to have an opinion about the Labour party. What can they do better, who's to blame for what, what they need to stop doing etc, etc. Weirdly there's no such interest in the National party. I think…
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Unionism is all about the realisation that an individual worker is always replaceable and, so, at the mercy of the bosses but, united, workers can exercise market power to get a fair deal. This has always been most evident in dangerous, physical industries - where…
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When this column is translated into political terms for New Zealand, commentators are already pointing to the Green Party as the natural point of contact for media comment. This commentariat view will translate into consistently higher media profile for them. Witness the Genesis decision to…
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Scott at Imperator Fish has kindly given us permission to syndicate posts from his blog – the original of this post is here The Labour Party has admitted receiving a donation to its coffers from the National Party. National Party President Peter Goodfellow confirmed the donation yesterday. He…
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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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As peak oil slowly grinds down our economy - meeting any hint of growth with sky-high petrol prices and making $2 a litre the 'new normal', we are actually, gradually,starting to react. Not at a governmental level, where action is most urgently needed, but in…
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The idiots at the US Congress, after covering themselves with shame in 2011, have already started to try to surpass it this year with dumbarse legislation against online copyright piracy. Not only will it not prevent the crimes of its intended targets, who after all…
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An insightful piece by Pat Brittenden. How can we fix our problems if we won't acknowledge (and National wants to stop the media talking about) their cause?: For a long time I have had a bit of an untested theory. I’ve come to a place…
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NZIER: economy flat-lining Consumer confidence: down 11 points Employment confidence: negative International tourism: down another 3.3% 2012 growth in NZ: cut in half since Budget World growth: slashed from 3.6% to 2.5% Chance of NZ recession: 20% and rising PM and Finance Minister: MIA
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I've not had a chance to listen to it, but looks like there's a good documentary on BBC World Service about now (Auckland 810AM, Coromandel 107FM, or just follow the previous web link...). The Wealth Gap looks at how the top 0.1% are running off…
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A new study confirms that growing up in poverty means you'll likely be impoverished as an adult. With the negative consequences for the individual and society. The Nats' low-wage, high unemployment policies create the poverty trap. Poverty is a design feature of the rightwing economy.…
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A good article in the Herald today, not letting the Nats attempt at censorship of the issue of Child Poverty get in their way! The vital passage: A long-term study of 1265 children born in Christchurch in 1977 has found that those whose families were…