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There is a second intriguing democratic event in the world this week, the vote by the Scottish on whether Scotland should become independent. For me if I was Scottish I would be tempted to vote yes. The promise of living in a liberal bastion would probably…
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This piece in The Herald deserves the widest possible exposure. Go read the original in full: Wendyl Nissen: Tuning out: Dirty Politics and the blogs I don't usually write columns about politics but I'm going to talk about smear campaigns and conflict because it involves…
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Reposted from The Jackal Just over a month ago, the Prime Minister of New Zealand claimed that an award-winning writer was nothing more than a "screaming left-wing conspiracy theorist" and in so doing hoped to dismiss all his exceptional work that documents the National parties…
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One of the few journalists to do his job properly over the course of the dirty politics scandal has been Guyon Espiner. He has, without in any way breaching his duty of impartiality, seen it as his responsibility on Morning Report to put questions to,…
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Irish Bill originally posted this on 1 December 2007. For no reason at all we thought it warranted a reprint. Remember when the National Party threatened the Standard with copyright infringement? Nothing ever came of it of course because we had the fair defence of…
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Peak cray cray in this election must be approaching. I blogged previously on how the song chosen by National for its campaign theme sounded suspiciously like Eminem's "Lose Yourself" and I wondered if National had breached copyright attached to the song. It appears that Eminem…
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John Key will no doubt - like with Dirty Politics - keep saying that "most of it is proven false" about the Snowden revelations... while slowly admitting most of the charges against him. The bulk of it is wrong, just all the details are right,…
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Today's anonymous Herald editorial is scathing of Labour's NZ Inc policy, which defies all logic and reason by assuming that there are better ways to build our economy than flogging off profitable assets, built by New Zealanders, to foreign investors. One of the arguments is…
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One of the most dishonest arguments the right ever put forward on the subject of poverty is around one of the simplest things in life: a bowl of Weet-Bix. Yesterday Nikki Kaye approvingly re-posted a letter to the editor which illustrates the dishonesty, saying in…
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NZ Media has got the message, leading with coverage of the Greenwald / Snowden evidence of mass surveillance of New Zealanders, and the surprise revelation of two US "spy bases" in NZ. Best coverage so far from Andrea Vance (who has done excellent work over…
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Last night Dotcom made a complete mess of his personal "big reveal". He should have backed up the letter leaked earlier that day to The Herald. He didn't, and that can only lead to increased doubts over its authenticity. That story will play out over…
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I need to say this - for those academics who will slice and dice a subject to slithers so small that all that is left is invisible and meaningless; and to all those who think or believe that fascism is marked by brown shorts and…
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The queue is enormous. But here is the feed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pbps1EwAW-0 Thanks Selwyn for the link..... 19:05: Liala Harre has been improving her speaking since I last heard her. Introduced the speaker guests. Looking at the progressive achievements of the NZ past. 19:07: Glenn Greenwald is…
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The latest instalment in the saga of John Key’s struggle to maintain his image as someone above suspicion has produced the amazing spectacle of a Prime Minister in free fall. Faced with the threatened revelation that he has been - not just economical with, but…
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The story is out that Dotcom's evidence for tonight is an email. The NZ Herald reports: "Alleged email from Hollywood exec claims PM in on plan to extradite Dotcom" - Purported email is the evidence Kim Dotcom plans to reveal tonight - Said to be written…
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Well well - Mr "No middle ground. I'm right. He's wrong" is changing his story: Mr Key has said the GCSB was working on a business study for a form of "mass cyber protection" following cyber attacks on several large New Zealand companies. Mr Key…
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Even before Glenn Greenwald has produced his evidence tonight, John Key has started to front foot some of the damaging information to come. One of the things we have learned is that the GCSB had not only planned to carry out mass surveillance of New…
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An interesting article by lawyer Steven Price at Media Law Journal. Some extracts quoted, but well worth going and reading the full article: Some questions for the PM I’m struggling to find the provisions in NZ’s policy about the classification of documents that allow the PM to…
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Anthony R0bins has already posted on this but the subject is that important it needs a few looks at it. I am sure that all eyes will be on Kim Dotcom's Auckland meeting tonight. Glen Greenwald's arrival in New Zealand and the disclosures he has…
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Tonight Kim Dotcom and Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Glenn Greenwald will reveal (among other things) the details of the Snowden leak documents relating to NZ's involvement in electronic spying. The advance claim is that there has been large scale surveillance of Kiwis. Key denies it,…
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They're at it again. David Farrar has a guest post from fellow VRWC member Charles Finny about FiveEyes, arguing that it's kept us safe in foreign wars and Labour did it too. Which of course is not the point of the current debate about massive…
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Reposted from The Jackal I'm not sure how to break the news to all those desperate right wingers out there wanting the NZ First party to form a coalition government with National, but, despite the mainstream medias misleading coverage, it doesn't look like a realistic…
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Reposted from No Right Turn So, John Key has decided to double down on Glenn Greenwald's revelations about GCSB spying, promising to declassify and release documents showing that a proposed panopticon was discussed but never implemented: Mr Key has admitted for the first time that…
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Landline polls are a traditional gripe for lefties. But this election, more than any other, the polls look seriously out of whack with reality. They are bouncing around so much that no one knows what’s going on – is National at 55%, 50%, 48% or…
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David Cunliffe has announced his final big policy. It's called NZ Inc and it's a bloody smart move. To quote Labour: NZ Inc will pull together the value of our resources, and use them to build a publicly owned asset base that drives long-term sustainable…