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Open mike 26/01/2015
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Only in Queensland
From the party that brought you attacks on freedom of expression at the time that Charlie Hebdo's cartoonists were assassinated because they exercised their right of free speech comes a new low in a political campaign, making shit up. In particular the Liberal National Party is now…
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The image of farming
Update: Rachel on Twitter and Martyn Bradbury on TDB have accused me of defending farmers' rape threats and similar. I was not aware of any such threats, and certainly would not defend them under any circumstances. That was never the intention of the post, as…
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Open mike 25/01/2015
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The state of the union
One of my (r0b's) favourite American writers / political commentators is William Rivers Pitt. Here are some extracts from his analysis of Obama's recent "state of the union" speech. Well worth reading the whole thing. William Rivers Pitt | Twenty Pounds of BS in a…
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Armstrong and Small on Nick Smith’s RMA reforms
Senior political journalists John Armstrong in the Herald and Vern Small in Stuff have both chosen to pan Nick Smith's proposed RMA changes announced this week. Both of them criticise Smith's use of dodgy numbers to justify the reforms. And interestingly both of them refer to his past use of…
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Metiria Turei’s speech prepared for Ratana
Tēnēi au e tū whakaiti nei i raro i a Ranginui, i runga i a Papatūānuku, e tītiro kau ana ki ngā maunga whakahi me ngā tini uri o Tane. Ki Te Temepara Tapu, ki ngā whare katoa o te pā nei, tēnā koutou katoa.…
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Open mike 24/01/2015
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Weekend social 23/01/2015
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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Number of Reported Child Abuse cases have dropped
For the first time in ten years, reported cases of child abuse have declined. Minister Tolley and I are in agreement, that the number is still appallingly high. I sincerely hope that the reduction over the last year is due to government policies because then…
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The last gasp of oil
Currently oil supply is up and the cost of oil has halved over the last 6 months. It's largely down to a fracking boom in America, which has boosted their production by two thirds. There are all sorts of political and economic ramifications (far too…
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Open mike 23/01/2015
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Odgers in s**t
That's as in spat. Characteristic. Richard Smith of Naked Capitalism raises some questions about her Samoan fiduciary company fronting for a company delisted from GXG Markets, a small European exchange. Once again, its about the company she keeps. It's an interesting read, and Smith promises more…
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The mathematics of surveillance
We are told that there is... No alternative to bulk data collection No existing technology can fully replace collecting data in bulk to obtain electronic intelligence, but some methods could be developed to improve how information is gathered and used, the US National Research Council…
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Nick Smith’s RMA reforms – low cost housing in Epsom?
Nick Smith has in that particularly Nick Smith style announced proposals he says will solve the housing crisis and deliver us from the evils of the Resource Management Act. You have to admire such simplistic utter confidence in what he says although you also have…
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Open mike 22/01/2015
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Guantanamo Diary
The Guardian has some amazing extracts from a diary that Guantánamo detainee Mohamedou Ould Slahi kept and gave to his lawyers. It's the first book by a serving Guantanamo inmate. It was written in 2005 and took 6 years to be released by the US…
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The prince and the pea
I have pointed out before that Bomber Bradbury is wee bit unsuited to the two way dialogue of the blogs. A fragile prima donna who doesn't like to be contradicted by the people he gallantly slags off in his routine piques of bitchy ranting. Consider…
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But which club?
I think when justifying sending troops to Iraq the club John Key is really talking about is the group of right-wing political parties known as the International Democratic Union. Today Key is chairing its Executive in Sarajevo, his first meeting as President. He will no…
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Beneficiaries falling
The number of Kiwis on benefits has fallen recently, and of course the Nats were quick (last week) to trumpet this as good news. If numbers were falling because of a booming (green!) economy then I would agree with them. But there's no evidence that…
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The price of the club
Key made some interesting comments in a BBC interview yesterday. To summarise: Prime Minister John Key says New Zealand's likely military contribution to the fight against Islamic State "is the price of the club" that New Zealand belongs to with the likes of the United…
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Where is Cameron Slater?
Yesterday I got contacted about Cameron Slater's current address. Apparently the arsehole of the kiwi blogosphere hasn't been paying his court ordered judgements against him that have been incurred in recent years. The person who contacted me wanted to serve a notice to bankrupt him. However the miscreant has…
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Open mike 21/01/2015
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Who was the better economic manager – Helen Clark or John Key?
Sometimes a simple graph is much more eloquent and powerful than a whole lot of words ...
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NRT: GCHQ spies on journalists
Reposted from I/S at No Right Turn GCHQ spies on journalists According to the spies, their job is protectign the public from "terrorism". Which obviously is why Britain's GCHQ has been capturing email traffic to and from journalists: GCHQ’s bulk surveillance of electronic communications has scooped…
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NRT: Our financial laws mean nothing
Reposted from I/S at No Right Turn NRT: Our financial laws mean nothing Some NZ foreign exchange broker went bust last week, leaving assorted suckers out of pocket. Ordinarily I wouldn't care: the market is a scam, and you play at your own risk. But it…
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Espiner profile on Andrew Little
The Listener has published a profile of Andrew Little, unfortunately behind a paywall. A few select quotes: On his tough-man image: Does he have to tell errant MPs to pull their bloody heads in? “I haven’t so far,” he says with a laugh. ... “What I…
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RMA reforms … be very afraid
In 2013 National released proposals for reform of the Resource Management Act. I blogged about the changes here. The announcement by Minister Amy Adams is here but for some freaking reason the document appears to have disappeared from MFE's website although there is this Web Archive…
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Where have all the houses gone?
Yesterday it was announced that Auckland is the ninth least affordable city in the world in relation to wages versus house prices. An Aucklander requires 8.3 times their wage to buy a home. Len Brown criticised the report noting: Auckland Council had worked closely with…
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Open mike 20/01/2015
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