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Labour received some stick in comments on my previous post for its stance on the Social Welfare (Commencement of Benefits) Amendment Bill. It is unfortunate but there was some scepticism about how it would vote. I am pleased to note that Labour opposed the bill strenuously and attempted…
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Reposted from Imperator Fish: https://twitter.com/josiepagani/status/666512475538395136 I have created a short test to help you determine which side you’re on. Are you for the terrorists, or against them? Just work out how many of the following statements apply to you. You have not yet written a…
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I may be forced1 to buy Chris a drink next time that I met him where the bloody wine he likes to imbue is available. His latest post at Bowalley Road elegantly and clearly differentiates what I consider the key difference between the left and the…
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The upcoming Paris COP 21 talks will now force every major political leader of the world to confront a convergence of global terrorist response with global climate change talks. The core political challenge is that modern developed states are now well tooled in responding to…
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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 Policy). Step up to the mike …
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Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other …
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO1ZWGm5KnM Push aside Carter and Richie for just one moment. Let’s just take a couple of steps back, give a guy some respect. There has only been one sport in which New Zealand gets to dive into Rabelaisean abandon, and there will probably only ever…
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Right wing lines on poverty: The poor should try harder. They need to get off their arses and get a job. They should just give up drinking and smoking. Everyone has the same opportunities. They have chosen poverty as a lifestyle. And so on. Sick…
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From Brook Sabin:
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Honest John's been at it again https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rVuJ9b0IRU Hat/tip Sabine "A report prepared for Justice Minister Amy Adams earlier this year noted there was no reliable system of monitoring deported offenders or obtaining reliable information on their risk before they returned. If police were informed an…
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A win for workers at the Wairoa freezing works with a lockout ruled illegal: Wairoa meat workers lock out deemed illegal A lockout of Wairoa freezing workers who refused to sign individual contracts has been deemed illegal. The Employment Court issued a statement on Tuesday…
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The severed limbs of National's Dirty Politics machine are still twitching: Phil Twyford won't be intimidated by smear campaign Labour MP Phil Twyford says he will not be intimidated by an alleged smear campaign that is apparently backed by foreign property speculators. Labour's housing spokesman…
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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 Policy). Step up to the mike …
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Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other …
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I/S at No Right Turn: Urgency for abuse The House has just gone into urgency for two key (for the government) bills - the first to punish retroactively people who have already been punished, the second to steal from the poor. The first bill is…
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Keith Ng has been wading through some not-previously-released material on the Rawshark Rachinger Slater affair. No useful way to summarise it - go read it on Keith's blog.
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In The Herald this morning: Labour's finances in the red The Labour Party has run at a deficit for at least two years, forcing it to dip into its cash reserves and highlighting one of the problems the party faced in last year's election. A…
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Radio New Zealand broke a story recently about how beneficiaries had been underpaid because WINZ had wrongly calculated when a stand down period ended. Instead of paying a benefit from the day the stand down period ended it paid the benefit from the day after. The…
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I guess this was predictable: NZ fear over secret communication following Paris attacks The Government and security experts say they are concerned about the ease with which the Paris attackers were able to communicate without being detected. ... Changes in technology, such as new encrypted…
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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 Policy). Step up to the mike …
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Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other …
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So it continues, Spinoff has the story: Lawyers Called in as the 3D Investigative Team Resists Shutdown Plan The recently-announced proposal not to renew TV3’s flagship current affairs show 3D is now subject to fierce resistance from the show’s journalists, who have assembled a legal…
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I posted recently about a Herald article describing how an ERO report was rewritten to present the Minister of Education in a better light. The article subsequently disappeared and I wondered why this had occurred. Well the reason is now pretty clear. It must have been withdrawn after pressure…
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It is the last day of Scoop's fundraising campaign at PledgeMe: Scoop is Crowd-funding for the establishment of the Scoop Foundation for Public Interest Journalism. We are looking for a further 600 Kiwis who believe in democracy, freedom and the importance of a free media…
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The fallout from the Paris attacks continues. In the USA, the country that is arguably to blame for much to the world's current instability, the political reaction from Republican candidates has been completely predictable: Republican Candidates Urge Aggressive Response After Paris Attacks. In particular Donald…
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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 Policy). Step up to the mike …
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I'm pleased about the Roy Morgan result. The last time the All Blacks won a World Cup it was worth 2-3% in the polls to National. Enough to get them over the line in 2011 election, in fact. This RWC ... nothing. In fact, less…
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Following on from its earlier release Scoop has uploaded further documents filed in the Hager v Attorney General case. The documents include Hager's affidavit, various other affidavits, police disclosure and some exhibits. Discussion is building about why police resources were put into the case at…
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David Slack is on fire this morning with his take on our craven human rights record - in the form of imagined NCEA questions: David Slack: You have two hours, starting... Now ... Question 5. Using the words 'craven', 'supine' and 'cynical', analyse how New…
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We now have reasonable detail on what happened in Paris yesterday. The Guardian is live blogging events on day 2. From Hollande's reaction it seems likely that the terrorists will accomplish their goal: Paris terror attacks: Hollande says Isis atrocity was 'act of war' Hollande…