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Worst. Excuse. Ever.
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Open mike 06/05/2015
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 05/05/2015
Apologies for missing Daily Review last night. My daughter's capping ceremony took precedence. With Key back in Parliament today I am sure that there is much to discuss ... Daily review is also your post. This provides Standarnistas the opportunity to review events of the day.…
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What Tony Abbott thinks of babies
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Government cuts emergency dental loans for beneficiaries
One aspect of our health system that I think is handled very poorly is the provision of dental assistance. If you break a leg and are under severe pain you can be seen quickly and be assisted with competent medical treatment. If you are suffering from severe…
Abuse of power benefits class war national Politics same old national welfare
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Crunch time for Collins
The damage from Key's harassment of a waitress is immense: Ponytail antics fuels succession talk in National ...There is no suggestion of a leadership challenge. But Key is losing his Midas touch: he declared that Winston Peters had "zero" chance of taking the Northland seat…
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Embarrassed? Us?
3 News Yesterday: PM hopes ponytail-gate hasn't embarrassed NZ John Key ... hopes he hasn't embarrassed New Zealand in the wake of the embarrassing saga, which made headlines worldwide Embarrassed? Embarrassed? Why ever should we be embarrassed? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihReeJg08ns
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Open mike 05/05/2015
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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Destination: Next Progressive Majority
The Fabian Society invites all those interested to join a discussion with Sir Michael Cullen, Peter Harris, Sarah Helm, Tracey Martin MP, Richard Harman and Lyndy McIntyre at St Andrew's on the Terrace, Wellington, on Sunday 10th May at 1pm. Ideas on strategy, economy, party…
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Sphinx and Rachinger
Let me see if I can make this clear enough for the non-tech public and jonolists, and for the techheads amongst you. The search engine on this site is run by Sphinx search. This is an open source general purpose package that every 7 minutes…
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Polity: Hide / Farrar / Hooton: “Hey, look over there!
Reposted from Polity Rodney Hide and David Farrar have jumped on the Hooton-on-Labour bandwagon over the weekend. According to them, there was one big loser out of the Northland by-election - where National conspired to lose one of its historically safest seats through wave upon…
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Rachinger on dirty politics 3 – Scoop takes up the story
For the background please read the first post in this series: Rachinger on dirty politics. Demonstrating yet again the vital role of independent media, Scoop has taken up the story: "I Am Rawshark" - Ben Rachinger's Sequel To "Dirty Politcs". Thompson writes: Arguably therefore this…
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Support Wellington Rape Crisis this week
(Full disclosure: I'm a member of the WRC governance group on a voluntary and unpaid basis.) This week is Wellington Rape Crisis' annual appeal. Despite being an organisation which provides vital crisis and ongoing support services for survivors of sexual violence and their loved ones,…
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Worst. Interview. Ever.
On Radio NZ this morning Prime Minister John Key gave a mumbling, stumbling response to the admitted assaults on a female Auckland cafe staff member. Questioned by Guyon Espiner, his position was that the assaults were humorous and we live in a global world. Or…
john key making shit up Minister for International Embarrassment Satire workers' rights
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The rise of Collins and the decline of Key
Oh to be a fly on the wall at National's next Caucus meeting. [audio:http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mnr/mnr-20150504-0711-prime_minister_regrets_misreading_ponytail_saga-048.mp3] John Key was interviewed by Guyon Espiner this morning on morning report. Gone was the cocksure arrogant Prime Minister who has with a huge amount of teflon coating avoided scandal and…
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Open mike 04/05/2015
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 … lprent: There was an minor outage last night (yawn).