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There were some ridiculous statements by Martyn Bradbury at The Daily Blog Bombast earlier this month continuing his snide comments about this site. His claims that the Labour activists founded the original Standard back in 1936 are bullshit. He gets there by ignoring the history of parent publications and where they formed…
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From I/S at No Right Turn: Self-serving redactions When Labour released the sheep files on Wednesday, John Key desperately tried to continue his Muldoonist smear by claiming information showing he was right had had to be redacted. But according to NewstalkZB's Barry Soper, he lied:…
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Massive anti-austerity marches have just ended all over Britain. Tens of thousands of protesters in Glasgow, Liverpool, Bristol and London have turned out to let the Tory government know that the fight against the right has not ended with the general election. Speakers included maverick…
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All the best to those in Whanganui and Taranaki who are coping with the latest floods (I have family in Whanganui). These floods follow the recent pounding of the Wellington coast, floods in Dunedin, floods in Christchurch, and floods in the Wellington / Kapati region.…
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I was just running through this sites numbers for the last weeks for the first real month of winter *. Then as usual I went off to have a look at how the other political sites are going. And wow! Either Kiwiblog had a very large…
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It won't come as a surprise to any Standardista, but it's good to see Brent Edwards being up front about some of the systemic problems in politics and the media. What's wrong with the way politics are practised in NZ? Brent Edwards, Political Editor ...…
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Another month and another senseless gun massacre in the United States of America. This is an especially bad one. In South Carolina, a place where Confederate and Rhodesian flags are prevalent a young white guy given a gun for his 21st birthday goes into a…
International racism the praiseworthy and the pitiful us politics you couldn't make this shit up
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The Conservatives are in the process of self destructing. ACT, I dunno - anyone heard from ACT lately? It will never be more than the Epsom branch of the National Party. The Maori Party is going to have to come down on one side or…
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Slightly redesigned in support of #CampbellLives. Daily review is also your post. This provides Standarnistas 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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Too easy...
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From twitter: https://twitter.com/LIVENewsDesk/status/611721658575925248 Earlier today ... https://twitter.com/NZStuffPolitics/status/611645639022108672 Update ... https://twitter.com/mizjwilliams/status/611725995570147328
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Some strong stuff from Labour's spokesperson for Labour, Iain Lees-Galloway, in Question Time yesterday. https://youtu.be/_mii6l5OfYY Those final supplementaries may have been disallowed, but they still demand an answer. Transcript courtesy of Scoop: IAIN LEES-GALLOWAY (Labour—Palmerston North) to the Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety :…
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Interesting. The Nats would usually prefer to handle this sort of conflict behind behind closed doors: MP attacks own minister over transport spat Maurice Williamson has attacked his own minister over a transport spat he compared to a "nuclear explosion". The Pakuranga MP told Transport…
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Rob Salmond has an excellent guest post at Public Address. Here are some extracts: Bridges swims in troubled waters by Rob Salmond I received new information from Simon Bridges this week, via the OIA. In my opinion, it proves he and Wayne Eagleson have been…
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https://youtu.be/PdiCJUysIT0 In yet another example of a right winger misappropriating a progressive musician's music wanna be Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump has insulted Neil Young by using his song Rockin’ in the Free World at his presidential candidacy campaign launch. As noted by Mother Jones the choice is…
john key music national same old national the praiseworthy and the pitiful us politics
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You really can't make this stuff up! According to Nathan Guy, the 70% mortality rate for new born lambs in the Kiwi taxpayer funded farm in Saudi Arabia could be due to sand storms. No, really. Personally, I think it was Tusken Raiders. National blew…
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Slightly redesigned in support of #CampbellLives. Daily review is also your post. This provides Standarnistas 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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According to 3 News Colin Craig is to be rolled as leader of the Conservatives. Hard to imagine, as Colin Craig is the Conservatives. https://twitter.com/patrickgowernz/status/611415819889696769 https://twitter.com/TovaOBrien/status/611415667758075904
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Rachel Glucina has announced that she is leaving the New Zealand Herald and is joining Mediaworks. According to Television New Zealand she recently tweeted "I've resigned. MediaWorks has headhunted me for a joint venture partnership to create, run and co-own a new digital entertainment platform…
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For those of you who are keeping score at home, these are just the current ones (that we know about): Nick Smith - Auckland housing and cold hearted on state housing deaths. Murray McCully - Saudi sheep bribe. Bill English - Mismanagement of the economy.…
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No, it's Stuff this morning.
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It is hard to work out which issue is damaging the Government more, Nick Smith's omnishambles handling of Auckland's housing crisis or Murray McCully's Sheepgate fiasco. Both issues refuse to die and with pieces of information concerning both matters materialising regularly it is likely that…
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As some of you will be aware, I'm a dedicated computer programmer. Contrary to popular opinion in some circles by people who see me on the net, things like blogging and politics are merely minor interests. I just like writing code across a large number…
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(Cartoon courtesy of #Foxycartoons) Slightly redesigned in support of #CampbellLives. Daily review is also your post. This provides Standarnistas 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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Shocking news! An urban development authority with the power to acquire private land for large-scale housing developments is one of 38 recommendations being made by the Productivity Commission. What? I'm just reporting it the way the media would if it was a remit at a…