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Today is five years since the first of the Canterbury / Christchurch earthquakes. After the February 2011 quake John Key made a very strong speech: "Christchurch; this is not your test, this is New Zealand’s test. I promise we will meet this test". Today the…
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The Nats have created the (spurious) data for school "league tables" that the media have obligingly trumpeted - all so that parents can be fully informed and make choices, so they tell us. But it seems that parents don't deserve to be fully informed about…
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Yesterday James Shaw delivered his first major policy announcement for The Greens: Green co-leader James Shaw outlines climate change plan The Greens have outlined a plan to fight global warming - but softened their stance on making farmers pay a controversial carbon tax. In his…
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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 a while back John Key screeched across to the Opposition Benches: "Get some guts!" because they disagreed with the effectiveness of sending a few NZ Army trainers into harm's way in Iraq. The US spending many billions hadn't managed to convince Iraqi soldiers not…
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Lyndon Hood in a work of bleak genius has come up with a flag that really suits Key's NZ.
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From Stuff: National MP Maurice Williamson was "so offensive" in his recent presentation at SkyCity, attendees walked out of the awards dinner where pictures of nearly-naked women were displayed and sex acts were referred to. The high-profile backbencher and former minister was the MC at…
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Rosemary McLeod has an excellent piece in stuff this morning. Partly it laments the travesty of the flag process, but it transitions into a general take on market forces: We are sold market forces, and their friend branding, as rational things and therefore good. And…
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The devastating news from Europe and the Middle East and the refusal of John Key to even contemplate increasing our refugee quota made me wonder, how much do we spend on resettling refugees and how much would it cost to resettle more? As to the first question…
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Jeremy Corbyn's popularity in the UK Labour leadership race has the political establishment in a tizzy. So of course, out come the dirty tactics. Private Eye has done a great job of showing up one of these...
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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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Rachel Stewart has had some time out with the flu (sorry to hear it!). It has left her with time to reflect: ...Like many folk I have become increasingly dispirited at the new world media. Clickbait, endless and easy crime stories, entertainment news disguised as…
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From Rod Emmerson:
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I thought I would write another post about Syria in part because the banality of the flag debate is driving me insane. If the All Blacks win the world cup I expect National's polling to surge again and the silver fern to be adopted. But…
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If you still wonder WHY anyone would want to join a union, the fact that union members are 2.1 x more likely to get a pay rise might make you wade through the anti-union propaganda. Some unions escape scorn, like the Police Union which is…
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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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Reposted from No Right Turn Today the government announced the four candidates for John Key's vanity flag referendum: three ferns (one of them the logo of Immigration NZ and the Companies Office) and a koru. And really, all I can say is "meh". The interesting…
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Excellent opinion piece by Peter Lyons yesterday: Peter Lyons: Nothing but spin coming from our Government Hey John, I'm still waiting for our great National cycle trail. ... When our exchange rate was high, Mr English described this as a vote of confidence by the…
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In good old sleepy Aotearoa we do not really get a feeling for the extent of the refugee crisis that is unfolding in the Middle East and North Africa. Three failed states, Syria, Iraq and Libya are imploding and millions of their citizens are on…
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John Key has been spinning so hard on the economy that he is now prepared to argue, with a straight face, that black is white: John Key claims mood 'reasonably positive' as optimism hits six year low Prime Minister John Key insists the mood of…
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