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I wonder if the current public outpouring of sympathy for Syrian refugees is nought but a ‘fashion’, or whether it’s the beginnings of a renaissance for internationalism. My cynicism whispers to be mindful of the fickleness of any collective ‘social conscience’ and the ephemeral ‘humanity’…
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Tony Abbott is a special breed of politician. His climate change denying tendencies are well known. He hates windmills and without a sense of irony is deeply worried about their potential environmental effect while being totally oblivious to the damage that coal is causing to the…
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Happy father's day to all the fathers out there. Rather than give your dad or granddad consumerist goods that are bad for them and the planet why don't you think of making a donation to the charities supporting refugee families in the Middle Eastand Europe?…
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It is absolutely predictable. When the Young Nats ask the Government to urgently review the current refugee quota level you know a change is going to happen. This is not the first absolutely heart breaking flow of humanity requiring urgent action by nation states. But this is…
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I'm no fan of the flag process. I think its a waste of money and a distraction from the real issues. I don't think there has been any public sign of engagement or interest to be worth commenting on. Until now. Now there is Red…
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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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From Labour: Labour will on Tuesday introduce an Emergency Humanitarian Response Bill to Parliament to bring an additional 750 refugees into New Zealand this year, Andrew Little says. “We cannot stand by and wait for a review. This is a crisis and New Zealanders everywhere…
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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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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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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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