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Human Rights are Universal. That means they apply to all humans. It means we don't choose who those rights apply to and who they don't apply to. If we did, then we'd all eventually wind up on the 'wrong' side of the line. So when…
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News Flash! Just a couple of months after launching, it looks like MediaWorks' entertainment website Scout may be flushed down the gutter. Stuff is reporting that self styled 'queen of gossip' Rachel Glucina has driven away the majority of the staff who began the project.…
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So yesterday Key added another entry to his legacy list - ushering in a "new level of brutality" for debate. (Not that it's that new of course, following on from throat-slitting and "get some guts".) Rob Salmond had an interesting take on the incident: Cold,…
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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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Serial fondler of young persons' hair and celebrity PM impersonator John Key lost it in Parliament today. Unable to defend his unwillingness to speak up for Kiwis caught up in Australia's Christmas Island fiasco, Key instead accused Labour of "backing rapists". The useless speaker David…
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On a remote island a number of Kiwis are being held in detention by a foreign state. They are being held because they have been convicted of crimes. But they have already served their sentences. As an additional punishment they are to be deported back…
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“Smash the State” was a well know maxim of anarchism for a long time. The state is the point where-by the forces of capitalism and reaction can bring overbearing force onto the population - generally violently and always with a level of malice reminiscent of…
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Mihingarangi Forbes is one of the most dedicated and talented reporters this country has. Her show on Maori Television Native Affairs was a must watch. Her recent resignation was further evidence to me that the media's ability to actually talk about what was happening in Aotearoa is being…
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The Atlantic reports Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz on inequality in this excellent piece: Stiglitz: Here's How to Fix Inequality If there’s one thing Joseph Stiglitz wants to say about inequality, it’s that it has been a choice, not an unexpected, unfortunate economic outcome. The last…
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Can’t be many more important campaigns than saving the planet right? Only people power will change the current economic levers which are designed to burn burn burn. We have the chance to join with others around the world ahead of the climate talks in Paris…
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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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Isn't it amazing how many Ministers can't wait to front up to the media when they are selling. But when it comes to after sales service they just don't want to front? The latest is the Minister for Corrections following revelations Serco was deliberately just…
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Originally posted at Boots Theory. Andrew Little's speech to conference has had great feedback, topping off a pretty good weekend for the party. I was there when he delivered it, and the response in the hall was thunderous. A few people who covered the conference…
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5zvajZNyTw With news of the death of a Kurdish detainee and rioting breaking out on Serco run Christmas Island this short video featuring Kelvin Davis shown to the weekend's Labour Party Conference has become especially relevant.
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Most of us know someone affected or killed by cancer. Which is what makes the issue of treatment personal to all of us: Cancer - the cost of a life: 'I don't believe people should have to beg for their lives' The number of New…
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I'm sorry I missed Labour's conference this weekend, it sounds like it was great. Reaction to major speeches by Annette King, Grant Robertson and Andrew Little has all been good. In particular, Andrew Little seems to have given a stellar performance. Here's Audrey Young: Little…
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