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Jon Stewart on the Republican plan
Jon Stewart pops up during the GOP Convention and gives Fox News and the Republican Party hell. On fire, and funny (because we could probably do with a laugh). Transcript.
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Trump RNC Acceptance speech – protecting LGBTQ and more
If you honestly want to understand how Trump plans to win big in the election in November, don't read other peoples coloured "reactions." Watch his acceptance speech for yourself. And don't just watch Trump, examine how the crowd responded to his specific comments. I think…
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Oram – seven warning signs for the economy
Rod Oram’s Sunday Star-Times, reprinted on Facebook here, has a useful roundup of the recent chorous of economic warnings: Our Road Runner economy is zooming towards the cliff-edge When the Road Runner zooms out over a cliff, looks down and sees the gaping chasm beneath,…
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Trump reaction
The Economist: https://twitter.com/EconomistOnce/status/756366759075123200 The KKK: https://twitter.com/DrDavidDuke/status/756334475223638016 Bernie Sanders: https://twitter.com/RawStory/status/756328226092359680 Hillary Clinton: https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/756331886704730112 Yoda:
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Helen Kelly – still speaking out
Jo Moir writes on the incomparable Helen Kelly: Helen Kelly: 'My back is broken and I only have months to live but I'm pain free' Tumours have broken Helen Kelly's back and she only has months to live but illegally taking cannabis means she's pain…
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We need to talk about Islam
U.S. Senator Newt Gingrich said after the Nice attacks that “We should frankly test every person here who is of a Muslim background, and if they believe in Sharia, they should be deported.” On Whaleoil there’s been a concerted effort for several years to make…
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Open mike 23-24/07/2016
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Daily Review 22/07/2016
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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Drumpf LIVE!
The bloke who will come second in the American Presidential election is giving his nomination acceptance speech right now: http://graphics.latimes.com/videochat-watch-live-republican-national-convention/ The speech has been leaked. Update [MS] The speech finished to the song "All right now". It seems that permission was not given to use…
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If I were John Key
If I were John Key trying to get the momentum back off the Opposition heading towards re-election next year, I'd start my next big speech like this: Right now, if you're born poor, you will die an average nine years earlier than the others. If…
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Upgrades again and readership growth
The Ubuntu Long Term Support (LTS) release that the main server for this site runs on will be upgraded from 14.04.xx to 16.04.1 sometime during this weekend. While 14.04 is only 2 years old, there are a lot of server side upgrade goodies in the new release.…
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Roy Morgan
Latest Roy Morgan is - bizarre - showing National up 10% to 53%, Labour down 2.5% to 25.5%, Greens down 3% to 11.5%. If this poll was an accurate reflection of public opinion - Nats up 10% after the month they've had - we Standardistas…
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Open mike 22/07/2016
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Daily Review 21/07/2016
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NZ wins nuclear war
As widely predicted: US ship to visit NZ after 33 years The United States Navy will send a ship to New Zealand this year, ending a 33-year absence from our ports because of the anti-nuclear rift. US Vice-President Joe Biden will formally accept the invitation…
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Why do they hate us?
"Since the beginning of 2015, the Middle East, Africa and Asia have seen nearly 50 times more deaths from terrorism than Europe and the Americas" so reports the Washington Post. The death tolls of attacks in Western countries pale in comparison to daily attacks in…
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Has Hillary Clinton hired Bernie Sanders’ social media team?
Bernie Sanders' campaign social media has been extraordinary. Just check out his campaign videos if you want to see why. Of course the criticism is that these videos will only persuade those who already care about social justice and environmental protection to vote and they…
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Listening to radical voices
Jesse Williams is an actor on the TV show Grey’s Anatomy. He’s also a civil rights activist who used his revolutionary voice to deliver a potent speech about the Black Lives Matter movement at the BET Awards 3 weeks ago. A speech that is almost…
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WINZ sends families to live in garages
A couple of days ago Newshub ran these disturbing stories: 'Predatory' property managers renting out Auckland garages A Newshub investigation has revealed Auckland garages are being rented out illegally for more than $400 a week. In a case that is currently before the Tenancy Tribunal,…
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Open mike 21/07/2016
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Daily Review 20/07/2016
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Submit to the Cross-Party Homelessness Inquiry
Check out the new Labour / Green / Maori Party initiative: Cross-Party Homelessness Inquiry This inquiry was launched by Labour, Green and Māori Parties after National MPs turned down Opposition requests for a Parliamentary select committee inquiry into the issue. We want to hear from…
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Climate change and trees – a palliative and not a solution
One alleviation that is often suggested for reducing or even reversing the effects of climate change is to plant trees, or some other form of vegetation. This is to suck up surplus carbon dioxide and to put it into a solid and relatively inert form.…
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Who said it better?
And the Republication convention descends further in to farce: https://twitter.com/alans_world/status/755305432588050432 https://twitter.com/mikehearn/status/755260215021432832
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Refining an existing capacity to make the rubble bounce and bounce
Back in the 1970s and 1980s Nuclear War used to be the biggest threat to the future of humanity. I remember as a young person realising that I lived in a world that had 60,000 nuclear weapons and if a smallish number of them were let off it…
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Open mike 20/07/2016
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Anti-Corbyn media bias
A London School of Economics study has found significant bias against UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. As media and communication scholars we have been troubled by the problematic way in which the British media has systematically attacked Jeremy Corbyn ever since he came to national…
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Daily Review 19/07/2016
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National denies/admits Chinese trade reprisals threatened
Yesterday this was the story: Speaking shortly after his arrival in Indonesia for a three-day trade trip, Key sought to pour cold water on the idea of any Chinese retaliation. While he could not confirm whether MBIE had received a complaint about steel dumping, due…
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Republican circus
The Republican convention circus is under way. It began with a last-ditch rebellion Never Trump diehards, eventually quashed after scenes of chaos an coercion. It continues with speeches from Trump family members and D-list celebrities. It will be a four day parade of ignorance and…