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In trying times, it's good to have something to do. 1. Take over the Democratic Party and return it to the people. They have failed us miserably. 2. Fire all pundits, predictors, pollsters and anyone else in the media who had a narrative they wouldn't…
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The results are in and Donald Trump will be the next President of the United States. I cannot begin to say how disastrous a result this is. He is an incompetent imbecille, someone who should never have been trusted with managing a casino let alone…
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Not since 1993, when FDR took office at the depth of the Great Depression, has a president confronted such a grave and profound economic crisis on the first day of office. Over that first year, many wanted greater intervention, or less, from his responses to…
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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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Looks like RMA changes are back on agenda: Māori Party gets RMA changes across line A controversial overhaul to the Resource Management Act which National has failed to get across the line for years looks set to be resurrected by the Māori Party. Co-leaders Marama…
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7tDQCTmxAA At the Labour Conference over the weekend, Grant Robertson announced the results of the Future of Work Commission. Ideas for policy to cope with a new age of work, showing Labour as a party of ideas and preparing us for the future.
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Recent media coverage of Labour's Ready for Work policy brought back memories of the beginning of 2014 where Labour's Fresh Start policy was attacked mercilessly but National's education policy which ultimately failed was lauded. Remember the $300 million policy to incentivise teachers? The last couple of…
david cunliffe john key journalism labour making shit up Media phil twyford spin Steven Joyce the praiseworthy and the pitiful
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Somehow Brownlee's got away with it. Felix Marwick did good work on his OIA, to find out that Gerry Brownlee's account of events didn't stack up. Oddly only Rodney Hide is calling him out for it. He forced his way through (entry was "not freely…
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He's revived identity politics. It really means something. To be humiliated. Divided. Shamed. Affiliation, political identity, orientation: it's real and it can retreat and we have to fight to hold on. He's smashed US party politics. Conferred name: nothing. Machine: zip. Elite guidance: hah! Funders:…
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuVdOGl5HTU Unfortunately Wellington Mayor Justin Lester's fabulous tear-jerker of a speech about true leadership isn't available, but tomorrow: Grant Robertson's excellent Future of Work.
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Good call from the Commerce Commission: Commerce Commission says no to Fairfax-NZME media merger The Commerce Commission is planning to decline to authorise the merger between media giants Fairfax and NZME, it has revealed this morning. ... The Commission's preliminary view - revealed today -…
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Yesterday the government announced an apparently large new spend, $300 million, to address the housing crisis that does not exist. The money is to be spent this year and over the next four, so it is more like $60 million a year. And $100 million…
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Rheumatic fever is one of the diseases of poverty that shame this country. There has been at least some attempt to address this particular disease - with mixed results: Rheumatic fever rates fail to fall in central Auckland, Waitemata The Government is reshuffling money to…
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Some genuinely good news from the Mediaworks empire; it seems that Paul Henry may have finally been told to do one. The NZ Herald is reporting that the mental midget is to leave his TV3 show at the end of the year. Breakfast is to…
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I was a little busy at the Labour conference over the weekend to write about 3's blunder, but thought I should get the truth out there, as there was general indignation at the flawed Saturday night coverage. (The Friday night sarcastic "Lucky me" dig about…
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Fran O'Sullivan was late to the sheepgate party, but had an interesting gem to contribute - Ministers were played over Saudi sheep This whole saga has been a convenient figleaf for a major point of contention between the Saudis and New Zealand: Prime Minister John…
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Last week Green Party Spokesperson for Social Development Jan Logie outlined the problems with National's data collection policy, No data, no funding. That’s just wrong. The National Government recently announced that they will be requiring community organisations to hand over client information to the government…
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Vernon Small on Stuff: Labour puts storms behind it as Little navigates into calmer waters ... This year, though, Little deserves some of the credit for the preternatural sense of order and relative serenity. James Shaw described him as "unflappable" during the Green co-leader's symbolic…
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