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Happy Birthday Ursula Le Guin
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Kiwibloggers discuss assassination of “terrorist” Winston Peters
Right wing online forums are going to reach new levels of toxicity over the next 3 years. Someone really needs to monitor them. Yesterday Kiwibloggers were discussing and upticking the assassination of "terrorist" Winston Peters. There will be worse to come. Extracts - -- Update:…
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What colour undies will Jordan wear?
Being a person of his word I'm sure Jordan will be keen to make good on this promise. Red undies would be fitting of course. https://twitter.com/MacFinlay/status/921161301841367040 https://twitter.com/rumpole3/status/921180655089631232
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Turns out voters were pretty chill about it
Milne on Stuff the day after the election: https://twitter.com/NZStuff/status/911641351992754176 Due a notable absence of riots in the streets I think it is safe to say that Milne was wrong, and in fact voters were pretty chill about it. Bryce Edwards did a wee roundup of…
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The government’s mandate
A really useful analysis: https://twitter.com/richardhills777/status/921496398553497601 The source Michael Appleton has done lots of breakdown like this, well worth a look. https://twitter.com/BarristerNZ/status/921648706348183552 https://twitter.com/ClintVSmith/status/921499368120770560 https://twitter.com/journobedwards/status/921099430337622021
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Open Mike 22/10/2017
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DPF personifies why the Nats lost and why they will lose again
Couldn't believe what I was reading from Farrar - Goals for National. They are to "Knock 2.3% off NZ First to eliminate them from Parliament", and hit the Greens "they need to lose just 1.4% to be out of Parliament", and of course to attack…
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Small on how it went down and Nats’ bidding war myth
Vernon Small has the best account of the events of "D-Day": The longest day of a very long campaign - 17 hours that decided the new government ... Labour knew they were still in the game because the to-ing and fro-ing, and the requests for…
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Lefties on The Standard – 2017 government edition
In the past few months we've had some posts dedicated to left-wing discussion. The kaupapa for the debate is in the original post here (please read if you haven't taken part before). The rules are: – To comment you have to be left wing. – No…
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This coming digital war
The last Labour government we had here, if anyone can remember back eighteen years, started in December 1999. Not exactly pre-internet, but certainly before Twitter, Facebook, Baidu, Snapchat, and blogsites had any major impact on politics. Even three years later it was still possible for…
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Open Mike 21/10/2017
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Daily Review 20/10/2017
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Weekend social 20/10/2017
Weekend social is for non political chat. What's on for the weekend, gigs, film or book reviews, sports, or whatever. No politics, no aggro, why can't we all just get along?
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Caption competition
Don't be too mean - the poor guy is suffering...
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A message from Generation Zero
https://twitter.com/GenZeroNZ/status/921158678320906242
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NZ First: We could and should be doing better
RadioNZ video. It really does state exactly why NZ First decided to go with Labour. https://youtu.be/Hx9CVz107Kw What was really interesting is that NZ First chose to be inside Cabinet in a full coalition. I'd rather expected that they would choose to be in a confidence and…
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Where to for National?
National need to take a long hard look at themselves. English and Joyce ran a stupid campaign, trying to get a FPP result in an MMP world. Trying to burn off NZF was crazy, and you can bet it figured in Peters' decision to go…
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Jacinda Ardern’s speech
If you missed it last night - Jacinda Ardern's first speech as PM elect is everything that we could want and expect: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTcNbv7tm80 Nice touch: https://twitter.com/nzlabour/status/920930453233610752 Nice tribute: https://twitter.com/HelenClarkNZ/status/920962233609240579 But perhaps fittingly, the take-home line of the drama belongs to Winston Peters: https://twitter.com/bicrunga/status/920910690541375488
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Open Mike 20/10/2017
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James Shaw: “This is an historic moment”
As always, it's best to hear what the Greens have to say in their own words. This press conference from James Shaw is one of excitement at the prospect of the Greens having Ministerial roles and of being in a position to act and have…
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We have a Government
This post by Matthew Whitehead is cross posted from lemattjuste.wordpress.com So, we now have a government in principle1, with New Zealand First choosing to enter minority coalition with Labour, supported by the Greens. Peters has said he understands that the deal offered to the Greens is…
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The next Prime Minister is …
Winston Peters has announced that he will be going into coalition with Labour and Jacinda Ardern will be the next Prime Minister. Let the attacks from the right about how unfair it is that a minority party did not ascend into Government and how MMP…
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Down to the wire
1852: The messiah has arrived.. 1845: According to the reporters there "elvis is on the way" The response. "To where?" ANNOUNCEMENT @1822 New Zealand First Leader Rt Hon Winston Peters will make an announcement in the Beehive Theatrette shortly. ENDS https://twitter.com/nzherald/status/920862552439050240 https://twitter.com/bryce_edwards/status/920861083677597696 https://twitter.com/toby_etc/status/920861062261489664 From the…
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Otago University to start reducing fossil fuel use
https://twitter.com/350nz/status/920487837933457409 From the ODT: The University of Otago has announced it will halve greenhouse gas emissions created by its energy use within three years. A University Council decision will enable provider Pioneer Energy to switch from using coal to wood to produce steam for heating…
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Today is a win-win with Winston
It appears that Winston is about to announce the decision of the NZ First party about their coalition partner today. There was a brief press release last night from Winston Peters office last night at 1720. New Zealand First will be in a position tomorrow…
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Site down this afternoon
Hah hah just kidding! There may be speed wobbles under an expected heavy traffic load, but there is no "scheduled maintenance". Make your predictions here, if you feel so inclined. The Herald has its bases well covered... https://twitter.com/ShayneCurrieNZH/status/920696037353799680
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Open Mike 19/10/2017
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Books but no beds
Most viewed story on the Guardian website today: "New Zealand library cracks case of missing books." Turns out some of Auckland's 23,000 homeless were hiding bookmarked books in odd places so they wouldn't lose their place. The library will now keep their books safe. Good…
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Daily Review 18/10/2017
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Green Party makes important announcement …
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