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It's the easiest and most cynical sneer to denounce Christmas. Don't. Here's why: Almost everyone makes a huge effort. We show actual creativity. We share. Lots of people prepare food for each other. You have to think about what other people want. We organise heaven…
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In this week that leads up to Christmas and the time when we should all be pleasant to each other and respectful of each other's belief systems the doofus of the week is someone who has recently displayed no inclination to do either. The winner…
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At first blush, the following seems like a very good idea. Certainly much better than passing bylaws that ban begging (Auckland, Napier, Wellington...) and/or placing spikes in places people may use to grab some sleep. Just a shame then, that access to the vending machine is…
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It's that time of year yet again when yes, I've been known to don a humbug hat and mention, just in the passing of course, that Christmas celebrations in the middle of summer make no sense whatsoever. We all know that Christmas replaced celebrations that…
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The politician who told young Kiwi workers that they were a bunch of pretty damned hopeless druggies is back for round two: https://twitter.com/NewshubNZ/status/943650728484261889 Education instead of McJobs - Oh Noez!
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Reprinted with permission from Denis Tegg's blog Teggtalk. If you think Donald Trump’s interference with, and denial of climate science is outrageous you will be shocked at the disturbing level of Ministerial interference under the previous government around the publication of a Ministry for the…
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Real time calculator on the vote in Catalonia. Running commentary from "The Guardian". Looking good from the vantage of supporting greater autonomy :-) Here's a breakdown of the parties from "The Guardian" Junts per Catalunya (JuntsxCat, Together for Catalonia). Esquerra Repúblicana Catalana (ERC, Catalan Republican Left). Candidatura d’Unitat Popular…
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Donald Trump's attempt to make sovereign nations kowtow to America and support his crazy decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel has failed. The United Nations has voted overwhelmingly to condemn the US decision to declare Jerusalem to be the capital of Israel…
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This is the Start Wars movie you have to see if you’re a believer, and you want to believe. It will tempt you to feel that no matter how low the odds of success against overwhelming force, your cause is just so you must continue.…
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A month ago Labour announced that Sir Michael Cullen would chair the tax working group and the National Party was cock-a-hoop! Steven Joyce said: “Sir Michael is many things but a politically independent voice on taxation policy he is not,” Judith Collins had fun with…
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Matt Nippert has made further startling revelations about Jian Yang. Yang is the National backbench MP who it was revealed just before the election lectured at an elite Chinese spy school before moving to New Zealand and who attracted the interest of our Security Intelligence Service. Despite concerns…
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The Misuse of Drugs Amendment Bill introduced into Parliament is intended to: - Introduce a medicinal cannabis scheme to enable access to quality products - Introduce a statutory defence for terminally ill people to possess and use illicit cannabis - Remove cannabidiol from the schedule…
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On the 13th, the government recently withdrew several of its own Members' bills, with no guarantee their replacements wouldn't be Opposition bills, (luck was with Labour and NZ First backbenchers, however, and those two parties won all three new bill drawings) in order to advance…
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For a party that used to be the feared promulgators of dirty politics and whose proxies attacked and smeared critics and opponents mercilessly National's latest efforts generated a huge feeling of Meh. Exhibit one is the brand new website LetsUndoThis. It is owned by the…
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Unlike Germany, New Zealand is a tiny country in which little of note occurs. But we are both successful societies, with proportional democracies, strong economies, underpinned by strong public institutions and legal frameworks, and consistently believe that we are going in the right direction. New…
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From Green Party MP Gareth Hughes at blog.greens.org.nz If you were asked “that the question is that the question be now put”, or “that the part stand apart”, would you understand? If you heard someone “seek leave…
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https://twitter.com/melulater/status/942940414671077376 The BSA summary: During an item on Seven Sharp, broadcast on 23 August 2017 during the election period, the presenters discussed TVNZ’s ‘Vote Compass’, a tool available to assist the New Zealand public to make voting decisions. In response to comments by presenter Toni…
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With much arohanui and respect for the current Government can I suggest it has a good hard think about its approach to future mining for oil gas or coal, particularly coal. Jacinda Ardern is right that climate change is her generation's nuclear free movement. We…
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Why does this era of U.S. politics feel so different to any other in our lifetime? The answer is that President Trump’s leadership and policy actions are revolutionising both their public realm into something smaller, weaker, and harder, and also giving themselves over to the…
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Initially, I thought I'd go through the "Adapting to Climate Change in New Zealand"(pdf) report and pick out some of the more obvious shortcomings it was bound to contain. (Some big whoppers there btw.) But as I read it, I started to think more of the bigger…
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