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There was a stunning array of competition this week for that most coveted of titles. There was DPF for this outstanding piece of hyperbole. Apparently trying to get National to acknowledge that climate change is a thing is the same as trying to get Labour…
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The All Blacks keep winning everything and it is incredibly bad for the game. Compare it to Fiji with the Sevens, in which a tiny and grossly underfunded side like Fiji just pulls everyones pants down and runs away with all the cups and all the…
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Can someone remind me which party Stuart Nash belongs to? The Herald yesterday said that Matthew Hooton, hardly a left winger, had arranged a fundraiser for Nash at the Northern Club, hardly a left wing stronghold. The Herald said: Labour MP Stuart Nash pulled the…
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Germany has one of the very few national-level consciences on world immigration, but even that is now under threat. The difference in attitude and processes between the United States and Germany could not be more stark. Since we’ve seen a fair bit about the United…
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Simon Bridges has a major problem. He is not John Key. He is not quick on his feet and he is not the least bit funny. His attempts to be the lad with talkback radio have misfired badly. Like this attempt on Radio Hauraki that…
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This is sort of like the effect of a royal wedding or a royal birth but for Republicans. And perhaps it is a reflection of the social media bubbles that I frequent but I cannot think of a more joyous time to be a New…
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The climate isn’t out to get us. Global warming isn’t out to get us. It is we, by digging up sources of carbon from under the ground and releasing them into the bio-sphere by way of combustion, who are evidently "out to get” nature and…
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Jacinda Ardern has given birth to a girl! Congratulations to her and to Clarke Gayford. https://twitter.com/NZClarke/status/1009681920379183104 https://twitter.com/NgatiBird/status/1009549218216738817 https://twitter.com/AndrewLittleMP/status/1009681563741634561 .
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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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I woke this morning to news that Donald Trump was going to solve the crisis over American based refugee children by signing an executive order. This seemed to completely contradict his claims that the problem was all the Democrat's fault but when has that ever…
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It’s time to see the strong possibility of a second term of Donald Trump as United States President. There are no other Republican or Democrat competitors who currently have a remote chance. What Would The World Look Like? There may be nothing New Zealand can…
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This is not a claim I make lightly. But the United States, through its recent behaviour, is showing signs that it is becoming a rogue state, a description used to describe States that amongst other things has withdrawn from the United Nations Human Rights Council…
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Great to see that the State Services Commissioner has widened the investigation into the use of private investigators hired by the state against its citizens. But. What an honest government would do is widen the investigation into the Police themselves, who feel they have the…
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First a warning. Please be careful about what you say because making adverse comments against Bob Jones can cause him to become upset and threaten legal proceedings. He has already done so to two individuals for saying the R word about him after he had…
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It looks like Mike Hosking is losing his mojo. The Mike Hosking Breakfast Facebook page recently put up a poll "what do you think, are cycle lanes and paths good for the community?" I suspect he thought the vote would be a resounding No. After…
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Take a look around the room you’re in. Or if you’re out and about and reading this on some mobile device, then take a look around the next room you enter. Closely. The walls and ceiling. The floor and wall coverings. The paints and panels…
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Newsroom has just posted an article written by Sam Sachdeva based on the police release of emails relating to media enquiries over the Clarke Gayford allegations. The timing is interesting and goes like this with some additions. April 4 Newshub makes first formal enquiry April…
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A week is a long time in politics. A week ago Green Minister Eugenie Sage was being lambasted for not stopping a Chinese water supply company from buying sensitive land in Aotearoa New Zealand. Now she is being attacked by the right for refusing to…
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