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This post is a place for positive discussion of the future. An Open Mike for ideas, solutions and the discussion of the possible. The Big Picture, rather than a snapshot of the day’s goings on. Topics rather than topical. We’d like to think it’s success…
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The Office of Film & Literature Classification has announced that the rant written by the Christchurch terrorist has been officially classified as objectionable and immediately banned. Chief censor David Shanks is urging anyone who has copies of it to destroy them. This makes possession of…
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The US Justice department has confirmed that Special Counsel Robert Mueller has delivered his final report to Attorney General William Barr. This brings to an end the two-year inquiry, which led to criminal convictions for Trump’s campaign chairman, deputy chairman, personal attorney and two policy…
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Submissions for the final report on the Electricity Price Review closed today at noon. My recent experience with Genesis Energy reveals pricing by power company majors not only rips customers off, but is immoral. The initial report of the EPR is unlikely to address this…
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Now that I've had time to look look through what has been implemented and what is proposed to happen with changes to gun laws and to think about the impacts. Like others, I'm almost satisfied. Since that so seldom happens that I suspect a gotcha,…
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From Radio NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced a ban on all military-style semi-automatic weapons and all assault rifles. https://youtu.be/U8V82O0lF9Q This afternoon, she announced that every semi-automatic weapon used in the terrorist attack on two mosques in Christchurch last Friday would be banned under…
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Passing stringent gun controls is far from a knee-jerk reaction to the Christchurch massacre - our politicians of all stripes have procrastinated over this ever since the 1990 Aramoana massacre. This blood-on-their-hands dithering contrasts with Australia’s decisive action following the 1996 Port Arthur massacre, when…
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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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Westland Dairy has done a deal to sell out to Yili industrial Group of Mongolia. Westland Milk Products is currently owned by 429 farmer-shareholders, and properly named the Westland Co-Operative Dairy Company Ltd. This is our third largest independent dairy company in New Zealand. It…
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Exceptional leaders are those who leave their mark. They stand on clear principles, they effect change and they make the world a better place. Labour has had a few, Michael Joseph Savage (of course), Norm Kirk for too short a time, David Lange (I can…
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Twitter is ablaze. And it is events like this that make you think that National cannot buy a trick right now. Because it appears to have been caught out in what is euphemistically called a misspeak about when it took its odious anti UN Migration…
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Of all the dumb insensitive takes on the Christchurch massacre Mike Hosking's recent effort has to be the worst (clickbait link). He spends a lot of time saying that Christchurch should not hold itself to blame. He concludes that it was not Christchurch's fault, the…
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Looks like there is a bit of a crisis going on over in right wing blog land. DPF has finally decided to take the rather extraordinary steps of turning off comments and approving them manually. This is something that we have done from time to…
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LPrent recently outlined in a compelling way the reasons why semi automatic and automatic weapons should only be possessed by police or the military. I thought that I would have a look at the law and I was astounded at how simple it is to…
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In the aftermath of the fascist attack in Christchurch, I've been dwelling on what it takes to be a hero. There were definitely heroes to be found on Friday. The media have interviewed Abdul Aziz, who chased the terrorist out of the Linwood mosque. In…
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This post is a place for positive discussion of the future. An Open Mike for ideas, solutions and the discussion of the possible. The Big Picture, rather than a snapshot of the day’s goings on. Topics rather than topical. We’d like to think it’s…
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Yesterday was a terrible day. It should have been a great day, celebrating our young citizens' commitment to sustainability and their message to us that we need to do better. Our young people were magnificent. Like these And these. Then there was the terrorist…
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Now anyone who knows me is aware that I'm not exactly a pacifist. Quite the opposite. I've used and worked with weapons for large chunks of my life. On farms, in the army, or ranges and developing software and hardware to train various military in…
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What we know this morning: 49 people have been killed and many more wounded. Three people are in custody and one will be charged with murder in court this morning. A fourth person arrested was a man in the Linwood mosque who disarmed the terrorist…
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