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One of the oddities of Julian Assange's long overdue arrest is that extradition is now his best option. Not to the US, of course, but to Sweden. He is far less likely to be sent to the States from there than he is from the…
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Of all the tone deaf post March 15 reckons I have heard the recent reckon from Auckland University Vice Chancellor has to be one of the worst. He has said that concerns raised by students about increased fascist activity on and around campus are utter…
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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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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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It is a couple of days old but news of the poll are still reverberating. And so I thought it worthy of a post. Newstalk ZB has the details: A new Reid Research poll was commissioned by Business NZ, intended to gauge public support for capital…
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Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been arrested inside the Ecuadorian embassy. Ecuador lifted his diplomatic protection, with President Lenin Moreno saying Assange had “repeatedly violated” the conditions of his asylum in his country’s London embassy. It has been alleged that Wikileaks were involved in leaking…
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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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The first image of a black hole has been released. It's a composite built by the observations of 8 telescopes and confirms the existence of a massive Eye of Sauron in space. In short, a black hole is what you get when a star collapses…
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Simon Bridges cannot buy a trick right now. He has the reverse Midas touch, everything that he touches turns into some form of excrement. And of the long lasting type. The emotional junior staffer is one such episode. Richard Harman in Politic this morning released…
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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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Remember how last October in the wake of the Jami-Lee Ross revelations Simon Bridges ordered a review of National's culture just to make sure that things in the party were tickety boo for women in the party? Jason Walls at the Herald had the details:…
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The government has been rightly lauded for swiftly acting to ban assault weapons after the Christchurch massacre, but is its failure to decisively call social media giants to order is as weak and unacceptable as was the failure to respond decisively to the Aramoana massacre…
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The Tax Justice Network has started a campaign to gain support for taxing capital as income to support and improve our public services. If you would like to support the campaign, you can sign the petition here or donate here. All funds donated will go…
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Michael Wood and Parliament's Finance and Expenditure Committee have done an outstanding job and have reported back the Arms (Prohibited Firearms, Magazines, and Parts) Amendment Bill in the timeframe originally planned. 12,953 submissions were received. 60% of submissions analysed were supportive, 26% opposed and the…
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We treat our political leaders as if they are some kind of super-humans and yet we seem to distrust and disrespect politicians. Regular reputational attacks from friend and foe alike are a professional hazard of being a political leader. The PM and Ministers often cop…
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Irony abounds. The Taxpayer's Union has accused another entity of being an astroturf organisation. From a TPU press release: Responding to the launch of new campaign to promote Michael Cullen’s capital gains tax, New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union Executive Director Jordan Williams says: “This campaign is not…
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Tax Justice Aotearoa has started a public campaign in support of a capital gains tax. It is a coalition of various trade unions, churches and community groups. Its reason for being is described in this passage: Tax Justice Aotearoa NZ seeks a fairer society…
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