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You would think that the conference held immediately after National suffered one of its worst drubbings in its history National would take the opportunity to refresh its leadership and change its direction. If you did you will be disappointed. From Newshub: In a speech, Goodfellow…
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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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This is probably the most succinctly astute thing I have seen written about the government since the election. Standardista Miravox on twitter, My reckon on Jacinda is that peeps likening her to Roger Douglas over housing are looking in the wrong place. She's been indoctrinated…
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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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During a week in which two Covid vaccines have been announced there is disturbing news coming out of South Australia where a new more potent strain of the virus has appeared. From Stephanie Bedo via the Herald: The strain of coronavirus wreaking havoc on South…
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This cheery piece about the end of the world is doing the rounds in Australia and New Zealand. None of it is a surprise to people in the various resiliency movements (Transition Towns, permaculture, peak oil, climate activism and so on), but it's nevertheless a…
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No Right Turn wrote on yesterday: ______________________________________________________________________________ Until the pandemic, air travel was one of the fastest growing causes of greenhouse gas emissions. And its obscenely unequal, with just 1% of the world's population causing 50% of the problem: Frequent-flying “‘super emitters” who represent just…
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Originally posted on Nick Kelly's Blog Two weeks after one of the most tumultuous elections in US history it is now clear that Joe Biden has won. This was not clear on election night as much of the in-person vote favoured Trump in key swing…
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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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This government must demonstrate that it has the ability to lead the New Zealand economy where it has stated it wants it to go. It does not want more headlines like the average house in Auckland now being priced at $1 million. With the Reserve…
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For political legal tragics like myself there is this amazing website Democracy Docket which collects Court filings and reports on the various cases that Donald Trump and his mob are conducting to try and overturn the clearly expressed will of the majority of the American…
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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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Donald Trump will be back for another go at the Presidency in 2024. Donald Trump has the mightiest and most powerful political brand in the United States, and he has gained the total fealty of the Republican Party. As he did in 2016 he will…
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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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America is in some trouble. Covid19 is surging. The third wave is hitting hard. Suddenly 100,000 daily new infections is not a scary possibility, 200,000 is. The POTUS is holed up in the West Wing and is busily firing people partly because he thinks it…
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Really good to see this piece in the MSM on how and why greentech isn't going to simply replace fossil fuels so we can continue business as usual, but instead we will need to powerdown. John McCrone at Stuff interviewed Christchurch transition engineer Susan Krumdieck,…
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