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Today or rather, this weekend marks Autumn Equinox, a flipping point between light and dark. After many months of constant bombardment with news, events, and ‘opinions’, today feels eerily quiet. Under normal (??) circumstances this should feel good, some long-sought peace and calm to recharge…
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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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At one level he may be an affable oath. But at another level he is a dangerous psychopath. I am talking about Boris Johnson, current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. What makes me say this? Despite International Law, and the steps that the world…
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In its new integrated defence and foreign policy strategy, Britain intends to raise its nuclear warheads on Trident from 180 to 240. What a waste. It also intends to "tilt" to the Indo-Pacific, sending the New HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier here later in the…
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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 must admit that I have recently been watching the Americas Cup races. Ultra high tech boats travelling at unbelievable speeds and the local team has some good old kiwi sailors beating the best of the world. And on the Waitemata Harbour. What is there…
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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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Over the past week National and the Greens have released housing policy designed to address the country's current housing crisis. National's policies are somewhat predictable, and involve mostly reaffirmation of current Government policies while trying not to give the impression that they are doing something…
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In the beginning New Zealand contributed to the Afghanistan War with noble intent and notable heroism. They built schools, rebuilt parts of towns, did good humanitarian work. This is particularly the case in Bamiyan, where New Zealand led the Provincial Reconstruction Team – our biggest…
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Slightly late sorry. It has been busy lately ... The latest One News Colmar Brunton Poll is very comforting for the left. Labour is down from its stratospheric heights of 53% to 49%. It scored 50% in the 2020 election. National is up 2% to…
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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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Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …
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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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Recycled from Twelve months ago ... Two years ago the unthinkable happened to Aotearoa New Zealand. A right wing extremist armed with weapons of mass destruction went on a rampage through a Christchurch mosque and killed 51 human beings and injured another 49. I can…
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Vaccines have had a place in diplomacy since the Cold War. The country that can manufacture and distribute lifesaving injections to others less fortunate sees a return on its investment in the form of soft power: prestige, goodwill, perhaps a degree of indebtedness, even awe.…
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The weekend state elections in West Australia are astonishing. On top of nearly a 13% two party swing swing for Labour in 2017, there appears to have been about a 17% swing to Labour in the weekend election in preliminary results. In 59 seat lower…
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https://twitter.com/suzanne_moore/status/1371042972050067456 Sarah Everard was a 33 year old UK woman who went missing while walking home in early March. Her body was found last week, and a London policeman has been charged with her murder. While abductions and murder of women is relatively rare in…
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