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July 1st this year marks the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the Communist Party of China in Shanghai in 1921. It is a date worth commemorating as while the Party is not well understood, its positive achievements have been outstanding. In 2004 I participated…
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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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There's been a lot of wide-eyed scaremongering about this new hate speech proposal and, frankly, not much clarity from the Government about what it actually entails. So, I went and had a read. It's only a few pages and easy enough to read - I…
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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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Idiot/Savant at No Right Turn writes: The Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security (IGIS) has released a report today on the SIS's use of closed circuit television. The report beings with the scary revelation that those spy cameras in our cities are literally just that: As…
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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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So far Aotearoa New Zealand has dodged a bullet. The Australian visitor who visited busy parts of Wellington but then developed Covid appears so far not to have affected local person even though he was infected with the delta variant, the variant behind recent surges…
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Commentary from Denis Tegg, Waikato Regional Councillor (opinions his own). Cross-posted from Tegg Talk. Waikato Regional Council (WRC) has approved a transport plan which assigns just 3% of its 10-year budget to walking and cycling, and only 5% to public transport. This must inevitably increase…
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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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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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Hate speech is about to get a lot more criminalised with much stronger penalties. It's worth going back to what the Royal Commission actually considered, since that's the basis of proposing this law. The Royal Commission in fact found that trying to protect religion from very strong opinions…
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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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I have been criticised for posting too much about National lately. I admit that I have done a lot of attack posts on National. There is so much material to work with and pointing this out is good for our country's future. So what is…
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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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From Kawerau to Nelson to Tiwai Point, our accelerated decline of heavy mass manufacturing factories continues. You can still see hulking old dairy factories across Taranaki from pre-amalgamation days, and old concrete meatworks long dead from Balclutha to Patea. In many respects they built our…
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Yesterday I put up a short post about a National MP who apparently had spent Parliamentary Services money on a Television that may have been placed in his or her home and there was some weird comment about how he or she had done something…
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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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Oh dear. Another story about yet another National MP in trouble because of their born to rule impulses. From Claire Trevett in the Herald: A National Party MP faced allegations of inappropriate spending of taxpayer money – allegations the MP is refusing to front on…
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The country's and the world's fisheries are crashing. Every time I read about them I wonder what we can do. There is greater and greater industrial raping of the environment to keep providing fish for our consumption. And I love fish. I eat Salmon most…
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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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Since real estate is that machine that relentlessly powers our society and most of our economy, it’s already worth checking whether this governments’ recent policy changes are starting to have some of its intended effects. In March 23rd this year, the government announced a suite…
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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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For the first time since the election Winston Peters has reemerged, making an appearance at New Zealand First's annual general meeting where he gave the keynote speech. He had the opportunity to talk about the country and its problems and could have focussed in pressing…
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