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Key refused to go to Waitangi on Friday (likes to talk, doesn't like to listen). On Saturday he went to the rugby and went grandstanding in front of the crowd (of course). But it didn't go as planned. See the video here (15 seconds) -…
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David Slack has a humorous piece on the TPPA this morning. Here's an extract: A beginner’s guide to the TPPA ... The idea of an ISDS is that if the Government passes some law, or gets a bit too hands-on in the economy, a colossal…
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The Malaysian Diplomat with unusual behavioural mannerisms and odd ideas of the meaning of consent and invitation has now been sentenced to home detention on the charges that he faced. The young woman involved, Tania Billingsley has been completely exonerated. Attempts to discredit her have…
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After Bernie Sanders' dead-heat with Hillary Clinton in Iowa, the race to the Democrat nomination at the upcoming convention just got much more interesting. A Quinnipiac poll now has him trail her nationally by two points. Just as with Corbyn in Britain, the pundits are…
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It has been a tumultuous start to the political year. Massive TPP protests, Key fleeing Waitangi, flying dildos, Iowa caucuses, leagalised rape bastards, and more. So let's talk about jobs and wages. Two good pieces in The Herald recently. From Brian Fallow: Wages going nowhere…
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If we treated Waitangi Day with the same respect as ANZAC Day, we'd see serried ranks of our best troops line up, and tens of thousands attend somber services. If we treated Waitangi Day like ANZAC Day, we'd have great stone memorials in every village…
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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 went to the anti-Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) protests yesterday to take photos. When I arrived I was immediately struck by the level of Police surveillance. Police photographers were carefully and systematically taking photos of every activist. But this wasn't what interested me the most. Two…
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From the archives: PM should get over Waitangi problems - Key Tuesday Feb 5, 2008 National leader John Key has arrived at Waitangi in the Far North with a message to Prime Minister Helen Clark that she needs to "get over" her objections to going…
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Around 20,000 people took to the streets of Auckland yesterday, while behind police lines, in its spiritual home SkyCity, the National government signed the TPPA. (This is largely a symbolic action, the agreement still needs to be ratified by the member countries, and laws need…
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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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PM John Key will not be going to Waitangi after all. Initially he didn't seem to want to go, then his advisers appear to have convinced him he'd look like a wuss if he didn't. Now he has chickened out altogether. Say what you like…
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Earlier this week I saw that the violent misogyny website Return of Kings were planning global meetups. There were set locations, narrow time windows and even a password, straight out of a corny sixties spy movie. I laughed and told my wife. How ridiculous are…
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Last week a panel of UN experts issued warnings on the TPP: UN experts voice concern over adverse impact of free trade and investment agreements on human rights A number of free trade and investment agreements, such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Transatlantic…
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Today the Government will sign the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement at Sky City in Auckland. They know the agreement is very unpopular. They could have signed it overseas or down in Queenstown or next week but instead they chose to sign it at Sky City two days…
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When a government prepares to surrender a share of its sovereignty, you would expect a compelling reason for doing so. No country would accept limits on its law-making power without an equal trade-off, surely? Well, no country except New Zealand. The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA),…
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From I/S at No Right Turn... 28,000 unemployed under National The Labour Market Statistics were released today, showing that unemployment has dropped to 5.3%. But while its (finally) a move in the right direction, there are still 133,000 unemployed - 28,000 more than when National…
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Yes citizens, that is the conclusion drawn by the anonymous author of YADHE (Yet Another Disgraceful Herald Editorial) - An expensive fix which has little purpose The economy is strong in large part because public spending is under control. Expensive proposals that waste money purely…
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Key's badly dented "political antennae" took another solid beating yesterday, with his second high-profile bungle involving a waitress. This time, thankfully, the waitress was only hypothetical: John Key draws flak after questioning why waitresses' taxes should fund students Prime Minister John Key has drawn a…
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(source) Sad thing is, Trump's loss is probably a bad thing. Cruz is much more dangerous.
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Honestly, this is amateur hour stuff: Confirmed: Wrong colour on potential new flag flying on Auckland Harbour Bridge Officials have confirmed the potential new flag waving atop the Auckland Harbour Bridge is the wrong colour and will be replaced. ... "The fabric weight and printing…
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[r0b: image removed] 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 Presidential Primary race is up and running with results from Iowa trickling in. Live feeds are available from the Des Moines Register or Nate Silver's 538 website. At the time of writing Clinton is just ahead of of Saunders and on the Republican side…
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Duncan Garner does good work sometimes, but he is also capable of pure bollocks. Yesterday's ill informed rant pushing the TPP was a shocker. (Garner spent the rest of the day re-tweeting anyone who said something nice about it - ouch.) TPP or die -…
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So the start to the political year has been completed, the speeches have been delivered and the commentators have commentated. So who won, who lost and what will the repercussions be? John Key delivered an interesting speech. His major announcement was said to be the…
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