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Many years ago, I read John Brunner's "Stand on Zanzibar". It had an interesting mixture ...to create a sprawling narrative that presents a complex and multi-faceted view of the story's future world. Such information-rich chapters were often constructed from many short paragraphs, sentences, or fragments thereof —…
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During his most recent election campaign British PM David Cameron promised not to cut child tax credits. That promise was a lie - as of four days ago: Tax credits cuts 'will leave key workers up to £12,000 poorer by 2020' Research reveals impact of…
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National, the party of careful management of the country's finances and the party that opposed to any unjustified spending of tax money it created its own pet union, has engaged in expenditure that should do more than raise a few eyebrows. John Key and Jonathan Coleman…
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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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As initially pointed out by Draco T Bastard a few days ago in ‘open mike’, Portugal might be on the cusp of something. The President has endorsed the formation of a minority pro-austerity government. The fact that the President is a former leader of a…
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Steven Joyce's MBIE continues to make headlines for all the wrong reasons: MBIE's 'schoolboy antics' with inflatable sheep cost taxpayers $745 Taxpayers are footing the bill for an incident with a model sheep at the Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment's Christmas party last year.…
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Thirty four years ago the right insisted that we should keep politics out of sport and this as the justification for the then National Government overriding advice and agreeing to allow the Springboks to tour New Zealand even though this breached the Gleneagles agreement and caused a major international…
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Rachel Stewart writes about a disaster for this country: New Zealand has reached the pinnacle of world number one in domestic violence There's no doubt that New Zealand's epidemic of domestic violence lies firmly at the feet of men. As does the solution. ... New…
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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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José Mujica was President of Uruguay from 2010 until his resignation in of March this year. https://www.facebook.com/203959539740058/videos/692358027566871/?fref=nf Either you’re happy with very little, free of all that extra baggage, because you have happiness inside, or you’ll get nowhere. I’m not advocating poverty, I’m advocating sobriety.…
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This may turn out to have been a very bad move for Westpac: Police got Hager data without court order Westpac handed over private details without judicial authorisation, though other firms declined, court documents show. See also RNZ and this: Law breach possible over Hager…
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We've written a bit about Labour Day over the years. This time let's just leave it at this thought from the PSA. Have a good one... https://twitter.com/NZPSA/status/657328403700289536
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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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The Nats are so desperate to avoid taking action on sugar's role in the demographics of obesity that they've taken to talking pure drivel. https://twitter.com/TheNationTV3/status/657657404356743169?s=09 Here's the transcript: Political editor Patrick Gower sat down with Dr Coleman and began by asking him what actually happens…
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Kelvin Davis has been performing sterling work on the issue concerning New Zealand detainees in Australia. The Guardian has reported on his visit to Christmas Island to talk to some of them. He stated that conditions were that bad there was talk of the prisoners rioting.…
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We will all have to love Auckland. Not love-hate. Love. Because Auckland needs to be given a reason to love the left, if the left are ever to achieve power again. Including Maori seats and resident list members, it's about 4035% of Parliament. That big.…
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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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The Auckland Energy Consumer Trust is currently holding its triennial elections for trustees to look after the community owned shares in Vector electricity. The shares are currently worth in the vicinity of $2.1 billion dollars. There have been rumours of plans by Michelle Boag and others…
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Here's something for politics junkies on a Saturday morning - Scoop on the Hager Rawshark raid case: Inside The Hunt For Rawshark - The Hager Raid Court File Scoop Independent News has secured access to the court file for the Hager Rawshark Raid Case and…
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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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In the absence of a caption contest this fine Friday, Standardistas might like to turn their idle hands to poetry. Love poetry. Specifically, the very special love and yearning that John Key seems to feel for Richie McCaw. The Twitterati have made such a good…
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John Key's antics trying to drum up support for a flag change are getting increasingly desperate: Yo Rich m8, its JK ;-) chk out my cool flg vid on the FB. Go ABs! Yes, the Prime Minister really did text the All Black captain to…
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Gosh, how predictable was this: Super-ministry's $800,000 bill for media monitoring slammed An $800,000 bill for media monitoring at the Government's business super-ministry has put its spending in the spotlight again, with Labour accusing it of "wallowing in extravagance". ... The big bill is just…
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Apparently the country is facing a crisis. A senior Minister who is a potential future leader of the National Party has been tasked with handling this crisis. And the threat must be considerable because she keeps talking about it. I am not talking about climate…
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