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Here's a link to the R 101 reference for anyone who needs it. Yesterday at some point I noticed that some Labour supporters were getting a bit hot under the collar because some 'narsty' right wingers had taken the words of one of their heroes…
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' With his patent leather shoes gleaming thanks to John Key's lovingly- applied spit-polish, Barrack Obama stood upon the world stage and presented the United State's justification for its neoconservative imperialist war in the Middle East. It was classic US sheer hypocrisy and supercilious mendacity,…
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In April 2011 respected journalist Jon Stephenson published a piece in Metro - Eyes Wide Shut: The Government’s Guilty Secrets in Afghanistan. In May the Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) issued a press statement challenging several aspects of the article, suggesting... ...that Mr Stephenson had not…
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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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Auckland is over a third of New Zealand's economy and its population. And if you agree with Bill English, the whole of Auckland's real estate is going down an apocalyptic gurgler. But at least in transport, there are a few developments altering things for the…
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Tena Koutou Katoa. Thank you so much for the invitation to speak to you this afternoon. When I was living in Auckland in the 1990’s, the most common phrase I heard when talking about the city and its issues at the time was “if only…
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David Farrar's Kiwiblog has taken to advertising the TPPA Ministerial protest promoted by the Its Our Future website. Does this represent a change of heart on his part?
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First there was Volkswagen. Then there was the VW subsidiaries Audi and Skoda. Now, from a Guardian article today… •Nissan’s X-Trail 1.6 cDi, which produced over 14 times more NOx in the WLTC test. A Nissan spokeswoman said: “We can state unequivocally that we are…
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Nice interactive political polling data visualisation here (consider making a donation!).
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The echos of John Key's ponytail pulling harassment of a waitress continue: Ponytail-gate: BSA rules against Mike Hosking The Broadcasting Standards Authority upheld four complaints against Mike Hosking for unfair remarks about the waitress whose ponytail was pulled by Prime Minister John Key. ... The…
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So the Pandas are generating a lot of discussion. It's not just the ludicrous cost (while kids are going hungry, state houses are moldy, and AgResearch gets dismembered) - it's the blatant disconnect from reality: Dunne, Labour lash out over Brownlee's panda mission The Government…
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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/S at No Right Turn on the Crown's apparent bungling of the Dotcom extradition case - and the potential cost to NZ. Muppets Kim Dotcom's extradition hearing is currently underway, and it appears to have hit a hurdle: the government can't find key documentation: The…
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As a fair few peeps are aware ‘the standard’ has shed a wee few authors of late. This post isn’t about that. There has been some back end discussion on what positive structural or organisational changes we might be able to implement. That’s what this…
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Peter Dunne seems to be having an attack of conscience: Dunne Speaks Our foreign policy lacks any commitment to human rights. A bold conclusion maybe, but the most realistic one to be drawn from a couple of recent events where New Zealand appears to have…
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The NZHerald reports Finance Minister Bill English warning that Auckland housing has a risk of a massive house price crash because of an over-supply of housing, eight years from the initial shock in demand. Apparently a number of international studies show it takes eight years…
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Someone ring the police. National has been stealing Labour's policies again. Last election Labour promised this: Kermadec world sanctuary area The Kermadec Islands are a part of New Zealand 1000 km to the northeast, and straddle tropical and temperate climates. The Kermadec marine region 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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The Blairites in UK Labour, if Lord Mandelson was to be believed, kinda sorta issued a détente over Corbyn’s leadership. Anyone surprised to learn that they, erm, lied? When Corbyn became leader I said that SNP support could well get dented. But I also commented…
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There's a hard-hitting piece in the Herald today - from Jarrod Gilbert on how National has lied to the country's face and got away with it. Tolley claimed before the election that 34% of drug offences and 25% of homicides were by a small group…
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On a day when science is very much in the news, research in NZ is very much under fire. It's not just lefties such as yours truly who think it's mad to cut agricultural, especially emissions research. Today's anonymous editorial in The Herald: Research cuts…
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Greenpeace, 350 Aotearoa and the Coal Action Network have all called on the Government to stop Tim Groser from travelling to the Paris Climate change talks. And I agree with them. Not only is the Government's proposal so inept and so short of what is…
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I'm going to get to reviewing Labour's next 3 Future of Work papers, honest. But in the meantime, I have something to share from Andrew McAfee. Just a great Ted Talk on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXQrbxD9_Ng He's looking at the opportunities and problems that technology is bringing…
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Banning a piece of music from the Nelson's cathedral because of its Islamic content is part of the "bigotry" that has sparked religious conflicts, its composer says. Sir Karl Jenkins, who composed The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace, has slammed the decision by Christ…
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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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