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Open mike 06/10/2020

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Date published: 6:00 am, October 6th, 2020 - 69 comments

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Daily review 05/10/2020

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Date published: 5:30 pm, October 5th, 2020 - 79 comments

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 …

New Zealand, Biden, Trump, and Australia

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Date published: 3:47 pm, October 5th, 2020 - 6 comments

If Donald Trump is re-elected in 30 days’ time, he will be vindicated and emboldened.  What will the implications be for New Zealand?

Open mike 05/10/2020

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Date published: 6:00 am, October 5th, 2020 - 182 comments

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Meanwhile, the climate crisis

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Date published: 11:56 am, October 4th, 2020 - 44 comments

A large wildfire has destroyed many homes in the village of Ohau in the Mackenzie Country, and hundreds of people have been evacuated.

Trump’s not so bad: the holding our breath edition

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Date published: 11:17 am, October 4th, 2020 - 79 comments

An occasional series

Open mike 04/10/2020

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Date published: 6:00 am, October 4th, 2020 - 202 comments

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Paul Goldsmith should stop digging

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Date published: 3:05 pm, October 3rd, 2020 - 80 comments

Paul Goldsmith has shown yet again his complete inability to understand how Government finances work by claiming there is a $10 billion dollar hole in Labour’s fiscal plan where there is none.

POTUS, Covid and the New Zealand election

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Date published: 8:01 am, October 3rd, 2020 - 122 comments

News that Donald Trump has tested positive for Covid will have a significant effect on the US election as well as our local election.  It raises the issue who will you trust to lead the country against this most agile yet deadly virus?

Open mike 03/10/2020

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Date published: 6:00 am, October 3rd, 2020 - 78 comments

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Daily review 02/10/2020

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Date published: 5:30 pm, October 2nd, 2020 - 66 comments

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The Votesafe campaign

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Date published: 11:44 am, October 2nd, 2020 - 35 comments

A well funded organisation has emerged from nowhere and is potentially having a significant effect on one of the referendum topics this year.

Open mike 02/10/2020

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Date published: 6:00 am, October 2nd, 2020 - 260 comments

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Daily review 01/10/2020

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Date published: 5:30 pm, October 1st, 2020 - 33 comments

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Open mike 01/10/2020

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Date published: 6:00 am, October 1st, 2020 - 301 comments

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Leaders’ debate post

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Date published: 6:59 pm, September 30th, 2020 - 115 comments

Post for discussion of the latest leaders’ debate scheduled for this evening.  Be kind to each other.

Daily review 30/09/2020

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Date published: 5:30 pm, September 30th, 2020 - 10 comments

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Jacinda Ardern and New Zealand Health

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Date published: 11:59 am, September 30th, 2020 - 15 comments

Jacinda Ardern is a contender for winning a Nobel Peace Prize.  If she were to get it for anything, it will be for her leadership response to the national health crisis response to COVID19.

NZ First and the SFO

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Date published: 8:57 am, September 30th, 2020 - 38 comments

Some random musings on the news yesterday that persons associated with NZ First had been charged by the Serious Fraud Office.

No Right Turn: The transport policy we need

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Date published: 6:05 am, September 30th, 2020 - 40 comments

All of these policies will get fossil cars off the roads, reducing emissions. 

Open mike 30/09/2020

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Date published: 6:00 am, September 30th, 2020 - 111 comments

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SFO exonerates NZ First

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Date published: 5:51 pm, September 29th, 2020 - 56 comments

The SFO has put out a press release a few days before overseas voting starts. They have not laid charges against NZ First or anyone in it. They have laid charges against two other people. What I find appalling is that they waited so close to the election before making it clear that whatever NZF did was lawful. To me that smacks of political malfeasance. And the complainants probably should be brought up on charges themselves for wasting police and SFO time. 

Daily review 29/09/2020

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Date published: 5:30 pm, September 29th, 2020 - 21 comments

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Judith Collins, Nicky Hager and Dirty Politics

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Date published: 12:16 pm, September 29th, 2020 - 55 comments

Judith Collins has said about Dirty Politics author Nicky Hager that he “still needs to meet his maker.”  What did she mean by this?  And why does she harbour such dark thoughts about Hager?

What forming a Labour/Green government might look like

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Date published: 11:23 am, September 29th, 2020 - 44 comments

Shaw said that what he is hearing from people is they want Labour to have to talk to someone while in govt and not be able to make decisions by itself.

The question then becomes, how much does the left want Labour to be encouraged greenward and leftward?

Open mike 29/09/2020

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Date published: 6:00 am, September 29th, 2020 - 91 comments

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Daily review 28/09/2020

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Date published: 5:30 pm, September 28th, 2020 - 114 comments

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Mood of the Boardroom: National is toast

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Date published: 11:07 am, September 28th, 2020 - 45 comments

The NZ Herald Mood of the Boardroom finance election debate should be for National what it is like attending a Living Wage campaign meeting for Labour.  They should be at home and the participants should be solidly behind them.  But not this year.

Snow storm shout out to the undeserving poor

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Date published: 10:40 am, September 28th, 2020 - 84 comments

Why does Labour still not have a plan for unwell and disabled people living in poverty?

What Have Labour Done For The Poor, Exactly?

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Date published: 8:45 am, September 28th, 2020 - 30 comments

There’s been plenty of criticism about Labour’s policies not being effective enough to alleviate poverty. Time for a bit of perspective.

No Right Turn: The coming US shitshow

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Date published: 6:05 am, September 28th, 2020 - 44 comments

President Trump once again refused to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses the US election.