Open mike 06/07/2019
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Daily review 05/07/2019
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Caption contest
Keep it seemly …
On my reliable commute and dipshits like Mike Hosking
Traffic and parking in Auckland isn’t helped by ignorant conservative dipshit parasitic immigrants like Mike Hosking. They really don’t get how this city can’t just keep adding roads as the roads backup after accidents. Or why it is so much safer for ratepayer cyclists to not have to contend motorists trying to accidentally kill them.
National supports 47% tax rate for top income bracket *
* this is one possible interpretation for National’s praise of the Morrisonn Government’s change to Australian tax system.
Open mike 05/07/2019
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Daily review 04/07/2019
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Southland and Thames think they don’t have climate crises
Regular Standard contributor Robert Guyton put up a great fight but has failed to persuade the dinosaurs on Environment Southland to declare a climate emergency.
Open mike 04/07/2019
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Daily review 03/07/2019
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Tamihere wants to privatise half of Watercare
John Tamihere has caused jaws throughout the region to drop by proposing that half of Watercare is privatised.
ANZ worried that it may be required to hold sufficient reserves
ANZ is complaining that the Reserve Bank wants it to hold additional capital in case of a run on the banks.
Open mike 03/07/2019
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Daily review 02/07/2019
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5G flip flop
Six weeks after banning China’s leading tech firm Huawei from contracts with U.S. businesses, U.S. President Donald Trump appears to have reversed it after meeting China’s Premier Xi Jinping.
Open mike 02/07/2019
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Daily review 01/07/2019
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The right wing death threat against Winston
Newshub has revealed that Winston Peters has received death threats. And the allegations involve the European far right, the Christchurch attack, the anti UN Migrant pact movement and the National Party.
How Brexit Party won the social media battle
A review of the use of social media has suggested that the Brexit Party’s campaign was far superior to that of its opponents.
Open mike 01/07/2019
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Folau’s rights to free speech are not being attacked
Israel Folau’s difficulties are not examples of an attack on free speech or religious beliefs.
Open mike 30/06/2019
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How To Get There 30/6/19
Welcome to TS’s Sunday think piece. It’s a blank sheet, a tabula rasa, waiting for your thoughts on the future and How To Get There.
Open mike 29/06/2019
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Daily review 28/06/2019
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National offers to help with housing crisis
On behalf of the National Party Judith Collins has offered to help Labour deal with the housing crisis, the one that National is responsible for.
What happened to one person one vote?
Did you know that under our local electoral system some people get more than one vote?
Open mike 28/06/2019
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Daily review 27/06/2019
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Labour’s cautious cabinet reshuffle
The results of Labour’s cabinet reshuffle have been announced.
Open mike 27/06/2019
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Daily review 26/06/2019
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National’s reshuffle
Simon Bridges had the chance to show leadership yesterday, cement his leadership of the National caucus, reward on talent and hard work and seek to unite a caucus that clearly has a few problems. How did he do?
100% carbon free power generation?
The Interim Climate Change Commission has come out saying that making our electricity generation 100% renewable would be really expensive and that that expense would land on the poor of New Zealand. But the Government has already indicated it could be flexible on the target. ICCC should be helping us plan, not throwing road blocks in the way.
Open mike 26/06/2019
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Daily review 24/06/2019
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