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Drug testing at music festivals
Police Minister Stuart Nash has said publicly that he wants to see all New Zealand music festivals to have drug testing kits by next summer.
Open Mike 07/01/2019
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Open Mike 06/01/19
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National just wants to have some friends
National clearly needs new friends if it is to regain power. Could the nutty New Conservatives be a possibility?
The wonder of e-bikes and e-scooters
The rise of cycleways, e-bikes, and e-scooters is steadily revolutionising commutes around Auckland, especially Central Auckland. Like public transport the economic reasons for commuters are easy to understand. You don’t get ridiculous parking costs or the lousy variable commute times of fat footprint cars jammed up on crowded roads.
How To Get There 6/1/19
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Dance MF Dance!
Three women have made their mark in US politics this week. One danced, one swore, one made the House her home.
Farrar criticises Genter for not solving National’s transport safety mess quickly enough
David Farrar has accused Julie Anne Genter of saying she can do nothing about the road safety when she said nothing of the sort.
Open Mike 05/01/19
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Political punditry in 2019
The media has recently reviewed its predictions from last year and made a few new ones. How did it go? And what is going to happen in the next 12 months?
Open Mike 04/01/2019
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Test embeds in comments.
As some of you may have noticed, I’ve started testing some embeds in comments in OpenMike today. This is a test to see what is possible in posts that can worthwhile be carried over to the comments. I’ll probably make decisions on what I allow over the weekend and either add what you want or remove the ones that look like they will break the conversation.
Open Mike 03/01/2019
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Movie Review – the Favourite
The Standard is branching into new territory with a film review of the movie the Favourite.
What can we do about climate change – air travel emission offset
How do you reconcile your desire to do what you can about climate change with taking air travel?
Open Mike 02/01/2019
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What do we want in 2019?
It’s election year again- but only for local elections this time. What do you want your local candidates to address?
Discussion on political leader PR.
A comment from veutoviper has a go at the prevelant myth that Jacinda Arden has been using her family for PR points. As veutoviper points out by looking at the NZ Womens Weekly that Simon Bridges appears to have a much higher profile with his family washing. For some reason our political misogynists appear to have a double standard.
The Race To Replace Trump has Started
Elizabeth Warren has announced that she will be seeking the Democratic Party’s nomination to be the 46th President of the USA. With the Republicans unsure about whether Trump will run again due to the difficulties of campaigning from Federal prison, the Presidential election should be a shoo in for the Dems. Warren is just the first; there will be many more candidates who will see this as the opportunity of a lifetime.
Open Mike 01/01/2019
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Wow, Anak Krakatau is just gone..
The progeny of Krakatoa, Anak Krakatau, that blew up and dropped most of its volume into the ocean to cause the December 22nd tsunami in Indonesia was very intense. Satellite radar images show that it lost most of its volume and the cone is just gone. That was just a minor eruption in a crowded world.
The Standard’s ten most popular posts of 2018
The Standard’s ten most read posts of 2018.
The Standard’s ten most commented on posts in 2018
The Standard’s ten most commented on posts in 2018.
Open Mike 31/12/2018
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Open Mike 30/12/2018
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How To Get There 30/12/18
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Now on WordPress 5
Just upgraded to Wordpress 5.02. There were a couple of minor tweaks required on our site for old posts, but nothing earth shattering. Proceeding on to changing the theme after 8 years.
Open Mike 29/12/2018
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Matt King goes full nut job
National MP Matt King has claimed that Stuff has been censoring comments that are critical of the Government and that an article expressing concerns about the run down of health infrastructure, the increase in child poverty, the use of private contractors to spy on us and the inability of NZTA to properly regulate WOF inspections is “left wing claptrap”.
The Standard a decade on
LPrent and I had the chance recently to talk about the Standard and how it is going.
Open Mike 28/12/2018
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National’s brave new world of MOAR ROADS!
National has taken to criticising the Government for not building roads that had no coherent business case and no proposal to build.
Japan restarts commercial whaling
Japan have withdrawn from the International Whaling Commission and will resume commercial whaling.
Open Mike 27/12/2018
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Go Democracy Go!
It’s going to be a strong year for democratic politics.