Coco
Ad reviews the Children’s movie Coco and suggests there is something there for people of all ages.
What will 2018 hold for Labour?
What does Labour do this year to make sure this Government is a success and its achievements something that progressives can be proud of?
Open Mike 10/01/2018
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Theatre and Oprah
Maybe ‘circus’ would be more apt that ‘theatre’ with regards the Oprah spectacle.
Hatchets and Knives.
A little on the (predictable) fallout from Emily Thornberry’s BBC Radio 4 interview.
The Saviour Machine
Our ingenuity.
Open Mike 09/01/2018
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Open Mike 08/01/2018
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RIP Jim Anderton
Jim Anderton has passed away. A politician of passion and principle.
UK Intelligence
From the Opposition Labour Party, a rare instance of common sense and intelligence on display with regards foreign relations.
Open Mike 07/01/2018
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Bitcoin 2018
Is Bitcoin something to worry about or something to embrace?
Open Mike 06/01/2018
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Up in Smoke.
US reverses Federal marijuana stance.
The Froth Comes off The Beer
Auckland appears to be following the trend set by Melbourne and Sydney of a softening in expected prices for selling houses.
“We are never asking for it”
Solidarity with Madeline Anello Kitzmiller.
Open Mike 05/01/2018
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Duck and cover
Over the past 24 hours Trump has threatened war by comparing button sizes with Kim Jon Un and Steve Bannon has described Trump Campaign’s 2016 meeting with a group of Russians in Trump Tower as “treasonous” and “unpatriotic”.
What will 2018 bring for National?
What are National’s prospects this year? Will Bill English survive as leader? Will there be resignations and a clean out of the front bench? Stay tuned …
Open Mike 04/01/2018
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Income related speeding fines – bring it on!
Dr Jarrod Gilbert has a provocative opinion piece on the Herald website today, proposing that speeding fines become income related. It’s an interesting […]
News stories and NZ rape culture
“Public nudity isn’t illegal, but offensive behaviour is.” – Thomas Beagle, Chair of the NZ Council for Civil Liberties
Open Mike 03/01/2018
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Israel fights back
In what may be the first of a number of publicity stunts Rabbi Shmulay Boteach has placed a full page advertisement in the Washington Post condemning Lorde and New Zealand for showing solidarity with Palestine.
Open Mike 02/01/2018
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What will 2018 bring for Donald Trump?
The New York Times has broken a astory suggesting that Australian Ambassador to the UK Alexander Downer informed the FBI that the Trump camp knew about the Russian hacking of Hillary Clinton’s emails four months before the 2016 Presidential election.
Hello 2018
Ngā mihi o te tau hou.
Open Mike 01/01/2018
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The Failed Estate: Us and Them
In Australia the Murdoch press has chosen the Christmas down period to try and whip up some anti beneficiary hysteria. Jim Parker from the blog Failed Estate calmly dissects the figures and concludes there is no reason for concern.
The ten most popular Standard posts of 2017
The ten most read Standard posts of 2017.
Open Mike 31/12/2017
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When the jet stream slows…
…let’s ridicule Donald Trump.
Man of the year and global leader of the year
Why Donald Trump should be considered to be man of the year and why the left should be thinking about why he is succeeding.
The Standard’s most commented on posts of 2017
The ten most commented on posts in the Standard for 2017.
Open Mike 30/12/2017
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The Adventures of CosmoGuy: US Ambassador to New Zealand (and Samoa!)
The alleged ‘thoughts’ of Scott Brown, the highly intelligent and very cool ambassador of the Partisan States of America to NooZiland. In an exposition of typical blinding intelligence, he tries to explain to his beloved Orange Lord what he is doing here (and in Samoa!).