New Zealanders who may have committed horrendous crimes, such as murder and sex offences – I’ve still been standing up for them and getting them a better deal.
You won’t believe this Herald hack’s hilarious homophobia!
Really Fran?
Open mike 13/11/2015
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Making the Opposition the Enemy –
It takes fortitude to admit you are wrong. That’s right, not weakness but, strength, courage, resilience, grit, determination, endurance, guts, and staying power. When you won’t admit you are wrong you end up having to justify wrong decisions. That takes time and energy (and money) away from what actually needs to be done for the greater good. John Key won’t admit he is wrong. Because of this he has to keep going down several paths of “wrongness”, and because he is Prime MInister, he is taking us all with him. Some people think he does admit he made mistakes. But when you examine the few instances closer (if you can find them), it looks like something else.
Daily Review 12/11/2015
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Social media disasters – Paula Bennett tweets
The first of what may be an ongoing series of posts where social media interaction by Politicians ends in disaster.
When survivors speak out
Previously posted at Boots Theory. Content note: discussion of sexual violence and the experience of survivors. Yesterday I did a round-up of the […]
EPA to be gutted – for doing its job
Looks like National is planning to take over the Environmental Protection Agency.
Who would James Bond vote for?
Ad poses the theoretical question of which political party the current James Bond would support.
There are no kiwi rapists on Christmas Island
John Key’s claim that Labour and Greens support the rapists on Christmas Island has struck a snag. There are none. And the brave action of progressive women MPs talking publicly about the sexual abuse they have suffered has shown how morally bankrupt Key’s politics are.
International shame – again
Key and Carter have brought NZ international shame yet again. Males in a position of power using rape as a cheap political tactic and then punishing women for speaking up. Brighter Future.
Open mike 12/11/2015
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Daily Review 11/11/2015
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Great political quotes of history – the Key version
Newsworthy imagines famous political quotes – as Key might have said them. Perhaps Standardistas can add some more…
New Zealand needs a new Speaker
David Carter’s refusal to rule John Key’s “backing the rapists” comment out of order raises issues about his ability to properly do the job of speaker.
Human Rights, Psychos and Opposition
New Zealand’s bloody awful parliamentary debacle.
No Friends: The One about Rachel
The latest celebrity gossip is that pseudo journalist Rachel Glucina’s naff website Scout is about to do the walk of shame. Karma’s a truly wonderful thing.
Joining the dots
Was Key’s “outburst” in Parliament yesterday an outburst, or was it a strategy?
Open mike 11/11/2015
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Daily Review 10/11/2015
Serial fondler accuses Labour of “backing rapists”
Serial fondler of young persons’ hair and celebrity PM impersonator John Key lost it in Parliament today.
The Christmas Island riots
The barbaric treatment of New Zealand citizens by the Australian Government ought to attract condemnation and urgent diplomatic representations. But nothing is happening. Surely this is a time that John Key should get some guts. But instead of this he has accused the opposition of supporting rapists. Updated with video from Question one in Parliament today.
There is Hope.
Anarchism, past and present.
Maori Television’s receptionists
Two liked and respected receptionists at Maori Television have lost their jobs because they are not fluent in Te Reo. But half of the executive are also not fluent speakers yet they retain their jobs.
Inequality is a choice
Inequality is a choice. It isn’t a choice made by individuals, it is a choice made by governments. Check out Joseph Stiglitz’s new book Rewriting the Rules of the American Economy: An Agenda for Growth and Shared Prosperity.
Open mike 10/11/2015
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While we are at it – let’s try to save the planet
Can’t be many more important campaigns than saving the planet right? Only people power will change the current economic levers which are designed […]
Daily Review 09/11/2015
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Minister declined to comment…
Isn’t it amazing how many Ministers can’t wait to front up to the media when they are selling. But when it comes to after sale service they just don’t want to front?
Labour, identity, class and winning
The question of identity politics and Labour’s direction just never go away. But maybe we’re just thinking about it all wrong.
Kelvin Davis on Christmas Island
Kelvin Davis showed this video to the Labour Party conference on the weekend. Following news of the riot it has become a must watch.
The cost of cancer
When people are turning in these numbers to crowd-funding for treatment something is seriously, seriously wrong.
Little’s speech – reaction
Open mike 09/11/2015
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Andrew Little’s speech to the Labour 2015 conference
Details of Andrew Little’s speech to be delivered today to the Labour Party conference.
Updated with the full text of the speech.
Poverty’s Beneficiaries.
While pondering this post, I was pointed to a post from last year, in which poverty and the cost of breakfast were on the agenda. Stephanie was writing in response to the ignorance of Nikki Kaye who claimed that giving affordable nutritious breakfast to children was easy. While I haven’t taken the time to read all of the comments on the subject, I thought Stephanie proved the point quite aptly that the reality is far different than the hypothetical world of poverty in which Nikki Kaye lives.