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Bridges pulls a stunt
health, health and safety, national, same old national, Simon Bridges, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, uncategorizedSimon Bridges threw two stunts yesterday, firstly threatening to try and summons senior Public Servants to publicise confidential legal advice and then by attacking Dr Ashley Blomfield for not answering emails quickly enough despite the existence of a pandemic which the country appears to be handling pretty well.
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No Right Turn: Climate Change – the need for a green recovery
The Climate Change Commission – the expert panel tasked with getting New Zealand carbon neutral – has written to the government asking it to apply a “climate change lens” to the post-Covid-19 spend-up.
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Holding the Government to Account or Concern Trolling?
accountability, covid-19, Economy, election 2020, employment, equality, jobs, making shit up, minimum wage, paul goldsmith, Politics, same old national, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, wages, welfare, workers' rightsWhen Opposition Spokespersons behave like concern trolls, we have a problem.
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SFO: The National Party Four are Named
Name suppression has been lifted for the four National Party associates charged by the SFO.
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What was Winston thinking?
blogs, Dirty Politics, national, nz first, paula bennett, same old national, uncategorized, winston petersIt has been revealed that NZ First acquired photographs of its former President and two reporters emerged on the Whaleoil mark 2 site, raising the concerning possibility that Simon Lusk may be involved in helping NZ First.
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How low will Bridges go?
immigration, International, making shit up, national, same old national, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, you couldn't make this shit upSimon Bridges has wondered out loud if anti semitism stopped the Government from sending a senior representative to a Holocaust memorial in Israel.
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Labour is signing up to Facebook transparency tool
facebook, greens, jacinda ardern, labour, making shit up, Media, national, paula bennett, spin, uncategorized, you couldn't make this shit upJacinda Ardern has announced that Labour will abide by Facebook Ad Library Report rules which allow voters to see where campaigning money is being spent on Facebook ads. And that it will have its major policies independently costed.
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Guest Post – What is wrong with the left?
Guest post from old maaaaate cans about recent Stuff guest columns attacking the left for not civilised enough and wondering if it is because of right wing insecurity.
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Rush to Judgment redux
Barrister Maria Dew has delivered a strong conclusion in the report concerning allegations of sexual assault by one Labour Party member against another member. And Paula Bennett has not as yet apologised for her totally unfounded allegations against third parties.
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Protecting democracy
We need to normalise a political culture based on real relationships, where people can work through their beliefs and thinking about how they want society to be without being constantly bombarded with information and processes that are deeply anti-human.
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National’s double standard
jacinda ardern, labour, Media, national, same old national, spin, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, uncategorizedNational has a rather murky past when it comes to dealing with issues relating to the behaviour of its Members of Parliament.
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I agree with Heather
Carmel Sepuloni, david cunliffe, Dirty Politics, Media, paula bennett, phil goff, uncategorized, winston petersHeather du Plessis Allan has concluded that National was responsible for leaking details about Winston Peters superannuation overpayment. And believes that it was business as usual for National.
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Don’t mention the fascism
We are frogs in the pot.
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Later Whaleoil
The Whaleoil blog has announced that there will be no new blog posts on the site.
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The weasel accurately dissects National.
australian politics, Dirty Politics, jacinda ardern, labour, national, political parties, Politics, same old national, Simon BridgesMatthew Hooton has a piece on National’s chances in the next election this morning entitled as “National stumbling to defeat”. Personally I think he is a PR weasel who is on the border to dirty politics. But he did cover the salient points that will be on the mind of the National party conference.
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The Greens’ attack ad
The Greens recent ad mocking Simon Bridges has attracted some strong criticism. But is it justified?
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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.
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Daily review 17/06/2019
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 …
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Beltway news
Simon Bridges has accused Labour of engaging in dirty politics and considered that he was acting appropriately in releasing budget information early, contrary to standards that his Government implemented in 2014.
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Whale Oil – the book
Whale Oil by Margie Thomson is about the Blomfield vs Slater case. Lost by Cameron Slater because after 7 years of trying to delay it, he was unable to mount a credible defense before a judge. But there is a lot of detail behind that that is worrying in an internet age..
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Simon Bridges – criminal receiver
crime, law, police, political parties, politicans, Politics, Simon Bridges, Social issues, uncategorizedYou have to wonder about what kind of law Simon Bridges, a former criminal prosecutor, actually practiced. Because given the events of today – it seems questionable if he understands the legal basis of our criminal laws about computers. Do we really want someone so incompetent at his chosen profession before entering politics (or have a criminal receiver of stolen goods) to run this country?
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Should he stay or should he go?
Tova O’Brien has reported that different National MPs are speaking out against Simon Bridges and that a coup against him may be in the offering.
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Life and Death in Aotearoa – Debating Euthanasia
Abuse of power, david seymour, death with dignity, Deep stuff, discrimination, Parliament, Politics, Social issuesDavid Seymour’s Private Member’s Bill on euthanasia is back for debate in Parliament. Maggie looks at one of the great social issues of our time.
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Human Rights decision is quite pointed
A decision released yesterday by the Human Rights Review Tribunal that went against Cameron Slater is very clear. The gratuitous publication of personal details on its own simply isn’t newsworthy in any news medium. The topic has to actually be newsworthy to get the exemption in the Privacy Act for news mediums.
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MAFS National Style*
capital gains, Deep stuff, election 2020, kiwisaver, MMP, Politics, same old national, superannuation, taxNational is grooming the voters for another dirty ACT.
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Cameron Slater slithers into bankruptcy
Yesterday Cameron Slater announced that he would be seeking bankruptcy. It is unlikely to help him to avoid the stress of dealing with the legal consequences. The three current defamation cases that he is defending so badly have very little to do with money and a lot to do with making sure neither he nor any other arsehole dares to use his vile tactics again.
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‘Taxpayers union’ – too ‘stupid’ to understand tax?
There is a classic piece of waffle in the NZ Herald about when capital gains tax will apply to the family home. But the conditions when this applies are extremely simple and obvious. However professed experts on taxation like the so-called ‘taxpayers union’ can’t understand them. Probably because they are paid not to.
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Tamihere has some strange friends
auckland supercity, Dirty Politics, john tamihere, local body elections, local government, supercity, taxpayers unionJohn Tamihere has been endorsed by Jordan Williams for Auckland’s mayoralty. And his campaign has commissioned the Taxpayers Union to do a cost cutting exercise.
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Blomfield beats Slater
Matt Blomfield has obtained judgment in his long running defamation case against Cameron Slater.
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Taxpayers Union receives funding from British American Tobacco
accountability, drugs, Media, Politics, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, you couldn't make this shit upSam Sachdeva at Newsroom has connfirmed that the Taxpayer’s Union (*not a real union) has received funding from British American Tobacco.
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The Standard’s ten most popular posts of 2018
The Standard’s ten most read posts of 2018.
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The Standard a decade on
LPrent and I had the chance recently to talk about the Standard and how it is going.
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Review into Thompson and Clark finds widespread breaches of Citizens’ rights of privacy
A State Services Commission investigation review has released a damning report into the use of private investigator Thompson and Clark’s services by a number of Government agencies.
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All that is wrong with America’s democracy
articles, Deep stuff, democracy under attack, democratic participation, elections, International, Politics, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, us politics, you couldn't make this shit upIn Georgia, despite the Repbublican candidate who oversaw the election process engaging in the mass disenfranchisement of Democrat voters, the removal of voting machines to make voting in Democrat areas more difficult and baseless smearing of the Democrat candidate, the result is on a knife edge and a second vote is a possibility.
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Simon Bridges wants a new senior social media advisor
Dirty Politics, humour, internet, interweb, Media, national, same old national, Satire, Simon Bridges, social media lolzSimon Bridges has advertised for a Senior Social Media advisor.
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Morongate
Donald Trump, International, internet, journalism, making shit up, Media, social media lolz, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, twitter, us politics, you couldn't make this shit upIn America a young 20 year old Trump supporter has been branded with the hashtag morongate for the most inept dark op smear you could ever imagine happening.
