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Thank-you Golriz
ffs NZ, get a grip. Then have a think about fairness and what kind of society we want.
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Right loses its shit after former criminal lawyer discovered to have acted for bad people
Africa, corruption, Deep stuff, International, Politics, spin, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, war, you couldn't make this shit upElements on the internet have claimed that Green MP Golriz Ghahraman must be a genocide supporter because she once acted as a defence lawyer in a war crimes tribunal.
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Suck it up political sleazers.
Abuse of power, accountability, act, crosby textor, Dirty Politics, Media, nz first, Politics, superannuation, winston petersWinston Peters has launched a legal fishing expedition to identify who exactly breached privacy on his superannuation over payments. A problem that he shares with about 50 thousand other pensioners. Unlike them, his problem wasn’t trying to find money to repay it. It was that the breach was deliberately timed to be a classic dirty politics ploy, almost certainly by National, in the leadup to the recent election. I wish him good fishing.
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NRT: Police Discretion
Idiot/Savant at No Right Turn writes about the Police’s decision to not lay charges against former MP Todd Barclay.
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National loses itself
Deep stuff, Dirty Politics, national, same old national, spin, Steven Joyce, you couldn't make this shit upIt seems that National’s use of Eminem’s song lose yourself was not so legal.
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Reflections of a retired blogger
Time for me to step down as a writer here. A closing ramble, proceed at your own risk…
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The mess that the new government inherits
accountability, climate change, Dirty Politics, Economy, economy, education, Environment, global warming, health, housing, labour, national, poverty, useless, waterThis post is too long to read. Its purpose is to serve as reference material, a “one stop” snapshot of where we are as a country. The mess that the new government inherits. The consequences of the nine long wasted years of National. The magnitude of the challenge ahead of us.
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NZ First: We could and should be doing better
NZ First chose to be inside Cabinet in a full coalition. I’d rather expected that they would choose to be in a confidence and supply agreement as they did with Labour back in 2005. That they decided to take the risk despite their previous experience with National is a stunning level of trust. But they work well with Labour.
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Where to for National?
National need to apologise to the country for dirty politics and blatant lies. They need a huge clear out of dead wood, starting at the top. Then they need to try and figure out how MMP works.
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This is the day *
* but delays are possible.
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Nats – lousy at government – “brilliant” at opposition
Peters has the opportunity to put an end to this useless government (and turn National into “the opposition from hell”). I think he’s going to ’96 us, but I’d be happy to be proved wrong
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Another term of Nats bad news for democracy
It’s starting to feel a lot like 1996 all over again. Another term of the Nats would be bad news for the institutions of democracy. We’ve had recent warnings on the state of the justice system, press freedom, and the public service.
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The Green Party’s coalition process
Important in the Green’s coalition deal-making process is the party’s political positioning, and the internal processes that the party is obligated to follow. Both of those things reflect deeper values around policy and decision making. Here’s a look at what processes the Greens will follow in the coming weeks and who will be involved.
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Cameron Slater makes valuable contribution to blog defamation jurisprudence
blogs, Deep stuff, Dirty Politics, making shit up, Media, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, you couldn't make this shit upCameron Slater and friends and clients are in the High Court defending a claim that he defamed three health researchers. They tried to have the case kicked out but failed. The judgment makes for an interesting read.
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Gilbert calls out Nat “tribalists” who continued to back the lies
Outspoken sociologist Dr Jarrod Gilbert on the “tribalists” who continued to back the Nats despite their brazen lies – “if Labour had made the same accusation against National and not a single economist supported it, would you have reacted the same way? No. Of course not. And that’s what defines you as a moron.”
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National no friends
bill english, climate change, Environment, ETS, james shaw, Media, national, public transport, same old national, sustainability, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, transport, winston petersIn a sign of desperation Bill English rang Winston Peters on the weekend but the call was not answered. Clearly National realises that waiting for the special votes to be released will significantly weaken its bargaining position.
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The Herald doesn’t want Winston to go with Labour
democracy under attack, election 2017, labour, Media, national, nz first, paula bennett, Politics, spin, Steven Joyce, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, winston peters, you couldn't make this shit upThe Herald has offered a number of opinions this weekend saying that Labour forming a coalition with New Zealand First would be a very bad thing.
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Peters hit list so far – Seymour – Eagleson – Carter
Peters has hardly cleared his throat yet and he’s already clearing out Nats and their proxies. Seymour, Eagleson, Carter – Peters won’t be stopping there. Bill English will agree to anything to cling to power. Peters is already enjoying humiliating him in public.
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National rules itself out of coalitions with cynical BillShit.
accountability, greens, national, nz first, political parties, Politics, same old national, winston petersNational do a last ditch dirty politics effort. A few hours before it becomes impossible for anyone to refute this, Tracey Watkins publishes an opinion piece which sounds like the usual National BillShit. Another cynical lie designed to stop the horses from thinking rationally when they vote. This time it is a lie about things that the Greens can’t do – not without going to members. Who aren’t going to go for it.
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Federated Farmers need to cut the crap
Federated Farmers continued their fear campaign today in a Herald editorial. Their anonymous demand is that “Farmers should know they are still appreciated”. It is hard to have respect looking at bills that urban dwellers and businesses pay tofix their environment, while Federated Farmers bullshit about the environmental impacts of farming and how they don’t like paying to fix them.
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Why I voted two ticks Labour
The Nats do not deserve to lead NZ so I voted for change. The electorate vote was simple. I struggled with the party vote.
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Roy Morgan – shows the Nats have been targeting the wrong place
With the usual inane commentary from our aussie cousins, we get the final Roy Morgan poll. It shows Labour + Greens at 60 […]
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Speaking of mothers
There’s a direct relationship between how badly we treat mothers and how much we exalt neoliberalism.
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National have poisoned the Peters well
National deciding to go after Winston Peters was a high risk strategy, and it has backfired on them. Caught between their own dirty history and a resurgent Labour.
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Why is Farrar smearing the superannuation shit?
A lot of politics and political blogging is all about the details. This includes National’s pollster David Farrar who falsely asserted yesterday that Winston would have received 7 annual letters about his superannuation status. So why is National trying to irritate their only possible coalition partner?
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Regeneration Minister’s Mysterious Non-appearance
Nicky Wagner seems to shy away from the hard stuff. First gazing dreamily out a window wishing she was somewhere else (when being addressed by Disability groups) and now a no-show at a debate about her City and Portfolio.
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“All I can do … is tell the Truth”
Abuse of power, accountability, brethren, business, capitalism, crosby textor, democracy under attack, Dirty Politics, uncategorized“Our integrity and our role as Ministers in holding confidential information is absolutely pivotal to our role” Bennett 2017
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No one can have any confidence in a Nat NZF coalition
Peters is enraged by the presumed Nat hit on him over super. Earlier he was calling on Bill English to resign over the Barclay scandal. Given these conflicts, no one can have any confidence in a post-election Nat NZF coalition. They hate each other.
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Labour announce affordable tertiary education
As the Nats stand exposed in another apparent dirty politics hit, Labour gets on with the job of winning the election. Jacinda Ardern today announced new policy: Making tertiary education and training affordable for all.
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National’s political hit job on Winston Peters
Dirty Politics, labour, Media, national, nz first, Politics, same old national, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, winston petersThe hit job that has just been performed on Winston Peters is a sign of how desperate National is to divert attention from Jacindamania. But I suspect the attempt will backfire.
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Bomber Bradbury wins privacy complaint against Police
Bomber Bradbury has succeeded in getting the Privacy Commissioner to rule that Police accessing his bank records without a search warrant was illegal.
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Garner on Nats’ brighter future fail
Duncan Garner reviews National’s record, and is not impressed: “Because the list of blind spots for National is too long. If this is success then our standards have slipped.”
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Words on leaving the House of pain and strength
All gratitude to Catherine Delahunty for this blazing speech.
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Jacinda’s campaign launch speech
The text of Jacinda Ardern’s campaign speech delivered today.
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National’s Record On The Environment – Abysmal
In the style of how John Key’s contribution to the truth was discussed, lets take a wee look at National’s record on the environment
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It is National’s time for the brown trousers
If you want to know why the right is farting so much personal smoke, take a look at the poll trends 2011, 2014, 2017. It’s not a pretty picture for the Nats.
