In my crystal ball I see a return of John Key right before the election. In his arrogance he knows he could roll Judith and he is sure he can take on Jacinda.
No it means a lot more people may be able to own a home, which is the biggest dream of most. Aspiring to own 80 is really not going to make you happy, but for someone living hand to mouth to save a deposit and being unable to buy a family home, one house ...
National party leadership deliberately pushed him over the edge to fuel the narrative that he's 'crazy', don't listen to him. It's a common tactic of abusers. Part of why the media are in a frenzy is because it has been widely accepted in politics that ...
Kym is the best All New Zealanders have. She believes and advocates All New Zealanders.
Kym at least has the courage and guts to state what the majority of New Zealanders think. Yes a courageous passionate person who cares about all New Zealanders.
Yes, Go to YouTube.
OK! I give up! as you were.
No reason at all why TS should change. i'm just saying that for me it is a barrier to participation.
I think the reason why I can't be bothered to engage with anonymous people is that there is immediately a power imbalance in any interaction. I have absolutely no idea who you are. I am exactly who I say I am; it's my real name; I have a consistent avatar;...
Anne - I can understand compelling reasons for anonymity. But doesn't it seem to you to be a bit overused, when by far the majority of commenters choose this option? That is my point, not trying to be holier than thou.
Re the anonymous/pseudonymous point you make: really, what difference does it make? What are the reasons that people hide behind pseudonyms? Anonymity is the primary reason the internet can be a vile and hateful place - people feel free to say all kinds of...
Just imagine if someone hacked Nicky's computer and had access to all his correspondence (and presumably yours if you emailed him), and they then went on to publish it and make money from it. Does that offend you more or less than the police following up ...
It has been possible to get pages reactivated in the past it seems. Everyone needs to write to Facebook and make a complaint, requesting it to be reactivated ......
Thank you for your response Karol. I look forward to following the events you have mentioned over the coming weeks /months.
One of us is confused. If you google this blog, 'The Standard', you will see that it is identified as being 'the Voice of Labour'. Perhaps this has something to do with the fact that The Standard was the name of the newspaper that the founding Labour ...
While you are all entitled to your views, my point was that they clearly were not shared by the majority of the wider public. If there was indisputable fact of wrong doing proven in the book National would not have been re-elected. Only two points were ...
What can't be ignored is the public's perception of what Dirty Politic's is, and they voted accordingly. They viewed the printing of stolen emails as no better (and perhaps worse) than the content of the emails themselves. The public also questioned the ...
I strongly disagree with your comment. I know a considerable number of women who voted and in some instances even voted with their daughters this election. To say that women are so weak or shallow as to be turned off by a 'masculine style of politics' is ...
Hone's trip cost just under $8,000, while the tight 5's trip expenses totaled $95,000. Hone stayed almost twice as long. Shouldn't the real complaint be to the PM for spending taxpayers money extravagantly. Where's the thought to this. Also Hone has been ...
thank you Karol - also for the transcript on the campbell live interview.
And tell me what NZ knows about the danger of pike? Only what John Key has told them. It's dangerous constructing a 20 storey building but they do risk assessments and manage the risks. John Key tells the people what he wants them to believe. Don't be ...
Interview with Nicky Hager on Checkpoint this evening, in which he gives his assessment of the issue: http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2533518/john-key-says-a-top-level-inquiry-is-under-way.asx Frustratingly, it will be ...
Interesting that Phil Goff reckons that NZ should not give up the independence developed since the nuclear free stance. And he reckons the National government won't go that far either: http://blog.labour.org.nz/2012/09/24/visit-by-leon-panetta/ Building on...
Also both bomber and Idiot/Savant have asked on Twitter if our Governor General has responsibility as he was in charge of GCSB at the time. http://www.tumeke.blogspot.co.nz/2012/09/was-our-new-governor-general-involved.html
As to whom poll respondents would prefer to be prime minister, support for John Key was down one point but still strong at 44%. David Shearer's support was down one point to 12%, the second month in a row that his numbers have dipped.
Yes, it's either, Key was not telling the truth (Labour) or he has been slack and failed to carry out effective oversight of the GCSB (NZ First)
And Shearer is calling Key on it - for once pretty quick off the mark: http://www.labour.org.nz/news/key-must-come-clean-on-his-knowledge-of-dotcom http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1209/S00364/key-must-come-clean-on-his-knowledge-of-dotcom.htm “He is ...
Well, no, RDS. Paula said in the qu & a interview, that they won't be able to check up that all beneficiaries are complying, so they will just kinda do some random checks. This, then leaves it all open to the selection decisions and whims of WINZ staff - ...
Kim Dotcom tweeted "The NZ equivalent of the CIA has spied on me UNLAWFULLY". "I'm now a real life James Bond villain in a real life political copyright thriller scripted by Hollywood & the White House," Dotcom tweeted. Is this a movie Sir PJ will be ...
BREAKING NEWS: GCSB intercepted Dotcom's communications: PM launches inquiry saying he was only informed of this a couple of days ago. I thought the PM was always kept informed of such things? http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/7722082/PM-orders-...
Try here Uturn. It's a complex situation with various interwoben tensions and power-plays and strands of resistance: http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/09/2012918112920274722.html Extract from the article: There are also geo-political reasons ...
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