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Open mike 11/02/2012

Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, February 11th, 2012 - 45 comments

omt

Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the link to Policy in the banner). Step right up to the mike…

Weekend social 10/02/2012

Written By: - Date published: 2:00 pm, February 10th, 2012 - 24 comments

wksc

Weekend social is for non political chat. What’s on for the weekend, gigs, film or book reviews, sports, or whatever. No politics, no aggro, why can’t we all just get along?

Open mike 10/02/2012

Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, February 10th, 2012 - 75 comments

openmike

Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the link to Policy in the banner). Step right up to the mike…

NRT: Nats censoring the media

Written By: - Date published: 11:02 am, February 9th, 2012 - 9 comments

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I/S at NoRightTurn writes – Fresh from his attempt to censor programmes likely to embarrass the government during the election, National’s hack on the NZ on Air board, Stephen McElrea, is now actually selecting the topics of political documentaries to receive NZ on Air funding. Its amazing how the topics chosen all just happen to align with the government’s political agenda.

Open mike 09/02/2012

Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, February 9th, 2012 - 20 comments

omt

Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the link to Policy in the banner). Step right up to the mike…

ImperatorFish: Each Time We Say “Protect The Environment” Steven Joyce Eats A Baby

Written By: - Date published: 2:50 pm, February 8th, 2012 - 2 comments

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Scott at Imperator Fish has kindly given us permission to syndicate posts from his blog – the original of this post is here

Steven Joyce writes in the Herald that the answer to our economic woes is to open up resources to entrepreneurs, and to hell with the social cost or environmental impact.

Open mike 08/02/2012

Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, February 8th, 2012 - 84 comments

omt

Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the link to Policy in the banner). Step right up to the mike…

Caption contest

Written By: - Date published: 9:22 am, February 7th, 2012 - 64 comments

Open mike 07/02/2012

Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, February 7th, 2012 - 52 comments

omt

Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the link to Policy in the banner). Step right up to the mike…

Open mike 06/02/2012

Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, February 6th, 2012 - 60 comments

omt

Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the link to Policy in the banner). Step right up to the mike…

Open mike 05/02/2012

Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, February 5th, 2012 - 87 comments

omt

Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the link to Policy in the banner). Step right up to the mike…

Open mike 04/02/2012

Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, February 4th, 2012 - 33 comments

omt

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Citizens on the Internet

Written By: - Date published: 3:34 pm, February 3rd, 2012 - 5 comments

ImperatorFish: Call Me, John

Written By: - Date published: 2:50 pm, February 3rd, 2012 - 41 comments

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Scott at Imperator Fish has kindly given us permission to syndicate posts from his blog – the original of this post is here

Catherine Isaac “loves education”, and spent six years on a school board of trustees; Scott is a big fan of education and spent several years in various schools – he fancies an “working” group job setting up Charter Schools too…

Weekend social 03/02/2012

Written By: - Date published: 2:00 pm, February 3rd, 2012 - 27 comments

wksc

Weekend social is for non political chat. What’s on for the weekend, gigs, film or book reviews, sports, or whatever. No politics, no aggro, why can’t we all just get along?

NRT: Climate change: Cross-purposes

Written By: - Date published: 12:15 pm, February 3rd, 2012 - 48 comments

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No Right Turn has a look at two of the incoming minister briefings impacting on climate change. They are incoherent and it is clear that neither ministry talks to the other. If it wasn’t affecting a important long term issue, it’d be as funny as a Yes Minister episode. But since it does, it just highlights the growing incoherence of this incompetent government and their increasing politicization of the civil service.

An unrelenting focus on jobs

Written By: - Date published: 9:45 am, February 3rd, 2012 - 9 comments

Open mike 03/02/2012

Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, February 3rd, 2012 - 131 comments

omt

Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the link to Policy in the banner). Step right up to the mike…

ImperatorFish: Shock As Labour Discovers David Farrar Is Not The PM

Written By: - Date published: 10:07 am, February 2nd, 2012 - 12 comments

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Scott at Imperator Fish has kindly given us permission to syndicate posts from his blog – the original of this post is here

Labour Party MPs are said to be red-faced, after discovering that prominent blogger David Farrar is not the Prime Minister of New Zealand.

Open mike 02/02/2012

Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, February 2nd, 2012 - 89 comments

omt

Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the link to Policy in the banner). Step right up to the mike…

Open mike 01.02.2012

Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, February 1st, 2012 - 105 comments

openmike

Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the link to Policy in the banner). Step right up to the mike…

ImperatorFish: Spears Into The Sea

Written By: - Date published: 6:54 pm, January 31st, 2012 - 3 comments

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Scott at Imperator Fish has kindly given us permission to syndicate posts from his blog – the original of this post is here

We need better answers than just “stricter enforcement” to solve the copyright debate – we need some fresh ideas.

ImperatorFish: Sonny Bill Has No Plans To Sleep With You

Written By: - Date published: 2:45 pm, January 31st, 2012 - 2 comments

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Scott at Imperator Fish has kindly given us permission to syndicate posts from his blog – the original of this post is here

The stock market dipped sharply in trading today, after no stories appeared in any of the major newspapers about Sonny Bill Williams for almost two hours.

Kiwis want to keep our land, will Key listen?

Written By: - Date published: 8:57 am, January 31st, 2012 - 35 comments

not for sale v3

I/S at NoRightTurn says we should hold Key to his latest pathetic excuse making for his inaction on the sale of our farmland overseas: “John Key’s excuse for the Crafar farms sale? His hands were tied. But he’s promising to change the law if we make enough noise about it” Unfortunately, Key doesn’t mean it. He has no intention of listening.

Open mike 31/01/2012

Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, January 31st, 2012 - 54 comments

omt

Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the link to Policy in the banner). Step right up to the mike…

Open mike 30/01/2012

Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, January 30th, 2012 - 34 comments

omt

Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the link to Policy in the banner). Step right up to the mike…

Open mike 29/01/2012

Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, January 29th, 2012 - 69 comments

omt

Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the link to Policy in the banner). Step right up to the mike…

It’s not racist to want self-determination

Written By: - Date published: 2:49 pm, January 28th, 2012 - 139 comments

not for sale v2

Danyl at Dimpost says it all succinctly on Crafar Farms: while China is a rising economic super-power and a close trade partner of New Zealand, it’s also a totalitarian military dictatorship. People are allowed to feel apprehensive about such a state building its own vertical supply chains within the New Zealand economy without being labeled xenophobic and racist.

Open mike 28/01/2012

Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, January 28th, 2012 - 15 comments

omt

Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the link to Policy in the banner). Step right up to the mike…

Weekend social 27/01/2012

Written By: - Date published: 2:00 pm, January 27th, 2012 - 9 comments

wksc

Weekend social is for non political chat. What’s on for the weekend, gigs, film or book reviews, sports, or whatever. No politics, no aggro, why can’t we all just get along?

Open mike 27/01/2012

Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, January 27th, 2012 - 69 comments

omt

Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the link to Policy in the banner). Step right up to the mike…

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