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Open mike 14/02/2012

The Standard — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:00:18 +0000

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ImperatorFish: If Political Journalists Wrote Sports News

The Standard — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:27:30 +0000

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

Speculation began yesterday that Richie McCaw may face a challenge to his captaincy of the All Blacks, after the team’s near-loss in the Rugby World Cup final.

Open mike 13/02/2012

The Standard — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:00:01 +0000

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Caption contest

The Standard — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:19:22 +0000

Snow Whites meet the forgotten dwarf - Wavey.

Open mike 12/02/2012

The Standard — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:00:44 +0000

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Open mike 11/02/2012

The Standard — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:00:28 +0000

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Weekend social 10/02/2012

The Standard — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0000

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

The Standard — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:00:49 +0000

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NRT: Nats censoring the media

The Standard — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:02:05 +0000

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

The Standard — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:00:20 +0000

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

The Standard — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:50:27 +0000

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

The Standard — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:00:55 +0000

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Caption contest

The Standard — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:22:54 +0000

Open mike 07/02/2012

The Standard — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:00:11 +0000

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Open mike 06/02/2012

The Standard — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:00:34 +0000

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