The All Powerful Labour Party
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Date published: 10:49 am, March 7th, 2016 - 66 comments
Apparently the Labour Party is so all powerful and persuasive that roughly 2/3 of the electorate is under its spell. That bodes well for the next election!
Stacey Kirk’s Stuff Up
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Date published: 9:29 am, March 7th, 2016 - 37 comments
Fairfax journalist Stacey Kirk has published a vicious smear against a group of cancer sufferers. Is this the nastiest lie ever published in the NZ media?
police and african youth
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Date published: 8:00 am, March 7th, 2016 - 19 comments
Research has been published showing police having treated African youth unfairly. How can this be so, when they have put in so much effort to engage ethnic communities.
Open mike 07/03/2016
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Date published: 6:00 am, March 7th, 2016 - 105 comments
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Auckland Council IT Blowout; Guest Post
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Date published: 6:26 pm, March 6th, 2016 - 62 comments
TS regular SaveNZ looks at the background to the massive cost overruns in the Auckland Council’s IT department. It’s not about the democratic processes of council; it’s because the Supercity was set up to fail.
Medical cannabis review
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Date published: 11:56 am, March 6th, 2016 - 31 comments
With Martin Crowe’s sad death we now learn that he too was self-medicating with liquid cannabis. The time for political timidity is past – make cannabis legally available for medical purposes.
Keep our flag – lest we forget
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Date published: 7:32 am, March 6th, 2016 - 155 comments
‘ Lest We Forget There’s a whole lot of talk About changing of our flag. They’ve already spent a ransom On new fangled rags. But there’s a thought out there That she’s not done yet, Let’s take time to remember, Lest we forget. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmZsfXL8YoI] She has flown over us Since nineteen […]
Open mike 06/03/2016
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Date published: 6:00 am, March 6th, 2016 - 240 comments
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John Oliver on John Key
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Date published: 10:21 am, March 5th, 2016 - 18 comments
“John Key is nothing if not a gigantic clown.”
The destruction of the Republican Party
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Date published: 8:30 am, March 5th, 2016 - 49 comments
It appears that the party of Abraham Lincoln and Ronald Regan are having problems.
Jeanette Fitzsimons calls to scrap the emissions trading scheme
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Date published: 8:12 am, March 5th, 2016 - 13 comments
When National took over in 2008 they gutted the Emissions Trading Scheme, and now we’re at the point where it is used to launder essentially fraudulent carbon credits. Jeanette Fitzsimons has reached the obvious conclusion.
Young Nats run away from public debate on TPP
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Date published: 7:00 am, March 5th, 2016 - 47 comments
Surprisingly and refreshingly, the Young Nats initially agreed. A date was set, a venue booked, and promotion of the debate under way.
Open mike 05/03/2016
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Date published: 6:00 am, March 5th, 2016 - 91 comments
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Daily Review 04/03/2016
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Date published: 6:00 pm, March 4th, 2016 - 33 comments
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 …
Crowdfunding for Bradley Ambrose’s defamation case against John Key
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Date published: 11:26 am, March 4th, 2016 - 38 comments
Teapot tape cameraman Bradley Ambrose plans to take a defamation case against John Key. A crowdfunding campaign has been set up to help him raise the $38,000 required.
John Key lies about staying out of the flag debate
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Date published: 9:00 am, March 4th, 2016 - 54 comments
<sigh> . . . yet another addition to the constantly growing list of John Key’s lies. Which is kind of a shame really; he’s actually been doing quite well on the lying front lately.
intersections
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Date published: 8:00 am, March 4th, 2016 - 66 comments
You can talk all you like about the economy and the 1% and the capitalist system and the environment and growing inequality, but if you can’t include an intersectional analysis into your description of the problem and into your solutions, then all that talk does not include me and will not be of any use to me.
Hickey on Auckland housing
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Date published: 7:32 am, March 4th, 2016 - 73 comments
Bernard Hickey’s piece from last Sunday on Auckland Housing is a depressing read.
Open mike 04/03/2016
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Date published: 6:00 am, March 4th, 2016 - 76 comments
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What a picture’s worth…
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Date published: 10:10 pm, March 3rd, 2016 - 73 comments
Turnout may be very important in the US presidential election – not good news for Hillary though.
Daily Review 03/03/2016
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Date published: 6:00 pm, March 3rd, 2016 - 8 comments
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Key on cyberbullying
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Date published: 11:52 am, March 3rd, 2016 - 48 comments
Any campaign against cyberbullying is going to need a more plausible figurehead than Key.
TPP submissions closing soon
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Date published: 9:05 am, March 3rd, 2016 - 7 comments
The current closing date for public submissions on the TPP is Friday March 11th. Labour’s David Clark is calling for an extension.
Why Hillary is the only candidate to beat Donald Trump
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Date published: 7:30 am, March 3rd, 2016 - 104 comments
Why Hillary Clinton should be the Democratic nomination for this year’s American Presidential elections.
On the flag debacle and John Key’s supposed popularity
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Date published: 7:03 am, March 3rd, 2016 - 108 comments
Key is running from the flag debacle, further evidence that “preferred PM” and “popular” are not the same thing.
Open mike 03/03/2016
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Date published: 6:00 am, March 3rd, 2016 - 81 comments
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Daily Review 02/03/2016
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Date published: 6:00 pm, March 2nd, 2016 - 3 comments
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Iain Lees-Galloway: We’re winning on zero hour contracts
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Date published: 1:11 pm, March 2nd, 2016 - 78 comments
Iain Lees-Galloway on Labour offering tentative support for the Employment Standards Legislation Bill.
Labour and the Keytruda campaign
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Date published: 11:50 am, March 2nd, 2016 - 66 comments
In a shock horror expose Andrew Little has been exposed as having had dinner with people who work for drug companies. Clearly according to some it is better for him to never meet these people. Or to stop having dinners.
Super Tuesday
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Date published: 9:35 am, March 2nd, 2016 - 30 comments
Strange days indeed.
Imperator Fish: On that restaurant guy’s bid for mayor
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Date published: 7:30 am, March 2nd, 2016 - 19 comments
Imperator Fish analyses the implications of that restaurant guy’s announcement that he will also seek to become Auckland super city’s next mayor.
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