Nats split on rail link?

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Date published: 3:59 pm, January 28th, 2016 - 30 comments

Key and Joyce at loggerheads on funding the City Rail Link?

Robert Reich: Six responses to Bernie Sceptics #FeelTheBern

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Date published: 12:00 pm, January 28th, 2016 - 51 comments

Robert Reich debunks six claims on why Bernie Saunders would fail as American President.

Anyone seen the rockstar economy lately?

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Date published: 10:30 am, January 28th, 2016 - 56 comments

Bill English reviews the economy

Record debt, a higher than expected deficit and a credit rating downgrade on our economic outlook. All thanks to National’s genius economic management!

New Zealand drops down World corruption free index

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Date published: 8:14 am, January 28th, 2016 - 21 comments

New Zealand used to be rated as the least corrupt country in the world.  Over the past couple of years we have dropped to second and now to fourth.  The cynical way that the Government handles OIA requests is the main reason for this occurring.

Little on TPP: “I don’t support it, we don’t support it”

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Date published: 6:15 am, January 28th, 2016 - 352 comments

The news that the TPP is likely to cost 5 to 6,000 jobs in NZ seems to have been the last straw.

Open mike 28/01/2016

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Date published: 6:00 am, January 28th, 2016 - 65 comments

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Daily Review 27/01/2016

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Date published: 6:00 pm, January 27th, 2016 - 19 comments

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Another win for Nicky Hager

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Date published: 4:26 pm, January 27th, 2016 - 38 comments

“Yesterday, the New Zealand Police informed Nicky Hager through their counsel that they are electing not to appeal the decision of the High Court given in December last year.”

Government U turn on inner city rail link

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Date published: 12:49 pm, January 27th, 2016 - 40 comments

John Key has announced that National will bring forward funding of Auckland’s inner city rail link.  The decision is welcome but it should have been made years ago.

Voluntary euthanasia

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Date published: 10:47 am, January 27th, 2016 - 190 comments

Voluntary euthanasia is very much in the news. We have until Feb 1st to make submissions on the Bill currently before Parliament. It’s a very emotive debate, but I think the case for euthanasia choice is clear.

The great big list of John Key’s big fat lies (UPDATED)

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Date published: 7:00 am, January 27th, 2016 - 79 comments

How many more lies will John Key tell today in his so-called State of the Nation address? Virtual chocolate fish to whomever guesses the closest number.

Open mike 27/01/2016

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Date published: 6:00 am, January 27th, 2016 - 147 comments

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Daily Review 26/01/2016

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Date published: 6:00 pm, January 26th, 2016 - 26 comments

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TPPA ‘National Interest Analysis’ – get both sides

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Date published: 1:27 pm, January 26th, 2016 - 86 comments

The Government has released a TPPA ‘National Interest Analysis’. It should be read along with TPP Legal’s extensive analysis of the costs and risks.

Metiria Turei: The state of the Nation

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Date published: 11:30 am, January 26th, 2016 - 45 comments

Metiria Turei is due to deliver her state of the nation speech today at 12:30 pm.  This post contains links to the livestream of the speech and the speech notes will be added when they are available.  Updated with speech notes.

War Veteran’s superannuation cancelled because of Government policy

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Date published: 11:04 am, January 26th, 2016 - 163 comments

National is the master of micro changes to policies which give it the appearance that it is being hard on beneficiaries.  But in extreme cases the policies produce ridiculous results.  Such as the 89 year old war veteran who lost his superannuation and was forced to beg after had an arrest warrant issued for trespass.

Barry Brickell: Earth to Earth

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Date published: 8:11 am, January 26th, 2016 - 23 comments

Ad reflects on the death of Potter Barry Brickell and his tremendous contributions to art and environmental protection and poses the question are we doing as much as Barry to make the world a better place.

Open mike 26/01/2016

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Date published: 6:00 am, January 26th, 2016 - 225 comments

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Happy Genocide Day Cobbers!

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Date published: 5:18 am, January 26th, 2016 - 20 comments

Today is Australia Day, the federal celebration of the invasion of the big island to the west of us. Journalist Stan Grant lays bare the Australian Dream in a stunning contribution to the recent IQ2Oz debate. Clearly, as the video shows, saying sorry isn’t enough.

Daily Review 25/01/2016

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Date published: 6:00 pm, January 25th, 2016 - 80 comments

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Trump and post reality-based politics

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Date published: 2:03 pm, January 25th, 2016 - 20 comments

Trump has stated that he could shoot someone in public and still not lose any voters. He might not even be be wrong. We seem to be moving beyond an old fashioned “reality-based” politics of consequences and accountability.

Keep Calm and Carry On

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Date published: 9:13 am, January 25th, 2016 - 135 comments

Regular commenter Paul rounds up the links you need to read to prepare yourself for the coming second GFC. National won’t be able to pass this one on to future generations by loading NZ up with crippling debt. We’ll be paying for GFC2 economically, socially and personally, right here, right now.

Jane Kelsey on TPPA

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Date published: 7:58 am, January 25th, 2016 - 43 comments

Jane Kelsey on why the TPPA is a bad deal and why we should keep fighting it. Movies courtesy of Bryan Bruce. And don’t forget the public meetings scheduled this week where Jane Kelsey and Lori Wallach will speak.

Key deserved boos for his TPP lies at Ratana

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Date published: 7:02 am, January 25th, 2016 - 114 comments

Key’s “strident” defence of the TPP was booed at Ratana yesterday. With good reason, because his glib assurance that “Not a single part of TPP cuts across the Treaty of Waitangi” is yet another Key lie.

Open mike 25/01/2016

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Date published: 6:00 am, January 25th, 2016 - 86 comments

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Ratana – LIVE

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Date published: 3:05 pm, January 24th, 2016 - 46 comments

Te Reo Putake is live blogging the visits of politicians to Rātana pā during the weekend celebration of the life of church founder Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana. The shadow of the TPPA hangs over the weekend; how will our political leaders address this latest attack on Te Tiriti o Waitangi?

Guest Post … Build Mass Movements continued.

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Date published: 12:09 pm, January 24th, 2016 - 63 comments

This is a repost of a comment from Incognito on the Building Mass Movements post, with some editing. It’s also linked to one of my points on the Fisiani Gets it Right post yesterday; how does the left with it’s vital and diverse components achieve a unity of purpose, while sustaining the integrity of it’s […]

Musings on Dead Cats and Sick Parrots

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Date published: 10:35 am, January 24th, 2016 - 100 comments

A self explanatory post by McFlock.

Cheekygames: Privatisation comes to a blue suburb

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Date published: 9:42 am, January 24th, 2016 - 18 comments

Julia Schiller posts on the threatened closing of the St Heliers Post Shop and how it is another example of the Government’s privatisation agenda.

Open mike 24/01/2016

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Date published: 6:00 am, January 24th, 2016 - 78 comments

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Bob Carter Dies

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Date published: 10:14 pm, January 23rd, 2016 - 13 comments

Veteran Climate Science Denialist Bob Carter Dies of Heart Attack

Bob Carter has died. To most members of the general public, the name of that Australian geologist and paleontologist will barely register a flicker of neurons in the temporal lobe. But to the global community of professional and amateur climate science denialists, misinformers and opponents of climate policy, Carter was an influential giant. He died, aged… (more…)

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