Archive for May, 2015

Angry Andy, Creepy Key

Written By: - Date published: 4:09 pm, May 13th, 2015 - 54 comments

Today’s social media lolz. There’s a difference between obvious attempts to astroturf a nickname and ones that have gone viral naturally.

TPPA circling the drain

Written By: - Date published: 2:58 pm, May 13th, 2015 - 40 comments

As widely reported today, the TPPA has taken a probably fatal hit in the US Senate. Good riddance.

Live chat with Andrew Little

Written By: - Date published: 11:34 am, May 13th, 2015 - 28 comments

Stuff are running a live chat with Andrew Little at noon.

Farming prosecutions need to be part of health and safety programme

Written By: - Date published: 10:49 am, May 13th, 2015 - 9 comments

Half the workplace deaths in NZ last year were in agriculture.  Already this year the toll has been massive.

Andrew Little’s pre budget speech

Written By: - Date published: 8:42 am, May 13th, 2015 - 174 comments

“National’s talk now is about how achieving surplus was an “artificial target” and that getting a surplus is “like landing a 747 on the head of a pin.” A lot of effort has gone into glossing over the broken promise. But I see it for what it is – one of the biggest political deceptions in a lifetime.”

ACTing all surprised about it

Written By: - Date published: 7:03 am, May 13th, 2015 - 129 comments

ACT’s David Seymour is acting all surprised about the damaging consequences of right-wing policies. It’s like he’s seeing the world for the first time.

Open mike 13/05/2015

Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, May 13th, 2015 - 64 comments

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

Donate to Nepal

Written By: - Date published: 8:43 pm, May 12th, 2015 - 1 comment

Nepal has been hammered again. Here’s how to donate.

Daily Review 12/05/2015

Written By: - Date published: 5:30 pm, May 12th, 2015 - 15 comments

Daily review is also your post. This provides Standarnistas 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.

Stop TPPA – clever placement

Written By: - Date published: 2:31 pm, May 12th, 2015 - 11 comments

Full marks to these folk for clever protest placement.

Dear NZ Labour. Listen up.

Written By: - Date published: 12:06 pm, May 12th, 2015 - 48 comments

For the sake of reference – Nye Bevan was a Labour mp and the architect of the British NHS. Michael Sheen’s  speech was a defense of that institution, but the underpinning message is, well…

The unusual case of the disappearing blog

Written By: - Date published: 10:26 am, May 12th, 2015 - 308 comments

Giovanni Tiso has discovered that Cactus Kate’s blog is slowly disappearing from the Internet.

Uncomfortable reading for Key

Written By: - Date published: 7:02 am, May 12th, 2015 - 40 comments

Two opinion pieces yesterday make uncomfortable reading for Key.

Open mike 12/05/2015

Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, May 12th, 2015 - 130 comments

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Elections in the Anglosphere

Written By: - Date published: 9:20 pm, May 11th, 2015 - 54 comments

An excellent summary reposted with permission from Dim-Post. “Seems to me that one of Labour’s biggest problems – both here and in the UK – is that they’re faced with an opponent that is (a) better resourced than them and (b) uses those resources to make themselves far, far better at politics than their left-wing opponents.”

Daily Review 11/05/2015

Written By: - Date published: 6:01 pm, May 11th, 2015 - 49 comments

Daily review is also your post.  This provides Standarnistas 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.

Rachinger on dirty politics 4 – Ben asks for help

Written By: - Date published: 3:08 pm, May 11th, 2015 - 48 comments

Ben Rachinger was a dirty politics insider, he is telling his story. Ben has asked for help.

PM’s social media advisor lashes out on Twitter

Written By: - Date published: 11:14 am, May 11th, 2015 - 49 comments

PM’s staff threatening people on Twitter. Such a good look.

National’s innumeracy and Auckland’s Housing crisis

Written By: - Date published: 10:19 am, May 11th, 2015 - 23 comments

Radio New Zealand’s Todd Niall has investigated figures recently advanced by Simon Bridges and Nick Smith used to attack Auckland Council and has discovered that the figures are somewhat rubbery.

400ppm

Written By: - Date published: 8:06 am, May 11th, 2015 - 180 comments

A significant milestone has been passed.

Standfornz – when social media goes bad

Written By: - Date published: 7:02 am, May 11th, 2015 - 119 comments

The site www.standfor.co.nz is supposed to get us all excited about the flag distraction. It’s not turning out the way the Nats intended.

Open mike 11/05/2015

Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, May 11th, 2015 - 80 comments

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Fear, Loathing and Denial.

Written By: - Date published: 2:20 pm, May 10th, 2015 - 49 comments

There’s a major and rather obvious contributory factor to UK Labour’s failure in the UK general election that doesn’t seem to have drawn any comment. Until now…

Same sh*t different election

Written By: - Date published: 10:55 am, May 10th, 2015 - 164 comments

The English Election campaign and the results felt like a rerun of the New Zealand 2014 election campaign.  Slick Crosby Textor designed attacks on Labour’s stability and on the leader and an imbalance of resources contributed to the result in both cases.  How does the left counter this?

Hot Air

Written By: - Date published: 10:23 am, May 10th, 2015 - 2 comments

The award winning documentary Hot Air, on the politics of climate change in New Zealand, by Alister Barry & Abi King-Jones, is now free to view on Youtube.

Open mike 10/05/2015

Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, May 10th, 2015 - 86 comments

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‘Forgot’ NSA spying

Written By: - Date published: 12:38 pm, May 9th, 2015 - 15 comments

Well who among us hasn’t forgotten a massive illegal domestic spying programme?

The difference an electoral system makes

Written By: - Date published: 12:11 pm, May 9th, 2015 - 43 comments

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A generation betrayed

Written By: - Date published: 6:40 am, May 9th, 2015 - 38 comments

Everything that has been presented to the public about our elected governments’ concern for the environment, particularly in regard to climate change, has been a charade for 25 years.

Open mike 09/05/2015

Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, May 9th, 2015 - 201 comments

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UK Election; the lessons.

Written By: - Date published: 6:52 pm, May 8th, 2015 - 393 comments

Like a punch drunk boxer, the pollsters didn’t see it coming. Three leaders could be writing their resignation letters over night. David Cameron is pinching himself at how easy it all turned out. And Scotland had another referendum.

Some brief thoughts on the UK Election and what can be learned.

Update: Ed Miliband resigns. Nick Clegg and Nigel Farage have also quit.

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