Archive for 2020

Open mike 23/03/2020

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 7:00 am, March 23rd, 2020 - 185 comments

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M.I.A. Joe

Written By: Bill - Date published: 12:48 pm, March 22nd, 2020 - 19 comments

America has a question.

Open mike 22/03/2020

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 7:00 am, March 22nd, 2020 - 236 comments

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Ardern’s announcement about the new 4 level alert system for coronavirus

Written By: weka - Date published: 12:31 pm, March 21st, 2020 - 97 comments

Please be strong, be kind, and unite against Covid-19
– Jacinda Ardern.

Open mike 21/03/2020

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 7:00 am, March 21st, 2020 - 224 comments

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This is not the revolution

Written By: advantage - Date published: 6:50 am, March 21st, 2020 - 61 comments

The Corvid-19 virus is turning us all into cautious conservatives.

Daily review 20/03/2020

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 5:30 pm, March 20th, 2020 - 48 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 …

On Mike the Moron and handling infectious diseases

Written By: lprent - Date published: 11:40 am, March 20th, 2020 - 14 comments

Five days ago Mike Hosking was representing his paymasters with his reflection of their basic ignorance of history. Then demanding caution in dealing with covid-19. Yesterday he panicked for immediate action to close the borders which government did anyway later that day. It is just dangerous to give a public platform to a dithering moron who be at home in 1918. Perhaps he should read the pandemic plan?

$1000 per person (recurring) NOW!

Written By: Bill - Date published: 9:57 am, March 20th, 2020 - 71 comments

There’s a world where, apparently, people shake hands with other people all day. I don’t know that world. I couldn’t tell you the last time I shook some-one’s hand. And I suspect those who inhabit a world of hand-shakers have as little insight to my world as I do theirs. But in “one world”…

No disconnections or evictions

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 7:26 am, March 20th, 2020 - 20 comments

Unite’s Joe Carolan has called for a rent, mortgage and bill freeze.

Open mike 20/03/2020

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 7:00 am, March 20th, 2020 - 128 comments

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Daily review 19/03/2020

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 5:25 pm, March 19th, 2020 - 52 comments

Brian Tamaki, recent victim of self/God?-inflicted burns. Don't be like Brian.

What kind of system change do we want right now?

Written By: weka - Date published: 2:11 pm, March 19th, 2020 - 37 comments

As mainstream systems are forced to adapt to the new state of affairs in a covid world, what are the bigger picture changes that need to happen so that we are future-proofing our communities at the same time?

Open mike 19/03/2020

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 7:00 am, March 19th, 2020 - 180 comments

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Burning Bridges

Written By: te reo putake - Date published: 9:05 pm, March 18th, 2020 - 23 comments

One of Simon Bridges’ caucus supporters has raised the possibility of a leadership coup. Let’s hope not, people!

Daily review 18/03/2020

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 5:30 pm, March 18th, 2020 - 40 comments

The DNC Body Count.

Written By: Bill - Date published: 10:58 am, March 18th, 2020 - 9 comments

Biden at any cost? Is that the game?

Relentless negativity

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 8:22 am, March 18th, 2020 - 57 comments

Simon Bridges has been criticised for his relentless negativity towards the Government’s urgent Covid-19 budget response and for playing politics as usual at a time when unity is required.

Open mike 18/03/2020

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 7:00 am, March 18th, 2020 - 56 comments

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Daily review 17/03/2020

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 5:50 pm, March 17th, 2020 - 52 comments

Is this the next GFC?

Written By: advantage - Date published: 4:27 pm, March 17th, 2020 - 24 comments

The Minister of Finance says that we are facing the worst of any of the scenarios that they had been preparing for. In response the government’s rescue package is bigger than anything New Zealand has ever seen.

Covid-19 Gov’t Support; Live updates from 2pm

Written By: te reo putake - Date published: 2:01 pm, March 17th, 2020 - 156 comments

In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the coalition Government will announce a multi-billion dollar economic package at 2pm today. Livestream details are in the post and live updates will be made as the announcement rolls out.

Covid-19: Back home again

Written By: lprent - Date published: 1:49 pm, March 17th, 2020 - 2 comments

As a programmer, I’ve had a lot of experience with working from home for work, last time was about 13 years ago. Yesterday we got shifted to working from home. The toolkit has changed a lot even in the last few years. What is going to be interesting for me is to see how companies disperse their employees out in the same way over this pandemic – that will be a real test of productivity.

The right become socialists as Covid-19 bites

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 7:52 am, March 17th, 2020 - 38 comments

The right, elements of which have thought the best thing to do to the state is weaken it that badly that they could then drown it in a bathtub, are rethinking and now realise that a well resourced, active and engaged State is actually a life saver.

Open mike 17/03/2020

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 7:00 am, March 17th, 2020 - 79 comments

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Daily review 16/03/2020

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 5:30 pm, March 16th, 2020 - 32 comments

Jacinda Arden’s request of New Zealanders

Written By: weka - Date published: 10:51 am, March 16th, 2020 - 49 comments

An update from Labour on covid prevention.

Different responses to the Covid virus pandemic

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 10:11 am, March 16th, 2020 - 105 comments

It has been disclosed that Donald Trump has attempted to buy exclusive rights to a German vaccine in development. But only for the use of the American people. Meanwhile in New Zealand there is agreat anticipation about the Government’s announced package due to be released tomorrow.

Open mike 16/03/2020

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 7:00 am, March 16th, 2020 - 109 comments

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Covid-19 and a digital democracy

Written By: advantage - Date published: 7:30 pm, March 15th, 2020 - 20 comments

Government has for the last decade been pushing for as many government services as possible to be primarily accessed digitally rather than face-to face. Funnily enough, the one public service they forgot to push to digital is themselves. Now’s the time Trevor.