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Hey Tracy Watkins – Judith Collins was not “cleared” of dirty politics

Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 7:02 am, December 8th, 2015 - 33 comments

No, Judith Collins was never investigated, let alone “cleared”, of the serious issues raised by Dirty Politics. After a token year off Key is happy to have her back because he has precisely as many principles as she does.

Collins and the “monster” board

Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 10:21 am, December 7th, 2015 - 43 comments

Idiot turn of phrase or deliberately inflammatory? You be the judge.

The Anthropocene

Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 8:35 am, December 7th, 2015 - 21 comments

Heavy flooding in Chennai and the North of England is the latest in a long line of recent extreme weather events. Welcome to the Anthropocene.

Dunedin leads the way

Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 4:14 pm, December 3rd, 2015 - 7 comments

On carbon emissions I don’t have any hope for NZ under National, which is still stuck in a stupid fossil fuel mentality. I do have hope for the people, organisations, and regions within NZ who are collectively taking action. And I’m proud that my home of Dunedin is leading the way.

Police raiding journalists is a thing now

Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 7:03 am, December 2nd, 2015 - 132 comments

Yesterday the police raided the home of a 3 News journalist. This seems to be quite a trend in the Brighter Future.

Nats failing Christchurch and lashing out at Treasury

Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 7:02 am, December 1st, 2015 - 128 comments

A Treasury report calls the Christchurch rebuild plan “unachievable”. Gerry Brownlee immediately springs in to action – attacking Treasury. Christchurch deserves better than this…

Duncan Garner and the great Christmas beatup

Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 12:56 pm, November 30th, 2015 - 114 comments

In which Duncan Garner goes trolling with a great Christmas beatup, and gets taken to task for it.

House arrest for Paris activists

Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 11:24 am, November 29th, 2015 - 21 comments

Why are the so called leaders meeting at COP21 so afraid of public demonstrations? Let the people have their say…

Nats positioning for 2017

Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 8:15 am, November 28th, 2015 - 48 comments

Nothing Matthew Hooton says can be taken at face value, but perhaps there are rumblings within National about 2017.

Refugees to be settled in Dunedin

Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 8:15 am, November 27th, 2015 - 17 comments

As reported yesterday Dunedin has been picked as the new settlement location for refugees. May they find a warm welcome and a future of peace and security here.

Andrew Little in Australia

Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 7:13 am, November 26th, 2015 - 62 comments

Contrary to Key’s scaremongering about “making things worse” Little’s, visit to Australia seems to have been positive and constructive.

Police censoring research

Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 1:17 pm, November 25th, 2015 - 25 comments

Police censorship of research is causing widespread outrage today. Well done to Dr Gilbert and The Herald for bringing it all to light.

Key doesn’t like being shown up by Little

Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 7:03 am, November 24th, 2015 - 131 comments

Andrew Little is planning to speak up for the rights of Kiwi expats on his trip to Australia. Key clearly doesn’t like being shown up, so out come the desperate accusations.

Key’s rapists attack a dead cat that keeps biting

Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 7:02 am, November 23rd, 2015 - 28 comments

Was Key’s bizarre rant in Parliament – accusing Labour of supporting rapists and murderers – a deliberate “dead cat” strategy? If so then it has backfired badly. Still in the headlines 2 weeks later, and probably costing him in the polls.

Nice Mr Key (and useless Mr Carter)

Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 11:33 am, November 22nd, 2015 - 21 comments

Quick notes on some pieces in The Herald this morning, featuring Audrey Young’s almost epiphany on Nice Mr Key.

Flag distraction – first referendum

Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 7:34 am, November 21st, 2015 - 135 comments

The delivery of the ballots in the first first flag referendum is getting a bit of attention from bored journalists. We the people don’t seem to care much though.

Please don’t go there America

Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 11:56 am, November 20th, 2015 - 27 comments

Donald Trump won’t rule out “tracking Muslim Americans in a database or giving them “a special form of identification that noted their religion””. Brings to mind an F word.

National willfully stupidly blind on climate change

Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 7:01 am, November 20th, 2015 - 98 comments

As the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment warns of the risks of sea level rises and recommends action, National are clear that they will take none. They are determined to leave all the risks and costs of climate change to future governments.

Ground troops to Iraq – PM please explain

Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 2:10 pm, November 19th, 2015 - 26 comments

PM please explain, what the hell good would sending a few Kiwi ground troops to the ongoing disaster of the Middle East achieve? Is it the whole cost of being in the club thing again?

Homeless children

Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 12:55 pm, November 18th, 2015 - 75 comments

RNZ covered a Salvation Army report on housing this morning. These figures are a national disgrace.

Twyford to be smeared

Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 7:06 am, November 18th, 2015 - 54 comments

The severed limbs of National’s Dirty Politics machine are still twitching, with TV3 reporting plans to target Phil Twyford.

Labour fundraising

Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 12:04 pm, November 17th, 2015 - 63 comments

The Herald has a piece today on Labour’s finances. You can donate to Labour here, or better yet join and set up a regular donation here.

Paris as an excuse for more useless surveillance

Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 7:02 am, November 17th, 2015 - 67 comments

The Paris attacks are being used as an excuse for another ill informed debate about surveillance and encryption – which doesn’t address the communication channels that terrorists are actually using. The tools that our governments want can be used very effectively to spy on you and me though (as Key effectively acknowledges in passing).