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Brownlee should stop vilifying scientists

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 7:53 am, November 22nd, 2016 - 21 comments

Gerry Brownlee has attacked a public servant firstly for not approached the Government for increased Geonet monitoring and then for raising the issue but not telling him personally.

Brownlee bullies GNS staff

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 10:15 am, November 21st, 2016 - 49 comments

Gerry Brownlee has chosen to respond to the cautious words of a public servant by publicly attacking him.

Netsafe finally gets its act together on the HDCA – sort of… and inadequately

Written By: lprent - Date published: 2:38 pm, November 20th, 2016 - 7 comments

Apparently today, Netsafe will start acting as the “Approved Agency” of the Harmful Digital Communications Act 2015. This is an act that is meant to deal with some of the excessive online abuse and bullying. Unfortunately it doesn’t appear to me that Netsafe is currently capable of dealing with the task. Instead they look like incompetent monkeys.

Rewarding incompetence with a 4th term?

Written By: Natwatch - Date published: 8:26 am, November 20th, 2016 - 76 comments

Disaster response is about more than showing up for photos and cancelling a trip or two. National has made a mess of Christchurch and comprehensively failed to learn its lessons. They should in no way be rewarded with a 4th term.

National tries to have it both ways

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 8:31 am, November 19th, 2016 - 51 comments

Despite the Kaikoura earthquakes, the damage to the Capital and the fact the EQC fund is now in deficit, the Government is still holding out the possibility of tax cuts in election year.

Nats politicising earthquake response

Written By: Natwatch - Date published: 7:00 am, November 18th, 2016 - 74 comments

Oh look, National are nakedly politicising government earthquake response.

Dirty politics past and present

Written By: Natwatch - Date published: 12:42 pm, November 17th, 2016 - 63 comments

A couple of dirty politics related stories that slipped under the radar in the last hectic week.

Beware of Spin Doctors and Spin Professors

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 9:01 am, November 13th, 2016 - 97 comments

On the same day that the pollsters in the world’s most advanced democracy were shown to have got things terribly wrong a Professor in New Zealand says that National will win next year because of polling data.

Fear and loathing in Mt Roskill

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 2:17 pm, November 12th, 2016 - 69 comments

Members of the National Party in Mount Roskill are trying to make a story out of Michael Wood after he responded directly to public insults made against his wife.

Post-US Election Discussion Post – day two

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 5:57 am, November 11th, 2016 - 267 comments

The daily general discussion thread about the US election.

Post-US Election Discussion Post

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 5:55 am, November 10th, 2016 - 269 comments

The Day After.

The media double standard

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 9:15 am, November 9th, 2016 - 126 comments

Andrea Vance has attacked Labour’s Ready to Work policy and claimed that the policy does not add up, despite being told how the figures had been arrived at.

US Election Day Discussion Post 9/11/16

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 5:55 am, November 9th, 2016 - 501 comments

The day is finally here.

US Election Discussion Post 8/11/16

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 5:55 am, November 8th, 2016 - 234 comments

In order to free up Open Mike and Daily Review for other conversations we are asking that all discussion, posting of links etc on the US election go in this daily dedicated thread rather than OM or DR. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). There will continue to be author-written posts […]

US Election Discussion Post 7/11/16

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 5:55 am, November 7th, 2016 - 234 comments

Today’s post for all random comments and links on the US election.

US Election Discussion Post Weekend Edition 5/11/16

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 5:55 am, November 5th, 2016 - 252 comments

Today’s post for all random comments and links on the US election.

US Election Discussion Post 4/11/16

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 5:55 am, November 4th, 2016 - 194 comments

Today’s post for all random comments and links on the US election.

US Election Discussion Post 3/11/16

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 5:58 am, November 3rd, 2016 - 197 comments

Today’s post for all random comments and links on the US election.

US Election Discussion Post 1/11/16

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 5:58 am, November 1st, 2016 - 190 comments

Today’s post for all random comments and links on the US election.

US Election Discussion Post 31/10/16

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 5:55 am, October 31st, 2016 - 132 comments

Today’s post for all random comments and links on the US election.

US Election Discussion Post weekend edition 29/10/16

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 5:14 am, October 29th, 2016 - 152 comments

The weekend post for all random comments and links on the US election.

Hosking’s party political broadcasts

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 1:06 pm, October 28th, 2016 - 75 comments

Hosking’s pro-Nat rants have been compared to “state TV in China” and “Fox News-style comment”.

Spinning Key’s India fail

Written By: Natwatch - Date published: 11:02 am, October 28th, 2016 - 35 comments

Key’s India trip started off going nowhere fast, and ended up the same way. Gotta love the spin though.

US Election Discussion Post 28/10/16

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 5:37 am, October 28th, 2016 - 22 comments

Today’s post for all random comments and links on the US election.

Bennett is PM. We are doomed …

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 12:19 pm, October 27th, 2016 - 25 comments

Paula Bennett is currently acting Prime Minister.

Police launch moral crusade against old people

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 9:04 am, October 27th, 2016 - 65 comments

Police subjected a group of elderly people attending a meeting on assisted dying to random breath tests so that they could collect the identities of each person who attended.

US Election Discussion Post 27/10/16

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 8:59 am, October 27th, 2016 - 54 comments

Today’s post for all random comments and links on the US election.

US Election Discussion Post 26/10/16

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 5:55 am, October 26th, 2016 - 81 comments

Today’s post for all random comments and links on the US election.

Time for another round of fear mongering

Written By: Natwatch - Date published: 10:36 am, October 25th, 2016 - 49 comments

Latest fear mongering sounds like a rerun of the jihadi brides lie, which as an editorial summary put it – “raises serious questions about the accuracy of claims made by John Key, SIS boss Rebecca Kitteridge and Security Intelligence Minister Chris Finlayson.”