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Doofus of the week

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 12:19 pm, February 10th, 2018 - 100 comments

Doofus of the week is Bob Jones for spouting racist nonsense that would have been embarrassing in the 1960s let alone now.

Trickledown …

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 8:25 am, February 8th, 2018 - 17 comments

Over in America Republican intellectual genius Paul Ryan tweeted how a School teacher who will receive $1.50 extra per week because of Republican tax cuts was grateful for the increase. But it did not go down well …

National claims credit for Waitangi Day

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 8:21 am, February 7th, 2018 - 58 comments

National is claiming some credit for the success of Waitangi day. But the things they claim credit for are because of decisions of others, not the National Government.

Buttered Bread

Written By: Bill - Date published: 11:20 am, February 6th, 2018 - 84 comments

What side’s yours buttered on?

Waitangi day

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 8:36 am, February 6th, 2018 - 84 comments

By engaging with and showing respect for Ngapuhi Jacinda Ardern has transformed Waitangi Day from a day of dissent to a day of celebration.

Middle east Teenagers

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 10:01 am, February 2nd, 2018 - 60 comments

In the middle east a Palestinian teenager is detained for a minor assault and for protesting the occupation of her country. And three Israeli teenagers are apparently trying to sue two New Zealand residents for exercising their rights of free speech.

Nothing like Mike

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 2:30 pm, February 1st, 2018 - 18 comments

Turns out Mike Hosking was eminently and delightfully replaceable.

National’s drug conscience

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 7:06 am, January 31st, 2018 - 35 comments

Helen Kelly championed the liberalisation of drug law to allow those suffering from significant ill health to have access to cannabis for medicinal purposes. National is still struggling with the concept despite it having overwhelming public support.

Bill your pants may be on fire

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 1:48 pm, January 30th, 2018 - 118 comments

Bill English has criticised the Government for only offering an officer briefing on the day that legislation is due to be introduced into Parliament. But appears to have forgotten an offer made by Jacinda Ardern 48 days ago.

Plastic Fantastic

Written By: Bill - Date published: 9:33 am, January 26th, 2018 - 55 comments

Billions of disease laden pieces of plastic killing reefs. No effective solution offered.

The Humanity.

Written By: Bill - Date published: 5:57 pm, January 25th, 2018 - 8 comments

Thoughtless thugs. Killers.

Auckland Council by election hypocrisy alert

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 11:03 am, January 22nd, 2018 - 13 comments

The National candidate for the Maungakiekie Tamaki Auckland Council by election is complaining that if the Labour candidate wins it will trigger a costly by election. But he is ignoring the fact that the three current by elections have all been caused by National endorsed local government representatives resigning.

Solidarity

Written By: Bill - Date published: 10:40 am, January 22nd, 2018 - 7 comments

History not forgotten.

Women’s March Speech.

Written By: Bill - Date published: 3:58 pm, January 21st, 2018 - 46 comments

Sometimes, someone just knocks it out the park. Viola Davis just knocked it out the park. (h/t Carolyn_nth)

Shock horror right wing think tank thinks NZ not very democratic

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 10:04 am, January 18th, 2018 - 74 comments

National’s cheerleaders are pushing an international report which suggests that New Zealand’s democratic system is only slightly better than average in world terms. But the organisation behind the report and the methodology used need some checking.

NRT: Spain refuses to respect Catalonia’s election.

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 10:22 am, January 16th, 2018 - 12 comments

Idiot/savant on Spain’s love of democracy.

Two Faced Liberalism.

Written By: Bill - Date published: 3:31 pm, January 13th, 2018 - 89 comments

Caring and heartless.

You Cowed?

Written By: Bill - Date published: 3:21 pm, January 11th, 2018 - 94 comments

To bleat and wring hands, or to act? Jeez. It’s a difficult one.

Won’t somebody please think about the RONs?

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 8:21 am, January 11th, 2018 - 210 comments

National has announced a publicity campaign not about climate change or child poverty or our failing health systems or the housing crisis or anything else but about roads.

Hatchets and Knives.

Written By: Bill - Date published: 12:06 pm, January 9th, 2018 - 20 comments

A little on the (predictable) fallout from Emily Thornberry’s BBC Radio 4 interview.

The Saviour Machine

Written By: Bill - Date published: 10:29 am, January 9th, 2018 - 66 comments

Our ingenuity.

UK Intelligence

Written By: Bill - Date published: 10:50 am, January 7th, 2018 - 43 comments

From the Opposition Labour Party, a rare instance of common sense and intelligence on display with regards foreign relations.

Up in Smoke.

Written By: Bill - Date published: 2:38 pm, January 5th, 2018 - 23 comments

US reverses Federal marijuana stance.

Israel fights back

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 8:20 am, January 2nd, 2018 - 168 comments

In what may be the first of a number of publicity stunts Rabbi Shmulay Boteach has placed a full page advertisement in the Washington Post condemning Lorde and New Zealand for showing solidarity with Palestine.

What will 2018 bring for Donald Trump?

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 7:58 am, January 1st, 2018 - 181 comments

The New York Times has broken a astory suggesting that Australian Ambassador to the UK Alexander Downer informed the FBI that the Trump camp knew about the Russian hacking of Hillary Clinton’s emails four months before the 2016 Presidential election.

The Failed Estate: Us and Them

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 9:00 am, December 31st, 2017 - 20 comments

In Australia the Murdoch press has chosen the Christmas down period to try and whip up some anti beneficiary hysteria. Jim Parker from the blog Failed Estate calmly dissects the figures and concludes there is no reason for concern.

When the jet stream slows…

Written By: Bill - Date published: 11:54 am, December 30th, 2017 - 39 comments

…let’s ridicule Donald Trump.

The Standard’s most commented on posts of 2017

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 7:11 am, December 30th, 2017 - 27 comments

The ten most commented on posts in the Standard for 2017.

The right loses its shit after a public servant accidentally tweets from the wrong account

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 9:19 am, December 26th, 2017 - 111 comments

An accidental tweet from a Government account has led the right to claim the existence of all sorts of conspiracies.

Ain’t Gonna Play

Written By: advantage - Date published: 8:00 am, December 26th, 2017 - 187 comments

New Zealand musician Lorde has announced that she will respect the boycott of Israel and not perform there.

Teggtalk: Trump-Like Climate Science Meddling by NZ Ministers

Written By: Guest post - Date published: 10:36 am, December 22nd, 2017 - 29 comments

Denis Tegg has been responsible for showing that the previous Government stonewalled and hid a report prepared by the Ministry for the Environment which warned local bodies of the threats posed by sea level rises caused by climate change.