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5:30 pm, August 19th, 2022 - 14 comments
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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 …
"National is still full of Nincompoops……."
Its a premium piece from Chris Finlayson in the Herald but freely available in the Listener….for those library members that can log in….
Link(s)?
The Herald link:
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/national-dilemma-chris-finlayson-on-co-governance-education-and-frankly-hopeless-politicians/LPGZDX32PPUKFAVT6LPKJUCMQE/
Ta
Really a puff profile, giving a potted history, advertising his book.
Yes, but I can't help smile when I read that term nincompoop…….and puff piece or not its still a reasonably accurate description of most National MP's.
Then there's this review of Finlayson's book "Yes Minister" by Matthew Hooton.
https://www.newsroom.co.nz/book-of-the-week-hooton-on-finlayson
Realities and the road to happiness (butterflies and rainbows) is in a jar of Soma.
https://twitter.com/TheFigen/status/1560240689404846081
That is bleak
pretty accurate though.
Materialism
Seems the account lifted the clip from the original without acknowledging the creator.
https://www.stevecutts.com/
https://twitter.com/Steve_Cutts
Local body democracy is in safe hands – at least in Otago.
A truly diverse candidate 😉
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/local-government/129628875/meet-slime-the-nitrate-monster-in-the-running-for-the-otago-regional-council
He's got our household Otago votes 🙂