Joyce to roll Key!

Written By: - Date published: 3:38 pm, August 19th, 2011 - 81 comments
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I see there is another round of Labour leadership rumour mongering going on. Goff has patiently (yet again) rubbished the “claim”, and pointed out that it is just stories spread by the Nats to try and distract from the mess that they are in.  Goff nails it:

“When is the news media going to stop listening to Whale Oil and Matthew Hooton who are in the back pockets of the National Party spreading rumours that have no truth at all,” Goff said.

Social Development Minister Paula Bennett had flip-flopped over the payment cards for beneficiaries and Prime Minister John Key had messed up over unemployment statistics.

“They’re embarrassed, they’re looking for red herrings.”

It’s such an obvious Nat distraction, wouldn’t it be grand if our journos could recognise it for what it is?

Hey!  Psssst!  Here’s a hot one!  I hear via the tipsy line that Joyce has been doing the numbers and is ready to roll Key!  It should all go down at a BBQ some time this weekend.  And best of all, this tip is every bit as credible as the usual Nat versions of same!

Sheeesh.

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  1. Deb 1
    19 August 2011 at 3:42 pm

    Thing is why does Goff give any cred to Whaleoil. All he succeeds in dong is sending everyone over to boost his website stats.

    Anyway – good luck to Joyce, but I believe at this stage he has only a slightly higher chance of being PM than Goff.

  2. Policy Parrot 2
    19 August 2011 at 3:44 pm

    This story at least has more cred than the one they are running over at Fairfax and Granny.

  3. tsmithfield 3
    19 August 2011 at 4:01 pm

    “And best of all, this tip is every bit as credible as the usual Nat versions of same!”

    Given that Key has popularity somewhere north of 50%, and that Goff has popularity challenging the margin of error territory, I think the “Goff resign” meme carries a bit more thrust.

    • Colonial Viper 3.1
      19 August 2011 at 4:05 pm

      Key would be a more popular NZ Idol host than Goff, admittedly.

      • The Baron 3.1.1
        19 August 2011 at 9:26 pm

        Face facts, CV – we aren’t talking about idol, and the preferred PM poll is even worse – 50%+ to Key, <10% Goff. No party has ever won off those PPM ratings – but yet every time I point this out to you, you blah on about some miracle that will occur to reverse Labour's sure to be dire performance.
        Well the miracle you need is for Goff to be taken outside and shot. On these stats, it's safe to assume the public literally hate the sight of him. Pity everyone on the Labour front bench would rather lose to enhance their own prospects – what noble heroes all.

        • Colonial Viper 3.1.1.1
          19 August 2011 at 9:35 pm

          Nervous little critter aren’t you?

          Sure I agree with you, John Key Talk Show Star for PM!!!

          Goff has the gravitas and intellectual ability that Key can’t be bothered mustering 99% of the time.

          And now that Key has filled up his PM scrapbook (Royal Wedding photos + photos with Obama) he’s gone anyway.

    • mik e 3.2
      19 August 2011 at 11:59 pm

      Its more likely that given Joyces muck ups recently, that the silent assassins patients with him might be running out .And key will roll Joyce Haw Haw Haw!

  4. queenstfarmer 4
    19 August 2011 at 4:01 pm

    When is the news media going to stop listening to Whale Oil

    Perhaps when Labour’s campaign manager stops giving him publicity.

  5. mickysavage 5
    19 August 2011 at 4:05 pm

    I reluctantly read Whale’s stuff on rss to see who he is insulting and he keeps making shit up.  He is wrong that often that he should be embarassed.  He breathlessly repeats every half assed idea that some moron mentions to him.
     
    His is not a pursuit of truth.  It is a mud wrestle in slime with a very definate political goal in mind. 

    • TightyRighty 5.1
      19 August 2011 at 4:21 pm

      Taking it personally micky?

      It’s so amusing that you piously pronounce on the pursuit of truth. Can your comment pleased be moved to the weekend social.

      • mickysavage 5.1.1
        19 August 2011 at 4:34 pm

        I thought my comment was really restrained TightyWighty.
         
        Can you name me one, just one comment that Slater has made based on “rumours from within the Labour Party” that is actually true?
         
        Just one, any one will do.
         
         

        • TightyRighty 5.1.1.1
          19 August 2011 at 5:26 pm

          It’s not that cameron is right or wrong, your lack of comprehension is now no surprise to me anyway. It is you bleating about the pursuit of truth when you so obviously gave up on it and sat on the couch to play with yourself.

          • mickysavage 5.1.1.1.1
            19 August 2011 at 5:32 pm

            TightyWighty 

            You are making less and less sense.

            What is the problem?

            And how about you name one rumour Slater has reported that is correct.  Go on, see how you go. 

            • Ianupnorth 5.1.1.1.1.1
              19 August 2011 at 5:47 pm

              Slater’s a wanker, end of story – go away trolly righty/.

            • mickysavage 5.1.1.1.1.2
              19 August 2011 at 8:16 pm

              Hey TW Where is that example?  You know the one that shows Cameron’s posts are based in reality?

              • TightyRighty …
                22 August 2011 at 9:09 am

                I never even claimed WOBH to be right, so why do i have to provide an example?

                The fact that you are getting so demanding and shrill on the subject after being asked if you are taking the rumours personally makes me worry for your mental health micky. not that i really thought you were in full possession of your faculties to start with.

                Ianupnorth, you are a mentally substandard human being. same with you pink postman. you do the rest of humanity a disservice by displaying absolutely no comprehension skills at all. This from three people who all purport to author blogs? no wonder the left is so intellectually bankrupt. great to see the poor people of london housing estates blow wide open the myth of “progressive” policies helping people in poverty.

          • the pink postman 5.1.1.1.2
            20 August 2011 at 3:38 pm

            Answer the question you plonker or shut up.

      • Georgy 5.1.2
        20 August 2011 at 8:53 am

        . “His is not a pursuit of truth. It is a mud wrestle in slime with a very definate political goal
        in mind. ”

        Absolutely the BEST description of whaleblubberoil I have read. Well done MS.

  6. tsmithfield 6
    19 August 2011 at 4:16 pm

    Goff seems to have been having a few memory lapses lately. So who knows. He might have “forgotten” about offering to resign.

    • mickysavage 6.1
      19 August 2011 at 4:31 pm

      Goff seems to have been having a few memory lapses lately.
       
      You guys must get orders from above to keep respouting lines ad nauseum in the hope that MSM will pick up on them.
       
      I will tell you this doozy of an example of memory lapses however.  It involves this apparently intelligent guy who cannot remember anything when he was 20.  He went through almost the most controversial and dangerous time of his country’s history and does not remember what he thought about it!  No bull!  Good old Smile and Wave has no idea what his thoughts were at the time!
       
      If you want to offer anyone sympathy then Key is a worthy recipient.
       

      • The Baron 6.1.1
        19 August 2011 at 9:31 pm

        Oh you can tell how much this story hurts because how shrill Greg is getting. We know Greg – no one loves team red as much as you (literally).

      • KJT 6.1.2
        20 August 2011 at 9:32 am

        He my have been telling the truth. Rumour has it, that Key does not read!

  7. jackal 7
    19 August 2011 at 4:20 pm

    Hey psst! National supporters are a bunch of morons. They love bullshit!

  8. Rich 8
    19 August 2011 at 4:29 pm

    What I don’t understand is why the right are trying to undermine Goff as leader. Surely they’d be wanting him to carry on as long as possible?

    • queenstfarmer 8.1
      19 August 2011 at 4:47 pm

      Not only that, but I think most on the Right would rather have Phil as PM than virtually any other Labour MP. Phil is to the Right of most Labour MPs (he was even a flat-taxer and state asset seller, when it suited). He is a “known quantity”, having been there since Muldoon’s time, and is a generally good bloke.

      • grumpy 8.1.1
        19 August 2011 at 4:54 pm

        Actually, Rich has nailed it. National desperately want Goff as leader of Labour, that’s why, whenever there is about to be a coup, whaleoil and Kiwiblog publicise it and the Labour plotters back off – can’t have the Whale being right – can we??

        Perhaps the one feeding Whale this information is Goff!

        • mickysavage 8.1.1.1
          19 August 2011 at 7:35 pm

          Gawd why does Cameron, TightyWhitey and grumpy believe they know what is happening in the Labour Party.  It is not as if they know what is happening in reality …

          • Chris 8.1.1.1.1
            19 August 2011 at 9:02 pm

            I didn’t realise reality and political parties had anything to do with each other?

          • TightyRighty 8.1.1.1.2
            22 August 2011 at 10:29 am

            I didn’t claim to know what is happening though micky? I think you should put the bottle down mate. Politics, while important, should not come at the expense of your health. Especially as you will never be a politician, or anything important really.

        • Puddleglum 8.1.1.2
          20 August 2011 at 11:06 am

          C’mon guys, think a bit.

          Goff gets good coverage (for once) in the Herald and TV3(?) to the point that Matthew Hooton believed the public liked the way Goff was being presented.

          Then, inexplicably, Whale Oil and Hooton felt the need to spread self-described ‘gossip’ about Labour’s leadership.

          Yes, National probably want Goff as leader, but they also want him as the walking wounded. And, should it get that far, they probably fancy their chances at portraying any dumping of Goff as ‘Labour in a panic’.

          Being a pair of ingenues can be endearing, guys, but please try to resist your obvious tendencies to naivete. 

      • Deb 8.1.2
        19 August 2011 at 5:16 pm

        Yes QSF, on that right of centre theme, Mr Goff has the distinction of being in the thick of the original Neo-libs in NZ – he was a mover and shaker as Minister of Employment in the now famous 4th Labour government. In disputes between Roger Douglas and other Labour MPs, Goff generally positioned himself on the side of Douglas, supporting deregulation and free trade. While many commentators blamed Douglas’s controversial reforms for Labour’s loss, Goff said that the main problem had been in communication, not policy.

        Remembering some of Phil’s 4th Labour Government and when we consider him as a possible PM it is worthy noting some of their achievements:

        Floating the New Zealand dollar.
        Introducing GST (Goods and Services Tax).
        New banks were allowed
        Reducing income and company tax.
        Removing controls on foreign exchange.
        Abolishing or reducing import tariffs.
        Corporatising many State owned enterprises such as the Post Office, Telecom and Air New Zealand to be more like private businesses – some later privatised.
        Enabling the Reserve Bank to autonomously pursue an inflation target.
        Liberalised immigration to New Zealand

        • insider 8.1.2.1
          19 August 2011 at 5:22 pm

          Don’t Goff and Helen Clark (who was part of much of it too) now claim they had their fingers crossed at the time?

          • Colonial Viper 8.1.2.1.1
            20 August 2011 at 12:07 am

            Fortunately Goff has figured it out after the disaster of the 80’s and 90’s. English and Key are still batting for the soon to be extinct bankster neoliberal crowd however.

    • Ten Miles Over 8.2
      19 August 2011 at 4:49 pm

      You have a point. I’m guessing Slater is over-invested in ipredict stock for Goff to go before the election, there’s no other logical reason for him to push this agenda so hard

      • Carol 8.2.1
        19 August 2011 at 4:56 pm

        They know Labour is going to keep Goff as leader through the election, so they just hammer the leadership challenge line to undermine the Labour Party… but, that also does suggest they see Labour as a threat.

  9. insider 9
    19 August 2011 at 4:55 pm

    I think the lack of anonymity helps give them a bit of cred. They are identifiable people doing their own thing and stand by it (putting aside claims of NPRU feeds). You guys will struggle because of that, unless it is someone like Mike Smith, who is a known figure (although didn’t the ‘H fee’ story get launched through here?). The exception is I/S but he is ‘known’ and has carved out a niche using the OIA. None of his ‘rants’ get turned into stories.

    • Carol 9.1
      19 August 2011 at 4:58 pm

      WO & DF wouldn’t have such well known names if the MSM hadn’t given them a lot of air in the past. They fail to give any such opportunities for leftie bloggers.

      • insider 9.1.1
        19 August 2011 at 5:20 pm

        Farrar has the single most popular political blog in NZ, by a long long way. The media followed his already high hit rate. I’m not sure why Slater has a profile. but then I’m not sure why self made media man Martyn Bradbury has one either.

        And you’ve obviously never heard of Chris Trotter. And prior to that the now back in the ring and increasingly inflating John Pagani.

        Self imposed blinkered vision means only you suffer when you miss the coming right hook.

        • Carol 9.1.1.1
          19 August 2011 at 6:19 pm

          Chris Trotter and Pagani don’t get picked up by mainstream news the way Farrah and Slater do.

          • Chris 9.1.1.1.1
            19 August 2011 at 9:05 pm

            To be fair John Pagani has a column on stuff that is generally terribly written. On any given day any of the posts from this site/kiwiblog make points that are far clearer and hit a much better chord with the mainstream public.

            Particularly since recently Pagani seems to do nothing but attack people instead of promoting anything.

            • Carol 9.1.1.1.1.1
              19 August 2011 at 9:29 pm

              Reminds me of Fox News strategy. Claim they are balanced because they have views expressed by Liberals as Well as right wingers. But the Liberals they select always are weaker at making their points than the righties, and are their to make liberals look bad.

              • Chris …
                20 August 2011 at 1:57 pm

                Yeah that’s pretty much what I assumed the reason stuff published John Pagani was. Although they did use to publish Minto all the time as well so maybe they’re more about making the left wing seem angry with a huge chip on their shoulders.

        • jackal 9.1.1.2
          20 August 2011 at 7:20 pm

          That’s a rather big claim insider. Once again you’re making unfounded statement’s without checking the facts. In July 2011 The Standard apparently had 313987 page views while kiwibog had 311878. Hits aren’t always an indicator of support btw, as both sides read each others blogs.

          It would also seem that media exposure increases readership. I’m sure my readership would increase if I wasted money on some stupid billboards or got convicted of breaching privacy laws.

          I love it how you RWNJ’s always posture and threaten… Reading such drivel is amusing, especially as there’s very little chance articles based on untruths will hit the mark. The vast majority have no substance with many of the right wing blogger’s just making crap up.

          I think the main difference between the sides at the moment is the right wing blogger’s all have their hands on each others cocks. Then there’s the more extreme RWNJ’s who would turn the stomach of any sane person, no matter what their political leanings.

          Once again insider, your analysis is completely wrong!

    • lprent 9.2
      20 August 2011 at 8:58 pm

      Gee insider, don’t you actually read the site? Mike Smith, Anthony Robins, Ben Clark, Jenny Michie and a few others all write under their own names. I write under lprent (and if you can’t figure out that means Lynn Prentice then you have a comprehension problem) and rocky is Rochelle Rees (she got that because she hacked my login to give me a unwanted birthday post). There are of course many other authors who write for the site under pseudonyms. But I have never noticed any reduction in our readership based on the name of the author. It appears that is only idiots who are more concerned with point-scoring rather than understanding who seem to think that has any relevance.

      But the site probably has authors writing more posts under their real names than most around NZ. But right wing blowhards likenyourself are known for being quite unobservant when it contradicts their unthinking ‘facts’.

      Your later comment about page views is also out of date. Hits are irrelevant (we get millions per month) mostly because of the images, CSS, JavaScript and the spiders/spambots. They’re only relevant for sysops.

      Page views measured by client side js like stat counter, google analytics, wordpress stars, site meter, neilson, etc tend to exclude spiders and bots plus the meshed actual pages. They all agree with each other within a few thousand, just slightly less than the server side absolute page views. They are the most useful for cross site comparisons. Have a look at page views at Open Parachute – we regularly get higher then kiwiblog.

      Visits are a bit more problematic because it is settings related and varies quite a lot between the stats systems – in the order of 20-30% just between the systems that measure our site.

      Basically you’re talking shit.

  10. infused 10
    19 August 2011 at 4:58 pm

    Yeah good try.

  11. Craig Glen Eden 11
    19 August 2011 at 5:17 pm

    The Nats have had a bad week and when that happens they fall back on the Goffs going to be rolled line. All the shit is filling the National nest so they have to distract.
    One question John the Con were’s the brighter future you promised?

    Massive failure ! Oh and how you doing with the under class?

    • Carol 11.1
      19 August 2011 at 6:15 pm

      Yes, National want to make the elections about (presidential-like) leader personalities, rather than being about the party as a team or party policies.

      • The Baron 11.1.1
        19 August 2011 at 9:34 pm

        Slow clap Carol – your political analysis is that of a 5th former.
        Presidentialisation is natural as soon as you introduce a party vote under MMP. It’s been happening then since 1996.
        Please be quiet while the adults are talking.

        • Colonial Viper 11.1.1.1
          19 August 2011 at 9:38 pm

          Presidentialisation is natural as soon as you introduce a party vote under MMP

          False.

          Our media and our pollies are still playing a pseudo FPP game. MMP brings in more minor parties and de-emphasises the two main ones.

        • Deadly_NZ 11.1.1.2
          20 August 2011 at 12:03 am

          Go away Little Boy!

        • Anne 11.1.1.3
          20 August 2011 at 7:30 pm

          Please be quiet while the adults are talking

          Talking to yourself TB? Now be a good lad and keep quiet. You might learn something.

        • Puddleglum 11.1.1.4
          22 August 2011 at 12:38 pm

          Were you around for the Marshall/Muldoon, Kirk, Muldoon, Lange election campaigns? The focus on leaders is a function of the modern, media-saturated world.

          It ‘simplifies’ political decision making in the populace and implicitly reassures people that they don’t need to know much more than who the leader is to work out which party to vote for. Such simplification effectively neuters the governance role of ordinary people.

          In that sense, we have an increasingly anorexic and reductive version of representative democracy (which, itself, is a significant compromise on the notion of government ‘by the people’).

      • Deadly_NZ 11.1.2
        20 August 2011 at 12:03 am

        Of course thats what Key wants, something thats all to do with money and personalities, and less to do with substance. But he really can’t help it, he really is NZ’s version of George dubya Bush. Someone who is led around and allowed to speak, and do little things, but the big stuff is done in the back rooms by the real money men.

  12. Ianupnorth 12
    19 August 2011 at 5:49 pm

    The Nats would NOT roll Key – he is the reason they are popular, not any of their policies, or dare I say it actions – because there haven’t been any that have achieved anything!
     

    • HC 12.1
      19 August 2011 at 7:26 pm

      You are right – if the Nats roll Key, then their supposed support in surveys would drop from over 50 % to around 35 to 40 % from one day to another! This suggestion re Joyce cannot be serious.

      • Colonial Viper 12.1.1
        19 August 2011 at 7:35 pm

        Joyce is not going to ROLL Key.

        Key is going to GIVE Joyce the reins roughly 12-15 months into next term.

        • HC 12.1.1.1
          19 August 2011 at 7:44 pm

          Now that sounds a bit more realistic as a possible development! I suppose Key is getting tired of being PM, sick of being attacked and exposed, and he may have his eyes on a nice CEO posy for one of the soon to be sold and part privatised energy companies.

          • Colonial Viper 12.1.1.1.1
            19 August 2011 at 7:56 pm

            CEO is actually far too much hard work for him and he’d find himself accountable to the major shareholders; Key is going to the top tier of the Bilderberg group while holding down a few chairmanships on the side.

            • HC 12.1.1.1.1.1
              19 August 2011 at 8:45 pm

              And like Tony Blair and Bill Clinton he will tour the world holding speeches, like for instance about 100% green NZ and neo liberal economics that got him rich and famous!

              • logie97 …
                19 August 2011 at 10:06 pm

                Joky Hen touring the world giving speeches. Nope. No-one will be able to understand what he says. That’s probably part of his popularity. They see the lips move, the smile and then think all is well…

                • HC …
                  20 August 2011 at 12:35 am

                  No wonder then that he is still so popular with many “average” Kiwis! He mumbles, stumbles and is indiscipherable so often, so that few really understand a word he says. Hence the illiterate, poorly informed and educated love him, because he is the perfect excuse for them to make themselves feel better. Bear in mind that most skilled and intelligent left NZ long ago by now. That is what we are left with. Sad state of affairs, really!

            • mik e 12.1.1.1.1.2
              20 August 2011 at 10:13 am

              Yeah the bilderberg group most likely have a branch in Hawaii

  13. Gareth 13
    19 August 2011 at 6:30 pm

    I really don’t understand why labour members give slater the time of day, to my mind the way Trevor and some other Labour mp’s acknowledge him by commenting on his site, guest posting or bloody macho who’s got the biggest dick challenges. All this does is give ammo to the line that he’s getting inside knowledge from labour mp’s hence his ‘stories’ get more air.

    If Labour members just ignored him completely and didn’t get sucked into his games it would be much easier to say he doesn’t know what he’s talking about as he has no communication with the labour party. Instead he can make up any rumour he damn well pleases hang it on a leak from within and have some credibilty with the masses in that senior labour members have regular contact with him.

    • Colonial Viper 13.1
      19 August 2011 at 7:33 pm

      The MSM quote whaleoil frequently enough, maybe you should take your beef with them.

      “Labour Members” can do what they damn well please, neither the Labour Party nor the Labour Caucus control “Laboiur Members”.

    • Rob 13.2
      20 August 2011 at 9:54 am

      Who is this person called blubber???

  14. Steve 14
    19 August 2011 at 6:47 pm

    This post is a good diversion to get the heat off poor Phil.
    Most of you took the hook, line, sinker and most of the poster’s arm.
    Quite funny for the standard

    [lprent: Also quite funny is that you can’t type in your own e-mail address. Wastes my time when it shows up in auto-mod releasing this kind of stupid comment. Can’t you type? ]

  15. Ianupnorth 15
    19 August 2011 at 8:54 pm

    As stated on previous threads, he’s only happy when being pictured in Women’s Day

  16. millsy 16
    19 August 2011 at 11:13 pm

    Lets face it, Goff, along with King, Mallard, Dyson, etc should all go, and let the next generation in.

    • HC 16.1
      20 August 2011 at 12:38 am

      With all respect, what “next generation” is there in Labour, that is capable? I have more trust in the Greens to provide opportunities and qualities for follow up members of parliament.

      • Craig Glen Eden 16.1.1
        20 August 2011 at 9:17 am

        Thankfully HC your and a few of your Green mates are probably the only ones who believes that. When are you Greens going to learn you wont broaden your appeal by attacking Labour.

        HC theirs an election the Greens and Labour desperately need to win the only way we have any chance is not to attack each others people and policy.

        • HC 16.1.1.1
          20 August 2011 at 1:23 pm

          Oh – I touched a sensitive nerve.

          Of course you are right that it is better, yes essential that Labour AND the Greens win more votes. But is it not great to have some more choices than under the system we had before? At least some who may not feel to comfy lit Labour have alternative options left of centre.

  17. Georgy 17
    20 August 2011 at 9:20 am

    I thought Bill English was positioning himself to retake the leadership.

  18. MrSmith 18
    20 August 2011 at 10:30 am

    The Nact’s had another bad week, so they roll out the old leadership challenge story.
     
    Problem for them is Goff gets lots more publicity and looks stronger and stronger in the eyes of the public and media, every time he comes out the other side.

  19. WOOF 19
    20 August 2011 at 12:19 pm

    I know Goff is the underdog, but I still believe that he can lead his pack to victory. The National Party bloggers may be trying to throw the media off the scent by getting them to believe that Goff would wander off with his tail between his legs, but no, he’s come out growling! So they can cry wolf all they like, but they are barking up the wrong tree. Just wait until November when a new PM could be unleashed! 🙂

  20. fatty 20
    21 August 2011 at 12:04 pm

    sometimes I log onto whale blubber’s site for a laugh, but instead it only makes me angry.
    he’s a pathetic sack of shit at the best of times

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  • How to Factory Reset iPhone without Computer: A Comprehensive Guide to Restoring your Device
    Life throws curveballs, and sometimes, those curveballs necessitate wiping your iPhone clean and starting anew. Whether you’re facing persistent software glitches, preparing to sell your device, or simply wanting a fresh start, knowing how to factory reset iPhone without a computer is a valuable skill. While using a computer with ...
    Gareth’s WorldBy admin
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  • How to Call Someone on a Computer: A Guide to Voice and Video Communication in the Digital Age
    Gone are the days when communication was limited to landline phones and physical proximity. Today, computers have become powerful tools for connecting with people across the globe through voice and video calls. But with a plethora of applications and methods available, how to call someone on a computer might seem ...
    Gareth’s WorldBy admin
    16 hours ago

  • Skeptical Science New Research for Week #16 2024
    Open access notables Glacial isostatic adjustment reduces past and future Arctic subsea permafrost, Creel et al., Nature Communications: Sea-level rise submerges terrestrial permafrost in the Arctic, turning it into subsea permafrost. Subsea permafrost underlies ~ 1.8 million km2 of Arctic continental shelf, with thicknesses in places exceeding 700 m. Sea-level variations over glacial-interglacial cycles control ...
    Skeptical Science
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  • Where on a Computer is the Operating System Generally Stored? Delving into the Digital Home of your ...
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    Gareth’s WorldBy admin
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  • How Many Watts Does a Laptop Use? Understanding Power Consumption and Efficiency
    Laptops have become essential tools for work, entertainment, and communication, offering portability and functionality. However, with rising energy costs and growing environmental concerns, understanding a laptop’s power consumption is more important than ever. So, how many watts does a laptop use? The answer, unfortunately, isn’t straightforward. It depends on several ...
    Gareth’s WorldBy admin
    16 hours ago

  • How to Screen Record on a Dell Laptop A Guide to Capturing Your Screen with Ease
    Screen recording has become an essential tool for various purposes, such as creating tutorials, capturing gameplay footage, recording online meetings, or sharing information with others. Fortunately, Dell laptops offer several built-in and external options for screen recording, catering to different needs and preferences. This guide will explore various methods on ...
    Gareth’s WorldBy admin
    16 hours ago

  • How Much Does it Cost to Fix a Laptop Screen? Navigating Repair Options and Costs
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    Gareth’s WorldBy admin
    16 hours ago

  • How Long Do Gaming Laptops Last? Demystifying Lifespan and Maximizing Longevity
    Gaming laptops represent a significant investment for passionate gamers, offering portability and powerful performance for immersive gaming experiences. However, a common concern among potential buyers is their lifespan. Unlike desktop PCs, which allow for easier component upgrades, gaming laptops have inherent limitations due to their compact and integrated design. This ...
    Gareth’s WorldBy admin
    17 hours ago

  • Climate Change: Turning the tide
    The annual inventory report of New Zealand's greenhouse gas emissions has been released, showing that gross emissions have dropped for the third year in a row, to 78.4 million tons: All-told gross emissions have decreased by over 6 million tons since the Zero Carbon Act was passed in 2019. ...
    No Right TurnBy Idiot/Savant
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  • How to Unlock Your Computer A Comprehensive Guide to Regaining Access
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    19 hours ago

  • Faxing from Your Computer A Modern Guide to Sending Documents Digitally
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    19 hours ago

  • Protecting Your Home Computer A Guide to Cyber Awareness
    In our increasingly digital world, home computers have become essential tools for work, communication, entertainment, and more. However, this increased reliance on technology also exposes us to various cyber threats. Understanding these threats and taking proactive steps to protect your home computer is crucial for safeguarding your personal information, finances, ...
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    19 hours ago

  • Server-Based Computing Powering the Modern Digital Landscape
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    19 hours ago

  • Vroom vroom go the big red trucks
    The absolute brass neck of this guy.We want more medical doctors, not more spin doctors, Luxon was saying a couple of weeks ago, and now we’re told the guy has seven salaried adults on TikTok duty. Sorry, doing social media. The absolute brass neck of it. The irony that the ...
    More Than A FeildingBy David Slack
    19 hours ago

  • Jones finds $410,000 to help the government muscle in on a spat project
    Buzz from the Beehive Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones relishes spatting and eagerly takes issue with environmentalists who criticise his enthusiasm for resource development. He relishes helping the fishing industry too. And so today, while the media are making much of the latest culling in the public service to ...
    Point of OrderBy Bob Edlin
    20 hours ago

  • Again, hate crimes are not necessarily terrorism.
    Having written, taught and worked for the US government on issues involving unconventional warfare and terrorism for 30-odd years, two things irritate me the most when the subject is discussed in public. The first is the Johnny-come-lately academics-turned-media commentators who … Continue reading → ...
    KiwipoliticoBy Pablo
    23 hours ago

  • Despair – construction consenting edition
    Eric Crampton writes – Kainga Ora is the government’s house building agency. It’s been building a lot of social housing. Kainga Ora has its own (but independent) consenting authority, Consentium. It’s a neat idea. Rather than have to deal with building consents across each different territorial authority, Kainga Ora ...
    Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
    23 hours ago

  • Coalition promises – will the Govt keep the commitment to keep Kiwis equal before the law?
    Muriel Newman writes – The Coalition Government says it is moving with speed to deliver campaign promises and reverse the damage done by Labour. One of their key commitments is to “defend the principle that New Zealanders are equal before the law.” To achieve this, they have pledged they “will not advance ...
    Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
    23 hours ago

  • An impermanent public service is a guarantee of very little else but failure
    Chris Trotter writes –  The absence of anything resembling a fightback from the public servants currently losing their jobs is interesting. State-sector workers’ collective fatalism in the face of Coalition cutbacks indicates a surprisingly broad acceptance of impermanence in the workplace. Fifty years ago, lay-offs in the thousands ...
    Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
    1 day ago

  • What happens after the war – Mariupol
    Mariupol, on the Azov Sea coast, was one of the first cities to suffer almost complete destruction after the start of the Ukraine War started in late February 2022. We remember the scenes of absolute destruction of the houses and city structures. The deaths of innocent civilians – many of ...
    Open ParachuteBy Ken
    1 day ago

  • Babies and benefits – no good news
    Lindsay Mitchell writes – Ten years ago, I wrote the following in a Listener column: Every year around one in five new-born babies will be reliant on their caregivers benefit by Christmas. This pattern has persisted from at least 1993. For Maori the number jumps to over one in three.  ...
    Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
    1 day ago

  • Should the RBNZ be looking through climate inflation?
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    The KakaBy Bernard Hickey
    1 day ago

  • Bernard's pick 'n' mix of the news links
    The top six news links I’ve seen elsewhere in the last 24 hours, as of 9:16 am on Thursday, April 18 are:Housing: Tauranga residents living in boats, vans RNZ Checkpoint Louise TernouthHousing: Waikato councillor says wastewater plant issues could hold up Sleepyhead building a massive company town Waikato Times Stephen ...
    The KakaBy Bernard Hickey
    1 day ago

  • Gordon Campbell on the public sector carnage, and misogyny as terrorism
    It’s a simple deal. We pay taxes in order to finance the social services we want and need. The carnage now occurring across the public sector though, is breaking that contract. Over 3,000 jobs have been lost so far. Many are in crucial areas like Education where the impact of ...
    Gordon CampbellBy lyndon
    1 day ago

  • Meeting the Master Baiters
    Hi,A friend had their 40th over the weekend and decided to theme it after Curb Your Enthusiasm fashion icon Susie Greene. Captured in my tiny kitchen before I left the house, I ending up evoking a mix of old lesbian and Hillary Clinton — both unintentional.Me vs Hillary ClintonIf you’re ...
    David FarrierBy David Farrier
    1 day ago

  • How extreme was the Earth's temperature in 2023
    This is a re-post from Andrew Dessler at the Climate Brink blog In 2023, the Earth reached temperature levels unprecedented in modern times. Given that, it’s reasonable to ask: What’s going on? There’s been lots of discussions by scientists about whether this is just the normal progression of global warming or if something ...
    Skeptical Science
    1 day ago

  • Backbone, revisited
    The schools are on holiday and the sun is shining in the seaside village and all day long I have been seeing bunches of bikes; Mums, Dads, teens and toddlers chattering, laughing, happy, having a bloody great time together. Cheers, AT, for the bits of lane you’ve added lately around the ...
    More Than A FeildingBy David Slack
    2 days ago

  • Ministers are not above the law
    Today in our National-led authoritarian nightmare: Shane Jones thinks Ministers should be above the law: New Zealand First MP Shane Jones is accusing the Waitangi Tribunal of over-stepping its mandate by subpoenaing a minister for its urgent hearing on the Oranga Tamariki claim. The tribunal is looking into the ...
    No Right TurnBy Idiot/Savant
    2 days ago

  • What’s the outfit you can hear going down the gurgler? Probably it’s David Parker’s Oceans Sec...
    Buzz from the Beehive Point  of Order first heard of the Oceans Secretariat in June 2021, when David Parker (remember him?) announced a multi-agency approach to protecting New Zealand’s marine ecosystems and fisheries. Parker (holding the Environment, and Oceans and Fisheries portfolios) broke the news at the annual Forest & ...
    Point of OrderBy Bob Edlin
    2 days ago

  • Will politicians let democracy die in the darkness?
    Bryce Edwards writes  – Politicians across the political spectrum are implicated in the New Zealand media’s failing health. Either through neglect or incompetent interventions, successive governments have failed to regulate, foster, and allow a healthy Fourth Estate that can adequately hold politicians and the powerful to account. ...
    Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
    2 days ago

  • Matt Doocey doubles down on trans “healthcare”
    Citizen Science writes –  Last week saw two significant developments in the debate over the treatment of trans-identifying children and young people – the release in Britain of the final report of Dr Hilary Cass’s review into gender healthcare, and here in New Zealand, the news that the ...
    Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
    2 days ago

  • A TikTok Prime Minister.
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    Nick’s KōreroBy Nick Rockel
    2 days ago

  • Texas Lessons
    This is a guest post by Oscar Simms who is a housing activist, volunteer for the Coalition for More Homes, and was the Labour Party candidate for Auckland Central at the last election. ...
    Greater AucklandBy Guest Post
    2 days ago

  • Bernard's pick 'n' mix of the news links at 6:06 am
    The top six news links I’ve seen elsewhere in the last 24 hours as of 6:06 am on Wednesday, April 17 are:Must read: Secrecy shrouds which projects might be fast-tracked RNZ Farah HancockScoop: Revealed: Luxon has seven staffers working on social media content - partly paid for by taxpayer Newshub ...
    The KakaBy Bernard Hickey
    2 days ago

  • Fighting poverty on the holiday highway
    Turning what Labour called the “holiday highway” into a four-lane expressway from Auckland to Whangarei could bring at least an economic benefit of nearly two billion a year for Northland each year. And it could help bring an end to poverty in one of New Zealand’s most deprived regions. The ...
    PolitikBy Richard Harman
    2 days ago

  • Bernard's six-stack of substacks at 6:26 pm
    Tonight’s six-stack includes: launching his substack with a bunch of his previous documentaries, including this 1992 interview with Dame Whina Cooper. and here crew give climate activists plenty to do, including this call to submit against the Fast Track Approvals bill. writes brilliantly here on his substack ...
    The KakaBy Bernard Hickey
    3 days ago

  • At a glance – Is the science settled?
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    Skeptical Science
    3 days ago

  • Apposite Quotations.
    How Long Is Long Enough? Gaza under Israeli bombardment, July 2014. This posting is exclusive to Bowalley Road. ...
    Bowalley Road
    3 days ago

  • What’s a life worth now?
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    More Than A FeildingBy David Slack
    3 days ago

  • Howling at the Moon
    Karl du Fresne writes –  There’s a crisis in the news media and the media are blaming it on everyone except themselves. Culpability is being deflected elsewhere – mainly to the hapless Minister of Communications, Melissa Lee, and the big social media platforms that are accused of hoovering ...
    Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
    3 days ago

  • Newshub is Dead.
    I don’t normally send out two newsletters in a day but I figured I’d say something about… the news. If two newsletters is a bit much then maybe just skip one, I don’t want to overload people. Alternatively if you’d be interested in sometimes receiving multiple, smaller updates from me, ...
    Nick’s KōreroBy Nick Rockel
    3 days ago

  • Seymour is chuffed about cutting early-learning red tape – but we hear, too, that Jones has loose...
    Buzz from the Beehive David Seymour and Winston Peters today signalled that at least two ministers of the Crown might be in Wellington today. Seymour (as Associate Minister of Education) announced the removal of more red tape, this time to make it easier for new early learning services to be ...
    Point of OrderBy Bob Edlin
    3 days ago

  • Bryce Edwards: Will politicians let democracy die in the darkness?
    Politicians across the political spectrum are implicated in the New Zealand media’s failing health. Either through neglect or incompetent interventions, successive governments have failed to regulate, foster, and allow a healthy Fourth Estate that can adequately hold politicians and the powerful to account. Our political system is suffering from the ...
    Democracy ProjectBy bryce.edwards
    3 days ago

  • Was Hawkesby entirely wrong?
    David Farrar  writes –  The Broadcasting Standards Authority ruled: Comments by radio host Kate Hawkesby suggesting Māori and Pacific patients were being prioritised for surgery due to their ethnicity were misleading and discriminatory, the Broadcasting Standards Authority has found. It is a fact such patients are prioritised. ...
    Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
    3 days ago

  • PRC shadow looms as the Solomons head for election
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    Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
    3 days ago

  • Climate Change: Criminal ecocide
    We are in the middle of a climate crisis. Last year was (again) the hottest year on record. NOAA has just announced another global coral bleaching event. Floods are threatening UK food security. So naturally, Shane Jones wants to make it easier to mine coal: Resources Minister Shane Jones ...
    No Right TurnBy Idiot/Savant
    3 days ago

  • Is saving one minute of a politician's time worth nearly $1 billion?
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    The KakaBy Bernard Hickey
    3 days ago

  • Long Tunnel or Long Con?
    Yesterday it was revealed that Transport Minister had asked Waka Kotahi to look at the options for a long tunnel through Wellington. State Highway 1 (SH1) through Wellington City is heavily congested at peak times and while planning continues on the duplicate Mt Victoria Tunnel and Basin Reserve project, the ...
    Greater AucklandBy Matt L
    3 days ago

  • Smoke And Mirrors.
    You're a fraud, and you know itBut it's too good to throw it all awayAnyone would do the sameYou've got 'em goingAnd you're careful not to show itSometimes you even fool yourself a bitIt's like magicBut it's always been a smoke and mirrors gameAnyone would do the sameForty six billion ...
    Nick’s KōreroBy Nick Rockel
    3 days ago

  • What is Mexico doing about climate change?
    This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections The June general election in Mexico could mark a turning point in ensuring that the country’s climate policies better reflect the desire of its citizens to address the climate crisis, with both leading presidential candidates expressing support for renewable energy. Mexico is the ...
    Skeptical Science
    3 days ago

  • State of humanity, 2024
    2024, it feels, keeps presenting us with ever more challenges, ever more dismay.Do you give up yet? It seems to ask.No? How about this? Or this?How about this?When I say 2024 I really mean the state of humanity in 2024.Saturday night, we watched Civil War because that is one terrifying cliff we've ...
    More Than A FeildingBy David Slack
    4 days ago

  • Govt’s Wellington tunnel vision aims to ease the way to the airport (but zealous promoters of cycl...
    Buzz from the Beehive A pet project and governmental tunnel vision jump out from the latest batch of ministerial announcements. The government is keen to assure us of its concern for the wellbeing of our pets. It will be introducing pet bonds in a change to the Residential Tenancies Act ...
    Point of OrderBy Bob Edlin
    4 days ago

  • The case for cultural connectedness
    A recent report generated from a Growing Up in New Zealand (GUiNZ) survey of 1,224 rangatahi Māori aged 11-12 found: Cultural connectedness was associated with fewer depression symptoms, anxiety symptoms and better quality of life. That sounds cut and dry. But further into the report the following appears: Cultural connectedness is ...
    Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
    4 days ago

  • Useful context on public sector job cuts
    David Farrar writes –    The Herald reports: From the gory details of job-cuts news, you’d think the public service was being eviscerated.   While the media’s view of the cuts is incomplete, it’s also true that departments have been leaking the particulars faster than a Wellington ...
    Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
    4 days ago

  • Gordon Campbell On When Racism Comes Disguised As Anti-racism
    Remember the good old days, back when New Zealand had a PM who could think and speak calmly and intelligently in whole sentences without blustering? Even while Iran’s drones and missiles were still being launched, Helen Clark was live on TVNZ expertly summing up the latest crisis in the Middle ...
    Gordon CampbellBy lyndon
    4 days ago

  • Govt ignored economic analysis of smokefree reversal
    Costello did not pass on analysis of the benefits of the smokefree reforms to Cabinet, emphasising instead the extra tax revenues of repealing them. Photo: Hagen Hopkins, Getty Images TL;DR: The six news items that stood out to me at 7:26 am today are:The Lead: Casey Costello never passed on ...
    The KakaBy Bernard Hickey
    4 days ago

  • True Blue.
    True loveYou're the one I'm dreaming ofYour heart fits me like a gloveAnd I'm gonna be true blueBaby, I love youI’ve written about the job cuts in our news media last week. The impact on individuals, and the loss to Aotearoa of voices covering our news from different angles.That by ...
    Nick’s KōreroBy Nick Rockel
    4 days ago

  • Who is running New Zealand’s foreign policy?
    While commentators, including former Prime Minister Helen Clark, are noting a subtle shift in New Zealand’s foreign policy, which now places more emphasis on the United States, many have missed a key element of the shift. What National said before the election is not what the government is doing now. ...
    PolitikBy Richard Harman
    4 days ago

  • 2024 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #15
    A listing of 31 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, April 7, 2024 thru Sat, April 13, 2024. Story of the week Our story of the week is about adults in the room setting terms and conditions of ...
    Skeptical Science
    5 days ago

  • Feline Friends and Fragile Fauna The Complexities of Cats in New Zealand’s Conservation Efforts

    Cats, with their independent spirit and beguiling purrs, have captured the hearts of humans for millennia. In New Zealand, felines are no exception, boasting the highest national cat ownership rate globally [definition cat nz cat foundation]. An estimated 1.134 million pet cats grace Kiwi households, compared to 683,000 dogs ...

    Gareth’s WorldBy admin
    5 days ago

  • Or is that just they want us to think?
    Nice guy, that Peter Williams. Amiable, a calm air of no-nonsense capability, a winning smile. Everything you look for in a TV presenter and newsreader.I used to see him sometimes when I went to TVNZ to be a talking head or a panellist and we would yarn. Nice guy, that ...
    More Than A FeildingBy David Slack
    5 days ago

  • Fact Brief – Did global warming stop in 1998?
    Skeptical Science is partnering with Gigafact to produce fact briefs — bite-sized fact checks of trending claims. This fact brief was written by Sue Bin Park in collaboration with members from our Skeptical Science team. You can submit claims you think need checking via the tipline. Did global warming stop in ...
    Skeptical Science
    6 days ago

  • Arguing over a moot point.
    I have been following recent debates in the corporate and social media about whether it is a good idea for NZ to join what is known as “AUKUS Pillar Two.” AUKUS is the Australian-UK-US nuclear submarine building agreement in which … Continue reading → ...
    KiwipoliticoBy Pablo
    6 days ago

  • No Longer Trusted: Ageing Boomers, Laurie & Les, Talk Politics.
    Turning Point: “What has turned me away from the mainstream news media is the very strong message that its been sending out for the last few years.” “And what message might that be?” “That the people who own it, the people who run it, and the people who provide its content, really don’t ...
    Bowalley Road
    6 days ago

  • Mortgage rates at 10% anyone?
    No – nothing about that in PM Luxon’s nine-point plan to improve the lives of New Zealanders. But beyond our shores Jamie Dimon, the long-serving head of global bank J.P. Morgan Chase, reckons that the chances of a goldilocks soft landing for the economy are “a lot lower” than the ...
    Point of OrderBy xtrdnry
    6 days ago

  • Sad tales from the left
    Michael Bassett writes –  Have you noticed the odd way in which the media are handling the government’s crackdown on surplus employees in the Public Service? Very few reporters mention the crazy way in which State Service numbers rocketed ahead by more than 16,000 during Labour’s six years, ...
    Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
    6 days ago

  • Minister to Europe for OECD meeting, Anzac Day
    Science, Innovation and Technology and Defence Minister Judith Collins will next week attend the OECD Science and Technology Ministerial conference in Paris and Anzac Day commemorations in Belgium. “Science, innovation and technology have a major role to play in rebuilding our economy and achieving better health, environmental and social outcomes ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    2 hours ago

  • Comprehensive Partnership the goal for NZ and the Philippines
    Prime Minister Christopher Luxon held a bilateral meeting today with the President of the Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos Jr.  The Prime Minister was accompanied by MP Paulo Garcia, the first Filipino to be elected to a legislature outside the Philippines. During today’s meeting, Prime Minister Luxon and President Marcos Jr discussed opportunities to ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    13 hours ago

  • Government commits $20m to Westport flood protection
    The Government has announced that $20 million in funding will be made available to Westport to fund much needed flood protection around the town. This measure will significantly improve the resilience of the community, says Local Government Minister Simeon Brown. “The Westport community has already been allocated almost $3 million ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    19 hours ago

  • Taupō takes pole position
    The Government is proud to support the first ever Repco Supercars Championship event in Taupō as up to 70,000 motorsport fans attend the Taupō International Motorsport Park this weekend, says Economic Development Minister Melissa Lee. “Anticipation for the ITM Taupō Super400 is huge, with tickets and accommodation selling out weeks ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    20 hours ago

  • Cost of living support for low-income homeowners
    Local Government Minister Simeon Brown has announced an increase to the Rates Rebate Scheme, putting money back into the pockets of low-income homeowners.  “The coalition Government is committed to bringing down the cost of living for New Zealanders. That includes targeted support for those Kiwis who are doing things tough, such ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    22 hours ago

  • Government backing mussel spat project
    The Coalition Government is investing in a project to boost survival rates of New Zealand mussels and grow the industry, Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones has announced. “This project seeks to increase the resilience of our mussels and significantly boost the sector’s productivity,” Mr Jones says. “The project - ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    22 hours ago

  • Government focused on getting people into work
    Benefit figures released today underscore the importance of the Government’s plan to rebuild the economy and have 50,000 fewer people on Jobseeker Support, Social Development and Employment Minister Louise Upston says. “Benefit numbers are still significantly higher than when National was last in government, when there was about 70,000 fewer ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
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