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Date published: 9:54 am, December 29th, 2014 - 27 comments
Claire Trevett in the NZ Herald has an article on her chosen top MP tweeters, now that Judith Collins has vacated her (alleged) position as “Minister of Twitter” Not quite my list of top tweeters… and yours?
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Date published: 7:45 am, December 29th, 2014 - 75 comments
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Date published: 8:44 am, December 28th, 2014 - 67 comments
The Sunday Star Times has revealed today that the inquiry into Mike Sabin started before the last election and that senior National figures knew about it. And it appears that two private members bills he drafted have disappeared. The questions has to be asked, why is he still the chair of Parliament’s Law and Order committee. And when did John Key find out about the allegations?
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Date published: 7:45 am, December 28th, 2014 - 190 comments
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Date published: 10:06 am, December 27th, 2014 - 218 comments
Politics has traditionally been men’s business. Gradually women have come to be given more space in this sphere of public activity. However, there are still strains of traditional masculine values evident in political activity, organisation and debate. How much does Key trade in
bloke-iness?
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Date published: 9:28 am, December 27th, 2014 - 42 comments
At last, some of our conservative short-term thinkers have woken up to the elephant in the room with the SkyCity convention centre subvention. Years late and their previous support has cost taxpayers dearly already. Perhaps they could learn to read reports? And think before committing us to be suckers?
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Date published: 7:30 am, December 27th, 2014 - 27 comments
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Date published: 11:42 am, December 26th, 2014 - 132 comments
What does religion without God look like… Sounds unlikely but Atheists the world over are meeting in!”churches” to indulge in religious-esque rituals
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Date published: 10:00 am, December 26th, 2014 - 64 comments
Thomas Piketty in his book Capital in the Twenty-First Century came to the strong conclusion that capitalism left by itself will increase inequality and cause increased risk of social, economic and democratic upheaval. He has an unlikely supporter, albeit critical, in Bill Gates, one of the richest men in the world.
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Date published: 9:51 am, December 26th, 2014 - 10 comments
Godwin’s law (or Godwin’s Rule of Nazi Analogies) is an Internet adage asserting that “As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1″. But it is not only online…
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Date published: 7:30 am, December 26th, 2014 - 197 comments
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Date published: 11:13 am, December 25th, 2014 - 12 comments
A message from the throne of the right honourable, but close enough to touch it, Sir, John Key.
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Date published: 9:30 am, December 25th, 2014 - 5 comments
Reprinted from last year. How the Sex Pistols saved Christmas for striking Huddersfield fire fighters and their families.
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Date published: 8:50 am, December 25th, 2014 - 25 comments
On the eve of Christmas in a cynical attempt to avoid political damage the Government has apologised to Andrea Vance for breaching her rights of privacy in 2013 after requiring Parliamentary Services to hand over her metadata and attempting to cover up the exercise.
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Date published: 8:00 am, December 25th, 2014 - 98 comments
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Date published: 1:05 pm, December 24th, 2014 - 71 comments
The smug middle class National voter seems oblivious to how close they are to financial hardship…
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Date published: 10:43 am, December 24th, 2014 - 12 comments
Sky City wants the taxpayer to help cover the increased cost to build its new Auckland convention centre. They agreed to build the convention centre in return for the government giving the casino a licence extension and allowing it to operate more gaming machines…. So…
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Date published: 9:42 am, December 24th, 2014 - 28 comments
The UK Green Party is gaining in popularity as many people turn away from the 3 established parties. The radical left Syriza party in Greece could possibly gain power in their election – what powerful international right wing forces would then be unleashed?
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Date published: 7:21 am, December 24th, 2014 - 190 comments
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Date published: 8:04 am, December 23rd, 2014 - 143 comments
Left wing politics in New Zealand bends most of its attention and energy inwards onto the nation state. This is of course understandable because traditionally Parliament has been the prime locus of power. But no longer; two quite distinct forces are at work to change this picture. The first is globalisation. We are in its second […]
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Date published: 7:41 am, December 23rd, 2014 - 81 comments
Sky City is doing what Rio Tinto and Warner Brothers have done in the past. Threaten to walk away from a deal unless the Government writes you a big cheque …
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Date published: 6:46 am, December 23rd, 2014 - 93 comments
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Date published: 12:53 pm, December 22nd, 2014 - 59 comments
Two prominent New Zealand men voiced their opinion on a serious aspect of life in New Zealand this year, let’s rate them…
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Date published: 8:23 am, December 22nd, 2014 - 33 comments
A new report shows that Steven Joyce’s MBIE fiefdom is failing miserably. Meanwhile the MBIE is under fire for the major cost blow out of the Sky City Casino deal – another deal with Joyce’s imprints all over it.
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Date published: 7:52 am, December 22nd, 2014 - 215 comments
Northland MP Mike Sabin is facing a police enquiry and a by election is possible.
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Date published: 6:55 am, December 22nd, 2014 - 65 comments
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Date published: 1:01 pm, December 21st, 2014 - 115 comments
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Date published: 7:44 am, December 21st, 2014 - 251 comments
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Date published: 4:37 pm, December 20th, 2014 - 98 comments
Sony this week bowed to pressure to withdraw the movie The Interview because of a cyber attack on it from hackers associated with North Korea. This post is in support of freedom of speech and expression.
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Date published: 8:44 am, December 20th, 2014 - 11 comments
So suggestions on how to have an ethical christmas that is light on the planet and will improve the plight of humanity.
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Date published: 7:50 am, December 20th, 2014 - 98 comments
The Authors of the Standard are now in holiday mode. Posting will be less regular and dependant on individual author enthusiasm. Open mike will continue every day and prepare yourself for some year in review posts and some recycling of old stuff. And as R0b has said be nice to each other. Open mike is your post. The Standard is not a conspiracy – just a welcome outlet for the expression of views. Leaders that command respect will not be undermined by this. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …
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