Guest post: Whisper to a scream
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Date published: 6:10 am, October 13th, 2021 - 196 comments
What can you do when what you say is not what is being heard? This Guest Post by Standardista Molly explores different beliefs about femaleness and transness, and how we talk about these.
Open mike 13/10/2021
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Date published: 6:00 am, October 13th, 2021 - 127 comments
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Daily review 12/10/2021
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Date published: 5:30 pm, October 12th, 2021 - 27 comments
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David Seymour is all class
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Date published: 8:35 am, October 12th, 2021 - 71 comments
David Seymour suggested that suburbs where the vaccination rate hit 90% should be allowed extra freedom. But an analysis suggests that the wealthiest parts of Auckland, including Remuera and Epsom would qualify, whereas the poorer parts of Auckland would struggle to qualify.
Open mike 12/10/2021
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Date published: 6:00 am, October 12th, 2021 - 196 comments
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Daily review 11/10/2021
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Date published: 5:30 pm, October 11th, 2021 - 25 comments
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More Promises from Prime Minister Morrison
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Date published: 1:03 pm, October 11th, 2021 - 14 comments
So, the Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison is preparing for a November resumption of international air travel.
Covid D day
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Date published: 8:38 am, October 11th, 2021 - 159 comments
Some big decisions are due to happen today. What happens to Auckland’s Covid status? Should the lockdown level be reduced or should the Government think about putting it back up?
Open mike 11/10/2021
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Date published: 6:00 am, October 11th, 2021 - 50 comments
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China and Real Estate Developers
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Date published: 9:14 am, October 10th, 2021 - 17 comments
Speaking of contagion, China is dealing with an outbreak of real estate market ebola.
Open mike 10/10/2021
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Date published: 6:00 am, October 10th, 2021 - 131 comments
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Terra Incognita
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Date published: 7:51 pm, October 9th, 2021 - 25 comments
The future can seem scary but we do not face it alone.
Chevron v Donziger
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Date published: 10:48 am, October 9th, 2021 - 12 comments
Despite spending over two years on home detention Attorney Steven Donziger, who successfully sued Chevron for the environmental carnage caused by its activities in Ecuador, was sentenced to the maximum jail time for refusing to hand over devices containing confidential client information protected by attorney client privilege in a prosecution mounted by lawyers with Chevron links before a pro Oil industry Judge.
Pandora papers and NZ
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Date published: 8:42 am, October 9th, 2021 - 18 comments
While we have mainly been occupied with containing the current Covid-19 outbreak, world news has been looking at documents revealing probable dirty capital and tax dodging by the affluent. NZ has a delayed local problem with this. Warning was given. We should just terminate the supporting legislation and replace it with transparency. (Updated)
Open mike 09/10/2021
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Date published: 6:00 am, October 9th, 2021 - 179 comments
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Daily review 08/10/2021
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Date published: 5:30 pm, October 8th, 2021 - 61 comments
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Open mike 08/10/2021
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Date published: 6:00 am, October 8th, 2021 - 206 comments
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Daily review 07/10/2021
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Date published: 5:30 pm, October 7th, 2021 - 82 comments
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Gender split is interesting in latest poll
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Date published: 10:49 am, October 7th, 2021 - 30 comments
The latest Roy Morgan poll was run between August 30th and September 26th. The headline results of Labour/Greens with 55% (increase by 3.5%) against opposition National/Act/Maori parties on 41% (up 0.5%) were good enough. But they also showed the gender split.. Women are deserting the right.
Open mike 07/10/2021
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Date published: 6:00 am, October 7th, 2021 - 78 comments
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Gut Feeling and Common Sense
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Date published: 10:30 pm, October 6th, 2021 - 42 comments
With clear information people can and should be expected to make optimal and sub-optimal choices & decisions.
Daily review 06/10/2021
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Date published: 5:30 pm, October 6th, 2021 - 12 comments
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Holding our covid nerve
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Date published: 9:31 am, October 6th, 2021 - 48 comments
and keeping the faith.
That our covid response is not working out perfectly doesn’t mean we or the government are failing. What we need more of at this point are stories about ‘what if things work out’. Not in a Pollyanna or return to BAU sense, but that we can still be ok. We need strong narratives of what that might be like, us being ok despite the pandemic.
Have we just thrown the fight, before the war has ended?
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Date published: 8:59 am, October 6th, 2021 - 53 comments
With all the unfortunate rhetoric around “giving up on the elimination strategy”.
Small businesspeople around me, who have quietly carried on with the program, and have been supportive of the Government strategy of elimination, even though, in many cases, it has been personally costly, are telling me,, “why did we bother”!
It doesn’t matter if it is the actual Government intention, or the media interpretation, the damage has now been done.
Right now Sonny Fatupaito is an essential worker
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Date published: 8:28 am, October 6th, 2021 - 125 comments
News that the head of Waikato’s Mongrel Mob chapter was given an essential workers exemption to travel to and around Auckland recently has attracted derision from the usual quarters. But right now Sonny Fatupaito’s help is essential.
Open mike 06/10/2021
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Date published: 6:00 am, October 6th, 2021 - 112 comments
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Daily review 05/10/2021
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Date published: 5:30 pm, October 5th, 2021 - 38 comments
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Open mike 05/10/2021
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Date published: 6:00 am, October 5th, 2021 - 166 comments
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Daily review 04/10/2021
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Date published: 5:30 pm, October 4th, 2021 - 29 comments
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The AUKUS Shell-game
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Date published: 3:54 pm, October 4th, 2021 - 44 comments
While the agreement between the 19th Century anglophone maritime powers the US and the UK to admit Australia to the exclusive nuclear submarine club gained all the headlines, another much more significant and imminent agreement was reached between the US and Australian governments on expanding US bases in Australia in the AUSMIN statement. The US gains another unsinkable aircraft carrier.
Open mike 04/10/2021
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Date published: 6:00 am, October 4th, 2021 - 127 comments
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