Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 8:16 am, August 25th, 2014 - 30 comments
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I am (shamelessly) reposting this for the week day shift. I have added BLiP's comment from the first posting to the end of it. There's a confusing amount of detail swirling around the release of SIS briefing notes to Cameron Slater – one of the main issues…
lprent: My response at YourNZ follows. Personally I think you are a credulous fool who never bothers to check facts thoroughly, prefers to believe your biases and simple bigotry rather than any facts that are presented to you, have a strong tendency to ...
lprent: This is a copy of a post by Pete George on YourNZ. Since he was complaining that he was currently banned, I've put it here for him using his details for completeness. Basically it is the usual mindless lack of attention to details and a blind ...
I’m surprised micky didn’t mention Normans speech which was also excellent yesterday. micky is partisan Labour, which means that most of his attention will be on Labour's performances. I can testify how much that happens. Even now when I'll be party ...
Written By: karol - Date published: 8:47 am, March 29th, 2014 - 275 comments
Categories: accountability, blogs, democracy under attack, election 2014, news, newspapers, spin
Tags: smear caompaigns
For a long time, many of us on the left knew it was happening. The National Party has been feeding its pet bloggers, and some tame mainstream (MSM) journalists with its smear lines. Now it has been publicly outed, and some in the MSM seem remarkably …
' Anyone been listening to the General Debate as National Ltd™'s ministers, one after the other, rant on about the government's care and consider for the environment? Each and every one of them are lying through their teeth. Since its election to ...
Excellent article by Chris Trotter: Hence the near panic induced by Geoff Bertram’s analysis of New Zealand’s energy sector in which he sharply criticises the three-decades-worth of price-gouging engaged in by both the publicly- and privately-owned energy ...
' Its not just climate change that's being ignored. In fact, the John Key-led National Government will go down in (what remains of) history as the single government most determined to destroy New Zealand in order to satisfy the short term business ...
1.) If only you’d actually been part of the conversation, eh, rather than bravely reimagining its sequence some time later. Errrr, I WAS a part of the conversation. I actually made my debut on Public Address to refute Hooton's appalling abuse of Russell ...
' Surprise, surprise, surprise . . . the John Key led National Ltd™ government doesn't care about climate change. Who woulda thunk it, eh? At least the tacit admission is consistent with the National Ltd™ campaign to facilitate and encourage the ...
On Radionz now - for all people interested in international aid suggestions that might apply to NZ and within NZ to give a way forward, in these difficult times, through community strength. 10:06 Ideas International Aid - What works and what doesn’t? ...
' The OP headline carries the assumption that National Ltd™ ever cared about the environment. Since its election in 2008, the John Key led National Ltd™ led government has: been caught out repeatedly lying in the run up to and during the election campaign ...
' When it comes to the 100% Pure slogan how can the John Key led National Ltd™ government be worried? Its not like National Ltd™ have even the slightest concern for such things, or maybe it just thought the world wouldn't notice that since its election to ...
If there’s something you don’t know about, you don’t know. You don’t automatically take the side of authority. Chris Trotter does. I think he still has his heart set on a political career.
' Huh? Why would National Ltd™ care about "climate change". I mean, have you seen its record on environmental matters? Since coming to power in 2008, the John Key led National Ltd™ government has . . . been caught out repeatedly lying in the run up to and ...
' National Ltd™'s record on the environment is an international disgrace. Since its election in 2008, the John Key led National Ltd™ government has . . . been caught out repeatedly lying in the run up to and during the election campaign about its real ...
A good article by Chris Trotter on feeding the kids: As still happens in Finland today, the school-children of Red Vienna were given both breakfast and lunch, free of charge, by the city authorities. For the benefit of Hone Harawira and the Mana Party, ...
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34253.htm The Amazing Rise and Fall of Presumption Of Innocence March 11, 2013 "Information Clearing House" - The most bizarre part of Section 1021(b)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) is ...
Written By: IrishBill - Date published: 12:25 pm, January 2nd, 2013 - 17 comments
Categories: national, Politics
Tags: beltway
After Eddie dissed the usual beltway year in review style of column/post I was a little chary about doing this one. And then I realised the good thing about The Standard is we do real world and beltway issues. So here goes my once-over assessment of the …
Written By: karol - Date published: 9:58 am, December 11th, 2012 - 88 comments
Categories: accountability, activism, blogs, class war, david cunliffe, democracy under attack, greens, labour, Left, mana, news, The Standard, workers' rights
Tags: bryce edwards, chris trotter
I am becoming increasingly despondent about the state of left wing politics in NZ as I watch the struggles in the Labour Party unfold: lurching from one contested tension to another, in an on-going bitter conflict. Currently, to govern in NZ the Left …
. New Zealanders elected National Ltd™ to forward their best interests. So far as the environment is concerned, since coming to power in 2008 National Ltd™ has: has been caught out repeatedly lying in the run up to and during the election campaign about ...
. Sigh - another item for this list: has been caught out repeatedly lying in the run up to and during the election campaign about its real intentions in relation to the environment celebrated the opening of the foreign-owned Pike River Coal Ltd mine on DOC...
Written By: Guest post - Date published: 2:35 pm, September 11th, 2012 - 23 comments
Categories: business, Economy
Tags: finance
The inaugural Money Week has just ended. A week of events and activities to raise awareness about how people can better manage their money (if they have any) and get help to do so. With so many financial instruments out there all prostituting themselves …
Written By: Guest post - Date published: 11:28 am, July 25th, 2012 - 49 comments
Categories: david parker, privatisation
Tags: chris fucken trotter
There's been some talk around the 'sphere about a speech where David Parker made comments that some (*cough* Chris 'the Right's favourite Leftie' Trotter *cough*) thought meant he supported asset sales. That obviously caused confusion because Parker and …
Chris, don't get sucked in. It says that on thee website because that is the way it was set up - it allowed the farmers to become a statutory requiring authority, which was one of the biggest rorts to go down in Canterbury in recent times. Note in ...
A Movement Too Big to Fail By Chris Hedges October 17, 2011 "Truthdig" - - There is no danger that the protesters who have occupied squares, parks and plazas across the nation in defiance of the corporate state will be co-opted by the Democratic Party or ...
Ian Wishart is the one some of them want to 'string up'. It's a bloody disgrace this 'witch hunt / book burning' bullshit. How do the 'book boycotters' even know what has been said in the book if they haven't read it???? Duh? http://www.facebook.com/pages/...
Carol - You and those interested in your comments here may be interested (actually don't miss hearing this on replay radio from your internet site) in the lively and informative discussion noted below about today's economics, why and how they are and what ...
Forgive me, you can’t see the author but it was Chris Trotter – should be easy enough to substantiate. Someone else might have made a reasonable guess that Stuff isn't in the habit of publishing column length comments by anonymous commenters. Apology ...
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