Another post that continues the steady decline of 'the Standard' from a respectable voice from the left wing of the blogosphere to a bunch of sad old socialists ranting about the evils of capitalism.
Is it possible for the Japanese to take Bethune back and shut him away for 2 years so we don't have to listen to his undignified drivel?
Gosh BLiP, how do you get out of bed in the morning with such a depressing view of the world?
It is really stretching things to call Peter Bethune a 'hero'. There is certainly nothing wrong with standing up for what you believe in but really you need to pick your fights. Climbing on to a Japanese whaling boat to carry out a citizens arrest is just ...
So that clears it up then you do not have an obsession with Chris Carter. I guess it is normal behaviour to be yelling obscenities at an MP (or whatever happened with Carter) in a public place. I think the problem is you have been immersed in the mud ...
Surely it is a combination of physical harm and dependancy, the further to the top right the worse the 'substance'. Otherwise why have two axis?
How does that graph work? It has solvents as 'safer' than just about anything except anabolic steroids. Honestly which of the things on the graph would you be happy for your son or daughter to be taking on a regular basis??
That's just plain dumb, all the worlds major and long standing democracies have capitalist economies, USA, India, UK, Germany, France etc etc. The capitalist 'system' is certainly not perfect but it offers greater freedom and opportunity than any other ...
There is more to 'the media' than TV news! If you want a 2 minutes version of the news that is as much about entertainment as it is informative then watch TV news. If you want an in-depth analysis of the issues look elsewhere (like newspapers) And if you ...
Why wouldn't TV news cover the actions of one stupid protester? They compress the news down into short little segments to try and hold peoples attention. If you want in-depth analysis there has been plenty of coverage of the ECan board sacking in 'The ...
Why not Sir Ed's birthday (20th July) as a public holiday? I'd even be happy to trade that for the 'Queens Birthday' which isn't even her birthday. Of course we should get the Monday off if it falls on a weekend.
It surprises me that the IRD had to even fight this in the courts, it seems that in this case that it is very clear that the setting up of the trust was simply to avoid taxes. Marty you would have to admit that the best way to eliminate the trust tax rout ...
Your CEO probably has a couple of kids in private school, at $15K each the GST increase on that alone is going to be $700 per year. Plus they are probably on their second or third marriage and paying a big chunk of cash to their ex-wife (or wives). Add the...
It's sad that you focus on one of the highest paid individuals in your commentary of the budget and say stupid stuff like 'So, National has given him another $290,000 a year of our money.' As much as I think he is massively over paid and not worth anywhere...
I'm so glad I've got The Standard to advise me on all the issues around mining, clearly you guys are all experts as you've obviously all spent a considerable amount of time at mines and know exactly what you're talking about.
Marty G, do you have any children? Honestly are you going to let them get their license at 15 (if the law still allows)?
I can remember being 15 (just), I remember watching some of my school mates getting their license, I also remember the funerals. Silly accidents that were totally preventable, too much testosterone and not enough common sense. What is wrong with making our...
Is the tide ever so slightly turning against the government? Are the media, that was so in love with the new PM, just getting a little sick and tired of all PR and no substance?
Totally agree with SD, it does look great, nice and fresh. Well done.
Arguably the biggest achievement of any Green MP has been getting the (so called) anti smacking legislation passed. I doubt there has been an issue, in the last 10 years, that was more trivialised or divisive than this bill. How does that fit with ...
If the mean value of $48K is so wrong then what figure should be used?
Not sure how you can say her income is 'low', by what measure? Surely any measure of income has to be related to the number of hours worked. Also her income becomes part of our house hold income which is overall pretty good so again I struggle to see how ...
'Is it not possible without getting into too much detail about an individual's circumstances to survive on $706.54 in the hand each week?' The answer (like most things) is it depends. If you are single, flatting and this is your first job after training ...
I'm not trying to make an 'issue' disappear but if you want to argue a particular point at least start with some clear facts. Yes there are a lot of low paid people in New Zealand but you have included in that group part time workers. For example my wife ...
A lot of the income on your graph will be from part time positions. A more accurate graph of the relative income of New Zealanders would be to look at house hold incomes or graph the income of those working in full time positions.
Yes Trevor a friend of ours got one of the leaflets but does not have a child at a school. They do have a young son and I think he goes to a pre-school (or play centre) but so does our child and we did not receive a leaflet. I also doubt it is was an old ...
iprent 'How much do you think is worth doing? Or are you one of the ones that say "it doesn't matter to me I'll leave it to my kids to clean up'' No I don't take a 'leave it to my kids attitude', but really what can I realistically do? Even if New Zealand ...
iprent you seem to have taken it upon yourself to defend the 'scientific method' and particularly in relation to climate change. I don't really think the science (or the method) is in question here, it is the use of this science to make projections and the...
Can someone please remove this offensive comment. [Thanks ieuan - see note added above -- r0b]
Another moronic comment from a writer at the Standard about taxes. Honestly is it impossible for you to talk about taxes without descending into name calling of higher income earners?
From your graph you get more crime at 6% unemployment rate than 8%. Really for your graph to have any relevance to this law you should look at the correlation between violent crimes and unemployment not just all crimes. I agree that it is another window ...
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