While I am not convinced either way as to whether Ngati Apa and others own the foreshore and seabed, I am neutral on it, I do not agree with John Key's statement that Maori had nothing taken off them by the passage of that Act. The Act was wrong because it...
I'm glad you are back - I did wonder what was going on. Sounds like you need to keep searching for another host though. I hate coding nightmares like that though - I really felt for you reading through it all. Our comments feed died just over a months ago ...
Ok I will concede that there were some other suspect things rumoured and as such I will modify my position to: at least this hasn't dragged out for months and months, the exit has come fairly quickly, compared to say, Benson Pope...
I think you could be a little more generous MS, it does appear that the one strike and you are out thing is in play in this instance, Worth is no longer an MP afterall. Goff does appear to have handled it well. Kudos to him for that. As for whether ...
As long as you don't start thinking I am starting to become as left as the rest of you LOL! I don't think in this instance it is paranoid. Key's govt has been very slick, very clever, mistakes have been admitted to apologised for and all 'let's move on,' ...
I agree that Key is deluded if he thinks he can sit on this and not give some detail. Being all mysterious just makes people want to know more. I mean if the rumours are right and it is something criminal then just state it very dryly, factually, finish ...
Yep. Expectations set waaaaaaaaay too high. Its up there with if you opposed the anti-smacking bill that meant you were indifferent to child abuse.
Where Bill English made a mistake was in his assumption that it is the government's job to create or retain jobs. I would think before we get into the best way to achieve job creation/retention, a discussion should be had on why it is the government's job.
Did you spell the town's name correctly? I thought it had an h in it... I oppose this law because it violates freedom of speech, association, expression. It was nice though to see that at least one party in parliament allows their MP's to vote with their ...
Is this a bob each way? Tax cuts are bad, evil tools of rich pricks and simultaneously won't it be terrible if National cancel the next lot? Make up your mind.
This is fantastic! Well done whoever made it!
It was funny TV. I felt for the woman as having a problem like that is embarassing and having it all over TV is not nice but its like any personal problem that is visible, if you are about to go on TV you pop that pimple, you wipe that snot, you clean your...
Of course everyone paying the same rate would be much fairer than penalising those who succeed but lets ignore that and rant about the evil "rich." Though living in Auckland with a family on less thatn $60k leaves you barely able to buy food but of course ...
I know your name was in the paper but it wasn't mentioned in the same manner that Kiwiblog's was was it?
Trevor why don't you comment at MandM?
You're complaining about not getting your name in the paper? Not a good look. Note for future reference: We all want out names in the paper like Kiwiblog but we don't want to be seen saying so.
Basic human rights are covered by the Bill of Rights and various international treaties. Discrimination law, employment law and a raft of other things all ensure that women get paid the same amount as men. What's not worth paying for is more duplication of...
The bill will not violate human rights. I think appropriate force for punishment is being confused with defensive force. Given this there is no conflict with the bill and the doctrine of proportionality. Three Strikes: Proportion and Protection
Find a way to measure taxes to make those who earn more = evil so that National = bad. That way hopefully no one will notice that those in the higher tiers' tax bills total more than those on the lower and the state claims a bigger stake out of their pay ...
I love that this issue has united so many political spectrums to the point that from the left and the right of the blogosphere we are speaking with one voice; I was absolutely stoked to come in here and see you guys on board. :-)
Yawn. Union-ese it's so cringe. Anti-worker policies? That's right, workers are silly dips who cannot function like adults without unions and anti-employer, anti-profit, anti-progress and anti-productivity lefty policies (look I can speak anti-union-ese!).
Consumers always will buy the best product at the best price. Putting Oliver Driver on TV telling us to pay more for a sub-standard product just because it will help the bloke down the road was never going to convince anyone at the till.
I can't run the Alexa toolbar on my computer as my AVG scanner goes mental and attacks it for being adware. No matter how I try to tell it to ignore, to add it to the list of exceptions, it makes no difference. That said, MandM was steadily climbing the ...
Only the left could find a way of blaming Labour's $2+Billion screwup on National. Have you learned nothing? The public are sick of this tactic. What is wrong with "we messed up, sorry?" The public are far more likely to forgive if you front up and fess ...
One might ask how you knew how to spot this. What's that saying about protesting too much?
I didn't find it very clever, bits of it were but bits of it were off.
What if something you posted becomes highly relevant again? Say a throway comment speculating something comes to pass months later. Will you turn the comments back on?
"the Right,.. seem to think that if you're in a tough situation that's your problem and that anyone claiming a benefit is just a bludger." No, its when you are in a tough situation and you refuse to do anything to get yourself out of it and simultaneously ...
A statement I agree with "..unlike with Obama's vacuous rhetoric, Malcolm X left his audience in no doubt what he stood for." Proposition 8 passed in the same state Obama won in. It does make you wonder if people were voting because they believed in him or...
Paula was a radical lefty president when I was on the Waikato Students Union, she called our President and Vice-President Mickey and Minnie Mouse at an NZUSA conference if I recall rightly. Hadn't made the connection til now. Funny. I grew up in a Social ...
I have to say that prima facie I don't get this move on ACT's part. Nick Smith, the guy with the tongue so forked he could hug a tree with it, supporting it I am less surprised by. It is not like ACT to appear to back something so scientifically bogus so I...
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