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  1. Todd Muller and the strange tale of the Leader’s Safe

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 8:45 am, June 19th, 2020 -  22 comments
    Categories: national, spin, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, todd muller, you couldn't make this shit up
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    The Herald has reported that Todd Muller’s staff used a safe cracker to open up a safe previously used by Simon Bridges, even though they had the access codes.

  2. Todd’s Odd Distress Signal

    Written By:  te reo putake -  Date published: 5:39 pm, June 14th, 2020 -  64 comments
    Categories: class war, Politics, same old national, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, todd muller, you couldn't make this shit up
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    How odd of Todd! A condescending gesture turns into a cry for help.

  3. Chris Penk has been thinking

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 8:54 am, June 12th, 2020 -  59 comments
    Categories: Economy, health, national, same old national, uncategorized
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    Chris Penk has written a book suggesting that the Government’s Covid 19 response has been terrible.  Because it was not quite perfect.

  4. The four horsemen of the apocalypse

    Written By:  advantage -  Date published: 8:03 am, June 4th, 2020 -  16 comments
    Categories: China, democracy under attack, Donald Trump, International, uncategorized, United Nations, war
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    Ok so this is the worst year I can think of in my lifetime. But apocalyptopia it ain’t.

  5. The wood, the trees and the ETS

    Written By:  advantage -  Date published: 7:00 am, June 3rd, 2020 -  4 comments
    Categories: climate change, Environment, ETS, global warming, greens, science, uncategorized
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    It’s a brutal thing to propose more taxes and costs on business during our worst economic meltdown in a century. But yesterday the Government increased the cost of Carbon.  But we need to do more.

  6. Direct small business loan scheme is now working

    Written By:  lprent -  Date published: 12:06 pm, May 27th, 2020 -  26 comments
    Categories: covid-19, Economy, Politics, todd muller, welfare
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    It was interesting reading this morning that the updated small business owner loan scheme is now working (unlike the previous guarantee through the banks version). National’s new Small Business shadow minister Todd Muller should be all over this between now and the election offering helpful suggestions. I’m going to be fascinated looking at those to see what type of small business he is trying to help…

  7. Work ideas

    Written By:  advantage -  Date published: 8:13 am, May 22nd, 2020 -  28 comments
    Categories: Economy, grant robertson, jacinda ardern, labour, uncategorized, Unions, workers' rights
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    Jacinda Ardern has floated the idea of a four day working week and Grant Robertson wants to change the future of work.  Maybe they should get on and do it.

  8. “Is there even a point in having the Greens anymore?”

    Written By:  weka -  Date published: 12:31 pm, May 17th, 2020 -  104 comments
    Categories: election 2020, greens
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    Yes lefties, there is, and it’s not rocket science.

  9. Don’t infect your feline master!

    Written By:  lprent -  Date published: 9:29 am, May 16th, 2020 -  16 comments
    Categories: covid-19, health, humour, uncategorized
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    In terrible news, our feline masters can both get covid-19, and they can infect other cats. Fortunately so far they have largely been asymptomatic apart from some big cats.

    We don’t know if there can be cat to human transmission. But I suspect it is likely. Obvious implications about being a issue for breaking transmission chains.

  10. dear sysop: on covid-19 debt

    Written By:  lprent -  Date published: 3:33 pm, April 25th, 2020 -  60 comments
    Categories: covid-19, Economy, internet, Media, Politics, treasury
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    We put in guest posts occasionally.  These days I’m the person who runs the email account and sees the general ones. Mostly I don’t give any feedback as much as anything else because a lack of time. But I should. This is the first to get that editorial attention. The topic itself is worth discussing. What is the process of raising debt for the cobid-19 economic response.

  11. National seeks delay to election

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 7:38 am, April 9th, 2020 -  120 comments
    Categories: election 2020, elections, jacinda ardern, labour, MMP, national, paula bennett, politicans, same old national, uncategorized
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    Hot on the news that National’s polling has plunged to 35% Paula Bennett has publicly suggested that the election should be delayed. I wonder if they are related?

  12. The end of partisan politics?

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 7:58 am, April 8th, 2020 -  71 comments
    Categories: capitalism, Economy, jacinda ardern, labour, Media, radio, socialism, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, uncategorized
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    Throughout the world there is an increasing consensus emerging that the free market approach is failing and principled intelligent leadership from governments provide the optimum result.

  13. Children: the pandemic has only just begun

    Written By:  lprent -  Date published: 11:09 am, April 5th, 2020 -  113 comments
    Categories: covid-19, david clark, Economy, health, International
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    I’m always intrigued at the capacity of most humans to be self-delusional in the way that they favour to believe regardless of facts. Nothing else could explain the delusional idiots like David Farrar and his mischievous minions wanting to go back to their business as usual – their ministerial scalp collection. It’d be nice if such dimwits thought and established facts before they wrote.

  14. What about Climate Change then?

    Written By:  advantage -  Date published: 9:49 am, March 31st, 2020 -  26 comments
    Categories: climate change, Environment, health, health and safety, science, uncategorized
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    Shouldn’t this global shock from this COVID-19 virus make us all wake up to the power of collective global action on climate change?

  15. This changes everything

    Written By:  advantage -  Date published: 6:34 am, March 24th, 2020 -  182 comments
    Categories: economy, Media, Social issues, social media lolz, uncategorized
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    What will our future now look like?

  16. This is not the revolution

    Written By:  advantage -  Date published: 6:50 am, March 21st, 2020 -  61 comments
    Categories: Deep stuff, health, health and safety, jacinda ardern, uncategorized, workers' rights
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    The Corvid-19 virus is turning us all into cautious conservatives.

  17. Workers 1, Bridges 0: Minimum Wage Rise to Go Ahead

    Written By:  te reo putake -  Date published: 3:31 pm, March 11th, 2020 -  23 comments
    Categories: minimum wage
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    Labour have confirmed that they will lift the minimum adult wage on April 1st. This is great news for workers and SME’s!

  18. Red tape bonfire of the vanities

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 2:19 pm, March 9th, 2020 -  19 comments
    Categories: disaster, law, law and "order", national, same old national, uncategorized
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    National has promised a bonfire of regulations. Just like conservatives in Australia, the United Kingdom, America and previous National administrations.

  19. The politics of gun control

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 7:47 am, March 9th, 2020 -  180 comments
    Categories: crime, farming, labour, law, law and "order", national, nz first, police, same old national, uncategorized
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    National and NZ First are frustrating the passage of the Arms Legislation Bill by raising issues that may appeal to extremists but will not make the country a safer place after the Christchurch massacre.

  20. Bridges thinks the solution to Covid 19 is tax cuts

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 8:14 am, March 5th, 2020 -  64 comments
    Categories: making shit up, national, same old national, Simon Bridges, spin, tax, uncategorized, you couldn't make this shit up
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    Simon Bridges thinks that tax cuts are the best way to address financial stress caused by businesses by the Covid 19 epidemic.  Even though businesses under financial stress will be paying little if any tax and a tax cut would have little if any effect.

  21. Afghanistan pushes the US out

    Written By:  advantage -  Date published: 7:26 am, March 4th, 2020 -  16 comments
    Categories: afghanistan, Donald Trump, International, us politics, war
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    I have really no idea who to cheer for about the Afghanistan peace
    agreement. If the Taliban were the answer, it was a pretty fucking
    stupid question.

  22. The real cause of New Zealand’s failing housing system

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 3:16 pm, February 23rd, 2020 -  139 comments
    Categories: housing, labour, Social issues, Steven Joyce, uncategorized
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    Simon Wilson has set out in a Herald article historical data which suggests that the cause of the housing crisis can be dated back to decisions made generations ago.  But Steven Joyce thinks that the cure is actually the cause of the problem.

  23. WTAF NZ First?

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 6:44 am, February 22nd, 2020 -  148 comments
    Categories: climate change, ETS, julie anne genter, law, law and "order", nz first, political parties, uncategorized, winston peters
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    It has been reported that NZ First will oppose the Green’s attempt to make the country’s car fleet more sustainable and that it may hold up proposed gun law changes designed to address the problems clearly shown by the Christchurch massacre.

  24. BREAKING NEWS: Simon Bridges Calls on Simon Bridges to Stand Down

    Written By:  te reo putake -  Date published: 6:30 pm, February 18th, 2020 -  5 comments
    Categories: class, Ethics, law and "order", police, prisons, same old national, Satire, uncategorized, you couldn't make this shit up
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    BREAKING NEWS: Simon Bridges calls on the leader of the opposition to stand down while the SFO case is before the courts.

  25. Back in the U.S.S.A.

    Written By:  Bill -  Date published: 3:58 pm, February 18th, 2020 -  31 comments
    Categories: Bernie Sanders, class war, Donald Trump, elections, facebook, International, internet, journalism, liberalism, Media, politicans, Propaganda, social democracy, us politics, youtube
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    The onslaught launched against Trump from sections of corporate media and liberal institutions will look as nothing next to the unified onslaught that will be unleashed against a President Sanders.

  26. Bridges’ many and varied positions on coalition with NZ First

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 12:48 pm, February 12th, 2020 -  18 comments
    Categories: national, nz first, same old national, Simon Bridges, spin, you couldn't make this shit up
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    In the past 10 days Simon Bridges has said that National will not go into coalition with NZ First after the next election, to it could consider coalition in the future, to there is no way it will ever go into coalition with NZ First.

  27. Bridges’ biggest gamble

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 3:46 pm, February 2nd, 2020 -  103 comments
    Categories: crime, democratic participation, national, nz first, political parties, same old national, Simon Bridges, winston peters
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    Simon Bridges has mimicked John Key and ruled out National working with NZ First after the election.  The difference is however that back then Key ruled out working with NZ First because NZ First was involved in a SFO investigation about the hiding of a $100,000 donation.  This time it is National.

  28. SFO files charges in relation to National Party donations

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 3:37 pm, January 29th, 2020 -  55 comments
    Categories: crime, election 2020, national, same old national
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    The SFO has confirmed that it has charged four persons with offences relating to the receipt of donations by the National Party.

  29. How low will Bridges go?

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 11:55 am, January 28th, 2020 -  23 comments
    Categories: immigration, International, making shit up, national, same old national, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, you couldn't make this shit up
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    Simon Bridges has wondered out loud if anti semitism stopped the Government from sending a senior representative to a Holocaust memorial in Israel.

  30. Steve Mnuchin, not Greta Thunberg, needs to go back to school

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 10:52 am, January 27th, 2020 -  11 comments
    Categories: class war, climate change, debt / deficit, Economy, Environment, global warming, making shit up, science, spin, tax, us politics, you couldn't make this shit up
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    US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin has attacked Greta Thunberg for not understanding the economics of climate change.  But he has then been roundly criticised by a number of people, including his wife.

  31. Why UK Labour lost?  Part 7: Momentum and the Corbynistas

    Written By:  nickkelly -  Date published: 10:23 pm, January 15th, 2020 -  10 comments
    Categories: Jeremy Corbyn, labour, Left, political parties, politicans, Politics, uk politics
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    Originally posted on Nick Kelly’s blog 

    Momentum and its supporters need to find a way of selling genuine social democratic politics to a conservative English public.