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  1. A Bigger Better Budget!

    Written By:  Bill -  Date published: 12:58 pm, October 14th, 2018 -  11 comments
    Categories: Environment, global warming, International, Politics, science, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, useless
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    An odd detail or change was buried within the IPCC report that came out last week.

  2. Shake It Up, Taylor Swift, Shake It Up

    Written By:  advantage -  Date published: 7:29 am, October 10th, 2018 -  36 comments
    Categories: Donald Trump, International, music, us politics
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    There is a long a proud history of musicians adding their weight to the Democratic cause in the United States, but Taylor Swift’s recent action is about as on-message as you can get.

  3. The Kavanaugh confirmation hearing

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 8:56 am, September 30th, 2018 -  63 comments
    Categories: Abuse of power, feminism, International, Politics, sexism, us politics
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    The Brett Kavanaugh confirmation hearing last week showed two extremes, one person describing a painful event in her past life and another person angrily denying that anything happened and claiming it was all about him.

  4. Pretty legal

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 7:30 am, September 29th, 2018 -  37 comments
    Categories: Abuse of power, Media, national, Politics, same old national, Simon Bridges, social media lolz, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, you couldn't make this shit up
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    National has another potential copyright problem involving the use of music without permission.

  5. The War on Drugz

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 8:18 am, September 25th, 2018 -  68 comments
    Categories: Donald Trump, International, jacinda ardern, labour, national, Politics, same old national, Simon Bridges, us politics
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    Jacinda Ardern has announced that New Zealand will not sign up to Donald Trump’s global call to action on drugs. Will Simon Bridges do the responsible thing and agree with her that the announcement is a misplaced attempt to continue the currently failing approach to drugs?

  6. Tax Working Group report depressing reading

    Written By:  Simon Louisson -  Date published: 6:10 pm, September 21st, 2018 -  66 comments
    Categories: business, capital gains, capitalism, gst, tax
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    The Tax Working Group says the gaping holes in our tax system make it unfair and undermine its integrity, but the prospect of the electorate embracing even its limited recommendations on taxing capital gains make for depressing contemplation.

  7. GDP figures expose business confidence survey nonsense

    Written By:  Simon Louisson -  Date published: 1:29 pm, September 20th, 2018 -  99 comments
    Categories: business, capitalism, Economy, economy
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    ANZ Bank’s Outlook business confidence survey has been forecasting gloom and doom for the economy ever since the surprise election result turfed out the National Party. Today’s GDP data showed the economy has actually been pumping along faster than the Reserve Bank believes is good for it.

  8. Quite a day or two then!

    Written By:  Bill -  Date published: 6:17 pm, September 18th, 2018 -  83 comments
    Categories: capitalism, China, Europe, International, israel, Jeremy Corbyn, Russia, Syria, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, uk politics, us politics, war
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    A quick smorgasbord of reported news from Syria, to China and Sweden, to antisemitism and (hidden behind the links) an interview with (hopefully) the first woman who will serve as President of the USA.

    Updated

  9. Brownlee accused of bullying lawyer

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 7:44 am, September 13th, 2018 -  128 comments
    Categories: Gerry Brownlee, national, Politics, same old national
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    Gerry Brownlee has been accused of ringing a young lawyer involved in a potential class action concerning steal used in the Christchurch rebuild and making her feel intimidated and harassed. Update: National has admitted “[s]o he just kind of unleashed, you know how Gerry is”.

  10. Litigation and equal pay – a history of the 1950’s equal pay campaign

    Written By:  nickkelly -  Date published: 7:26 am, August 28th, 2018 -  3 comments
    Categories: activism, australian politics, campaigning, discrimination, equality, feminism, gender, history, human rights, labour, national, patriarchy, Politics, public services, same old national, sexism, uk politics, Unions, wages
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    Forward In 2016 I wrote the below dissertation as part of my History Honours degree at Victoria University.  This dissertation explores the 1950s equal pay campaign, and specifically looks at the Jean Parker Case. Jean Parker was a PSA member employed at IRD, who like Kristine Bartlett 60 years later, won a landmark equal pay legal […]

  11. Bridges and National keep digging further on Leakgate

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 12:51 pm, August 26th, 2018 -  64 comments
    Categories: labour, Media, national, same old national, Simon Bridges, spin, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, trevor mallard, you couldn't make this shit up
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    A review of events over the past two weeks about the strange case of the leaked travel expense information, the expensive inquiry and the depressed MP.

  12. Turnbull out, Morrison In?

    Written By:  te reo putake -  Date published: 2:29 pm, August 23rd, 2018 -  100 comments
    Categories: australian politics, class war, International, leadership
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    Turnbull out, Morrison or Dutton in? The Australian Liberal Party self flagellation continues in Canberra. Updates as they roll in, cobbers.

    UPDATE: Malcolm Turnbull calls press conference at 1PM AEST (3PM in NZ)

    UPDATE: Turnbull to quit tomorrow, if ballot called.

    UPDATE: Julie Bishop prepares bid.

    UPDATE: Scott Morrison wins, Dutton defeated 45-40.

  13. The Pope’s Letter to All Believers

    Written By:  advantage -  Date published: 8:00 am, August 22nd, 2018 -  64 comments
    Categories: Abuse of power, child abuse, crime, Deep stuff, International, leadership
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    The pope missed a great recent chance to state that accused abusers should be walked to the nearest Police station, make written statements, face trial, hopefully jailed, then defrocked, and excommunicated.

  14. The future of blogging in Aotearoa New Zealand

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 11:25 am, August 19th, 2018 -  54 comments
    Categories: blogroll, blogs, clickbait, David Farrar, dpf, journalism, Media, The Standard, video
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    Morgan Godfery of the excellent Maui Street blog has relaunched his blogsite and made it subscriber based. Is this the future of blogging in Aotearoa New Zealand?

  15. The week of Limogate

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 8:30 am, August 18th, 2018 -  44 comments
    Categories: articles, Media, national, same old national, Simon Bridges, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, trevor mallard, you couldn't make this shit up
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    Tracy Watkins and Tova O’Brien have both written articles criticising Simon Bridges’ handling of Limogate.

  16. Bludger Bridges

    Written By:  te reo putake -  Date published: 6:56 pm, August 13th, 2018 -  63 comments
    Categories: benefits, class war, Economy, minimum wage, monetary policy, poverty, scoundrels, Simon Bridges, welfare
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    Simon Bridges has blown over $100k of your money in just three months, tiki touring around the country at the taxpayers expense. Nice work if you can get it!

    Update: A Shark Jumps Matthew Hooton. Live on Twitter!

  17. Of course Judith should #DeleteTheTweet

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 8:00 am, August 9th, 2018 -  69 comments
    Categories: clickbait, Judith Collins, making shit up, Media, national, same old national, Simon Bridges, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, twitter, you couldn't make this shit up
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    The Project has called on Judith Collins to delete her tweet retweeting a link to a fake news story falsely claiming that France had legalised paedophilia at the behest of an international network of liberal activists determined to normalise paedophilia.

  18. The difference between Don Brash and Southern & Molyneux

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 2:38 pm, August 8th, 2018 -  66 comments
    Categories: Abuse of power, Deep stuff, democracy under attack, don brash, political alternatives, Politics
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    What is the difference between Don Brash and Stefan Molyneux and Lauren Southern. And why should Brash’s right to freedom of expression be greater than Monyneux’s or Southern’s?

  19. Let him speak

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 3:04 pm, August 7th, 2018 -  308 comments
    Categories: act, don brash, Media, Politics, the praiseworthy and the pitiful
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    Don Brash should be allowed to speak at a University about politics.

  20. South Africa, Zimbabwe, New Zealand

    Written By:  advantage -  Date published: 8:30 am, August 4th, 2018 -  31 comments
    Categories: Africa, Deep stuff, democratic participation, elections, Globalisation, International, racism, treaty settlements
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    In 1962, John F Kennedy said “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.”  Is peaceful revolution possible in South Africa, Zimbabwe or New Zealand?

  21. Bridges and his cheerleaders

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 9:46 am, July 29th, 2018 -  112 comments
    Categories: education, john key, national, same old national, Simon Bridges, uncategorized
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    National is pulling out all stops to suggest that Simon Bridges is not so bad as a leader.

  22. National is jamming cannabis law reform

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 10:47 am, July 27th, 2018 -  82 comments
    Categories: crime, death with dignity, Deep stuff, drugs, greens, labour, national, same old national, the praiseworthy and the pitiful
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    So National be getting pretty liberal with the Marijuana stuff.

  23. Julian Assange; Journey’s End?

    Written By:  te reo putake -  Date published: 10:14 am, July 22nd, 2018 -  165 comments
    Categories: Abuse of power, accountability, capitalism, class war, Globalisation, Politics
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    Is Julian Assange about to be arrested? Equador looks set to evict the accused rapist and capitalist tool from its London embassy.

  24. Labour and New Zealand First Ministers under the first term of the sixth Labour government sitting in the Cabinet office.

    Government with a plan

    Written By:  advantage -  Date published: 8:00 am, July 22nd, 2018 -  46 comments
    Categories: benefits, capitalism, class war, Deep stuff, democracy under attack, Economy, economy, election 2017, Financial markets, grant robertson, infrastructure, jacinda ardern, jobs, Keynes, labour, Politics, poverty, socialism, welfare
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    The polls are great. Top work. But I’m getting worried about the entropy of this government already. Matthew Hooten and Karl Marx agree with me.

  25. What has happened to Simon Bridges?

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 8:40 am, July 19th, 2018 -  42 comments
    Categories: blogs, China, david clark, David Farrar, International, jacinda ardern, Media, national, same old national, Simon Bridges, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, you couldn't make this shit up
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    You would think that while Jacinda Ardern takes time out to properly introduce baby Neve to the world opposition leader Simon Bridges would be striding throughout the country like a colossus and really make a name for himself.  But of late he has been rather invisible.

  26. Free Tommy Robinson *

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 10:29 am, July 15th, 2018 -  66 comments
    Categories: racism, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, uk politics, you couldn't make this shit up
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    * with every purchase.

  27. Congrats: fuel tax drive more trucks out of Auckland

    Written By:  lprent -  Date published: 9:02 am, July 2nd, 2018 -  25 comments
    Categories: transport
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    Truck drivers are being to told to refuel outside of the Auckland regional fuel tax. Hopefully this will also mean that more of the excessively subsidised road destroying heavy vehicles will stay outside of our precious Auckland roads. But raising the Road User Charges in accordance to the general 4th power law would be more direct and have a better economic effect.

  28. The United States is becoming a rogue state

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 4:57 pm, June 20th, 2018 -  53 comments
    Categories: Donald Trump, immigration, International, israel, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, us politics
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    The United States of America in its support for Israeli trashing of Palestinian rights and the withdrawal of support for the United Nations Human Rights Council as well as the mass incarceration of children of parents who have tried to enter the United States without permission is displaying concerning signs.

  29. Sage refuses permission to mine conservation land

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 10:09 am, June 18th, 2018 -  94 comments
    Categories: Conservation, Economy, Environment, Mining, national, Politics, same old national, Simon Bridges
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    Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage has incurred attacks from the right by refusing to allow the desecration of conservation land on the West Coast.

  30. Gluckman: Methamphetamine policy was a crock

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 8:19 am, May 30th, 2018 -  80 comments
    Categories: class war, drugs, labour, making shit up, national, paula bennett, phil twyford, same old national, the praiseworthy and the pitiful
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    The Prime Minister’s chief science adviser Peter Gluckman has described the previous Government’s policy on methamphetamine in Housing Corp houses as hysterical and concluded that there has never been a documented case of someone getting sick from third-hand exposure to methamphetamine.

  31. It’s Time for a Cost-Benefit Analysis of Dairy Farming

    Written By:  advantage -  Date published: 7:42 am, May 29th, 2018 -  166 comments
    Categories: Conservation, Environment, exports, farming, farming, food, uncategorized
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    Not just, ‘we’ve got to make the good outweigh the bad’. I mean: why should dairy farming exist here?