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  1. Louis Theroux back on TV here tonight

    Written By:  all_your_base -  Date published: 10:53 am, February 4th, 2008 -  10 comments
    Categories: tv
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    I used to love Weird Weekends – a BBC show that aired here late at night several years ago. It was hosted by Louis Theroux (pictured) and involved him documenting time spent with ‘fringe’ groups – UFO hunters, professional wrestlers, female bodybuilders and so on. I watched a more recent show of his a couple […]

  2. MoveOn.org endorses Obama

    Written By:  all_your_base -  Date published: 4:19 pm, February 2nd, 2008 -  11 comments
    Categories: International
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    MoveOn.org is a progressive political community, organised predominantly online, with over 3 million members. For the first time they’ve endorsed a Democratic candidate, lending their weight and organising skills to that person’s campaign. Obama took the endorsement over Clinton 70-30, with around 300,000 votes cast in total. Obama has said of the endorsement: “In just […]

  3. George Bush’s favourite painting

    Written By:  all_your_base -  Date published: 7:17 am, February 2nd, 2008 -  2 comments
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    What does President Bush’s favourite painting say about him? The Guardian trys to find out. Bush claims that the artwork, which hangs in his office, is a “beautiful painting of a horseman determinedly charging up what appears to be a steep and rough trail. This is us.” It turns out that the painting was first […]

  4. With all the charm of Slough

    Written By:  Tane -  Date published: 10:53 am, January 15th, 2008 -  62 comments
    Categories: humour, john key
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    Paul from The Fundy Post has done a rather humorous review of John Key’s holiday home in Success Court, Omaha Beach, as featured in the Herald on Sunday. Suffice to say he’s not impressed: It is difficult to know where to begin. Here is a house (described somewhat disingenuously by the Herald as a “bach”) […]

  5. What you can do with this gadget is up to you

    Written By:  Dancer -  Date published: 11:09 pm, January 10th, 2008 -  3 comments
    Categories: International
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    Spotted in the NY Times (6 Jan 2008) this new gadget looks like it takes the concept of open source one step further (article has some photos too). “HACKERS, welcome! Here are detailed circuit diagrams of our products — modify them as you wish.” That’s not an announcement you’ll find on the Web sites of […]

  6. Dom Post: “Kill the krill”

    Written By:  all_your_base -  Date published: 4:51 pm, December 19th, 2007 -  11 comments
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    Not content to let the media moguls over at The Herald have all the campaigning fun, it was great to finally see The Dom get in on the act this morning – and finally a newspaper campaign that I can get behind myself! This morning’s front page announces the launch of A Dominion Post campaign […]

  7. Polls

    Written By:  all_your_base -  Date published: 9:36 am, December 17th, 2007 -  92 comments
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    From The Dom: A One News Colmar Brunton poll last night has National on 54 per cent, 19 points clear of Labour. A Three News TNS poll has National with a slimmer lead – 51 to 36 – but still well ahead. Well I doubt they enjoy being behind but this can hardly be a […]

  8. Candidate match game

    Written By:  Tane -  Date published: 8:00 am, December 6th, 2007 -  8 comments
    Categories: International
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    This is very cool. USA Today’s put together a candidate match game to help voters work out which US presidential hopefuls best share their views on the key issues. Here’s how it works: Polls suggest Americans are concerned primarily with a few key issues in the 2008 presidential election. USA TODAY researched candidate positions on […]

  9. John Key and January 1

    Written By:  Tane -  Date published: 3:31 pm, November 27th, 2007 -  11 comments
    Categories: election funding, john key
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    John Key’s just admitted the election campaign has already begun, adding further weight to the argument that electoral law needs updating to reflect the increased length of modern campaigns. Here he is on Newstalk ZB today talking about his ‘heartland tour’ around New Zealand, where he’ll be dishing out thousands of flashy DVDs promoting himself […]

  10. Speech: Labour is the Party of Ideas

    Written By:  Tane -  Date published: 10:14 am, November 14th, 2007 -  10 comments
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    The other day we published an extract from Evan Thornley’s speech to the Labour Party conference. We’ve finally managed to get hold of a digital copy, so here it is in full. It’s quite long, but well worth a read: LABOUR IS THE PARTY OF IDEAS NZLP National Conference Keynote Speech – Auckland 4 Nov., […]

  11. TV One News – oh shame you pakeha palangi

    Written By:  Eddie -  Date published: 9:01 pm, October 31st, 2007 -  11 comments
    Categories: Media
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    Following a perfectly sensible Cabinet reshuffle story tonight, TV One News must have had this weird rush to the head because they sent an English (really silver spoon English too), white, tie wearing suit to interview the good people of South Auckland to find out what they thought of Labour’s Cabinet reshuffle. Is it me […]

  12. New hybrid Crown limos announced

    Written By:  all_your_base -  Date published: 10:42 am, October 23rd, 2007 -  25 comments
    Categories: climate change
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    In an effort to play an even larger part in the fight against global warming the New Zealand government today announced the purchase of 20 specially produced Toyota Prius Hybrid limousines. These fuel efficient, environmentally friendlier vehicles will gradually replace the current crop of Ministerial vehicles. The car will seat up to ten people and […]

  13. John Key to address UN General Assembly

    Written By:  all_your_base -  Date published: 10:21 am, October 4th, 2007 -  Comments Off on John Key to address UN General Assembly
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    But seriously. Can you imagine it? Clark and Key are chalk and cheese & and hardly anywhere more so than on their grasp of foreign policy. While Clark has spent the last week or so furthering our country’s interests abroad, Key’s had his foot firmly in his mouth. I only hope that the international media […]

  14. Staggering

    Written By:  all_your_base -  Date published: 10:49 am, October 3rd, 2007 -  6 comments
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    John Key said on National Radio this morning “The war in Iraq is over”. Apparently that’s why no mention of it’s made in their lightweight foreign policy document. I’ll post on this later but in the meantime the audio of Phil Goff and Key is here.

  15. Traveling green(er)

    Written By:  all_your_base -  Date published: 2:31 pm, September 28th, 2007 -  Comments Off on Traveling green(er)
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    Yesterday the PM helped launch Cityhop – a rental car company who park their cars around the Auckland CBD. The cars can be hired by the hour with the swipe of a card. They call themselves a “self-service car share company”. The hope is that – as it seems to have worked elsewhere in the […]

  16. My gran decides she quite likes the gold card

    Written By:  all_your_base -  Date published: 12:11 pm, September 20th, 2007 -  2 comments
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    Garth George weighs in on the gold card today in the Herald. While the debate rages about the merits of Winston’s senior card and whether cheaper rinses and jetboat rides are worth all the fuss, I’m tempted to tell my gran what she’s been telling me for years: don’t look a gift-horse in the mouth […]

  17. Two birds, one stone?

    Written By:  all_your_base -  Date published: 4:16 pm, September 17th, 2007 -  1 comment
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    An American doctoral student has found that there may be a silver lining when it comes to higher petrol prices – they might help people lose weight. Perhaps this is the policy solution to fighting climate change and obesity? 😉 Courtemanche’s study found that a US$1 rise in gas prices could reduce obesity by about […]

  18. He’s whatever you want him to be – except if you’re a worker

    Written By:  Eddie -  Date published: 2:39 pm, September 5th, 2007 -  Comments Off on He’s whatever you want him to be – except if you’re a worker
    Categories: john key, workers' rights
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    John Key’s swallowed a lot of rats to make National look electable: nuclear free, war in Iraq, fighter jets, paid parental leave, climate change etc,etc. But you can always trust a Tory to stay true to type over the one thing that they care about more than anything – cutting workers’ pay and conditions. It’s […]

  19. Key: style over substance

    Written By:  all_your_base -  Date published: 6:58 pm, August 31st, 2007 -  Comments Off on Key: style over substance
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    The Press ran a story today in which they claim that: Labour polling conducted by UMR Insight, excerpts of which were leaked to The Press, show that while National was ahead by a healthy margin, voters were increasingly critical of Key. Labour’s poll, which asked people their opinions of Key, showed 64 per cent of […]

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