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  1. How do you tell when Judith is saying something that is not true?

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 12:59 pm, July 28th, 2020 -  56 comments
    Categories: Judith Collins, making shit up, Minister for International Embarrassment, national, same old national, spin, you couldn't make this shit up
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    Judith Collins has backed away from telling a mistruth about escape statistics during her time as Minister of Corrections by claiming that her eyebrow was raised and this is evidence that what she was saying was a joke.

  2. Is the $15,000 even true?

    Written By:  Bunji -  Date published: 1:28 pm, June 20th, 2014 -  214 comments
    Categories: labour, same old national
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    John Key’s alleging that hundreds of thousands flowed to Labour from Donghua Liu, but as the Nat’s smear campaign unravels, even the $15,000 can’t be found. Who do we trust – an unnamed ‘party source’ in the Herald, or Party records? $15,000 is a sizeable donation that is likely to be noted or remembered. And where’s Donghua himself in all this – surely he could clear this up very quickly…

  3. National’s Herald shows its true colours

    Written By:  lprent -  Date published: 8:04 am, February 17th, 2014 -  113 comments
    Categories: national, same old national
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    The NZ Herald starts cuddling up even closer to the National party. I guess they have definitely dropped that shallow facade of being the “Newspaper of Record”. Mind you, it isn’t a good look when Paula Bennett, the minister meant to take care of children, cuddles up with the heartless hypocrite who laughs at dead children. National really must be worried about this election.

  4. A big gay rainbow the true cause of the UK’s unusual weather

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 7:04 am, January 21st, 2014 -  20 comments
    Categories: climate change, Environment, uk politics, you couldn't make this shit up
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    It is quite an achievement for a sitting MP to be considered to be too nutty for the UKIP.  But David Silvester has achieved this dubious distinction by claiming that adverse weather events in the United Kingdom are the result of legalising same sex marriage …

  5. True Blue Worker Hate

    Written By:  Helen Kelly -  Date published: 9:40 am, April 9th, 2013 -  37 comments
    Categories: business, capitalism, class war, uncategorized, Unions, wages, workers' rights
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    Any day now the Government will announce more changes to the Employment Relations Act.  These changes will drive down wages and undermine the conditions of all workers.  They will also remove the small amount of protection most cleaners and hospitality workers get when the business they are working for loses a contract to another contractor. […]

  6. True lies

    Written By:  James Henderson -  Date published: 7:42 am, July 23rd, 2012 -  207 comments
    Categories: john key, privatisation
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    On Breakfast just now, Petra Bagust asked John Key what’s so great for the economy about listing our assets on the stockmarket. A good question. In his answer, Key tried to make out that floating these companies on the stockmarket would give them more cash to grow. But not a cent of the revenue will go to the companies and Key knows it.

  7. True ‘cost’ of Mondayisation deliberately hidden

    Written By:  Anthony R0bins -  Date published: 5:02 pm, May 14th, 2012 -  8 comments
    Categories: business, workers' rights
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    An interesting press release from David Clark, sponsor of the “Mondayisation” bill.  It looks like the process of constructing the official advice on this matter was deliberately biased.  Why?

  8. Many a true word

    Written By:  notices and features -  Date published: 1:12 pm, July 25th, 2011 -  18 comments
    Categories: capitalism, class war, economy, us politics
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    Bill Maher on taxes, the deficit, and why 49% of Americans are voting away their future.

  9. Which one’s true, Bill?

    Written By:  John A -  Date published: 2:32 pm, August 6th, 2009 -  13 comments
    Categories: national
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    According to the Speaker, Bill English MP’s “primary place of residence” is in Dipton because Bill has told him it is. But according to the Registrar of companies, Bill the shareholder of Resolution Farms‘ “full residential address” is in Wellington because Bill has told them it is. The Companies Act requires shareholders to provide a […]

  10. Funny because it’s true

    Written By:  Eddie -  Date published: 2:00 pm, March 2nd, 2009 -  18 comments
    Categories: economy, humour
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    This has to be the funniest political cartoon I’ve seen in some time, and it’s true too.  The innovation we need has to be government-led. A Green New Deal. Not only to boost the economy by constructing new infrastructure but constructing useful infrastructure. Forget cycleways no-one will use, we need to build a greener infrastructure based on renewable energy, […]

  11. Hooten shows his true colours

    Written By:  all_your_base -  Date published: 1:56 pm, October 12th, 2008 -  36 comments
    Categories: Media, same old national
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    The Herald reports that producers had to interrupt the filming of today’s Eye to Eye because Mathew Hooten called Winston Peters a “f***ing c***”. Apparently Hooton confirmed he used the phrase but was unrepentant. I think we all knew Hooten was a childish bully, it’s just kind of a shame he had to confirm it […]

  12. One true lesson about the Tony Veitch affair

    Written By:  Z K Muggletonspofin -  Date published: 7:32 pm, July 13th, 2008 -  57 comments
    Categories: Media
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    It seems that everyone’s commenting right now on Tony Veitch. The various slants by the different commentators, on the same sordid matter seem largely to come down to which ‘camp’ you started from, although not exclusively I presume that Mathew Ridge regarded Veitch as a mate before the saga emerged. There are of course those […]

  13. Many a true word is spoken in jest

    Written By:  all_your_base -  Date published: 1:27 pm, October 5th, 2007 -  Comments Off on Many a true word is spoken in jest
    Categories: articles
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    The NBR this week – hardly a publication known for its politically balanced coverage – includes digs at both National Party blogger David Farrar and also John Key’s disasterous series of policy gaffes (though both by way of humour). Of course NBR readers are spared any serious commentary on the National Party policy train wreck. […]

  14. True blue genius

    Written By:  Sam Cash -  Date published: 9:26 pm, September 3rd, 2007 -  4 comments
    Categories: national
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    The depth of National’s talent is a constant source of amusement. Jackie Blue, allegedly one of National’s slightly-brighter-than-average young things (speaking of, has anyone heard a Chris Tremain speech recently? Truly mindboggling), has decided to attack the Ministry of Women’s Affairs over the success of the Labour-led government in getting women on to boards. As […]

  15. Festive Cheer, Hear Hear !

    Written By:  Mountain Tui -  Date published: 8:41 am, December 21st, 2024 -  5 comments
    Categories: uncategorized
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    Some end of year politics videos – 2024. Happy Christmas, folks.

  16. The real purpose of the Ministry for Regulation

    Written By:  Incognito -  Date published: 5:54 pm, December 14th, 2024 -  31 comments
    Categories: act, roger douglas
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    ACT is finishing what Roger Douglas started 40 years ago.

  17. Luxon & Willis Double Down on Ferries Debacle

    Written By:  Mountain Tui -  Date published: 6:46 am, December 13th, 2024 -  15 comments
    Categories: Christopher Luxon, Dirty Politics, infrastructure, nicola willis, winston peters
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    Government sneakily shifts the numbers on the cancelled Kiwirail i-Rex project from $3b to $4b as Luxon and Willis defend their plan for a plan.

  18. Atlas Network in New Zealand

    Written By:  Mountain Tui -  Date published: 8:57 am, December 11th, 2024 -  11 comments
    Categories: act, David Farrar, national/act government, spin, taxpayers union
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    The similarities between the Atlas Network modus operandi and our government’s policies appear strident and unsettling.

  19. Are Lester Levy and Shane Reti “cooking the books?”

    Written By:  Mountain Tui -  Date published: 11:51 am, December 7th, 2024 -  12 comments
    Categories: debt / deficit, health, Privatisation, Public Private Partnerships, Shane Reti
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    See for yourself.

  20. Creative accounting

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 10:23 am, December 5th, 2024 -  26 comments
    Categories: uncategorized
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    It has emerged that Health NZ attempted to include hundreds of millions of dollars in redundancies and holiday pay remediation chargeable this year in last year’s Health accounts and this would have made the current deficit smaller but last year’s deficit larger.

  21. Electric Shock

    Written By:  advantage -  Date published: 8:43 am, December 2nd, 2024 -  29 comments
    Categories: climate change, Deep stuff, public transport, science, transport
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    New Zealand is one of the slowest countries in the developed world to transition from combustion to electric vehicles. The shocks we are seeing in Europe to car makers and car buyers herald more trouble ahead.

  22. Hipkins’ Conference speech

    Written By:  notices and features -  Date published: 4:35 pm, December 1st, 2024 -  31 comments
    Categories: chris hipkins, labour
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    Text of Chris Hipkins’ speech to the 2024 Labour Party Conference.

  23. Curia exited RANZ because Family First are unbalanced

    Written By:  lprent -  Date published: 4:49 pm, November 30th, 2024 -  7 comments
    Categories: David Farrar, polls
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    David Farrar’s company Curia abruptly exited the Research Association of New Zealand (RANZ) in August. It was triggered by a complaint about the fairness of the wording of a question in a April poll. This was a really bad poll, and this question a particularly egregious breach of any fairness. The question was paid for by Family Fi(r)st.

  24. The Australian under 16 social media ban

    Written By:  weka -  Date published: 9:22 am, November 29th, 2024 -  23 comments
    Categories: social media
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    what did the Australians just do?

  25. Economy Nose Dives

    Written By:  Mountain Tui -  Date published: 6:42 pm, November 28th, 2024 -  24 comments
    Categories: benefits, Christopher Luxon, Economy, economy, nicola willis, treasury, winston peters
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    The economy is tanking and Treasury has downgraded the forecasts again after “the government inherited finances in better shape than expected” in January. So who is Nicola Willis blaming, and Winston Peters too?

  26. END GAME

    Written By:  Mountain Tui -  Date published: 7:03 pm, November 24th, 2024 -  30 comments
    Categories: Austerity, australian politics, Brexit, Dirty Politics, Donald Trump, Maori Issues, national, national/act government, nz first, Privatisation, same old national, thinktank
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    What is the game plan for the Coalition government? What characteristics can we observe and what is the “end game?”

  27. A guide to making a submission on the Treaty Principles Bill

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 12:04 pm, November 23rd, 2024 -  10 comments
    Categories: act, Christopher Luxon, david seymour, Maori Issues, national, treaty settlements
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    Want to make a submission opposing David Seymour’s dog whistle Treaty Principles Bill? Here’s how.

  28. The Fast Death of Our Major Forestry Mills

    Written By:  advantage -  Date published: 8:53 pm, November 20th, 2024 -  14 comments
    Categories: Deep stuff, Economy, jobs, Politics
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    2024 is the worst-ever year for our forest export industry as a whole, with most of our largest sawmills closing and the loss of hundreds of jobs.

  29. On the whining and treason of David Seymour

    Written By:  lprent -  Date published: 10:27 am, November 20th, 2024 -  51 comments
    Categories: act, david seymour, Politics, treaty settlements
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    In recent days, David Seymour has been whining that no-one is seriously debating his stupid little bill to supposedly try to redefine what the Treaty means. But it is the constitutional arrangements of this country that this bill attacks. The bill is essentially treasonous. It also isn’t worth debating. Prepare against a dictatorship of the executive.

  30. Justified outrage

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 8:40 am, November 15th, 2024 -  46 comments
    Categories: Christopher Luxon, david seymour, Maori Issues, maori party, political parties, Politics, Shane Jones, treaty settlements
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    There were some dramatic scenes in Parliament yesterday with Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke leading a fiery haka during the count of Act’s Treaty of Waitangi Principles Bill.

  31. What happened?

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 9:44 am, November 10th, 2024 -  120 comments
    Categories: Christopher Luxon, climate change, david seymour, Donald Trump, International, politicans, Shane Jones, us politics
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    Why did America vote for the least suitable candidate imaginable? And what are the implications for New Zealand politics?