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  1. National is relentlessly negative about the country’s Covid response

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 10:03 am, June 24th, 2020 -  95 comments
    Categories: national, Nikki Kaye, same old national, todd muller
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    You would think in the midst of a world pandemic that is threatening established countries everywhere that National would do the responsible thing and work constructively to resolve all of government issues. If you do think this you are wrong.

  2. Covid-19 still raging.

    Written By:  lprent -  Date published: 9:01 am, June 15th, 2020 -  25 comments
    Categories: covid-19, health, International, us politics
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    A quick look at rising second wave in the US as covid-19 digs deeper into the less populated states and counties. Because of its deliberate lack of governmental cohesion, the US is a rack of petri dishes testing different strategies. When that comes to disease control and covid-19, that strategy is a bit of a disaster.

  3. More Skripal bullshit

    Written By:  Mike Smith -  Date published: 10:03 pm, June 9th, 2020 -  37 comments
    Categories: China, Deep stuff, jacinda ardern, journalism, making shit up, newspapers, Russia, spin, Spying, uk politics, us politics, war, you couldn't make this shit up
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    Skripal’s relatives don’t believe it, Jacinda Ardern doesn’t believe it, Paul Buchanan doesn’t believe it, and I never believed it. But a story planted in the UK Sunday Times that the Skripals are here lets our media rerun the assassination attempt that failed, even though the most deadliest poison in the world was involved. Stuff website has a British Minister from Theresa May’s time rerunning the old lies,as does the NZ Herald. Fits in nicely with the SIS anti-Russian history.

  4. The current National party.

    Written By:  lprent -  Date published: 3:06 pm, May 24th, 2020 -  62 comments
    Categories: australian politics, Dirty Politics, Economy, education, immigration, International, labour, national, political parties, Politics, Social issues, tertiary education, The Standard, todd muller, tourism
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    The change of leadership inside of National is essentially meaningless. All it seems to have started is exposing the kind of internecine factional warfare that is lurking below their party surface. I can’t see the inexperienced National team, even with Amy Adams back in it, being able to make the kinds of long-term decisions required in a modern world.

  5. On the Road with Todd and Ken

    Written By:  Guest post -  Date published: 10:05 am, May 24th, 2020 -  57 comments
    Categories: james shaw, politicans, Politics, Social issues, todd muller
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    Catherine Delahunty recounts an impression of Todd Muller from her days as an Green MP. “The road to polite and personal good will is worth driving when there is no urgency and no deep changes required. It is good to arrive somewhere without personal damage and with genuine good will but it is not the base for addressing the most critical issues of our time.”

  6. Who wants to lead the National Party?

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 8:31 am, May 21st, 2020 -  93 comments
    Categories: national, Nikki Kaye, paula bennett, same old national, Simon Bridges, todd muller, uncategorized
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    Tomorrow the National Party caucus meet to decide on a leadership challenge mounted by Todd Muller and Nikki Kaye.  Both parties obviously think they have the numbers.  Which MPs are misleading them?

  7. What the Greens did

    Written By:  weka -  Date published: 12:06 pm, May 15th, 2020 -  39 comments
    Categories: Conservation, domestic violence, economy, Environment, greens, housing, housing insulation, jobs, nz first, violence against women
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    A round up of the Green Party’s achievements in the 2020 Budget: funding for nature, the commitment to ending violence, and public housing and insulation. And a look at the pragmatics of what the Greens can currently accomplish.

  8. Covid19 and the Stock Markets

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 8:30 am, May 12th, 2020 -  33 comments
    Categories: capitalism, Economy, uncategorized, unemployment, us politics
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    In this time of uncertainty when mass unemployment beckons you would expect that stock exchanges would be plummeting. But think again. Because they seem to be doing fine.

  9. UK: Too soon to end the lockdown

    Written By:  nickkelly -  Date published: 12:18 pm, May 9th, 2020 -  17 comments
    Categories: health, International, Social issues, uk politics
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    First Secretary of State Dominic Raab has said that lockdown changes being announced this coming Sunday will be ‘modest’ and ‘small’. This is hardly surprising when earlier in the week the national statistician Professor Ian Diamond said that COVID-19 infection rates could be increasing. In particular, the number of cases being reported in care-homes appears to be increasing. Adding to the pressure both the Scottish and Welsh ruled out any significant relaxation of the lockdown rules.

  10. Transmission Gully PPP

    Written By:  lprent -  Date published: 10:46 am, May 7th, 2020 -  56 comments
    Categories: corruption, Politics, Public Private Partnerships, Simon Bridges, transport, uncategorized
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    I’d agree with what No Right Turn says..
    “The entire project looks to be an expensive failure. Rather than transferring risk to the private sector, it turns out to be the usual scam of privatising profits and socialising losses.”

  11. Bridges pulls a stunt

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 7:46 am, May 7th, 2020 -  93 comments
    Categories: health, health and safety, national, same old national, Simon Bridges, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, uncategorized
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    Simon Bridges threw two stunts yesterday, firstly threatening to try and summons senior Public Servants to publicise confidential legal advice and then by attacking Dr Ashley Blomfield for not answering emails quickly enough despite the existence of a pandemic which the country appears to be handling pretty well.

  12. Top ten things we have learned already

    Written By:  advantage -  Date published: 7:49 am, May 6th, 2020 -  53 comments
    Categories: australian politics, health, health and safety, poverty, workers' rights
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    The top ten things that the Covid pandemic has taught us as a country.

  13. Roger Douglas attacks economic privilege and inequality

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 10:18 am, May 5th, 2020 -  261 comments
    Categories: act, labour, political parties, roger douglas, workers' rights
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    Roger Douglas has reverted to his socialist roots by going back on his pro market mantra and criticising the economic privilege and inequality that he helped create.

  14. What would President Biden do?

    Written By:  advantage -  Date published: 7:47 am, May 4th, 2020 -  59 comments
    Categories: climate change, Donald Trump, education, Environment, health, immigration, International, obama, science, tax, tertiary education, uncategorized, us politics, workers' rights
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    With President Trump doing what we all expected, and killing 67,000 people and counting through chronic poor leadership, and utterly ruining the U.S. economy as well, it’s time to look at what policies the alternative candidate has on offer.

  15. A Response to ‘No Exit’.

    Written By:  Guest post -  Date published: 1:48 pm, May 3rd, 2020 -  91 comments
    Categories: culture, Environment, Ethics, global warming, religion, science
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    In a recent post, Bill hit his straps with – “Either way, wind power won’t save us. Solar power won’t save us. Carbon capture and storage won’t save us. Your God won’t save us. Nothing but ourselves will save us.”

    I felt miffed and more than a little grumpy at Bill’s flippant reference to God, and so sent through this long form response.  ~ Adam.

  16. Guest post – is it safe to lower the lockdown level?

    Written By:  Guest post -  Date published: 10:41 am, April 20th, 2020 -  58 comments
    Categories: Deep stuff, health and safety, Politics
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    Guest post by Karl Sinclair on what needs to be addressed before the country can be safely lifted out of lockdown.

  17. A response from the Rosa Luxemburg wing of the Labour Party

    Written By:  Mike Smith -  Date published: 3:55 pm, April 15th, 2020 -  60 comments
    Categories: uncategorized
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    According to Stephen Mills on Nine to Noon yesterday, Jeremy Corbyn’s resignation as Labour leader will only be mourned by “the microscopic Rosa Luxemburg-worshipping far left sect in New Zealand.” His outburst was deliberate, gratuitous and way over the top.

  18. Lockdown 4 – do we stay or do we go?

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 8:37 am, April 15th, 2020 -  147 comments
    Categories: health, jacinda ardern, Media, uncategorized
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    Over the next few days there will be an intense public debate about whether the lockdown should be continued or loosened.

  19. What Is This Moment Teaching Us?

    Written By:  advantage -  Date published: 12:15 pm, April 14th, 2020 -  53 comments
    Categories: capitalism, health, health and safety, jacinda ardern, uncategorized, workers' rights
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    What is Covid-19 telling us about our response as a nation?

  20. Please sort this out MoH

    Written By:  weka -  Date published: 1:18 pm, April 12th, 2020 -  85 comments
    Categories: covid-19, health, health and safety, workers' rights
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    Frontline home care workers and their clients still don’t have adequate protection from covid. 

  21. 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.

  22. Not a good day for an April Fool’s joke

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 9:38 am, April 1st, 2020 -  24 comments
    Categories: blogs, David Farrar, Dirty Politics, dpf, the praiseworthy and the pitiful
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    David Farrar has shown that many of his commenters and followers do not understand satire.

  23. 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?

  24. New Zealand Tourism after 2020

    Written By:  advantage -  Date published: 7:30 am, March 30th, 2020 -  48 comments
    Categories: Deep stuff, economy, tourism, uncategorized
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    Post Covid-2019 what is going to happen to New Zealand’s tourism market?

  25. Ardern’s announcement about the new 4 level alert system for coronavirus

    Written By:  weka -  Date published: 12:31 pm, March 21st, 2020 -  97 comments
    Categories: health, jacinda ardern
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    Please be strong, be kind, and unite against Covid-19
    – Jacinda Ardern.

  26. On Mike the Moron and handling infectious diseases

    Written By:  lprent -  Date published: 11:40 am, March 20th, 2020 -  14 comments
    Categories: health, Social issues, uncategorized
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    Five days ago Mike Hosking was representing his paymasters with his reflection of their basic ignorance of history.  Then demanding caution in dealing with covid-19. Yesterday he panicked for immediate action to close the borders which government did anyway later that day. It is just dangerous to give a public platform to a dithering moron who be at home in 1918. Perhaps he should read the pandemic plan? 

  27. Relentless negativity

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 8:22 am, March 18th, 2020 -  57 comments
    Categories: grant robertson, health, jacinda ardern, national, same old national, Simon Bridges, uncategorized, winston peters
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    Simon Bridges has been criticised for his relentless negativity towards the Government’s urgent Covid-19 budget response and for playing politics as usual at a time when unity is required.

  28. It’s time for Auckland to work

    Written By:  advantage -  Date published: 8:44 am, March 12th, 2020 -  12 comments
    Categories: auckland supercity, Economy, economy, local government, phil twyford, uncategorized
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    2020 will now be the year that New Zealand will now rely on Auckland to get its shit together.

  29. Coronavirus and the State

    Written By:  advantage -  Date published: 2:52 pm, March 11th, 2020 -  37 comments
    Categories: China, Donald Trump, health, health and safety, us politics
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    A few weeks ago I slagged off the Chinese government for its response to the Corona virus and presumed that authoritarian states could never be as good as democratic states in responding to a pandemic. I want to revisit my opinion.

  30. Someone should keep a Talley

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 7:51 am, February 26th, 2020 -  15 comments
    Categories: election 2017, election funding, elections, Environment, Media, nz first, Shane Jones, stuart nash, uncategorized, winston peters
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    Radio New Zealand has published details of Talley donations totalling $27,000 being made to the NZ First Foundation.

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