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  1. Bill English is no John Key

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 9:00 am, June 22nd, 2017 -  37 comments
    Categories: bill english, Dirty Politics, john key, national, same old national, spin, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, you couldn't make this shit up
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    During Dirty Politics John Key was able to stand in front of a group of reporters and with complete confidence make a series of statements the veracity of which was dubious.  Bill English has shown this week that he does not have that ability.

  2. English snubs kids haka

    Written By:  Natwatch -  Date published: 6:40 am, June 1st, 2017 -  19 comments
    Categories: bill english, social media lolz
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    There’s the fake image building via painful social media – like spaghetti pizza and walk runs – and then there’s there’s the true character moments that go genuinely viral.

  3. Stunning nature

    Written By:  weka -  Date published: 7:00 am, May 27th, 2017 -  31 comments
    Categories: climate change, Conservation, energy, Environment, Mining, peak oil
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    Drilling for oil we shouldn’t use, in a place that should remain untouched. Is this really what NZ wants?

  4. Keith Ng’s four tax myths

    Written By:  notices and features -  Date published: 7:31 am, May 25th, 2017 -  23 comments
    Categories: class war, spin, tax
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    A useful piece from Keith Ng on myths about tax. It’s an extract from The PSA’s “Progressive Thinking: Ten Perspectives on Tax” booklet.

  5. UK Labour manifesto – for the many not the few

    Written By:  weka -  Date published: 6:28 am, May 17th, 2017 -  29 comments
    Categories: International, uk politics
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    UK Labour unveils a plan that is both radical and responsible.

  6. Alfred Ngaro reprimanded for being “naïve”

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 7:54 am, May 15th, 2017 -  53 comments
    Categories: Abuse of power, censorship, community democracy, democracy under attack, national, Politics, same old national, spin, you couldn't make this shit up
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    Alfred Ngaro has apologised to the Prime Minister for threatening the funding of voluntary organisations critical of the Government, not for expressing the views or even thinking them but for being naïve.

  7. Jin An – Why I am running for Labour

    Written By:  Guest post -  Date published: 8:00 am, May 9th, 2017 -  30 comments
    Categories: election 2017, labour, Politics
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    In this guest post Jin An states what made her decide to be the Labour Candidate for Upper Harbour and the list.

  8. A legacy of poisoned water

    Written By:  Anthony R0bins -  Date published: 7:01 am, April 28th, 2017 -  66 comments
    Categories: national, quality of life, useless, water
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    We won’t be able to say that we didn’t have ample warning, with a another detailed and damning report on water quality out yesterday. Does National really want to be remembered for allowing the poisoning of our water?

  9. The case for higher wages

    Written By:  Anthony R0bins -  Date published: 7:01 am, April 26th, 2017 -  31 comments
    Categories: class war, economy, Unions, wages
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    In the warm afterglow of the huge wage increase for health care workers the case for addressing NZ’s creaking low-wage economy is getting some recognition (along with the effect of immigration on wages).

  10. David Cunliffe’s final speech

    Written By:  notices and features -  Date published: 9:53 am, April 23rd, 2017 -  28 comments
    Categories: capitalism, climate change, Economy, Environment, Financial markets, global warming, sustainability, tech industry
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    The text of David Cunliffe’s final speech delivered to the New Lynn Labour Party earlier this week where he decries neoliberalism and worries about the world’s environmental future.

  11. The NZDF’s transparent fig leaf

    Written By:  Anthony R0bins -  Date published: 7:23 am, April 23rd, 2017 -  18 comments
    Categories: accountability, afghanistan, war
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    According to David Fisher (Herald) the NZDF never investigated allegations of civilian deaths at the time of Operation Burnham. They received only a summary of the whitewash ISAF report. They refuse to look further. This is the behaviour of an organisation with plenty to hide. Hager and Stephenson have facts, the NZDF are hiding behind a transparent fig leaf of deliberate ignorance.

  12. Black is White. Up is Down.

    Written By:  Bill -  Date published: 10:24 am, April 17th, 2017 -  133 comments
    Categories: International, Media, Propaganda, spin, Syria
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    Media have a role to play, apparently…

  13. Framing Syria

    Written By:  Bill -  Date published: 5:34 pm, April 12th, 2017 -  48 comments
    Categories: International, journalism, Media, Politics, Syria, war
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    If you’re determined to  believe that western liberal democracy is essentially benign and only ever makes mistakes and honest mis-judgements, or is something that’s sometimes marred by an odd ‘bad apple’ or two, then this post on Syria probably isn’t the post for you.

  14. Craig wins rehearing in Williams defamation case

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 5:09 pm, April 12th, 2017 -  18 comments
    Categories: colin craig
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    Colin Craig has had a major success in court with Justice Katz ordering a retrial on the basis that the award of damages by the Jury was excessive.

  15. Resource Management Act Third Reading

    Written By:  advantage -  Date published: 9:53 am, April 6th, 2017 -  19 comments
    Categories: Environment, national, nick smith, Politics, same old national
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    Nick Smith’s RMA reforms are close to being completed. Will his high homes for the reforms be met?

  16. Hit and Run developments

    Written By:  notices and features -  Date published: 1:19 pm, March 29th, 2017 -  36 comments
    Categories: accountability, afghanistan, war
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    It appears that the questioned NZDF attack took place at the location claimed by the force, but hit the villages named by the book (coordinates used by various parties are off by 2km).

  17. Right-wing American stupidity is now a global crisis

    Written By:  Anthony R0bins -  Date published: 8:04 am, March 29th, 2017 -  47 comments
    Categories: climate change, global warming, sustainability, us politics
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    The Trump regime has begun the process of dismantling environmental protections in America, including those designed to limit carbon emissions / climate change.

  18. NZDF credibility on the line

    Written By:  Anthony R0bins -  Date published: 8:11 am, March 27th, 2017 -  80 comments
    Categories: accountability, afghanistan
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    There were several significant developments on Hit and Run and the NZDF over the weekend. Which version of the NZDF story is it that Bill English backs 100%?

  19. When right-wing hacks confess the damage that they do

    Written By:  Anthony R0bins -  Date published: 9:11 am, March 26th, 2017 -  20 comments
    Categories: Deep stuff, making shit up, spin, the praiseworthy and the pitiful
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    Some right-wing hacks (like Glenn Beck) are recanting their rants and apologising for the damage that they’ve done. I reckon a few more should follow their brave lead.

  20. Free market efficiency in health – not

    Written By:  Anthony R0bins -  Date published: 7:05 am, March 15th, 2017 -  37 comments
    Categories: capitalism, health, socialism, us politics
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    The idea of free market efficiency is not nearly as powerful or universal as its (often fanatical) proponents would have us believe. The sorry state of the USA’s health system is yet another compelling example of its limitations.

  21. No Mana, Māori Party

    Written By:  Guest post -  Date published: 5:45 pm, March 10th, 2017 -  52 comments
    Categories: uncategorized
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    The Māori King’s comments reveal a much bigger crisis within Māori politics.

  22. Two editorials on immigration

    Written By:  Anthony R0bins -  Date published: 11:35 am, March 1st, 2017 -  29 comments
    Categories: housing, im/migration, jobs
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    Two very contrasting opinion pieces on racism, housing, jobs, and the immigration debate.

  23. National bolster their moribund blue-greens

    Written By:  lprent -  Date published: 8:28 am, February 28th, 2017 -  74 comments
    Categories: greens, national, political parties, same old national
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    I read this morning in Politik that Vernon Tava has left the Greens and appears to be leaning towards National. It doesn’t seem to me to much of a problem to lose a conservationist to National. It just means that the Greens can concentrate more effectively on the work of getting everyone trying to build a cleaner sustainable future.

  24. Homeless crisis hidden in plain sight

    Written By:  Anthony R0bins -  Date published: 8:11 am, February 28th, 2017 -  10 comments
    Categories: bill english, class war, housing, national, useless
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    Bill blames the blowout in emergency housing grants on the “hidden homeless”. Hidden only from those who will not see. Hidden only from a government that deliberately chooses for political reasons not to collect the relevant data.

  25. A fan grieves Key’s popularity bubble

    Written By:  Anthony R0bins -  Date published: 10:08 am, February 26th, 2017 -  24 comments
    Categories: brand key, john key, Media, polls, spin
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    Today’s news, tomorrow’s fish and chip wrapper. Tracy Watkins grieves. Max Rashbrooke explains.

  26. 2017

    Written By:  advantage -  Date published: 7:48 am, February 23rd, 2017 -  130 comments
    Categories: activism, election 2017, greens, labour, political parties, Politics
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    The left is facing the possiblity of its fourth election loss in a row.  What type of campaign should it run this year to win?

  27. What if anything does Bill English believe in?

    Written By:  Anthony R0bins -  Date published: 7:05 am, February 21st, 2017 -  71 comments
    Categories: bill english
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    Can anyone work out what English stands for? His actions and his words are at odds. Vernon Small tries and fails to pin English down on electoral deals, Winston Peters, abolishing the Maori seats, and more.

  28. The Trump bump

    Written By:  lprent -  Date published: 9:30 am, February 19th, 2017 -  27 comments
    Categories: blogs, International, Media, The Standard, us politics
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    This week’s Economist looks at the resurgence in the business of the more effective mainstream media in the US. But the effect reaches all the way over here. Even I’m reading more on a the ongoing debacle that is the incompetent Trump White House. Good reporting and perfect reading for the summer season and I suspect that it is impacting all of the blogs at present.

  29. Fires are the new normal

    Written By:  Anthony R0bins -  Date published: 7:03 am, February 17th, 2017 -  65 comments
    Categories: bill english, climate change, disaster, global warming, useless
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    Hey Bill English, it’s not the case that “no one could have anticipated the large-scale fire on the Port Hills”. Just about every relevant organisation could and did predict it. Most of the other predictions relating to climate change will come true too.

  30. “We’ve got the vibe, they’ve got the shivers”

    Written By:  notices and features -  Date published: 7:00 am, February 8th, 2017 -  3 comments
    Categories: election 2017, greens, james shaw
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    Green Party co-leader James Shaw’s 2017 Parliamentary Commencement Speech

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