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1. 

   Oliver Stone backs Sanders; attacks pro-war Clinton

   Written By:  Colonial Viper -  Date published: 9:19 pm, April 1st, 2016 -  84 comments
   Categories: capitalism, class war, democracy under attack, political alternatives, us politics
   Tags:

   Oliver Stone says that the fascism and corruption of big money has poisoned US politics. And Hilary Clinton has embraced it.

2. 

   Imperator Fish: The terrifying cost of Labour’s UBI

   Written By:  notices and features -  Date published: 8:01 am, April 1st, 2016 -  221 comments
   Categories: economy, jobs, labour, making shit up, spin
   Tags: imperator fish, ubi, unconditional basic income

   Imperator Fish warns us of the terrifying cost of Labour’s UBI.

   It’s even worse than you think.

3. 

   Revealed – Standard bloggers paid by Labour

   Written By:  notices and features -  Date published: 7:02 am, April 1st, 2016 -  50 comments
   Categories: Satire, The Standard
   Tags: or is it, satire

   It is our hope that revealing this previously top-secret information will both contribute to an atmosphere of open and honest politics, and reduce the incidence of injury amongst dirty politics insiders.

4. 

   Hickey on the UBI

   Written By:  notices and features -  Date published: 11:19 am, March 27th, 2016 -  200 comments
   Categories: class war, economy, jobs, john key, wages, workers' rights
   Tags: bernard hickey, ubi

   Bernard Hickey makes some excellent points on the Unconditional Basic Income / Guaranteed Minimum Income.

5. 

   Republican circus

   Written By:  Anthony R0bins -  Date published: 8:34 am, March 26th, 2016 -  50 comments
   Categories: us politics, you couldn't make this shit up
   Tags: donald trump, nuts, republican party, ted cruz

   And now we have accusations of a sex scandal. Stick a fork in the Republicans, they are done.

6. 

   The media treatment of Labour’s UBI discussion paper

   Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 7:30 am, March 24th, 2016 -  144 comments
   Categories: David Farrar, dpf, john key, making shit up, national, spin, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, you couldn't make this shit up
   Tags: bradley ambrose, david farrar, flag distraction, ubi, universal basic income

   John Key and an array of National sock puppets have misrepresented Labour’s UBI proposal as party policy and as being very expensive when it is not party policy and when a variety of different potential forms have been raised for discussion.

7. 

   Nats refuse to apologise for targeting Muslim community

   Written By:  Anthony R0bins -  Date published: 7:01 am, March 18th, 2016 -  33 comments
   Categories: Abuse of power, accountability, john key, making shit up
   Tags: bullies, jihadi brides, lies, lying by omission, Muslim community

   The Nats are refusing to aplogise to the Muslim community for the distress and offense caused by the “jihadi brides” lie. Apologies are for Key’s pet attack blogger, not for innocent communities that have been exploited for political gain.

8. 

   Fear is a Man’s Best Friend

   Written By:  te reo putake -  Date published: 4:05 pm, March 17th, 2016 -  141 comments
   Categories: accountability, activism, Andrew Little, campaigning, democratic participation, Dirty Politics, election 2017, greens, labour, leadership, maori party, Media, nz first, Politics
   Tags: andrew little, honesty, leadership

   It’s been an intense day or two for Andrew Little. But he’s still feeling better than John Key. Why? Because Key’s got the fear.

9. 

   The “jihadi brides” lie

   Written By:  Anthony R0bins -  Date published: 7:02 am, March 17th, 2016 -  74 comments
   Categories: iraq, making shit up, national, spin, war
   Tags: beat-up, chris finlayson, jihadi brides, lies, lying by omission, terrorism

   Remember the “jihadi brides” – part of last year’s beat-up about the risk of terrorism in NZ? Yesterday the central lie in the story was revealed.

10. 

    Could National lose Whangarei?

    Written By:  Colonial Viper -  Date published: 11:32 am, March 14th, 2016 -  43 comments
    Categories: by-election 2013, election 2014, election 2017, elections, Media, national, nz first, Politics, tv
    Tags: losing it, shane jones, shane reti, Whangarei, winston

    National are nervous about losing the safe electorate seat of Whangarei. Something tells me that the NATs will be fighting back hard come 2017.

11. 

    Who is ultimately responsible for NZ’s massive dairy farm debt?

    Written By:  Colonial Viper -  Date published: 1:11 pm, March 12th, 2016 -  82 comments
    Categories: business, capitalism, debt / deficit, Economy, exports, farming, Financial markets, treasury
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    People talk of excessive borrowing in the dairy sector. Of course, the real problem is that of excessive lending.

12. 

    Labour and Lees-Galloway secure end to zero hours contracts

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 2:07 pm, March 8th, 2016 -  126 comments
    Categories: Andrew Little, business, class war, Economy, employment, labour, national
    Tags: Iain Lees-Galloway

    Labour has forced the Government to back down on plans to entrench zero hour contracts.

13. 

    Stacey Kirk’s Stuff Up

    Written By:  te reo putake -  Date published: 9:29 am, March 7th, 2016 -  37 comments
    Categories: Abuse of power, articles, Dirty Politics, Ethics, making shit up, Media, same old national
    Tags: Fairfax, gossip, keytruda, lies, stacey kirk, stuff

    Fairfax journalist Stacey Kirk has published a vicious smear against a group of cancer sufferers. Is this the nastiest lie ever published in the NZ media?

14. 

    Imperator Fish: On that restaurant guy’s bid for mayor

    Written By:  notices and features -  Date published: 7:30 am, March 2nd, 2016 -  19 comments
    Categories: phil goff, Satire, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, you couldn't make this shit up
    Tags: john palino

    Imperator Fish analyses the implications of that restaurant guy’s announcement that he will also seek to become Auckland super city’s next mayor.

15. 

    Bridges to Nowhere

    Written By:  te reo putake -  Date published: 9:13 pm, February 29th, 2016 -  37 comments
    Categories: accountability, infrastructure, nz first, Politics, same old national, transport, you couldn't make this shit up
    Tags: Kiwirail, simon bridges, winston peters

    Lying, incompetent or duped. One of these descriptions applies to Transport Minister Simon Bridges. He’s been sprung allowing Kiwirail to mothball a rail line he has repeatedly said was not under threat. What did he know and when? If he didn’t know, why the hell didn’t he know?

16. 

    Christchurch, keyisms and this state we’re in.

    Written By:  Bill -  Date published: 3:18 pm, February 24th, 2016 -  86 comments
    Categories: Abuse of power, christchurch earthquake, corruption, Gerry Brownlee, housing, john key, the praiseworthy and the pitiful
    Tags: christchurch earthquake, gerry brownlee, insurance council, john key

    There was a gathering in Cathedral Square in Christchurch on Sunday the 21st of February.

    A one and a half hour recording of the event was put on youtube. Speaking begins at around 13min.

17. 

    Latest Colmar Brunton poll result

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 10:57 am, February 22nd, 2016 -  202 comments
    Categories: john key, national, Politics
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    The latest Colmar Brunton poll result suggests that it is not all doom and gloom for the left.

18. 

    Gareth Hughes on the Prime Minister of New Zealand

    Written By:  notices and features -  Date published: 10:59 am, February 12th, 2016 -  66 comments
    Categories: greens, Social issues
    Tags: gareth hughes, greens, NZPM

    Green MP Gareth Hughes’ response in Parliament to John’ Key’s opening speech for 2017. Hughes cleanly and definitively nails Key’s true contribution to New Zealand.

19. 

    Northland Fishing Competition

    Written By:  te reo putake -  Date published: 2:25 pm, February 11th, 2016 -  35 comments
    Categories: accountability, democracy under attack, Dirty Politics, making shit up, Minister for Overseas Holidays, nz first, Parliament, Politics, same old national, uncategorized, winston peters
    Tags: DIrty John, northland, winston peters

    Winston Peters has stitched John Key up again, this time hook, line and sinker. When Key lied in Parliament about the Northland MP’s supposedly leisurely lifestyle, Peters offered a challenge: provide some evidence or donate $100k to charity.  Will cowardly Key take the bait?

20. 

    Andrew Little: The working futures plan

    Written By:  notices and features -  Date published: 3:02 pm, January 31st, 2016 -  283 comments
    Categories: Andrew Little, labour, Politics
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    The text of Andrew Little’s state of the nation speech delivered this afternoon.

21. 

    The great big list of John Key’s big fat lies (UPDATED)

    Written By:  BLiP -  Date published: 7:00 am, January 27th, 2016 -  79 comments
    Categories: Abuse of power, accountability, activism, alcohol, assets, auckland supercity, benefits, brethren, business, child welfare, christchurch earthquake, climate change, Conservation, crosby textor, cycleway, Dirty Politics, disaster, economy, Economy, education, employment, energy, Environment, equality, exports, farming, farming, Financial markets, flip-flop, food, global warming, Globalisation, greens, health, health and safety, human rights, infrastructure, International, john key, Keynes, kiwisaver, labour, loan sharks, manufacturing, Maori Issues, minimum wage, Mining, Minister for International Embarrassment, Minister for Overseas Holidays, Minister for Photo-ops, monetary policy, national, national/act government, overseas investment, Parliament, political parties, Politics, poverty, Privatisation, privatisation, Public Private Partnerships, public services, racism, schools, science, scoundrels, slippery, Social issues, socialism, spin, Spying, superannuation, sustainability, tax, telecommunications, tourism, trade, transport, treasury, treaty settlements, unemployment, Unions, wages, workers' rights, you couldn't make this shit up
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    How many more lies will John Key tell today in his so-called State of the Nation address? Virtual chocolate fish to whomever guesses the closest number.

22. 

    Musings on Dead Cats and Sick Parrots

    Written By:  Guest post -  Date published: 10:35 am, January 24th, 2016 -  100 comments
    Categories: crosby textor, Media, Politics, spin
    Tags: dead cats, McFlock, media and politics, spin

    A self explanatory post by McFlock.

23. 

    Bob Carter Dies

    Written By:  lprent -  Date published: 10:14 pm, January 23rd, 2016 -  13 comments
    Categories: climate change, global warming, science, sustainability
    Tags: bob carter, obituary

    Veteran Climate Science Denialist Bob Carter Dies of Heart Attack Bob Carter has died. To most members of the general public, the name of that Australian geologist and paleontologist will barely register a flicker of neurons in the temporal lobe. But to the global community of professional and amateur climate science denialists, misinformers and opponents […]

24. 

    NZ participating in climate fraud

    Written By:  Anthony R0bins -  Date published: 8:15 am, January 23rd, 2016 -  52 comments
    Categories: accountability, capitalism, climate change, global warming
    Tags: carbon trading, climate change, emission reduction, emissions, fraud

    An article that appeared on December 26th in the Dom Post is much too important to be left languishing in the Christmas news vacuum. “We [NZ] have been the biggest abuser of fraudulent carbon credits. Someone should be answerable as an accessory to the fraud.”

25. 

    Not all research is created equal

    Written By:  Anthony R0bins -  Date published: 12:59 pm, January 17th, 2016 -  193 comments
    Categories: accountability, business, capitalism, science
    Tags: alcohol, research, science, scientific method

    A recent “research” report on alcohol, funded by brewing company Lion, has been in the news lately. Sadly, not everything that purports to be research is honest research.

26. 

    TPP circus rolls on

    Written By:  Anthony R0bins -  Date published: 7:01 am, January 14th, 2016 -  203 comments
    Categories: capitalism, class war, International, trade
    Tags: lies, sovereignty, tpp, TPPA

    The new year begins much as the old one ended, with secrets, evasions and dissent over the TPP and what it means for NZ.

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    The myth of drug dependancy and poverty

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 10:39 am, January 2nd, 2016 -  306 comments
    Categories: benefits, class war, Economy, john key, national, national/act government, poverty, same old national, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, welfare, you couldn't make this shit up
    Tags:

    New research from Morgan Foundation suggests that poverty can be alleviated by increasing incomes and that the beneficiaries will be children of poor families not vendors of alcohol and cigarettes.

28. 

    The great carbon credit swindle

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 8:47 am, January 2nd, 2016 -  56 comments
    Categories: climate change, Environment, ETS, farming, global warming, john key, making shit up, Minister for International Embarrassment, national, paula bennett, same old national, science, spin, sustainability, you couldn't make this shit up
    Tags: cop21, Kyoto protocol

    On December 17, 2015 the Government released a series reports suggesting that New Zealand is complying with Kyoto Protocol obligations.  A dig into the reports confirms however that the compliance is in name only and is for spin purposes rather than a real attempt at addressing the world’s most pressing problem.

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    Rudd v Clark

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 9:04 am, December 28th, 2015 -  99 comments
    Categories: helen clark
    Tags: Ban Ki-moon, julia gillard, kevin rudd, peter garrett, united nations

    Helen Clark is considered to be to be a front runner for the position of next United Nations Secretary General.  But Kevin Rudd is also being talked about as a candidate.  And if his previous behaviour is repeated it could be an interesting contest.

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    Treachery and silly season political snippets

    Written By:  BLiP -  Date published: 7:41 am, December 23rd, 2015 -  61 comments
    Categories: accountability, afghanistan, Andrew Little, death with dignity, Ethics, housing, iraq, john key, journalism, labour, Media, Minister for International Embarrassment, Minister for Overseas Holidays, national, parliamentary spending, Politics, public services, same old national, spin, Syria, war
    Tags: chief archivist, department of internal affairs, euthanasia, iain rennie, job seeker allowance, nick smith, parmjeet parmar, phil goff, silly season, simon o'connor, state services commission, WINZ

    There’s still a few MPs “on duty”. Their function is to maintain the semblance of active government and to roll out a bunch of announcements they hope will escape full scrutiny.

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    Child poverty has been monitored – now what?

    Written By:  Guest post -  Date published: 7:05 am, December 18th, 2015 -  104 comments
    Categories: class war, cost of living, discrimination, minimum wage, poverty, quality of life, Social issues, welfare
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    A guest post from McFlock on what we might do about poverty when the talking’s done.