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  1. Media irresponsible to name her

    Written By:  rocky -  Date published: 7:48 am, June 12th, 2009 -  165 comments
    Categories: john key, Media, richard worth, scoundrels, sexism
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    I haven’t really wanted to get involved in the whole debate surrounding Richard Worth. It’s horrible and messy, and makes me feel sick every time I see fuel added  to the fire. It was no surprise to see the creep Cameron Slater (Whale Oil) publish her name, but it was a surprise to see the […]

  2. Cameron Slater gets it wrong

    Written By:  rocky -  Date published: 4:27 pm, June 10th, 2009 -  21 comments
    Categories: uncategorized
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    Cameron Slater (WhaleOil) gets it wrong again in his post about me today. On the upside he managed to write his post today for once not using any disgusting names. Anyhow, to clear up the issue once and for all, here are my political affiliations. I was misquoted in the Herald article that Cameron Slater […]

  3. A sign of things to come

    Written By:  all_your_base -  Date published: 9:22 am, June 10th, 2009 -  41 comments
    Categories: john key, slippery
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  4. Key endorses Banks

    Written By:  all_your_base -  Date published: 2:20 pm, June 8th, 2009 -  59 comments
    Categories: national
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    As if denying Aucklanders the chance to have their say on the super city wasn’t enough National now seems determined to tell them who their mayor’s going to be too. It’s absolutely unacceptable for the PM to be endorsing John Banks as the mayor of the super city.

  5. The Tank Man

    Written By:  all_your_base -  Date published: 11:55 am, June 8th, 2009 -  4 comments
    Categories: International
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    It was remiss of me not to post on this last week. June 4 marked the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. Pictured above is “Tank Man” – an unidentified protester who briefly halted the progress of the Chinese tanks on June 5 1989. You can watch the Frontline video “The Tank Man” below […]

  6. She was lying there with her inbox open and her cellphone pulled up

    Written By:  lprent -  Date published: 11:30 am, June 6th, 2009 -  128 comments
    Categories: feminism
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    The Queen of Thorns at Ideologically Impure has a post with this wonder title about the type of victim bashing that the some of the right have indulged in this week. Notably tsmithfield from our comments page. Here are her answers – pretty good considering she had a cold. First bold: ‘If the victim didn’t […]

  7. Air New Zealand, shame on you

    Written By:  Marty G -  Date published: 10:00 am, June 5th, 2009 -  1 comment
    Categories: workers' rights
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    In Brisbane yesterday, members of Australian transport unions took over an intersection outside AirNZ’s HQ to show their solidarity with the Zeal workers. Great to see the workers supporting each other across national borders. As for Air New Zealand, their shame is now international. -Marty G

  8. Slippery

    Written By:  John A -  Date published: 9:35 pm, June 4th, 2009 -  15 comments
    Categories: richard worth
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    Mary Wilson interviews John Key on Checkpoint. Brilliant. Sean Plunket interviews Richard Prebble and Richard Griffin on Morning Report. Grubby old men. Time for a change. UPDATE [a_y_b]: That first one’s unbelievable. Here’s the embed.

  9. Breakfast covers the Worth investigation

    Written By:  all_your_base -  Date published: 12:17 pm, June 4th, 2009 -  18 comments
    Categories: richard worth
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    First it was Paul Henry and Guyon Espiner. Both agree Key needs to “come clean with the country and give us more detail than he has”. Next up was Goff. Fair analysis. Didn’t gloat. One of his best appearances so far.

  10. Worse and worse

    Written By:  Eddie -  Date published: 11:07 am, June 4th, 2009 -  77 comments
    Categories: richard worth
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    This just gets worse for Key. It has emerged that Worth was offering ‘jobs for favours’ for a young woman. Goff passed her allegations on to Key. According to the Dom (physical version, online is different) Key said “I investigated them and there didn’t appear any truth to them and I accepted Dr Worth’s version […]

  11. Step-dad state gets it right

    Written By:  Zetetic -  Date published: 10:55 pm, June 2nd, 2009 -  31 comments
    Categories: uncategorized
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    The principle of liberalism is that there should be no restriction on the freedoms of the individual except to realise a greater benefit for others (and, sometimes, the individual themselves). Society (or its tool the State) should do no harm to individuals unless to create a net benefit for the members of society (it shouldn’t […]

  12. DPF agrees, cancelling Cullen Fund rips off NZ

    Written By:  Marty G -  Date published: 6:46 pm, June 2nd, 2009 -  39 comments
    Categories: superannuation
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    DPF writes on the cost of cancelling contributions to the Cullen Fund: First of all, it is true that under the 11 year contributions holiday, the Super Fund in 2030 will be worth only $81 billion instead of $118 billion – a $37 billion difference….Over the 11 years 2009 to 2020, there would be $19.5 […]

  13. Is this Rodney?

    Written By:  notices and features -  Date published: 10:53 am, May 30th, 2009 -  12 comments
    Categories: humour
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    From Darren Watson.. For those who don’t follow Star-trek, click the image.

  14. The Dishonest Budget

    Written By:  notices and features -  Date published: 10:00 am, May 29th, 2009 -  9 comments
    Categories: budget 2009, labour
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    Thanks to a reader, here’s Phil Goff’s speech in reply to the Budget. Looks like they’ve ripped the Herald’s version, so for the sake of credit here’s the link to the original. If anyone has the Greens’ response send it in and we’ll put it up.

  15. No credit rating upgrade

    Written By:  Eddie -  Date published: 7:05 am, May 29th, 2009 -  16 comments
    Categories: uncategorized
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    Journalists around the country seem to think (even the learned ones) that the budget has brought about a credit ratings upgrade. Not true. There has merely been a stabilisation of our current credit rating. An upgrade of Standard and Poor’s rating would be shifting from AA+ to AAA. That hasn’t happened. The government’s spin has […]

  16. Vote Yes slideshow

    Written By:  Eddie -  Date published: 10:31 am, May 27th, 2009 -  8 comments
    Categories: child abuse
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    Referendum 2009 – Unicef NZ The Vote Yes campaign is about preserving s59 of the Cirmes Act, which gives children the same right as adults to not be assaulted. More information here. [just a couple of quick suggestions to the Vote Yes people: ‘Vote yes, for a law that’s working’ is a bad slogan, it doesn’t […]

  17. More Mt Albert silliness

    Written By:  notices and features -  Date published: 1:18 pm, May 26th, 2009 -  1 comment
    Categories: humour, mt albert
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    Nothing tops a lamington on the head, but still, here’s Mt Albert candidate Jackson Wood pounding the streets of Wellington to drum up support:

  18. Up the Government’s sleeve

    Written By:  Eddie -  Date published: 9:33 am, May 23rd, 2009 -  8 comments
    Categories: budget 2009
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    National may be talking down the budget, but there have been hints coming out of Wellington that suggest the government will announce a significant initiative on budget day to help save jobs. If true, it shouldn’t be unexpected. – The cycleway has been a miserable failure, with no jobs having been created midway into the […]

  19. The crisis of credit visuali[s]ed

    Written By:  all_your_base -  Date published: 2:02 pm, May 22nd, 2009 -  3 comments
    Categories: activism, International, interweb
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    I just came across this. It’s the first part of a video by a US organisation called A New Way Forward. They’re organising nationwide video screenings of the extended version as well as town hall meetings and demonstrations to demand that their government “break up the insolvent banks and never again let them get so […]

  20. “Confusing and might be taken the wrong way by some”

    Written By:  Marty G -  Date published: 9:34 pm, May 21st, 2009 -  50 comments
    Categories: crime, employment, mt albert
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    Duncan Garner had to do a balance piece against David Shearer because he has been at the forefront of covering the implosion of Melissa Lee’s campaign. Garner says someone “deep within” Lee’s campaign pointed him to an interview where Shearer says keeping employment high, particularly among migrant communities is important because when people don’t have […]

  21. Starting early

    Written By:  Eddie -  Date published: 10:00 am, May 21st, 2009 -  68 comments
    Categories: mt albert
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    I’m starting to feel a little sorry for Melissa Lee given the punching bag she’s become. True, she’s brought it on herself, but even I felt a little queasy watching the events at Auckland University yesterday. But for anyone who looked behind the “rising star” brand National was trying to sell us the warning signs […]

  22. Why Lee is banned from interviews

    Written By:  Eddie -  Date published: 7:23 pm, May 19th, 2009 -  122 comments
    Categories: auckland supercity, mt albert
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    Rumour has it Melissa has been banned from giving formal interviews by National’s leadership but what’s the harm in answering a few questions from a reporter? Let’s see: Garner tries to tempt her into repeating her motorway comments but she doesn’t need the help. She is totally self-centred. Notice how all her stories are about […]

  23. Government and Industry response to factory farming pathetic

    Written By:  rocky -  Date published: 7:30 am, May 19th, 2009 -  50 comments
    Categories: animal welfare
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    When Mike King, comedian, celebrity, and front-man for the pork industry’s advertisements for the past few years found out the truth about the industry he was promoting, he says he was “deeply ashamed”. What worse news could there be for an image-conscious industry who doesn’t want their consumers and the public to know about their […]

  24. Rodneytactics, Rogernomics and dog-whistle DonKey

    Written By:  John A -  Date published: 12:09 pm, May 18th, 2009 -  26 comments
    Categories: national/act government, privatisation
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    The tactics used by Rodney Hide to ram through the Auckland SuperCity legislation without reference to a select committee or referendum should not surprise anyone. Rodney’s just a puppet – the master is the man who sits behind him in Parliament and beside him in the ACT caucus – the Honourable Sir Roger Douglas. Douglas […]

  25. Direct action against SH20 motorway begins

    Written By:  notices and features -  Date published: 9:04 pm, May 17th, 2009 -  32 comments
    Categories: activism, mt albert
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    Protesters calling for the Government to abandon its plans to drive an above-ground motorway through the middle of Mt Albert disrupted the opening of an adjacent stretch of motorway by Transport Minister Steven Joyce on Friday. Socialist Aotearoa has the footage:

  26. I can see South Auckland from my house! An interview with Melissa Lee

    Written By:  the sprout -  Date published: 5:44 pm, May 14th, 2009 -  16 comments
    Categories: auckland supercity, humour, national
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    Did your company use NZ On Air money to produce a National Party promotional video? Look, I didn’t keep records of who was working on what when and it doesn’t work like that the only people who have a problem are disgruntled employees but they were volunteers and we were having fun so it doesn’t […]

  27. Lee implodes

    Written By:  Eddie -  Date published: 7:30 am, May 14th, 2009 -  73 comments
    Categories: mt albert, racism
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    And the ticking timebomb goes off. From Not PC on last night’s Mt Albert candidates’ debate: Most of what every mainstream candidate had to say on the night was both instantly forgettable and intended only for short-term political advantage.  But there was one thing one candidate said that is now going to dog her through the […]

  28. The Nats’ campaign vid that you and I paid for

    Written By:  all_your_base -  Date published: 2:14 pm, May 13th, 2009 -  54 comments
    Categories: corruption, national
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    I figure the very least the Nats could do after spending our money on their asian-voter campaign video is to share it with us. Strangely, I couldn’t find it on the National Party website as referenced by last night’s Campbell Live piece. Fortunately the YouTube user “NationalAsianTeam” still has their copy up – it’s embedded […]

  29. For the kids

    Written By:  IrishBill -  Date published: 10:51 am, May 13th, 2009 -  8 comments
    Categories: Environment
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    A mate put me onto the “story of stuff” the other day. It’s an excellent Green-Left critique of our economic system pitched toward kids. After all, they’re the ones who are going to have to deal with the mess. The youtube version is below or you can view the high res version here (recommended). The […]

  30. Melissa’s election expenses returned?

    Written By:  John A -  Date published: 10:28 am, May 13th, 2009 -  50 comments
    Categories: national
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    An interesting story on TV3 last night about potential for conflict of interest relating to Asia Down Under, a broadcasting company owned by Melissa Lee which produced a political documentary during the last election. Even more interesting was what was revealed about a video about Asian candidates made for the National Party and published on […]

  31. Joyce Trashes Mt Albert

    Written By:  Guest post -  Date published: 9:31 am, May 13th, 2009 -  41 comments
    Categories: transport
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    Yesterday the long wait for a decision on the Waterview Connection somewhat ended. The full picture will become more obvious today, once NZTA release their prefered alignment for the route, and how much of it – if any – will be trenched or tunneled. For now, we know that the full tunnel option is off […]

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