Still an honest man?
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10:14 am, May 26th, 2014 - 31 comments
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BLip has been maintaining for quite a while, a little list of Honest John’s statements that aren’t exactly true. One iteration of this list “An Honest Man” is still one of the most popular posts here with many page views on a daily basis – more than a year after it was posted. Looks like someone has made a video of a few of the times when some of these were made.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFUHAuwEe_Q
hat tip: Frankly Speaking
The most recent update on The Standard of BLip’s list on John Key was from the 15th of May this year. We fear that it may be substantially out of date. However …
Well, interesting you should mention that, I just happen to have it open . . .
- I promise to always be honest
- we are not going to sack public servants, the attrition rate will reduce costs
- there’s no way one in five New Zealanders will lose their jobs
- we are not going to cut working for families
- I firmly believe in climate change and always have
- We seek a 50% reduction in New Zealand’s carbon-equivalent net emissions, as compared to 1990 levels, by 2050. 50 by 50. We will write the target into law.
- National Ltd™ will provide a consistent incentive for both biofuel and biodiesel by exempting them from excise tax or road user charges
- I didn’t know about The Bretheren election tactics
- If they came to us now with that proposal [re trans-Tasman Therapeutic Goods regime], we will sign it
- I can’t remember my position on the 1981 Springbok Tour
- Tranzrail shares
- I did not mislead the House (1)
- Lord Ashcroft
- National Ltd™ would not have sent troops into Iraq
- Standard & Poors credit downgrade
- the double-down grade doesn’t really matter and its only about private sector debt
- I did not mislead the House (2)
- I didn’t say I want wages to drop
- I can’t remember why I voted against increasing the minimum wage
- lifting the minimum wage to $15 an hour will increase unemployment
- the real rate of inflation is 3.3 percent.
- the tourism sector has not lost 7,000 jobs
- no I have never heard of Whitechapel
- I won’t raise GST
- people who are on the average wage and have a child are $48 a week better off after the rise in GST
- the purchase of farmland, by overseas buyers will be limited to ten farms per purchase
- the Pike River Mine was consented to under a Labour Government
- no promises were made to get the remains of the miners out of the Pike River mine
- I did not provide a view on the safety of the Pike River coalmine
- I did not mislead the House (3)
- capping, not cutting the public service
- raising the minimum wage to $15 per hour will cost 6000 jobs
- north of $50 a week
- privatisation won’t significantly help the economy
- wave goodbye to higher taxes, not your loved ones
- I never offered Brash a diplomatic job in London
- Tariana Turia is “totally fine” with the Tuhoe Treaty Claim deal
- Kiwisaver
- National Ltd™ is not going to radically reorganise the structure of the public sector
- tax cuts won’t require additional borrowing
- New Zealand does not have a debt problem
- New Zealand troops in Afghanistan will only be involved in training, not fighting
- the wage gap between New Zealand and Australia has closed under my National Ltd™ government
- It took 9 years for Labour to make a complete and utter mess of the economy
- National Ltd™ has changed the Overseas Investment Act to include 19 different criteria
- the price of goods and services has risen by 6 percent since the last election, while the after-tax average wage has actually gone up by 16 percent
- no, although its a week ago and here I am being interviewed on television about them, I havn’t seen Gerry Brownlee’s comments regarding demolitions in Christchurch and which caused such outrage, but I can talk all about them
- our SAS soldiers were not involved in the Kabul Hotel gunfight
- the use of the Vela brother’s helicopter was required so I could attend meetings relating to national/international security concerns
- the DPS makes the decision about accompanying the Prime Minister or not, I had no choice but to take them on holiday to Hawaii
- I did not mislead the House (4)
- oh, maybe our SAS soldiers were in the Kabul hotel gun fight but they weren’t wounded by friendly fire
- New Zealand has lost $12 billion from GDP due to the Christchurch earthquake . . . oh, it might actually be around $15 billion from GDP due to the Christchurch earthquake . . . Blinglish said what?
- 10,000 houses will have to be demolished in Christchurch due to the earthquake
- 14,000 new apprentices will start training over the next five years, over and above the number previously forecast
- our amendments to the ETS ensure we will continue to do our fair share internationally
- we are committed to honouring our Kyoto Protocol obligations
- any changes to the ETS will be fiscally neutral
- New Zealand has grown for eight of the last nine quarters”
- National Ltd™ will tender out the government banking contract
- we will be back in surplus by 2014-15
- Nicky Hager’s book “Other People’s Wars” is a work of fiction
- unemployment is starting to fall
- we have created 60,000 jobs
- we have created 45,000 jobs
- the 2011 Budget will create in the order of 170,000 jobs
- I don’t know if I own a vineyard
- no, I did not mislead the House (5)
- the Isreali spy killed in the Christchurch quake had “only one” passport
- the Police will not need to make savings by losing jobs
- I voted to keep the drinking age at 20
- New Zealand is 100% Pure
- I’ve been prime minister for four years, and it’s really 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year
- baseball in New Zealand is attracting more government support
- the decision to buy brand new BMWs was made by the Department of Internal Affairs without reference either to their minister or to me
- I didn’t have a clue that Ministerial Services, which I am in charge of, was going to buy brand new BMWs
- even though four of my ministers knew all about it, I didn’t have a clue that brand new BMWs were being bought.
- even though my Chief of Staff met with officials to discuss purchase of the the brand new BMWs, I didn’t have a clue
- even though I personally signed papers discussing the matter, I still didn’t have a clue
- Labour forced us into buying the brand new BMWs, its their fault
- ummm, look, sorry about that BMW thing , it was because I was so upset
- I did not describe David Beckam as thick as batshit
- I did not mislead the House (6)
- the public demanded that we change the labour laws for The Hobbit
- “The Hobbit” created 3000 new jobs
- we have delivered 800 extra doctors in the public service
- I did not mislead the House (7)
- I wasn’t working at Elders when the sham foreign exchange deals took place
- I was starting School Certificate exams in 1978
- I don’t know who arrived on the CIA jet to visit the spies I am responsible for
- reducing barriers to property developers will increase the availability of affordable housing
- Labour left the economy in poor shape
- forecasts show unemployment will fall
- we have closed the wage gap with Australia by $27
- Ngati Porou and Whanau Apanui are not opposed to mining
- I have not had any meetings with Media Works
- our [NZ’s] terms of trade remain high
- the TPPA is an example of democracy
- the TPPA will still have to be ratified by Parliament
- National Ltd™ will use the proceeds of state asset sales to invest in other public assets, like schools and hospitals
- New Zealand troops will be out of Afghanistan by April 2013
- overseas investment in New Zealand adds to what New Zealanders can invest on their own
- overseas investment in New Zealand creates jobs, boosts incomes, and helps the economy grow
- National Ltd™ will build 2000 houses over the next two years
- there are only 4 New Zealand SAS soldiers in Bamiyan and all working in the area of logistics and planning only
- selling state assets will give cash equity to those companies
- the Sky City deal will provide 1000 construction jobs and 800 casino jobs
- all five bidders for the convention centre were treated equally
- my office has had no correspondence, no discussions, no involvement with the Sky City deal
- I did not mislead the House (8)
- I can’t remember what was discussed at my meeting with the SkyCity Chief Executive on 14 May 2009
- I have no record of the 12 November 2009 email from Treasury advising that the SkyCity deal was dodgy and needed to be referred to the Auditor General
- there was nothing improper about the Sky City deal
- SkyCity will only get “a few more” pokie machines at the margins
- any changes to gambling regulations will be subject to a full public submission process
- Sky City has approached TVNZ about the purchase/use of government-owned land
- I did not mislead the House (9)
- this government has been very transparent about all its dealings with SkyCity
- I did not mislead the House (10)
- the Auditor General has fully vindicated National over the Sky City deal
- I did not mislead the House (11)
- the Deputy Auditor General supports the view that there was nothing inappropriate about the Sky City deal
- I did not mislead the House (12)
- I did not breach the confidentiality of the Auditor General’s Report into the Sky City deal
- the Labour Government did exactly the same sort of deal back in 2001
- Labour has promised to not revoke the Sky City legislation
- there’s a 50/50 chance the Hobbit is going off shore unless we do something
- David Shearer has signed up for the purchase of shares in Mighty River
- Solid Energy asked the government for a $1 billion capital investment
- fracking has been going safely on in Taranaki for the past 30 years without any issues
- no frontline positions will be lost at DOC
- Iain Rennie came to me and recommended Fletcher for the GCSB job
- I told Cabinet that I knew Ian Fletcher
- I forgot that after I scrapped the shortlist for GCSB job I phoned a life-long friend to tell him to apply for the position
- I told Iain Rennie I would contact Fletcher
- I haven’t seen Ian Fletcher in a long time.
- I did not mislead the House (13)
- I have no reason to doubt at this stage that Peter Dunne did not leak the GCSB report
- I called directory service to get Ian Fletcher’s number
- the new legislation narrows the scope of the GCSB
- the GCSB has been prevented from carrying out its functions because of the law governing its functions
- because the opposition is opposed the GCSB law ammendments, parliamentary urgency is required
- the increasing number of cyber intrusions which I can’t detail or discuss prove that the GCSB laws need to be extended to protect prive enterprise
- it was always the intent of the GCSB Act to be able to spy on New Zealanders on behalf of the SIS and police
- National Ltd™ is not explanding the activities of the GCSB with this new law
- cyber terrorists have attempted to gain access to information about weapons of mass destructionheld on New Zealand computers
- the law which says the GCSB cannot spy on New Zealanders is not clear
- it totally incorrect that the Government effectively through GCSB will be able to wholesale spy on New Zealanders
- we self identified that there was a problem with the GCSB spying on Kim Dotcom
- the illegal spying on Kim Dotcom was an isolated incident
- The advice I have had in 4 years as a Minister is that in no way ever has there been an indication of unlawful spying
- the Ministerial Warrant signed by Bill English did not cover anything up
- first I heard I heard about Kim Dotcom was on 19 January 2012
- first I heard about the illegal spying on Kim Dotcom was in 17 September
- I did not mislead the House (14)
- I won’t be discussing Kim Dotcom during my Hollywood visit.
- The Human Rights Commission couldn’t get its submission on the GCSB legislation in on time.
- it would cost too much to for the police and SIS to carry out the spying on New Zealanders that this new legislation will permit
- critics of the GCSB legislation, including the Law Society, the Human Rights Commission, and the Privacy Commission, are all uninformed
- no, I did not mislead the House (15)
- I do not know how Mr Henry is conducting the Enquiry
- no, I did not mislead the House (16)
- the Henry Enquiry had permission to view Ministers’ emails
- no, I did not mislead the House (??)
- we do not spy on journalists
- the passing of phone records to the Henry Enquiry was an error on the part of a contractor
- I wasn’t aware that my own Chief of Staff was instructing Parliamentary Services to hand over information concerning journalist Andrea Vance
- National Ltd™ has never tried to impinge on the role of the media
- I had nothing to do with information on a journalist being handed over to the inquiry into the leaking of the GCSB report
- the terms of the enquiry made it clear to everyone that it was only the phone records of parliamentary staff and ministers that were to be provided
- I have the utmost respect for the media and the role it plays in New Zealand’s democracy
- the Henry Enquiry did not access a journalist’s building-access records
- the Henry Enquiry did not ask for phone and email records
- no, I did not mislead the House (17)
- the Greens are opposed to the GCSB and the SIS even existing
- the GCSB needs to spy on New Zealanders because there are al-Qaeda terrorists in New Zealand
- John Minto is in the Green Party
- the GCSB needs to spy on New Zealanders because of the terrorist threat, even though official reports released over my signature say there is no risk and the SIS has the matter in hand
- the GCSB Bill does not give the GCSB the power to look at the content of communications as part of its cyber-security functions
- no, I did not mislead the House (18)
- there will be no mining on Conservation land in the Corromendel
- no, I did not say we would follow the US and Australia into a war against North Korea
- New Zealand has an arrangement to have asylum seekers processed in Australian detention camps
- I did not mislead the house (19)
- I paid for that lunch and I’ve got the credit card bill to prove it
- I am honest and upfront
- the only way net new jobs can be created is by private investors putting their money into businesses in New Zealand
- you can’t hide if yuu’re Prime Minister
- an increase in the number of people looking for work indicates that confidence is returning to the economy
- the 10 percent of taxpayers in New Zealand who are the top earners pay 76 percent of all net personal tax.
- I did not mislead the House (20)
- the substantial wage growth under Labour was eroded by inflation
- National Ltd™’s 2010 tax changes were fiscally neutral
- I did not mislead the House (21)
- the bulk of New Zealanders earn between $45,000 and $75,000 a year
- Pike River Coal did not put profits and its production ahead of the safety and lives of those 29 workers.
- Radio Live had sought advice from the Electoral Commission about my show just before the election
- it is because of National Ltd™’s policies that the price of fresh fruit and vegetables has dropped.
- the length-of-the-country cycleway will create 4000 jobs.
- police training for next year has not been cancelled
- National Ltd™ has only cut back-office jobs in the health service
- The Crown’s dividend stream from the Meridians, the Mighty Rivers of the world is large and there is no motivation to sell assets; actually we’re about creating assets not selling assets.”
- National believes employment law should treat all parties fairly. It should . . . Protect employees and employers.
- I am not trying to tackle such issues in a “fearful” way ahead of the next election
- Wellington City is dying.
- National Ltd™ has been working on a number of things with New Zealand First on a number of things one of which has a financial component but I can’t talk about it
- the best way to get growth in the economy is to reduce public debt
- New Zealand mum and dad investors will be our number one priority in the allocation of Mighty River shares
- we won’t let “cowboy” oil exploration companies operate here in New Zealand
- the Green Party is racist by not allowing Chinese residents in New Zealand to buy a house
- the Labour Party is promising a four-bedroom house in Auckland for $300,000
- the food in schools programme is in the 2013 budget
- the meat exports are being held up in China because of issues in relation to the Chinese looking to trace counterfeit meat
- its notoriously difficult to win three elections in a row
- I am deeply concerned about every child in New Zealand who is in poverty
- there is no manufacturing crisis in New Zealand
- the government’s exposure to MediaWorks’ going into receivership is reasonably limited
- the money from the sale of state assets will not be used to prop up Solid Energy
- I don’t see a place for a Winston Peters-led New Zealand First in a government that I lead. It’s not a matter of political convenience, it’s a matter of political principle.
- The vast majority of the buildings in Christchurch came through the earthquakes in good shape
- the commemoration of New Zealand’s involvement in the Korean War will not be used to bolster trade talks
- third generation Chinese New Zealanders will be required to present their passport before buying a house under the Labour government
- the Labour housing policy is an attempt by David Shearer to save his leadership
- the Labour housing policy is in breach of free trade agreements
- only 2% of the proceeds of the sale of Mighty River will be spent on the sales process
- David Cunliffe is lying to you
- Labour wants to nationalise the super market industry
- The government will engage in no further negotiations with Rio Tinto
- Without a government subsidy of hundreds of millions of dollars Chorus will go broke
- No, I did not mislead the House (??)
- the justice system is already adequate for handling situations involving new evidence
- my Minister Nick Smith was not aware of the content of the leaked draft submission on the Ruataniwha situation until 17 September
- New Zealand First will nationalise a host of industries and businesses
- I have no responsibility for the statements I make
- Mark Mitchell was just gossiping at a cocktail party when he tipped Webster off about Len Brown’s affair
- it was a lack of external analysis and accountability which put Solid Energy into its debt crisis
- the Commerce Commission misinterpreted the law when deciding the price for access to the Chorus copper infrastructure
- no analyist predicted that the cost of access to the copper infrastructure would go down
- there has been only one problem with oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico
- If it was my vote, it would be no pay increases for Mps
- Greenpeace are just scare mongering about any oil leaks off the New Zealand coast
- For every election for the last five elections , we have had royal visitors to New Zealand.
- No decision has been made on the timing of the sale of Air New Zealand shares
- its not true that in New Zealand the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer
- This summer is the most active season ever for oil and gas exploration, with the industry spending up to $750 million. At the same time, the Government is strengthening the regulationsthat govern drilling, particularly in deep water.
- Labour is trying to mislead people about eligibility for Best Start because they don’t get the payment while they also get paid parental leave.
- A mountain of evidence shows that the quality of teaching – inside the classroom – is the biggest influence on kids’ achievement
- Governor General Jerry Mateparae has been jostled while walking onto Te Tii Marae at Waitangi .
- Cameron Slater, who I speak to regularly and who told me about Winston meeting Kim Dot Com, has got absolutely nothing to do with the National Party.
- Cameron Slater rang me
- What I do know is that when this Government came in, there were predictions that unemployment would rise to over 10 percent.
- The Cabinet Office had cleared Judith Collins of a conflict of interest
- The golf tournament in which I played the chairman of Oravida was for charity.
- The Cabinet Office has cleared Collins of a conflict of interest after it translated comments on Oravida’s website which stated that she had praised its products
- My Justice Minister, Judith Collins, didn’t lie to Parliament, she just didn’t understand the question.
- The [MFAT] paperwork shows right through this that not only did the Minister have a very busy programme, all on judicial and justice issues, but, secondly, all the way through it talks about a private dinner.
- No, I did not mislead parliament. (??)
- No, I did not mislead the House(??)
- The Unions decide the leadership of the Labour Party and picked David Cunliffe
- Unions give the Labour Party millions of dollars a year
- The economic mess inherited by the Abbott government in Australia can be likened to the economic mess inherited by National Ltd™ when it came into office in 2008.
- National Ltd™ inherited an economic mess from Labour
- National Ltd™ inherited an economic mess from Labour in 2008
- No, I did not mislead the House(??)
. . . don’t like to clutter up threads with the whole thing in case I interrupt the flow . . . but since you asked.
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It's Black Friday, the end of the weekYou take my hand and hold it gently up against your cheekIt's all in my head, it's all in my mindI see the darkness where you see the lightSong by Tom OdellFriday the 13th, don’t be afraid.No, really, don’t. Everything has felt a ...4 days ago - Weekly Roundup 13-September-2024
Ooh, Friday the thirteenth. Spooky! Is that why certain zombie ideas have been stalking the landscape this week, like the Mayor’s brainwave for a motorway bridge from Kauri Point to Point Chev? Read on and find out. This roundup, like all our coverage, is brought to you by the Greater ...4 days ago
- Skeptical Science New Research for Week #37 2024
Open access notables Early knowledge but delays in climate actions: An ecocide case against both transnational oil corporations and national governments, Hauser et al., Environmental Science & Policy: Cast within the wide context of investigating the collusion at play between powerful political-economic actors and decision-makers as monopolists and debates about ‘the modern ...5 days ago
- What it is
I liked what Kieran McAnulty had to say about the Treaty Principles bill this morning so much I've written it down and copied it out for you. He was saying that rather than let this piece of ordure spend six months in Select Committee, the Prime Minister could stop making such ...5 days ago - A government-funded hate campaign
Cabinet discussed National's constitutionally and historically illiterate "Treaty Principles Bill" this week, and decided to push on with it. The bill will apparently receive a full six month select committee process - unlike practically every other policy this government has pushed, and despite the fact that if the government is ...5 days ago
- How Substack works to take (some) craziness out of America’s elections
I spoke with Substack co-founder yesterday, just before the Trump-Harris debate, about how Substack is doing its thing during the US elections. He talks in particular about how Substack’s focus on paid subscriptions rather than ads has made political debate on the platform calmer, simpler, deeper and more satisfying ...5 days ago
- Kamala Harris Did Something Unthinkable
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- Kamala Harris Did Something Unthinkable
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- David Seymour is such a loser
For paid subscribersNot content with siphoning off $230,000,000 of taxpayers money for his hobby projects - and telling everyone his passion is education and early childcare - an intersection painfully coincidental to the interests of wealthy private families like Sean Plunkett’s1 backers, the Wright Family, Seymour is back in the ...5 days ago - Cross-party consensus: there’s no pipeline without good faith
There’s been a lot of talk recently about a cross-party agreement to develop a pipeline for infrastructure, including transport. Last month, outgoing CRL boss Sean Sweeney talked about the importance of securing an enduring infrastructure programme. He outlined the high costs of the relentless political flip-flopping of priorities, which drives ...5 days ago
- Voters love this climate policy they’ve never heard of
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Karin Kirk The Inflation Reduction Act is the Biden administration’s signature climate law and the largest U.S. government investment in reducing climate pollution to date. Among climate advocates, the policy is well-known and celebrated, but beyond that, only a minority of Americans ...5 days ago
- ACC wants to administer inflation at more than double the RBNZ’s target rate
ACC levies are set to rise at more than double the inflation rate targeted by the RBNZ. Photo: Lynn GrievesonKia ora. Long stories short, here’s my top six things to note in Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, climate and poverty on Thursday, September 12:The state-owned monopoly for accident insurance wants ...5 days ago - Harris vs Trump
5 days ago - Treaty Bill “a political stunt”
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon appears to have given ACT Leader David Seymour more than he has been admitting in the proposals to go forward with a Treaty Principles Bill.All along, Luxon has maintained that the Government is proceeding with the Bill to honour the coalition agreement.But that is quite specific.It ...5 days ago
- An average 219 NZers migrated each day in July
Kia ora. Long stories short, here’s my top six things to note in Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, climate and poverty on Wednesday, September 11:Annual migration of New Zealanders rose to a record-high 80,963 in the year to the end of July, which is more than double its pre-Covid levels.Two ...6 days ago - What you’re wanting to win more than anything is The Narrative
Hubris is sitting down on election day 2016 to watch that pig Trump get his ass handed to him, and watching the New York Times needle hover for a while over Hillary and then move across to Trump where it remains all night to your gathering horror and dismay. You're ...6 days ago - National’s automated lie machine
The government has a problem: lots of people want information from it all the time. Information about benefits, about superannuation, ACC coverage and healthcare, taxes, jury service, immigration - and that's just the routine stuff. Responding to all of those queries takes a lot of time and costs a lot ...6 days ago
- Christopher Luxon: A Man of “Faith” and “Compassion” Speaks on the Treaty Pr...
Synopsis: Today - we explore two different realities. One where National lost. And another - which is the one we are living with here. Note: the footnote on increased fees/taxes may be of interest to some readers.Article open.Subscribe nowIt’s an alternate timeline.Yesterday as news broke that the central North Island ...6 days ago - Member’s Day
Today is a Member's Day. First up is the third reading of Dan Bidois' Fair Trading (Gift Card Expiry) Amendment Bill, which will be followed by the committee stage of Deborah Russell's Family Proceedings (Dissolution for Family Violence) Amendment Bill. This will be followed by the second readings of Katie ...6 days ago
- Northern Expressway Boondoggle
Transport Minister Simeon Brown has been soaring high with his hubris of getting on and building motorways but some uncomfortable realities are starting to creep in. Back in July he announced that the government was pushing on with a Northland Expressway using an “accelerated delivery strategy” The Coalition Government is ...6 days ago
- Never Enough
However much I'm falling downNever enoughHowever much I'm falling outNever, never enough!Whatever smile I smile the mostNever enoughHowever I smile I smile the mostSongwriters: Robert James Smith / Simon Gallup / Boris Williams / Porl ThompsonToday in Nick’s Kōrero:A death in the Emergency Department at Rotorua Hospital.A sad homecoming and ...6 days ago - Question Two of The Kākā Project of 2026 for 2050 (TKP 26/50)
Kia ora.Last month I proposed restarting The Kākā Project work done before the 2023 election as The Kākā Project of 2026 for 2050 (TKP 26/50), aiming to be up and running before the 2025 Local Government elections, and then in a finalised form by the 2026 General Elections.A couple of ...6 days ago
- Why is God Obsessed with Spanking?
Hi,If you’ve read Webworm for a while, you’ll be aware that I’ve spent a lot of time writing about horrific, corrupt megachurches and the shitty men who lead them.And in all of this writing, I think some people have this idea that I hate Christians or Christianity. As I explain ...6 days ago - Inside the public service
In 2023, there were 63,117 full-time public servants earning, on average, $97,200 a year each. All up, that is a cost to the Government of $6.1 billion a year. It’s little wonder, then, that the public service has become a political whipping boy castigated by the Prime Minister and members ...6 days ago
- New Models Show Stronger Atlantic Hurricanes, and More of Them
This is a re-post from This is Not Cool Here’s an example of some of the best kind of climate reporting, especially in that it relates to impacts that will directly affect the audience. WFLA in Tampa conducted a study in collaboration with the Department of Energy, analyzing trends in ...7 days ago
- Where ever do they find these people?
A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma, is how Winston Churchill described the Soviet Union in 1939. How might the great man have described the 2024 government of New Zealand, do we think? I can't imagine he would have thought them all that mysterious or enigmatic. I think ...7 days ago - Motorway madness
How mad is National's obsession with roads? One of their pet projects - a truck highway to Whangārei - is going to eat 10% of our total infrastructure budget for the next 25 years: Official advice from the Infrastructure Commission shows the government could be set to spend 10 ...7 days ago
- Our transport planning system is fundamentally broken
Ever since Wayne Brown became mayor (nearly two years ago now) he’s been wanting to progress an “integrated transport plan” with the government – which sounded a lot like the previous Auckland Transport Alignment Project (ATAP) with just a different name. It seems like a fair bit of work progressed ...1 week ago
- Thou Shalt Not Steal
And they taught usWhoa-oh, black woman, thou shalt not stealI said, hey, yeah, black man, thou shalt not stealWe're gonna civilise your black barbaric livesAnd we teach you how to kneelBut your history couldn't hide the genocideThe hypocrisy to us was realFor your Jesus said you're supposed to giveThe oppressed ...1 week ago - How mismanagement, not wind and solar energy, causes blackouts
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections In February 2021, several severe storms swept across the United States, culminating with one that the Weather Channel unofficially named Winter Storm Uri. In Texas, Uri knocked out power to over 4.5 million homes and 10 million people. Hundreds of Texans died as a ...1 week ago
- The ‘Infra Boys’ Highway to Budget Hell
Chris Bishop has enthusiastically dubbed himself and Simeon Brown “the Infra Boys”, but they need to take note of the sums around their roading dreams. Photo: Lynn GrievesonMōrena. Long stories short, here’s my top six things to note in Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, climate and poverty on Tuesday, September ...1 week ago - Media Link: “AVFA” on the politics of desperation.
In this podcast Selwyn Manning and I talk about what appears to be a particular type of end-game in the long transition to systemic realignment in international affairs, in which the move to a new multipolar order with different characteristics … Continue reading ...1 week ago - The cost of flying blind
Just over two years ago, when worries about immediate mass-death from covid had waned, and people started to talk about covid becoming "endemic", I asked various government agencies what work they'd done on the costs of that - and particularly, on the cost of Long Covid. The answer was that ...1 week ago
- Seymour vs The Clergy
For paid subscribers“Aotearoa is not as malleable as they think,” Lynette wrote last week on Homage to Simeon Brown:In my heart/mind, that phrase ricocheted over the next days, translating out to “We are not so malleable.”It gave me comfort. I always felt that we were given an advantage in New ...1 week ago - Unstoppable Minister McKee
All smiles, I know what it takes to fool this townI'll do it 'til the sun goes downAnd all through the nighttimeOh, yeahOh, yeah, I'll tell you what you wanna hearLeave my sunglasses on while I shed a tearIt's never the right timeYeah, yeahSong by SiaLast night there was a ...1 week ago - Could outdoor dining revitalise Queen Street?
This is a guest post by Ben van Bruggen of The Urban Room,.An earlier version of this post appeared on LinkedIn. All images are by Ben. Have you noticed that there’s almost nowhere on Queen Street that invites you to stop, sit outside and enjoy a coffee, let alone ...1 week ago
- Hipkins challenges long-held Labour view Government must stay below 30% of GDP
Hipkins says when considering tax settings and the size of government, the big question mark is over what happens with the balance between the size of the working-age population and the growing number of Kiwis over the age of 65. Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The KākāMōrena. Long stories short; here’s ...1 week ago - Your invite to Webworm Chat (a bit like Reddit)
Hi,One of the things I love the most about Webworm is, well, you. The community that’s gathered around this lil’ newsletter isn’t something I ever expected when I started writing it four years ago — now the comments section is one of my favourite places on the internet. The comments ...1 week ago
- Release: Sentencing package misses the mark by a mile
Sentencing policy announced by Minister Paul Goldsmith today is anything but new, merely window dressing to make up for backwards violent crime statistics under the National Government. ...2 hours ago - Release: Seymour’s Ministry of Double Standards
David Seymour doesn’t stick to his own standards of good regulation despite having a multimillion-dollar vanity ministry set up to do so. ...3 hours ago
- Release: Labour Leader to travel to UK
Labour Leader Chris Hipkins will travel to the United Kingdom this week to attend the annual UK Labour Party conference in Liverpool and meet with members of the new Labour Government. ...3 hours ago
- Govt Warned – Increasing Snapper Quota Breaches Fisheries Settlement
An imminent decision to increase the total allowable commercial catch (TACC) for snapper would be a direct violation of the first-ever Treaty Settlement and inevitably breach Te Tiriti o Waitangi, says Te Pāti Māori. Te Ohu Kaimoana has sought a High Court declaration to prevent the Minister of Oceans and ...19 hours ago
- Govt attacks workers’ rights once again
Today’s announcement from the Minister of Workplace Relations emphasises how deep in the pocket of big business this Government really is. ...2 days ago - Release: Māori business not a priority for this Govt
Scrapping the Progressive Procurement programme designed to support and grow Māori businesses is a missed opportunity. ...2 days ago
- Release: March 15 inquiry grants cut by Government
Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith has cut grants helping overseas family of victims to attend the next phase of the Coronial Inquiry into the 15 March 2019 Christchurch Masjidain Attack. ...2 days ago
- Minister of Injustice seeks to Entrench largest land confiscation in History
The Waitangi Tribunal has released an Urgent Report on the Government’s proposed amendments to the Takutai Moana Act 2011. The report calls out Paul Goldsmith’s proposal for what it is: a “gross breach of the Treaty” and an “illegitimate exercise of kāwanatanga”. The Tribunal is recommending the Crown step down ...4 days ago
- Takutai Moana changes another assault on Te Tiriti
The Government must abandon its Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act interventions after the Waitangi Tribunal found it was committing gross breaches of the Treaty. ...4 days ago
- Greens call on Govt to leave Te Reo in schools alone
As Te Wiki o te Reo Māori approaches, the Government is considering deprioritising teaching Te Reo Māori in our schools. ...4 days ago
- Govt cannot ignore racism
The Government’s directive to the public service to ignore race is nothing more than a dog whistle and distraction from the structural racism we need to address. ...4 days ago
- Release: Lemauga Lydia Sosene to take medical leave
Labour’s Mangere MP Lemauga Lydia Sosene has been diagnosed with breast cancer and will shortly take medical leave. ...4 days ago
- Potential intelligence sharing with Israel must be investigated
Concerns have been raised that our spy arrangements may mean that intelligence is being shared between Aotearoa and Israel. An urgent inquiry must be launched in response to this. ...5 days ago
- Release: Charter schools undermine our education system
The Government is taking a wrecking ball to our public education system by reinstating charter schools. ...5 days ago
- Youngest MP to travel to Canada to accept Politician of the Year Award
Aotearoa’s Youngest Member of Parliament, and Te Pāti Māori MP, Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, will travel to Montreal to accept the One Young World Politician of the Year Award next week. The One Young World Politician of the Year Award was created in 2018 to recognise the most promising young politicians between ...5 days ago
- Greens celebrate huge step forward for ADHD community
The Greens welcome today’s long-coming announcement by Pharmac of consultation to remove the special authority renewal criteria for methylphenidate, dexamfetamine and modafinil and to fund lisdexamfetamine. ...5 days ago
- Release: Millions to be spent dividing NZ for no reason
The National Party is wasting millions of dollars allowing David Seymour’s Treaty Principals Bill to be drafted and go to Select Committee. ...5 days ago
- Release: New Zealanders departing our shores at a record rate
The Migration figures released by Stats NZ today show National is continuing to drive Kiwis away from New Zealand in record numbers. ...5 days ago
- Te Tai Tokerau MP Slams Govt Overreach in Scrapping Māori Wards
Mema Paremata for Te Tai Tokerau, Mariameno Kapa-Kingi, has reflected on the decisions made by the councils of the North amidst the government’s push to remove Māori Wards and weaken mana whenua representation. “Actions taken by the Kaipara District Council to remove Māori Wards are the embodiment of the eradication ...6 days ago
- Govt already seeking advice on Treaty referendum
On one hand, the Prime Minister has assured Aotearoa that his party will not support the Treaty Principles Bill beyond first reading, but on the other, his Government has already sought advice on holding a referendum on our founding document. ...6 days ago
- Release: Aged care will be worse off if redesign rushed
New Zealanders needing aged care support and the people who care for them will be worse off if the Government pushes through a flawed and rushed redesign of dementia and aged care. ...6 days ago
- Release: Govt fails hundreds of workers as mills close
Labour is devastated at news hundreds of workers are set to lose their jobs following the closure of Winstone Pulp mills. ...6 days ago
- Job losses from mill closures consequence of Govt inaction
Hundreds of jobs lost as a result of pulp mill closures in the Ruapehu District are a consequence of government inaction in addressing the shortfalls of our electricity network. ...7 days ago
- Ngarewa-Packer devastated for Ruapehu following WPI closure
Te Pāti Māori Co-Leader and MP for Te Tai Hauāuru is devastated for the Ruapehu community following today’s decision to close two Winstone Pulp mills. “My heart goes out to all the workers, their whānau, and the wider Ruapehu community affected by the closure of Winstone Pulp International,” said Ngarewa-Packer. ...1 week ago
- Release: Cabinet should stop the Treaty Principles Bill
National Party Ministers have a majority in Cabinet and can stop David Seymour’s Treaty Principles Bill, which even the Prime Minister has described as “divisive and unhelpful.” ...1 week ago
- Release: Staff gagged to keep fast track list secret
The National Government is so determined to hide the list of potential projects that will avoid environmental scrutiny it has gagged Ministry for the Environment staff from talking about it. ...1 week ago
- Release: Labour challenges Te Whatu Ora gag orders
Labour has complained to the Te Kawa Mataaho Public Service Commission about the high number of non-disclosure agreements that have effectively gagged staff at Te Whatu Ora Health NZ from talking about anything relating to their work. ...1 week ago
- Greens call on Treaty Principles Bill to be abandoned after letter from Christian leaders
The Green Party is once again urging the Prime Minister to abandon the Treaty Principles Bill as a letter from more than 400 Christian leaders calls for the proposed legislation to be dropped. ...1 week ago
- Sign the petition: Keep military-style firearms off our streets
Help us tell the Government that reintroducing military-style firearms should not be up for debate. ...1 week ago
- Vast majority of councils support Māori wards
Councils across the country have now decided where they stand regarding Māori wards, with a resounding majority in favour of keeping them in what is a significant setback for the Government. ...2 weeks ago
- Release: Government on the wrong side of Māori wards
The National-led government has been given a clear message from the local government sector, as almost all councils reject the Government’s bid to treat Māori wards different to other wards. ...2 weeks ago
- Release: Labour congratulates Kuīni Ngā Wai hono i te po Paki
The Labour Party congratulates Kuīni Ngā Wai hono i te po Paki on being crowned as the eighth Te Ariki Nui – head of Te Kiingitanga. ...2 weeks ago
- Green Party welcomes new Maaori Kuiini
The Green Party welcomes the coronation of the new Maaori Kuiini, Te Arikinui Nga Wai Hono i te Po, today in Turangawaewae. ...2 weeks ago
- ECE teachers deserve better than this Government
The Green Party is unsurprised but disappointed by today’s announcement from the Government that will see our Early Childhood Centre teachers undermined and pay parity pushed further out of reach. ...2 weeks ago
- Urgent intervention needed on supermarkets
The Green Party is calling on the Government to intervene in the supermarket duopoly dominating our supply of groceries following today’s report from the Commerce Commission. ...2 weeks ago
- Release: Rainbow youth neglected in mental health funding
Labour backs the call from The Rainbow Support Collective members for mental health funding specifically earmarked for grassroots and peer led community organisations to be set up in a way that they are able to access. ...2 weeks ago
- Release: Transport in NZ has to be more than just roads
As expected, the National Land Transport Programme lacks ambition for our cities and our country’s rail network and puts the majority of investment into roads. ...2 weeks ago
- Speech: Barbara Edmonds Building Nations 2024
Tēnā koutou katoa, Thank you for your warm welcome and for having my colleagues and I here today. Earlier you heard from the Labour Leader, Chris Hipkins, on our vision for the future of infrastructure. I want to build on his comments and provide further detail on some key elements ...2 weeks ago
- Govt transport plan deepens fossil fuel fix
The Green Party says the Government’s new National Land Transport Programme marks another missed opportunity to take meaningful action to fight the climate crisis. ...2 weeks ago
- Greens call for public to back Wrybill in BOTY and beyond
The Green Party is calling on the public to support the Ngutu Pare Wrybill not just in this year’s Bird of the Year competition but also in pushing back against policies that could lead to the destruction of its habitat and accelerate its extinction. ...2 weeks ago
- Enabling rural recovery works in Hawke’s Bay
Cabinet has approved an Order in Council to enable severe weather recovery works to continue in the Hawke’s Bay, Environment Minister Penny Simmonds and Minister for Emergency Management and Recovery Mark Mitchell say. “Cyclone Gabrielle and the other severe weather events in early 2023 caused significant loss and damage to ...1 hour ago - FamilyBoost childcare payment registrations open
From today, low-to-middle-income families with young children can register for the new FamilyBoost payment, to help them meet early childhood education (ECE) costs. The scheme was introduced as part of the Government’s tax relief plan to help Kiwis who are doing it tough. “FamilyBoost is one of the ways we ...1 hour ago
- Prioritising victims with tougher sentences
The Government has today agreed to introduce sentencing reforms to Parliament this week that will ensure criminals face real consequences for crime and victims are prioritised, Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith says. "In recent years, there has been a concerning trend where the courts have imposed fewer and shorter prison sentences ...18 hours ago
- Targets data confirms rise in violent crime
The first quarterly report on progress against the nine public service targets show promising results in some areas and the scale of the challenge in others, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says. “Our Government reinstated targets to focus our public sector on driving better results for New Zealanders in health, education, ...19 hours ago
- Asia Foundation Board appointments announced
Foreign Minister Winston Peters has announced the appointments of Hone McGregor, Professor David Capie, and John Boswell to the Board of the Asia New Zealand Foundation. Bede Corry, Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade, has also been appointed as an ex-officio member. The new trustees join Dame Fran Wilde (Chair), ...21 hours ago
- Endeavour Fund projects for economic growth
New Zealand’s largest contestable science fund is investing in 72 new projects to address challenges, develop new technology and support communities, Science, Innovation and Technology Minister Judith Collins says. “This Endeavour Fund round being funded is focused on economic growth and commercial outputs,” Ms Collins says. “It involves funding of more ...1 day ago
- Social Services Providers Whakamanawa National Conference 16 September 2024
Thank you for the introduction and the invitation to speak to you here today. I am honoured to be here in my capacity as Minister for the Prevention of Family and Sexual Violence, and Minister for Children. Thank you for creating a space where we can all listen and learn, ...1 day ago
- Parihaka infrastructure upgrades funded
The Government will provide a $5.8 million grant to improve water infrastructure at Parihaka in Taranaki, Regional Development Minister Shane Jones and Māori Development Minister Tama Potaka say. “This grant from the Regional Infrastructure Fund will have a multitude of benefits for this hugely significant cultural site, including keeping local ...1 day ago
- Serious assaults down 22% in Auckland CBD
Cross-government action to tackle crime and antisocial behaviour in Auckland is getting traction, says Police Minister Mark Mitchell. “Our central cities should be great places to live and work, but in recent years they have become hot spots for crime and anti-social behaviour. In Auckland, businesses and residents suffered as ...2 days ago
- Increased certainty for contractors coming
Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Brooke van Velden says upcoming changes to the Employment Relations Act will provide greater certainty for contractors and businesses. “These changes to legislation are necessary to ensure businesses and workers have more clarity from the start of their contracting arrangement. It is an ACT-National coalition ...2 days ago
- Draft critical minerals list released for consultation
A draft list of minerals deemed essential to New Zealand’s economy and strengthening its mineral resilience has been released for consultation, Resources Minister Shane Jones says. The draft Critical Minerals List identifies 35 minerals essential to economic functions, are in demand internationally, and face high risk of supply disruption domestically ...2 days ago
- Government eliminates $190 million in trade barriers to boost the economy
The Government has successfully removed trade barriers affecting nearly $190 million worth of exports to help grow the economy, Minister for Trade and Agriculture Todd McClay today announced. “In the past year, we have resolved 14 Non Tariff Barriers (NTBs), returning significant value to kiwi exporters. These efforts directly boost our ...2 days ago
- Reo Māori the ‘beating heart’ of Aotearoa New Zealand
From private business to the Paris Olympics, reo Māori is growing with the success of New Zealanders, says Minister for Māori Development Tama Potaka. “I’m joining New Zealanders across the country in celebrating this year’s Te Wiki o te Reo Māori – Māori Language Week, which has a big range ...3 days ago
- Need and value at forefront of public service delivery
New Cabinet policy directives will ensure public agencies prioritise public services on the basis of need and award Government contracts on the basis of public value, Minister for the Public Service Nicola Willis says. “Cabinet Office has today issued a circular to central government organisations setting out the Government’s expectations ...4 days ago
- Minister to attend Police Ministers Council Meeting
Police Minister Mark Mitchell will join with Australian Police Ministers and Commissioners at the Police Ministers Council meeting (PMC) today in Melbourne. “The council is an opportunity to come together to discuss a range of issues, gain valuable insights on areas of common interest, and different approaches towards law enforcement ...4 days ago
- New Bill to crack down on youth vaping
The coalition Government has introduced legislation to tackle youth vaping, Associate Health Minister Casey Costello announced today. “The Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Amendment Bill (No 2) is aimed at preventing youth vaping. “While vaping has contributed to a significant fall in our smoking rates, the rise in youth vaping ...5 days ago
- Interest in agricultural and horticultural products regulatory review welcomed
Regulation Minister David Seymour, Environment Minister Penny Simmonds, and Food Safety Minister Andrew Hoggard have welcomed interest in the agricultural and horticultural products regulatory review. The review by the Ministry for Regulation is looking at how to speed up the process to get farmers and growers access to the safe, ...5 days ago
- Bill to allow online charity lotteries passes first reading
Minister of Internal Affairs Brooke van Velden says the Government is moving at pace to ensure lotteries for charitable purposes are allowed to operate online permanently. Charities fundraising online, such as those run by the Heart Foundation, Coastguard NZ, Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust and local hospices will continue to do ...5 days ago
- Tax exempt threshold changes to benefit startups
Technology companies are among the startups which will benefit from increases to current thresholds of exempt employee share schemes, Science, Innovation and Technology Minister Judith Collins and Revenue Minister Simon Watts say. Tax exempt thresholds for the schemes are increasing as part of the Taxation (Annual Rates for 2024-25, Emergency ...5 days ago
- Getting the healthcare you need, when you need it
The path to faster cancer treatment, an increase in immunisation rates, shorter stays in emergency departments and quick assessment and treatments when you are sick has been laid out today. Health Minister Dr Shane Reti has revealed details of how the ambitious health targets the Government has set will be ...5 days ago
- Targeted supports to accelerate reading
The coalition Government is delivering targeted and structured literacy supports to accelerate learning for struggling readers. From Term 1 2025, $33 million of funding for Reading Recovery and Early Literacy Support will be reprioritised to interventions which align with structured approaches to teaching. “Structured literacy will change the way children ...5 days ago
- Survivors invited to Abuse in Care national apology
With two months until the national apology to survivors of abuse in care, expressions of interest have opened for survivors wanting to attend. “The Prime Minister will deliver a national apology on Tuesday 12 November in Parliament. It will be a very significant day for survivors, their families, whānau and ...5 days ago
- Rangatahi inspire at Ngā Manu Kōrero final
Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi, engari he toa takitini kē - My success is not mine alone but is the from the strength of the many. Aotearoa New Zealand’s top young speakers are an inspiration for all New Zealanders to learn more about the depth and beauty conveyed ...5 days ago
- Driving structured literacy in schools
The coalition Government is driving confidence in reading and writing in the first years of schooling. “From the first time children step into the classroom, we’re equipping them and teachers with the tools they need to be brilliant in literacy. “From 1 October, schools and kura with Years 0-3 will receive ...6 days ago
- Labour’s misleading information is disappointing
Labour’s misinformation about firearms law is dangerous and disappointing, Associate Justice Minister Nicole McKee says. “Labour and Ginny Andersen have repeatedly said over the past few days that the previous Labour Government completely banned semi-automatic firearms in 2019 and that the Coalition Government is planning to ‘reintroduce’ them. ...6 days ago
- Govt takes action on mpox response, widens access to vaccine
The Government is taking immediate action on a number of steps around New Zealand’s response to mpox, including improving access to vaccine availability so people who need it can do so more easily, Health Minister Dr Shane Reti and Associate Health Minister David Seymour announced today. “Mpox is obviously a ...6 days ago
- Next steps agreed for Treaty Principles Bill
Associate Justice Minister David Seymour says Cabinet has agreed to the next steps for the Treaty Principles Bill. “The Treaty Principles Bill provides an opportunity for Parliament, rather than the courts, to define the principles of the Treaty, including establishing that every person is equal before the law,” says Mr Seymour. “Parliament ...6 days ago
- Government unlocking potential of AI
Science, Innovation and Technology Minister Judith Collins today announced a programme to drive Artificial Intelligence (AI) uptake among New Zealand businesses. “The AI Activator will unlock the potential of AI for New Zealand businesses through a range of support, including access to AI research experts, technical assistance, AI tools and resources, ...6 days ago
- Government releases Wairoa flood review findings
The independent rapid review into the Wairoa flooding event on 26 June 2024 has been released, Environment Minister Penny Simmonds, Local Government Minister Simeon Brown and Emergency Management and Recovery Minister Mark Mitchell announced today. “We welcome the review’s findings and recommendations to strengthen Wairoa's resilience against future events,” Ms ...6 days ago
- Promoting faster payment times for government
The Government is sending a clear message to central government agencies that they must prioritise paying invoices in a timely manner, Small Business and Manufacturing Minister Andrew Bayly says. Data released today promotes transparency by publishing the payment times of each central government agency. This data will be published quarterly ...6 days ago
- Acknowledgement to Kīngi Tuheitia speech
E te māngai o te Whare Pāremata, kua riro māku te whakaputa i te waka ki waho moana. E te Pirimia tēnā koe.Mr Speaker, it is my privilege to take this adjournment kōrero forward. Prime Minister – thank you for your leadership. Taupiri te maunga Waikato te awa Te Wherowhero ...7 days ago
- Interim fix to GST adjustment rules to support businesses
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It’s a little unfortunate that the first item on the video turned out to have some truth to it when it was revealed a kiwi got taken out by drone in Yemen.
But the rest is just an awesome reason to have the creep “govern alone”/sarc
Wikipedia should have a page for Blip the Chronicler. Perhaps we need to photocopy A4 portions of the lists. And start letter boxing just one page at a time within a grid pattern for the area being covered. I need to walk, to lose weight, and I think I might just do this for beneficial effects all round, or less round as will likely happen.
And another thought – at the top it could say that the full list and other important political discussion can be seen on -line at The Standard.
So getting two points over even if there is just a quick glance.
A heading of – Why John Key is bad for New Zealand and is driving NZ into the ground and confusing people about the truth.
I would very much like to read what heading other people would put on each page to explain them in a short way, but also compelling so that people will read them at least briefly. So if you could put your heads to it I would be grateful.
the links are what makes offline dispersion more difficult.
Each statement with a date needs a second statement with a date…
Would still contribute to a poster campaign… A new tui type billboard campaign… A lie a day exposed to the election.
Yep Tracy, I would donate also. That was being talked about.
But the A4 letterbox delivery would still work out. Just put at the top that to access the links for any of Key’s lies, go to The Standard Archives and look for Blip – will take a minute of your time.
The actual answer isn’t the only advantage from them reading that, even if they never searched for it, the thought that there is a lie has penetrated to their brain.
Alternatively there could be a few items fully printed – the statement and the truth and just those few on a sheet distributed and they would act as a teaser with the instruction that there are more of these to be seen —as above.
And what heading did you suggest for the sheet? None. Just a critique and another suggestion. Which is a great way of stepping on ideas, and just one of the carbon footprints of NZs that we have to guard against if we are going to go forward as a nation. Can we change, or have we been Pavlova’ed?
Thats the way grey. I didnt do what you want so you tossed your toys out of thecot. Boo fucking hoo.
Very adult intelligent approach Tracey. You let yourself down. What about helping me out as I asked. And what do you think of what I suggested.
when did you become my father?
i told you what i thought and you went all passive aggressive.
You work on what interests you and so will i. Sometimes they might be the same sometimes not.
Here is video evidence of key lying for BLip’s archives. It’s the one place I remember him being caught out (as key is using cricket analogies in the Herald today) and recorded on film
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics-videos/news/video.cfm?c_id=1503464&gal_cid=1503464&gallery_id=131968
Feel sorry for BM et al seeing their ‘popular’ hero, the ‘Most Honourable’ john key in action. Who on earth in their right mind would want a liar as leader of their party let alone their country? And as for the ‘Honourable’ Minister of Justice…… Back to the drawing board National…….too many obfuscaters in your ranks. Rank ranks National, clean your house.
they dont care. Winning is more important to them, than whether they are being lied to.
Perhaps if we keep poking the borax one of them might refute, say, a quater of blips list?
they stink of lying rats
liar john key
I spoke to a well-educated Kiwi who told me what he likes about Key is that he was so open and honest!
Can video this be used as a campaign advert?
reflected in north and south article too.
coughsprays tea over monitor & keyboardcough
“a well-educated Kiwi”
problem is that we have way too many people who are well versed and fully certified in what to think but who have absolutely no idea how to think.
This list definitely needs more publicity. Too many people think like the person AmaKiwi spoke with.
he still has not explained where he got $80,000,000 from either.
What 80 million are you meaning?
Oh look a troll has found a handle to grab, care to address blips list gossaman?
Address a politically laden list which is mostly politically biased opinion you mean. I think I may have done that previously.
post the link to your refutation. Its not like you to not want to repeat yourself.
Watch this clip Gosman, it is not a “politically laden list”, it is John Key in action.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics-videos/news/video.cfm?c_id=1503464&gal_cid=1503464&gallery_id=131968
The video states that New Zealanders are training with terrorists in Yemen. Hey presto -turns out he was telling the truth.
1 to the pm. over 200 to blip
thanks fizzi
And your evidence that he was training with terrorists is ? Nothing apart from being a liar like Key? As far as I can see there is no crime in being Muslim or Christian or even a Moonie. Nor is being in Yemen. In fact there is absolutely nothing that indicates any reason for his murder by a drone operator of the US.
http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/raw-data-kiwi-killed-drone-strike-%E2%80%94-patrick-gower-interviews-jeremy-scahill-ck-156330
Based on previous experience, it is most likely he happened to be in the wrong place when one of the murder targets of the US was around. What is the average collateral murder rate of the US drone strikes? 20 innocents to 1 target? Since no real data has been released on how or what or even when this strike took place, we just have to rely on the word of prime minister who has a list of bullshit and lies like the one above. Hardly a credible source.
Of course the US and probably the stupid like yourself who try to justify this illegal and immoral wholesale slaughter with them being in a “war”. Of course there is that slight issue that congress hasn’t declared that they are in a war. That it isn’t a “war” by any measure of international law. Basically it is just a gutless bully killing bystanders and afterwards labelling them as enemies because of who they were around.
Sounds like you have a very mushy moral centre – probably more than a little bit atrophied and shrivelled. Kind of person who gets off on watching children being killed as well.
Well said lprent.
We’re back to the good old days of guilt by association. With summary executions and no benefit of a trial. All in the name of “democracy and freedom”.
Watch this video clip fisiani. Hey presto – turns out he/key was telling a…..lie.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics-videos/news/video.cfm?c_id=1503464&gal_cid=1503464&gallery_id=131968
I foolishly clicked on one at random
249
Cam Slater is not and never has been a member of the National Party.
but acts as a conduit for national party… remember those photos from a press party… and theres his meetings with pm…
and yea u chose it randomly… took u to number 240 to find one you thought you could refute without looking foolish… but wait
thats a very fishy statement arnie.
1.”I promise to always be honest” Terrible link! It cuts out what he was actually asked to promise too, then has him promising “I’ll do my best”, that’s not promising to always be honest, in fact it is almost impossible to go through life being 100% honest without living with constant black eyes from every time your wife asks if she ‘looks good in this’.
3.”there’s no way one in five New Zealanders will lose their jobs” How is this a lie?
4.”we are not going to cut working for families” He didn’t, all he did was make changes to the marginal tax rate and he said he was going to do that in the same article you linked to!
“I have long held concerns, in addition, about high effective marginal tax rates acting as a disincentive to people under WFF, but we are confident that this issue will be addressed by our tax package.”
5.”I firmly believe in climate change and always have” why is this a lie? Even in your link all he says is “and I am somewhat suspicious of it”, that doesn’t mean he doesn’t firmly believe in it. I firmly believe that Fluoride is good for your teeth, but I am somewhat suspicious of it.
So that is 4 of the first 5 that I can put into my BLip is a liar list? I hope you didn’t spend too much time putting this list together because it certainly feels that way.
I should add, point 2 was a lie, but this is based on the fact no-one could have predicted the depth of the GFC at the time he said this, so even though it is a lie it is a justifiable one.