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Live: Helen Clark @ Otago Uni

Big crowd of scarfies here with some usual suspects, Victor Billot of the Alliance and Stop the Stadium (obscure collective of CAVES), Pete Hodgson, the Greens. Actually the place is bloody packed. Scarfies don’t seem to mind that her plane … Continue reading

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How do you solve a problem like China – Peter? (well it almost rhymes)

This from stuff.co.nz today. “United Future leader Peter Dunne has turned down a trip to China for the free trade deal signing to protest the treatment of Tibetan people” Good for him, the only problem is that it’s political wanking … Continue reading

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John Key Bullshit #1-08

This morning on National Radio (30 Jan) John Key was pontificating about the glorious new policy on Youth Crime. He made some claim about the achievements of the youth boot camp run out of Waiouru. The presenter Geoff tried to … Continue reading

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This is brillant

This should be done in NZ for the next election, it is so simple it is brilliant. http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/candidate-match-game.htm Candidate match game About the game Polls suggest Americans are concerned primarily with a few key issues in the 2008 presidential election. … Continue reading

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