Farrar vs polls vs spin
In a Kiwiblog post that seems to have been written by David mashing his fists against the keyboard, Farrar argues that Labour’s “week of headlines on blaming the Chinese for Auckland house prices has come to nought” (source).
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When are numbers racist?
By Morgan Godfery Some politicians seem to think that “data” exists in a privileged realm somewhere above politics and power relations. Data, according to Phil Twyford and others, enjoys the authority of objectivity.
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This is truly the most OK age there has ever been
We live in a world of hyperbole. We live in a country that suffers from an est-est complex and now this seems to be spreading.
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Orewa 3: The Orewa-ing
On Saturday morning I was rung by a friend who is a huge political nerd. He is also right wing. He was excited.
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Meet the socialist running for US President
Bernie Sanders is, on first blush, a grumpy old man with crazy white hair who’s constantly yelling numbers into microphones about income inequality. He’s been doing it for decades.
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Leaving Pook Farm; Generation Rent Edition
My suspicions were first aroused when my property manager told me not to panic.
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Sleeping Beauty on Ice: Sleeping Dave in the crowd
When I was very young, maybe 4 or 5, my parents took me to watch Torvill and Dean who came to New Zealand and did their ice skating thing at the Hutt Park Raceway
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In Mod we trust
Yesterday, Reddit continued it’s dramatic month of what can only be described in a public relations context, as a cluster fuck.
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American Political Batshit: With malice towards none
“With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation’s wounds.”
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Becoming a grown up
I used to think that no-one ever really grows up. There are all these milestones that are supposed to signify maturity
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Never transit through Shanghai-Pudong
1020 – Descent (ascent) into Hades. The terminal boasts a giant billboard picturing blue sky.
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Letter to White America
Dear White America For better or for worse, your country is the leader of the Western world.
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Support the Cancer Society and maybe Matthew Hooton dies
I pretty much disagree with the man on every political level imaginable, but he is also a friend. He’s planning on running in the London Marathon and raising money for the Cancer Society.
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Reddit – Something IS going on here
Something rather big happened to the internet the other day.
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Review; Mad Max: Fury Road
I didn’t even want to see Mad Max: Fury Road. I don’t do action movies.
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It’s all so obvious when you think about it
There are a group of people, we are told, that focus groups suggest, will not vote National.
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Theatre review: Success
I think it’s important to make two disclaimers before I go any further with this review.
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Ka Kite Ano Campbell Live
Today will be tough. There will be laughter. There will be cake. Campbell Live is famous for cake. We are the only people in the world who lose weight on Christmas holidays.
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