Tag: John Key
Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away
So who saw that one coming? No-one. Big news.
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Erewhon: Where everyone is lazy and does drugs
RadioNZ (sorry RNZ) has a remarkable story up about New Zealand’s high level of immigration, and how this high level of immigration is actually bringing in a lot of low-skilled workers
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On casualness and ethics
A lot has been written on the Prime Minister and his pulling of Amanda’s hair. I’m not going to weigh in on that.
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Yup, it’s creepy
Ah, yes. It’s just a bit of fun. Mucking around. A friendly gesture. How many times have we heard these old chestnuts when some bloke has been somehow inappropriate?
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Politics makes me sick, again and again
We’re doomed. Doomed to repeat the same bullshit over and over again.
Read MoreA very short post that continues my rage about the Feed the Kids Bill
So like the huge political nerd I am, I did a bit of fishing.
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John Key: I don’t even know what the GCSB is
By New New Zealand News correspondent Charles Harrison In a belligerent press conference, John Key has admitted he isn’t sure what the GCSB does.
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I racked my brains
I do not know if it is the right decision to send New Zealand troops to Iraq, but I thought I would offer my thoughts on the decision making process.
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The time John Key invited me over for Christmas lunch with his family
John and I had been hanging out a lot. In fact he’d been coming over to our house pretty regularly since he discovered I had an original Optimus Prime transformer.
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Laughing my fucking ass off
*Possible trigger warnings* The latest outrage for us to express our outrage over and be outraged came in twos this week, when our Prime Minister made a joke about a paedophile and then RedFoo (from LMFAO) side-kicked in a song called “Literally I can’t“.
Read MoreThe time John Key lied and said I threw an egg at an old man
It’s 3am and my children are safe and asleep. There’s a phone in my bedroom, on my bedside table in fact.
Read MoreThe time I did cocaine with John Key
This is the beginning of a new sporadic series in which I go out and have gonzo adventures with well known New Zealanders. If you have any suggestions for whom I could adventure with next, please let me know.
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Baby, baby, where did our love go?
So that was a pretty brutal massacre wasn’t it? There’s an awful lot of reflection happening around the country as the left wing comes to terms with just what the hell actually happened.
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The difference between Labour and National on tax (a short post because I don’t understand tax)
So in the debate between Key and Cunliffe the other night, there was a palaver over a very minor point about whether or not Cunliffe knew whether homes that one inherited from a dead relative would be subject to a Capital Gains Tax.
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Conspiracy theory of the day
If you’ve read this blog you’ll know that I’m a fan of Judith Collins personally. As a person, she’s always been very kind to me. I disagree with her politically and I disagree with a lot of her actions but again, she’s been decent to me.
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Ruminator TV: secret National Party 2014 Campaign video
In this exclusive leak we’ve been given National’s 2014 Election Video:
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It’s been a lot of fun: Why I’m worried about National
“One option is the Government says: ‘Thanks very much, it’s been a lot of fun. If you don’t want to take the offer, that’s where it’s at‘.”
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