Tag Archives: Greens

The Greens hate fat people, too

Posted on April 13, 2013 by

I was trying to summon the willpower to really engage with and critique the Greens’ food policy, but really, I’ve said enough about our demonisation of fatties and I just lack the spoons to point out in detail how the … Continue reading →

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Random recommended reading

Posted on March 3, 2013 by

Metiria Turei out-geeks John Banks.  It’s not difficult, but it is funny. Alison McCulloch again pool-shots it out of the park on Policing Pregnancy. Manboobz on Seth MacFarlane’s beyond-obnoxious Oscars hosting. Trigger warnings for racism, sexual assault, sexism, and Seth … Continue reading →

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And ye shall know him by his key messages

Posted on January 27, 2013 by

The Greens have released a housing policy around progressive ownership – government builds houses, low-income families rent houses for nominal cost-recovering rent, and extra rent paid goes towards purchasing equity in the house. As a bonus, rich people’s kids don’t … Continue reading →

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Child Poverty Action Group needs your help

Posted on August 25, 2012 by

Via Holly Walker, who gets to make kickass statements on the topic since she wasn’t a key advocate of a discriminatory, beneficiary-hating policy in the first place: Children have the same needs, whether their parents are in work or not. … Continue reading →

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Hungover predictions for 2011-14

Posted on November 27, 2011 by

In rough order from “somewhat probable” to “QoT’s wishful thinking”: Key muddles along until 2013, then bows out claiming his work is done to allow someone (fuck knows who) to lead National into the 2014 election. ACT gets absorbed into … Continue reading →

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Election 2011 recommended reading

Posted on November 17, 2011 by

LudditeJourno has done the hard yards reading (or trying in vain to locate) the different parties’ women’s policies. Mr Wainscotting has a public service announcement about some of the breathtakingly shitty things current, and probably continuing, National MPs have said … Continue reading →

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Gimme an E, gimme an N, gimme a … TITLEMENT!

Posted on September 17, 2011 by

I know how this one is going to play, dear readers.  It’s just going to be another evil, spiteful, bitchy, undermining, white-anting hysterical rant from a no-name bitch who no one likes who just hates Labour because she’s evil, and … Continue reading →

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Prediction corner: election aftermath edition

Posted on August 8, 2011 by

This isn’t directed at anyone specific, but suffice it to say that if National forms the next government, I will swear off alcohol for a month if no one in the lefty Kiwi blogosphere makes a post about how it’s … Continue reading →

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From a certain point of view

Posted on August 7, 2011 by

It may just be that it’s a Sunday and I’m overtired and feeling a bit hypercritical … but really, Moana Mackey? Tweet of the Week :The Greens launched their plan to lift Kiwi kids out of poverty  joining Labour in … Continue reading →

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A loss to Parliament

Posted on September 25, 2009 by

As Idiot/Savant puts it, and a loss to the entire fucking country, too.  You’re going to be really sorely missed, Sue B. Sue’s maiden speech from way back in the days of 1999 is here. I am here on a … Continue reading →

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