Tag Archives: we are so fucked

And yet, still no sign of the Herald’s DEMOCRACY UNDER ATTACK banner …

Posted on May 18, 2013 by

You might think the legal/policy arrangements around reimbursing carers of adults with disabilities would be a bit of a minority issue which the vast majority of New Zealanders don’t have to worry about, due to their able-bodied privilege. But you’d … Continue reading →

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Budget Day

Posted on May 16, 2013 by

Bugger this.  I’m off getting pissed.  Have a macro specifically targeted at the political/trashy History Channel crowd.  

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So CAN Dame Susan Devoy actually be Race Relations Commissioner?

Posted on March 22, 2013 by

Possibly not, according to the font of all NZ political procedural knowledge and God-Emperor of the kiwipoliblogosphere, Idiot/Savant. Quite apart from her total lack of experience and dodgy views on such matters, the Race Relations Commissioner must have mana. Devoy has none. … Continue reading →

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Shouldn’t the Race Relations Commissioner know something about race relations?

Posted on March 21, 2013 by

So, Dame Susan Devoy is our new Race Relations Commissioner. As highlighted by Coley Tangerina (THE INTERNET NEVER FORGETS), she’s … not exactly the kind of person you’d have in mind for the role, if her previous musings on Waitangi … Continue reading →

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All I’m saying is …

Posted on March 20, 2013 by

I sure wish I were well-off enough to forget about $50k in an offshore bank account. Idiot/Savant and marty mars have better-formed thoughts on the subject. No, it doesn’t make Shearer corrupt.  No, it’s not a rort.  But it is: … Continue reading →

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Pols 101 for David Shearer

Posted on March 8, 2013 by

I think we’ve frankly got to be worried about Labour’s prospects when people are giving him advice which shouldn’t need to be said. Like Morgan from Maui Street pointing out that leaving your Maaori Affairs spokesperson on the back bench … Continue reading →

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It doesn’t Get Better

Posted on February 21, 2013 by

There are those who will see this as yet another horrible mean-spirited attack on David Shearer.  Those who will instantly retort that he totally got the support of caucus at the February show trial vote and imply that it is my … Continue reading →

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The problem

Posted on January 29, 2013 by

I had this big long post written out about the many, many issues I have with David Shearer’s speech: the constant buying into rightwing rhetoric and language, the illogical little anecdotes, the poor writing … But all of that is … Continue reading →

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Deja vu all over again: Labour in 2014 edition

Posted on January 13, 2013 by

From Dimpost on Trotter on Shearer (I feel like we’re in the beginning stages of some terrible blogging chain letter here): My concern about a Shearer-led government is less dramatic than Trotters’. It’s that many of the senior Labour Ministers … Continue reading →

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An apology to David Shearer

Posted on January 10, 2013 by

I figured it was his turn. David, I am sorry.  I don’t really think you’re an awful person.  I don’t think you’re the worst thing to happen to New Zealand leftwing politics in a generation. I don’t even think most … Continue reading →

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