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Never forget that Winston Peters only entered Parliament for the first time due to a mistaken interpretation of the Electoral Act ... such an appropriate origin story that it bears retelling in full.
Winston Peters at 80: The populist’s populist clocks up 50 years of political comebacks
Analysis: Like a Pied Piper in a double-breasted pinstripe suit, he led the disgruntled all the way to the ballot box at the last election, Grant Duncan writes.
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April 9, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Never forget that Winston Peters only entered Parliament for the first time due to a mistaken interpretation of the Electoral Act ... such an appropriate origin story that it bears retelling in full.
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An excellent explainer about the Regulatory Standards Bill, the assumptions that underpin it and why it's such a dangerous piece of legislation.
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Why the Regulatory Standards Bill is a Very Bad Idea
The individualism and private property protection Bill David Seymour’s proposed Regulatory Standards Bill seeks to give primacy to two things: individualism and private property. Those two things are ...
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January 2, 2025 at 3:59 AM
An excellent explainer about the Regulatory Standards Bill, the assumptions that underpin it and why it's such a dangerous piece of legislation.
#nzpol
#nzpol
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There are 21 million Black people in the US.
Fewer than 6% of us earn over $100K a year.
The median net worth of Black households fluctuates between about $20K and $40K, depending on how much scamming happens that year (eg crypto, asset forfeiture).
Black. People. Are. The. Working. Class.
Fewer than 6% of us earn over $100K a year.
The median net worth of Black households fluctuates between about $20K and $40K, depending on how much scamming happens that year (eg crypto, asset forfeiture).
Black. People. Are. The. Working. Class.
December 29, 2024 at 10:13 PM
There are 21 million Black people in the US.
Fewer than 6% of us earn over $100K a year.
The median net worth of Black households fluctuates between about $20K and $40K, depending on how much scamming happens that year (eg crypto, asset forfeiture).
Black. People. Are. The. Working. Class.
Fewer than 6% of us earn over $100K a year.
The median net worth of Black households fluctuates between about $20K and $40K, depending on how much scamming happens that year (eg crypto, asset forfeiture).
Black. People. Are. The. Working. Class.
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Daily reminder that the underlying purpose of AI is to allow wealth to access skill while removing from the skilled the ability to access wealth.
Anyway, AI has already stolen friends’ work, and is going to put other people out of work.
I do not think a political party that claims to be the party of workers in this country should be using it. Even for just a silly joke.
I do not think a political party that claims to be the party of workers in this country should be using it. Even for just a silly joke.
December 26, 2024 at 8:34 PM
Daily reminder that the underlying purpose of AI is to allow wealth to access skill while removing from the skilled the ability to access wealth.
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Yeah. This is the law functioning as intended. Comfortable with my initial view here that the primary problem is the law itself, not police interpretation of it (though that can certainly also be criticised; in particular they ARE required to take account of bill of rights free expression rights).
December 28, 2024 at 7:48 AM
Yeah. This is the law functioning as intended. Comfortable with my initial view here that the primary problem is the law itself, not police interpretation of it (though that can certainly also be criticised; in particular they ARE required to take account of bill of rights free expression rights).