December 2010
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Dec 30th
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PLAYGROUND (by Bicycle Store) I may have put this up once before, but it’s such a great vid… so it’s worth repeating
Dec 26th
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Dec 25th
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VM Project Vol#1/4 “Vital Moment” (by VM PROJECT) Riding in Seoul. Riding is good for the soul. Be free.
Dec 22nd
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Dec 21st
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ListenDr Cornel West Offers a Prophetic Critique Take...
Dec 21st
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Jack White makes a guitar (by GorWo4ek) “Who says you need to buy a guitar?” Brilliant!
Dec 21st
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The Wise Words of Powershop
When we move house next week we are also moving power company. We have signed up with Powershop, an innovative company with an innovative approach to home energy requirements. This morning we got our first email update from them and the headline went straight to the heart of one of the things I love and has cemented the idea that we’ve made the switch to a power company that suits us. The...
Dec 21st
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Sir Peter: Actors no threat to Hobbit - Politics -... →
So the public was being whipped into an anti-union frenzy by Gerry Brownlee, the PM and Sir Peter Jackson when, behind the scenes, the union action was not actually considered the problem in getting Warners to keep the Hobbit here. New Zealander’s got played by some smart PR and I’m guessing those who publicly protested with anger at the actors union as their motivation might need...
Dec 20th
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Dec 20th
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Mind Control and Brain Manipulation: Controlling... →
Toys where you control matter with your mind. Cool!
Dec 20th
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Congratulations Phil Twyford
Ok, so it’s a slightly belated congratulations but heck, it’s still worth doing. Congrats must be extended to Phil Twyford on being selected to run for Labour in Te Atatu. I like Phil, he seems like a really good guy and has some phenomenal credentials and experience. I also like the fact that he has experience in the NGO sector (Phil led Oxfam NZ for nine years as Founder Director and...
Dec 19th
The lies exposed behind ‘that’ DB ad… « Red Alert →
Stuart Nash and Jim Anderton set the record straight on the portrayal of the 1958 budget at the creation of Draught Beer (DB) by Morton Coutts… the beer that, according to the ad, was created to defy the evil government denying the working man his right to beer.
Dec 19th
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ProductsOfSlavery →
The above is a link to a clear visual depiction of what products are made using child labour and where they are made.
Dec 19th
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The United Bicycles of Europe (by Copenhagenize) What a sweet spot to go for a ride.
Dec 17th
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Meddling Murray McCully « Red Alert →
Dec 16th
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Dec 16th
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Boeing in 'safety cover-up' - Americas - Al... →
Oh heck
Dec 15th
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Dec 14th
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ListenThe Roots - Dear God 2.0 I nabbed this from...
Dec 14th
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Dec 14th
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Dec 14th
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Trends since 1940 in use of, and expenditure on,... →
The above link should be compulsory viewing for anyone in New Zealand interested in the welfare discussion. There is a myth in our country that under Labour governments we have seen a blowout in welfare dependancy - it is currently fashionable for supporters of the current National government to point to the previous Labour government and left leaning politics as a culprit for this perceived...
Dec 14th
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Humanitarian Chronicle» A Christmas Reflection –... →
This is my reflection on what the Christmas story means for me. It’s a huge challenge.
Dec 14th
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Dec 14th
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The Prime Minister Is Possibly out of Touch
The piece of this press conference I would like to discuss is about 9:30 into the discussion. The PM is asked a question about New Zealanders not feeling like tax cuts received recently had made any significant difference to their household incomes (or something to that effect). What intrigues me is that he states that he is “a little surprised actually by that” as “the...
Dec 13th
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Dec 11th
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My Political Compass →
Here’s where I sit on the political compass at the moment whilst recognising that many of the questions are a lot more gray than the answers allow for and some are leading. That said, it adequately demonstrates that Libertarian Socialism is not a contradictory term. I am currently: Economic Left/Right -6.62 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian -6.26
Dec 9th
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Dec 8th
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Dec 8th
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Dec 8th
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The WikiLeaks wake up call - Opinion - Al Jazeera... →
Good article revealing the disconnect between how various countries respond to Wikileaks and their public rhetoric.
Dec 7th
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Dec 6th
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Dec 6th
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Dec 6th
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Dec 2nd
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Dec 1st
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“I know you’re out there…I can feel you now. I know that you’re...”
– This is Neo’s comment at the end of the Matrix. As you read it, think about Wikileaks and its founder, Julian Assange. Is he the real life, flawed, philosophical equivalent of Neo.
Dec 1st