Posts Tagged ‘ACT’
Saturday, January 22nd, 2011
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The news, eh? What is it? Where do I find it? What do I do once I’ve caught it? Is it contagious? Already 2011 has been awful full of news, and with human-produced news levels at their highest point in recorded history, what can be done to prepare for the eventual catastrophe which everyone is certain is coming from somewhere soon?
Tags: 9 day fortnight , ACT , Annette King , Arizona , Auckland , Baltimore , beneficiaries , beneficiary bashing , Century City Apartments , Charlie Brooker , Chris Finlayson , Coromandel , Cost of living , cycleway , David Letterman , Dr Russel Norman , economics , election promises , foreign affairs , girlfriends , Grant Robertson , Green Party , GST , guns , holidays , immigration , Iraq War , John Key , John McCain , Korea , Labour Party , Lord of the Rings , media , mediawatch , MMP , music , National Party , national standards , news , Newtown , Phil Goff , Pike River Mining Disaster , police , politics , prisoners' right to vote , property , public sector , public service , Queensland , Queensland floods , Recession , Rob Muldoon , Rodney Hide , Rongotai , south island , statistics , Steven Franks , Supercity , supply-side economics , tax , tax cuts , tea party movement , The Wire (TV show) , Thorndon , trickle-down economics , twitter , unemployment , united fut , United Future , welfare , Wellington , Wellington Central electorate , west coast
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Tuesday, November 30th, 2010
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Nobody knows exactly when we will next get to vote. It could be thrust upon us at a moment’s notice. You could be at home, you could be at work. You could be out, it might be dark, you could well be drunk. So it pays to think CONSTANTLY about how you’d vote or else you might get caught out and end up voting for the wrong people in a kind of panic. In this episode we moan about there basically being nobody to vote for, identify who we think are the “Most Egonomist MPs”, Dan outlines precisely what it will take to get him to vote Green, and Dave reminisces about ripping off his shoddy neighbor ‘s unsecured wireless internet.
Tags: 9 day fortnight , ACT , alcoholism , Andrew Little , Annette King , Asians , Australia , Batman , beneficiaries , Bill Birch , Bill English , blogs , Botany , change , Chris Finlayson , Chris Hipkins , Christchurch , Christchurch Earthquake emergency legislation , cycleway , David Benson-Pope , David Cunliffe , David Farrar , Don Brash , Dr Russel Norman , election promises , electotal finance bill , flags , Foreshore and Seabed , Gareth Hughes , Gerry Brownlee , global economic downturn , Grant Robertson , Green Party , Hekia Parata , Helen Clark , internet , Jackson James Wood , Jan Logie , Jenny Shipley , Jim Anderton , Jim Bolger , John Boscawen , Judith Collins , Karori , Kevin Hague , Kiwibank , Kiwiblog , Kmart , Kris Fa'afoi , Labour Party , llamas , Lockwood Smith , Mana by-election , Maori , Maori Party , Maori seats , Matt McCarten , Mike Moore , Movember , Mt Albert , National Party , New York , NZ Post , Pansy Wong , parties , Patrick Gower , Phil Goff , pizza , Red Alert (blog) , Richard Worth , Rob Muldoon , Roger Douglas , Ronald Reagan , Ruth Richardson , Sarah Palin , Star Wars , Stuart Nash , stuff.co.nz , Sue Bradford , Taranaki , Tau Henare , tax cuts , technology , Trevor Mallard , twitter , voters , weight , welfare , Welfare Working Group , Wellington , Winston Peters , Young Nats
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Friday, November 26th, 2010
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Back in August Paula Rebstock, a former commerce commission head and therefore the most appropriate person to make these sorts of life-and-death decisions, released her welfare working group’s issue paper which set us off like a firecracker in episode 50 (highlight here ). Rebstock is back this week, with her group’s recommendation s. Claiming our economy cannot support our society, she makes the dual mistake of forgetting that it’s our society that should come before our economy in that sentence, and that economies do tend to behave rather catastrophically when you base them on bullshit figures .
Tags: 1990s , 2025 Commission , 9 day fortnight , ACC , ACT , Asperger syndrome , asset sales , beer , beneficiaries , beneficiary bashing , Bill English , Britain , cats , Chris Carter , Christianity , Civil Defence , cocaine , commodities , conservatives , corporate responsibility , crime , cycleway , Dancing with the Stars , David Cunliffe , David Garrett , death , disease , divorce , doctors , Don Brash , DPB , earthquakes , economics , education , Foreshore and Seabed , Glen Beck , global economic downturn , health and safety , healthcare reform , invalid/sickness benefit , Ireland , Irish , Jackson James Wood , John Boscawen , John Key , Labour Party , Labour Party UK , looting , Mana by-election , media , Michael Cullen , mining , national debt , National Party , Navy , news , NHS , Opshop , Parliament TV , Paula Bennet , Paula Rebstock , Pike River Mining Disaster , privatisation , Pundit.co.nz , racism , Richard Prebble , Rodney Hide , sex , sick leave , Sinead O'Connor , sleeptalking , solo parenting , Standard and Poors , Sue Bradford , survival kit , Tau Henare , tax , tax cuts , teachers , Terry Serepisos , tertiary education , The Economist , The Standard , The West Wing , Tony Blair , Trevor Mallard , U2 , unemployment , universal minimum income , upper class , wealthy people , weight , welfare , welfare dependency , Welfare Working Group , Wellington , White Ribbon campaign , yachting
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Monday, November 15th, 2010
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Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins. What does that have to do with anything? Eh?!
Tags: "Axe The Tax" , abortion , ACT , Andrew Williams , B Side Beats , Baldness , Bangladesh , Bill Clinton , Bill English , Bone Thugs-n-Harmony , Breakfast , Bronagh Key , Burton Shipley , cancer , Catchphrases , catholics , celebrities , charity , Chelsea Clinton , Chris Trotter , clubbing , Coastal Coalition , computers , Conor English , contraception , cooperative banking , Covlin , currency , Dipton , downs syndrome , dowry , drinking , drinking age , Ecstacy , evangalism , facial hair , Foreshore and Seabed , Freedom Flotilla , Genesis , genitals , Geoffrey Palmer , Grameen Bank , Grapefruit , Green Party , GST , heart disease , Helen Clark , high tech industry , Hillary Clinton , Hitler , Hobbit , honey badgers , Ian Wishart , Ice TV , IHC , iPad , Jackson James Wood , Jenny Shipley , Jesus , Jim Bolger , Jimmy Carter , John Key stole Dave's little table , Keith Locke , Keith Ng , King Country , Kofi Annan , Labour Party , Maori Party , maritime law , Marxism , maths , Matt McCarten , MEAA , medicine , middle ages , Mike Moore , Mikey Havoc , Movember , Muhammad Yunus , music , National Party , newspapers , Nixon , p , parties , Paul Henry , Peter Davis , Peter Gabriel , Phil Collins , Playboy , pop , prog rock , Public Address , Raglan , Realworld , Remix magazine , Richard Branson , rock , Rodney Hide , Ronald Reagan , sex , Sinead O'Connor , Sir Anand Satyanand , snakes , Steffie Key , stuff.co.nz , Tariana Turia , tattoos , tax cuts , Tech bubble , The Elders , The Hobbit , Tom Scott , twitter , VAT , weed , wildlife , WOMAD , world music
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Tuesday, November 9th, 2010
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Hillary’s been here for a visit. Which was nice. Pity her country went completely to shit while she was away from it. Noam Chomsky has a yarn about shenanigans , Dan and Dave triumphantly enter parliament on visitor’s open day to check out the naughty chair . Also: q) what’s fun to do while drunk? a) almost anything but especially throwing things in the harbour .
We’re trying something out with the audio settings so that you can listen to us without pumping your volume to the max and then forget to reset it to a painless level when you go back to listening to your raps. Taken us, what, 82 episodes to figure that out? Not like anyone involved with this studied audio engineering or anything. Best podcast ever.
Tags: "God Is Not Great" book , 2025 Commission , ACT , adultery , advertising , Al Gore , Alan Duff , American politics , Barry Goldwater , BBQs , Bill Clinton , Black Adder , boy racers , Britain , capitalism , car crushing , cars , Celia Wade-Brown , Chris Carter , Chris Hipkins , Christine Rankin , Christopher Hitchens , civil rights movement , conservatism , Covlin , Customs , David Cameron , David Lange , Democratic Party , drugs , ducks , Eden Park , Eton , farts , Florida , girls , Goodbye Pork Pie , high school , Hillary Clinton , John Boscawen , John Key , John Stewart , Judith Collins , Lockwood Smith , marijuana , mediawatch , Michael Bassett , midterm elections , Mike Moore , Ministry of Works , murder , NAFTA , National Party , New Zealand First , Newt Gingrich , Nixon , Noam Chomsky , Obama , Once Were Warriors , Outrageous Fortune , p , Parliament , Parliament TV , parties , Patrick Gower , Phil Twyford , police , Premier House , prisoners' right to vote , prisons , Republican party , Richard Prebble , Ritchie McCaw , road cones , Rodney Hide , rotten boroughs , statistics , Steven Seagal , street signs , suicide , swimming , tea party movement , teenagers , The Hobbit , Vietnam , War on Drugs , WCC , weather , Wellington , Wellington harbour , Winston Peters , WINZ , women
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Tuesday, October 19th, 2010
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Episode 2 with Darren Watson in the hotseat. Local elections results are in and EVERYBODY IS STOKED:
Tags: 2025 Commission , 3 Strikes , 9 day fortnight , 90s , ACC , ACT , Act on Campus , affluenza , Africa , Al Mansell , alcohol , Anarchists , ANZ/National , Asia , Ayn Rand , bank fees , banks , beer , Bernard Hickey , Bill English , binge drinking , blues , Bottled water , Brass Eye , Britain , bullying , busses , Catholicism , cats , Celia Wade-Brown , Chris Carter , Chris Trotter , Christmas , conservatism , Coronation Street , Covlin , credit cards , CTU , currency , cycleway , dance music , Daniel Bell , Darren Watson , datura , David Cameron , Deborah Hill Cone , Don Brash , Dr Russel Norman , drug dealers , drugs , economics , ecstasy , Europe , export , Fat Freddy's Drop , France , free market , Germany , Gerry Brownlee , globalisation , Green Party , gypsies , Herald Wilson , hippies , history , Hungary , ibuprofen , inflation , interest rates , Jackson James Wood , Jesus , John Boscawen , John Key , John Key stole Dave's little table , Kerry Prendegast , KPMG , Labour Party , Labour Party UK , liberals , liberterianism , local body elections , Margaret Thatcher , Marxism , mayors , Melbourne , monorail , music , National Party , nightlife , Paul Quinn , Prebble's Rebels , public transport , Queensland , racism , Religion , Rod Donald , Roger Douglas , Rwanda , Saint Hilda , shrooms , So Solid Crew , Sue Bradford , tasers , Tau Henare , Ted Heath , Terry Serepisos , The Black Seeds , The Mermaid , Think Big , trams , Treasury , Tu Meke (blog) , Victoria University , weed , Wellington , Wellington Phoenix
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Sunday, October 17th, 2010
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Darren Watson , Wellington blues icon and all ’round nice fella, swung by for a chat. DW’s never been afraid of speaking his mind on political issues, as anyone who’s seen him alter the lyrics mid-performance of blues numbers to ridicule National supporters can attest.
Darren’s new album “Saint Hilda’s Faithless Boy” is out November 1st on Red Rocks Records. Release parties are in Wellington on the 21st October at Ruby Lounge and in Auckland on the 23rd of October at Juice Bar.
Tags: "The Great War For Civilisation" , "To Play The King" , 1981 Tour , 4th Labour Government , ACT , amyl nitrate , Andrew Little , Arabs , Ayn Rand , BBC , Bernard Hickey , bigotry , Bill English , blues , Britain , Bronagh Key , Celia Wade-Brown , Charles Chauvel , Chris Carter , Christmas , Citizens and Ratepayers , Claire Curran , Conor English , conservatives , Darren Watson , David Benson-Pope , David Lange , Dominion Post , Duncan Garner , Fairfax , federated farmers , gays , George Orwell , GHB , Goebbels , Green Party , Guitar , Helen Clark , Helen Kelly , high school , Hitler , homophobia , inflation , Iraq War , Islam , Israel , Jackson James Wood , James Brown , Jesus , Jews , Jim Bolger , John Key , Kerry Prendegast , KFC , Kim Jong-il , Kiwi Cricket , Kyle Chapman , Labour Pa , Labour Party , Labour Party UK , lawyers , Lethal Weapon , Lethal Weapon II , Margaret Thatcher , Maria Carey , Marilyn Waring , Merryl Lynch , Mount Victoria , music , Music piracy , National Front , National Party , New Zeal , North Korea , Oman , Paul Henry , Phil Goff , racism , Rex Nichols , Rob Muldoon , Robert Fisk , Roger Douglas , Ruth Dyson , Ruth Richardson , Saudi Arabia , sex , Shane Jones , Solomon Burke , STV , tax cuts , term limits , The Herald , The Standard , Trevor Loudon , TV3 , TVNZ , twitter , unions , Upper Hutt , WCC , Winston Churchill , World War II , Yemen
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Monday, October 11th, 2010
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In this episode we slander interview an absent guest , partake in the great tradition common to all enlightened cultures of forcing eachother to admit who we voted for, and reminisce about a time when BP could combine every sin on the books and yet still get it right.
Tags: ACT , Adam Cunningham , Al Mansel , alcohol , Alliance Party , Amiga , beer , Bernard O'Shaughnessy , BP , Brian Pepperell , brothels , budgeting , Capital Coast District Health Board , casinos , Celia Wade-Brown , Charles Finny , Chris Carter , Chris Laidlaw , Chris Lipscombe , climate change , corruption , credit cards , Daljit Singh , Dan has big hands , Daran Ponter , David Choat , David Garrett , Dominion Post , electoral fraud , employment relations , Excel , facebook , Fran Wilde , gambling , Green Party , hooliganism , Ian McKinnon , immigrants , inorganic rubbish , invisible hand of the market , Iona Pannett , Jack Yan , Jackson James Wood , Jim Anderton , John Bishop , John Boscawen , John Key stole Dave's little table , Judith Aitken , Ken Livingstone , Kerry Prendegast , Kmart , Kris Price , Labour Party , local body elections , Marcus Ganley , Margaret Faulkner , Mark Greening , Michael Cecil-Gibson , Michael Fowler , Ministry of Health , money , nerds , oil , Paul Bruce , Paul Henry , Peter Kelly , Phil Goff , police , Rastafarianism , recycling , refugees , Richard Prebble , Rodney Hide , Roger Douglas , Rudy Giuliani , Rugby , Rugby World Cup , Russell Franklin , Sally Baber , smoking , Sport , Stephanie Cook , Tinakori Road , TLC , twitter , WCC , Wellington Regional Chamber of Commerce , Wellington Regional Council , wine
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Thursday, October 7th, 2010
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Join us as we try to set Dan up with Deborah Hill Cone. Have a look at her sterling wit here , just before John Campbell has to actively resist punching her in the face.
But mainly we take a look at Andrew Little – can he be Labour’s Don Brash In A Good Way Don’t Get Me Wrong Here? Can he save us from the horrors we so accurately predict (will be Bill English’s fault)? It’s all a bit of a downer – BUT! Comedic relief is here in the form of a brand new ACT MP! Hurray!
Tags: 90s , ACT , American politics , Andrew Little , asset sales , Australia , banking , banks , Bill English , Bill O'Reilly , Bill of Rights , books , broken homes , Bruce Springsteen , cats , class , conservatism , conservatives , Courtenay Place , Dante , David Garrett , Deborah Hill Cone , diet , divorce , Don Brash , drinking , Dunedin , Embarrassed Millionaire , Employment Contracts Act , employment relations , EPMU , export , facebook , family values , fast food , food , Foreign ownership , founding fathers , Fox News , free market , gangs , Geraldo Rivera , girlfriends , Glen Beck , global economic downturn , Green Party , Heather Roy , Helen Clark , Hillary Calvert , hip hop , human rights , Jenny Shipley , John Boscawen , John Key , Ka Pai , Labour Party , lawyers , Magna Carta , masturbation , MMP , music , National Party , New Plymouth , Newtown , nightlife , Otago Daily Times , pigeons , political music , poor people , pork , poverty , property management , prostitutes , prostitution , racsm , Rasputin , recruitment companies , redheads , relationships , Religion , right wing , Rodney Hide , Roger Douglas , Ruth Richardson , sex , Star Wars , students , Supercity , tax cuts , tea party movement , The Listener , Treasury , Trevor Loudon , twitter , unions , Vivian Street , Wanganui , Wellington Central electorate , workers' rights
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Sunday, September 26th, 2010
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Bit of a busy weekend so I haven’t had a chance to listen back to this one yet, but better get something out before you all forget we exist. Will add in tags and a blurb later on.
update: HEY! well it turns out we talked about ACT again! Specifically David Garret and his online dating conquests, among other things. Hurrah.
Tags: "I've been thinking" , ACT , Act on Campus , activism , amputees , Aro Valley , Auckland , Austin Powers , Ayn Rand , Bill English , Bob Parker , books , Bronagh Key , Campbell Live , Charles de Gaulle , Chris Carter , Christchurch , Christchurch Earthquake , Christchurch Earthquake emergency legislation , clubbing , crime , Dancing with the Stars , dating , David Garrett , Day of the Jackal , Deborah Hill Cone , Don Brash , donk , Dr Russel Norman , Eastern Bloc , Epsom , fast food , find someone , food , Garth McVicar , Gerry Brownlee , Grandparents , Green Party , Heather Roy , Helensville , Jeanette Fitzsimons , Jim Anderton , Jim Bolger , John Banks , John Boscawen , John Key , John Key stole Dave's little table , junk food , KFC , Kim Hill , Labour Party , lawyers , liberterianism , local body elections , Loneliness , mayors , McDonalds , MMP , Name suppression , Nandor Tanczos , National Party , nightlife , Nutrition , nzdating.co.nz , Okcupid.com , online dating , oral sex , parenthood , Personals ads , Peter Dunne , Phil Goff , pizza , Pizza Hut , poos , Prebble's Rebels , Premier House , redheads , relationships , Restuarant Brands , Richard Prebble , Richard Worth , right wing , Rob Muldoon , Rodney Hide , Roger Douglas , Rogernomics , Rudy Giuliani , Scandal , Sensible Sentencing Trust , sewerage , Sexual harassment , Starbucks , suicide , Supercity , teletext , The Coromandel , Tonga , Trolling , TV , twitter , violence , WCC , weight loss , Wellington , Woman's Day
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