Media irresponsible to name her
I haven’t really wanted to get involved in the whole debate surrounding Richard Worth. It’s horrible and messy, and makes me feel sick […]
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Self-inflicted wounds
Whale Oil has a page of ‘trophies’. Little pictures of people he thinks he has dragged through the mud and embarrassed. Even made […]
“From the Edge”
Kevin Roberts has a new post up on his Herald blog, “From the Edge”. What a load of bloody waffle. To think in […]
Here we go again
In the 1990’s the National government of the day dealt with recession by cutting spending. The tragic result was to suck cash out […]
TVNZ upholds Paul Henry complaint
I see TVNZ has upheld the complaint against Paul Henry over his disgraceful abuse of a guest on his show. TVNZ spokeswoman Megan […]
An illiterate from another age
I see that Michael Bassett has written about this site. However he doesn’t bother to check his facts or to keep up with […]
Dom hits rock bottom, starts digging
Ray White, the renowned philosopher from Greytown, had a letter published by the Dominion Post on Monday wherein he says “I think it is […]
dick-o-meter
Russel Brown at Media7 doing a light-hearted take on how pathetic Paul Henry has been over time. You really have to ask if […]
Paul Henry defends his right to act like a child
Anna at The Handmirror has written a good post on Paul Henry and his obnoxious glee in denigrating someone for their appearance. I’m […]
Sack Henry Now.
When I first saw this clip of Paul Henry publicly ridiculing Greenpeace’s Stephanie Mills for (in his view) having a moustache I decided […]
The government gets a headline, we get potholes
No Right Turn puts the farce of the governments spin into perspective in Public relations replaces policy II. I’m just going to quote […]
Words fail me
A link in the comments led me to ballon juice You Have To Be Shitting Me. It refers to a article at boston.com […]
Steve shuffles off his mortal coil
Protecting workers’ rights, protecting ACC, safeguarding jobs, public services, and SOEs, opposing privatisation. These are all important fights. But it’s a crime we’re […]
Gordon Campbell states the obvious
Gordon Campbell has been having fun pointing the finger at Treasury in “How Treasury put us on the hook to finance companies“. Essentially […]
Democracy and the BOFH, Jonkey, and S92A preparations
Reply is a feature that accidentally got turned on last week when I had a adware/malware outbreak through a security hole (those buggers […]
Bottoms up, Bill
It’s said that, once upon a time, Bill Ralston had a social conscience. He still claims to be a leftie at heart. If […]
The Standard and s92a.
I’m not going to go over the whys and wherefores of this clause of the new copyright act. No Right Turn, Just Left, […]
Ironically, nothing ever goes right for Roger
Roger Douglas has his big debut speech tomorrow night in Orewa. He’s been working hard and sucking the (tax payer funded) parliamentary library […]
Sanctimonious tall poppy cutter.
There is no doubt that the Granny crew were hurt when their own ‘poll’ showed that people considered Helen Clark was the greatest […]
Police nurture a unwise form of direct democracy
The Economist has an fascinating article “Rioters of the world unite“. It is partially about the demonstrations, protests, and outright riots in Athens […]
Payback?
National’s decision to allow a 40% increase in endangered Sea Lion kill-quota for the squid fishing industry is old news but I haven’t […]
Evolution and Crime
The Economist is one of the few main stream media that seem to be flourishing in the days of decline for most media […]
“NZ Herald Staff” dribble
Bomber over at Tumeke has pointed out a stupid news story about the blogosphere from the Granny Herald. It either shows a selective […]
National Spinners
David Farrar wrote… “Funniest moment was talking to a few of John’s staff, and one of them asked whether their imminent transfer to […]
No one likes McCain
Ever wondered what would happen if the whole world could vote for the President of the United States? According to The Economist’s online […]
Down the club
National party activist and spokesperson David Farrar has surpassed himself this time with a post attacking Helen Clark for not having children that […]
Sensible Sentencing: Disgusting
The Sensible Sentencing Trust is a backward, reactionary organisation at the best of times but this is a new low. Responding to comments […]
Scum
Cameron Slater’s co-blogger Steady Eddy is back to his creepy brownshirt tricks again and this time his target is Labour Party candidate Kate […]
They’ve got 18 better than him?
National MP for Northland, John Carter, is ‘up in arms about a decision allowing inmates from Ngawha Prison to play in the Whangarei […]
Filth
It looks like the nasty little insecure creeps who inhabit the Kiwiblog Right are creeping into the mainstream. I mean, take a look […]
DPF takes the moral highground
As you will know National Party Blogger David Farrar gave us a wee razzing for publishing an out of date list of Bob […]
Too far.
People often ask us at The Standard why we don’t post under our real names. Tonight Whaleoil has provided a damn good answer […]