A humbug
Back in July of 2009 I wrote a post about John Key’s promises of a plan to stop job losses. At the time […]
Politics
Posts on government and governence at national and local level, political parties,politicians, and political participation
Bye bye independent foreign policy
Crime rises, Nats’ get tough policies have no effect
You might recall that a bit over a year ago a salesman in a nice suit with a nice smile came and sold […]
Even Banks against Key’s ‘Party Central’ fiasco
At first, I thought I must have been dreaming yesterday morning. There was John Banks loudly attacking central government politicians from Wellington. How dare […]
Summary of Facts – as requested
UPDATE 14/01 – my Summary of Facts My only charge is still obstructs police – seemingly because I refused to comply with an […]
Bully Brownlee forces SOE CEO to withdraw critical blog
Powershop is a subsidiary of Meridian Energy, an SOE. It is the most highly rated power retailer by its customers, with 92% satisfaction. On […]
Wishart. Research kiddie.
This is just too funny. One of Ian Wisharts sources in AirCon which he quoted from ‘verbatim’ turns out to have been a […]
Slater’s attention-seeking attack on sex abuse victim
So, Slater wants to be a martyr. Fits well with his personal myth of the hard done by battler fighting this PC world. […]
John Key, Minister for Overseas Holidays
Happy new year! If you’re lucky enough to be on a bit of a break overseas say ‘Hi’ to Prime Minister John Key […]
Foreign banks buggering NZ
I’m no big city banker. But I was under the impression that profit is the income that is left over once you’ve paid your […]
A Potty Peer making money off future misery.
Gareth over at Hot-Topic has written a delightful post “Popgun for hire: A$20,000 detailing one person who is making money off climate change. […]
3rd time today – when will they learn?
As lprent has already posted: I was arrested today for chanting on a megaphone. This is the third time I have been arrested […]
Good photo….
Granny reports that there have been more arrests. Damn, we’re due to head off to Young Labours summer school in Otaki shortly. Be […]
Nats: anti-whalers’ lives forfeit on the altar of trade
On Wednesday, Japanese whalers tried to murder five New Zealanders. There is no other way to put it. They ran down a ship […]
Five more unlawful arrests of protesters today
John Darroch called today to inform me that the police were starting to round up and arrest protesters, and that they had three […]
How Act’s failed coup went down
Spotted on Facebook:
The police ignore Brooker
Idiot Savant at No Right Turn points out that the police (once again1) are violating the law surrounding protest and dissent. The post […]
Between Nats lines, not much to be found
Bill English has usurped his do-nothing leader with an op-ed in the Herald framing National’s agenda for the year to come. This piece was […]
Anything substantive to say?
My assumption whenever I read Cameron John Slater’s trash over at Whale Oil is to assume it’s just that trash. That’s why I […]
Granny is surprised, no-one else is.
John Banks is steadily dropping away from a possibility of gaining the Auckland super-city mayoralty. A Herald online poll has John Banks falling […]
Time for a Just Transition?
With so much attention on climate change, and such a lack of concern, urgency and commitment to action from the current Tory government […]
Phil O’Reilly – dumb enough to fail
Phil O’Reilly of Business NZ has an opinion piece in the NZ Herald today decrying businesses that trade on the ‘clean and green’ […]
Re-run: Worth fails to cock-up for a week – apologises to PM
Actually, this guest post never got published because, before we could publish it, Richard Worth would be involved in some new scandal and […]
$400 mln xmas gift for banks
The banks, who tried to rip us off to the tune of $2.6 billion, have agreed to pay us $2.2 billion. I don’t […]
Memo from a muppet
So John Key thinks I’m a Muppet. “[when I’m in Hawaii on holiday] they’ll send me stuff … those Muppets in the background […]
Fun stuff
I must say I love the Christmas season. You spend a lot of time catching up with all sorts of interesting people, having […]
Those childish people of Northern European descent.
Poring around the nets while I’m on holiday is turning out to be quite interesting looking at summaries of science. I’ve been picking […]
MSM: you supply the spin, we publish it
There’s a Youtube clip on Stuff of Key talking on The Edge. Presumably filmed by one of Key’s people. It’s run as headline […]
Today’s climate protest in Wgtn
Two protests today successfully highlighted the role of New Zealand’s agricutural industry and business community in contributing to climate change. The first protest […]
Good Xmas news for Auckland
The UMR poll for the Auckland super-city mayoral race is interesting reading. The headline difference (PDF) of 11% towards Len Brown over John […]
Climate Direct Action
Text from John Darroch a couple of minutes ago: hey just hanging ten stories up the mfat building in welly protesting against fonterror […]
Whanau Ora: privatisation by stealth
The government is beginning to explain more about its Whanau Ora plan, although it is still startlingly vague considering we’re talking a billion […]
Sustainable living resources
I’m trying not to get too depressed about the lack of an outcome at Copenhagen. As one analyst put it – “Leaders came […]
Right’s privatisation arguments rubbish
As a senior economist at a respected company, John Carran wrote some apallingly simplistic tripe in his article, “Exorcising the asset sale bogey“, […]
Not welcome
A Papakura local has sent us this story of the would-be Emperor of Auckland’s foray into Papakura. Wannabe Super City Mayor Goofs up […]
Failing the future
So Copenhagen has ended in failure. I’m not surprised, but I am disappointed. As The Guardian reports: Low targets, goals dropped: Copenhagen ends […]