Written By: - Date published: 9:33 am, July 8th, 2011 - 19 comments
Vote for Change, Peter Shirtcliffe’s anti-MMP vehicle a grassroots movement discussing the need for change in the electoral system, has launched an ad competition for their movement. There’s $10,000 in prizes. I guess they raised the money from cake stalls. We encourage to submit your entries to VfC, and send them to us too!
Written By: - Date published: 5:10 pm, July 7th, 2011 - 4 comments
Te Tai Poutini Polytechnic is receiving an additional $750 million funding from Minister Steven Joyce after changing its name to the South Western Motorway.
Written By: - Date published: 4:43 pm, June 24th, 2011 - 12 comments
Sometimes you have to simply start from 1.0 for Godwin’s Law. This pretty much applies to anything re-subtitled from the movie “Der Untergang”. The latest one that I have seen is this side splitting rendition of exactly what has been going on inside the EQC operation in Christchurch.
Written By: - Date published: 9:21 am, June 24th, 2011 - 56 comments
What about: ‘see ya, I’m off to India’?
Written By: - Date published: 6:03 am, June 24th, 2011 - 34 comments
Your morning Facebook-related Alasdair Thompson lolz.
This man is pure comedy gold.
Written By: - Date published: 10:51 am, June 15th, 2011 - 63 comments
Randian superhero David Henderson has withdrawn his genius from New Zealand in protest at the collectivist government that has persecuted him and attempted to distribute the fruits of his talent to parasites. In a short statement after leaving the country, Henderson said other Atlases would join him in strike and “stop the motor of New Zealand”.
Written By: - Date published: 9:59 am, June 11th, 2011 - 12 comments
More incisive hilarity from Danyl: “It works like this: Paul Holmes gets to live in a state house for a year with a one year old baby, surviving on only the $288 dollars/week allocated to beneficiaries on the DPB, and at the end of the year Paul gets to decide whether he chooses to ‘breed for cash’….”
Written By: - Date published: 4:16 pm, June 10th, 2011 - 3 comments
A few overlooked videos from plumedekiwi. The short and potty history of the pavlova going to its awful conclusion and a similar look at the Wellywood sign.
Written By: - Date published: 8:05 am, June 5th, 2011 - 11 comments
Following the news that “Celebrities who make false statements while endorsing finance companies could now face jail or fines up to $1 million”, we at The Standard have received the following important document, leaked by an internal National Party source…
Written By: - Date published: 1:16 pm, June 2nd, 2011 - 113 comments
In my sleep deprived state I have to confess that I don’t like rugby supporters, especially drunken ones who argue about teams at 2am in the morning on the street. I suspect that will be the enduring memory I will carry away from this years Rugby World Cup. But I do like Dead Cat Bounce’s video about rugby.
Written By: - Date published: 4:26 pm, June 1st, 2011 - 33 comments
Bob Clarkson is back into public politics. This time generously helping the Act Party. Long may this continue!
Written By: - Date published: 11:00 am, May 31st, 2011 - 82 comments
My contribution: Key does the vertical plank. Not pictured, National’s economic plan .
Written By: - Date published: 12:09 pm, May 26th, 2011 - 53 comments
Labour’s new online game is hilarious. Choose whether or not to take the options presented and see the results. Politics is all about choices
Written By: - Date published: 11:24 am, May 22nd, 2011 - 17 comments
No. Really, they’re wasting it on corporate tagging of no value to anyone whatsoever. You can make your own parody sign, like the one below here and join the 7K strong Facebook group.
Written By: - Date published: 3:03 pm, May 20th, 2011 - 4 comments
Doing the rounds on email. Country’s getting a bit of a pasting lately…
Written By: - Date published: 11:29 am, May 20th, 2011 - 26 comments
I was listening to John Key on Parliament TV last night on the budget and he is bloody lazy when speaking. I had to watch his lips before I could figure out what he was saying. This morning there is a video of his remedial vocal work that illustrates this problem..
Written By: - Date published: 5:57 pm, May 19th, 2011 - 7 comments
In which we hear from the Treasury analyst behind the budget’s more than rosy growth predictions…
Written By: - Date published: 11:50 am, May 10th, 2011 - 31 comments
ACT on Campus is giving away KFC Double Downs today. I love that ACToids are always complaining that interest-free student loans are a bad idea because they encourage wasteful, inefficient spending but think that giving out free heart-attack makers is perfectly sensible.By the way, isn’t this treating?
Written By: - Date published: 9:43 pm, May 5th, 2011 - 16 comments
Watch Obama do Donald Trump like a dinner at the White House Correspondents’ party.
Trump didn’t like it. Crybaby.
Written By: - Date published: 2:09 pm, May 5th, 2011 - 3 comments
Can’t remember if we’ve posted these two funny videos.
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