Clown-in-chief
A hilarious send up of Key that pretty much everyone would have missed because it aired on Nightline on Friday.
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Reverse Midas Touch
And so ends a great day’s trading under the erstwhile eye of Mr Key. Looks like they won’t be inviting John back to […]
Socialist America
The health care debate going on in America is a very serious debate, and who wins it has important implications for what kind […]
Yo John, I’m happy for you and imma let you finish…
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Understanding political behaviour
It seems political scientists could learn a thing or two from anthropologists after all. “Neanderthals were not the gentle, almost-human creatures portrayed in […]
Outage
The outage earlier this evening was due to the hosting company taking the server down.. We will be rebooting the host machine to […]
The entertainer
It’s kind of funny how in a year we’ve gone from expecting a Prime Minister to be hugely competent and across the details […]
One of these things is not like the other VII
One of these things is not the other, One of these things is not quite the same… Can you guess which one is […]
Lyndon on ACT
Found this gem at Fighting Talk. Lyndon Hood examines the act of leaking. Lyndon Hood: Act Doesn’t Feel Climate Heat Click to enlarge […]
Telecom solidarity fundraiser
Socialist Aotearoa have organised a Telecom solidarity fundraiser on Friday night. Not for $7m man Paul Reynolds, but for the lines engineers his […]
Shock, Horror – Infratil managers strike for more pay!
Yesterday Infratil got their NZ Bus hand-puppets to announce that they will be going on strike. On Wednesday, if the bus-drivers refuse to […]
Going forward…
Like r0b, I’m the new kid on The Standard’s block. Sounds like he got the cool initiation. I, on the other hand, had […]
Sohole.
In Ponsonby there is a bloody great big hole which is all that remains of the unlamented DYC Vinegar factory. It has been […]
Why blog?
So, against my better judgement I’m now a card carrying Standardista. Finally managed to get through the initiation ceremony without fainting. I’ve been […]
“Science”
ACT Party Press Release 1/4/2010: ACT has now identified the number one threat to personal freedom, to unbounded economic growth and to vast […]
Sharemarket/Hitler lolz
Top 10 reasons why Key’s visiting New York
10. I got lost on my way to Afghanistaniania. 9. It’s much more fun than running the country. 8. Textes from Kevin Taylor […]
Keep digging
Just noticed the interview with Garrett in the Sunday-Star Times: “Garrett, who “wore overalls and not a suit” while working as a roughneck […]
Smackathon planned
Anti-violence campaigners are urging Auckland parents to be especially vigilant in the wake of news that “Vote No” campaigner Larry Baldock is planning […]
The great leader
Something about the title of this press release from Peter Dunne yesterday just made me laugh: Call for leadership, vision from pharmacy […]
Time for tory charity?
Following the success of TV3’s ‘Big Night In’ Telethon which raised over $2 million for KidsCan, I was thinking there are others that […]
Wordcamp
If you’re interested in the software that runs this site and many others, there is a wordcamp in Wellington this weekend about the […]
Stick to Acting
John explains how what he said was taken out of context, and he outlines his views on climate change.
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John Key ‘may’ be able to understand it?
John Key has recently acted like a jerk to a young mother worried about what climate change is going to mean for her […]
Anarcho-syndicalist peasants
An old favourite.
Bon moat
We’ve been puzzling over how Bludger Bill can be spending all the $920 a week he is rorting for living in his family […]
Caption competition
Just when we thought he couldn’t top the comic value of the cycleway…
Change to policy – Privacy Consent
This has been added to the policy because as Lew points out there appear to be morons in government, blogs, and in journalism […]
Closing the gap
I take it all back. Key really is a genius! I didn’t think he could do it, but I underestimated him. Under his […]
Cool Cat
Courtsey of Chairman Meow. Obey the Kitteh!
Crusher Collins to launch McPrisons
Crusher Collins to launch McPrisons(TM) Clearly envious of the regular stream of complimentary Happy Meals arriving at Paula Bennett’s Parliamentary office (Paula tells […]
Leak: Key’s next big plan revealed
Today Key is giving a major speech on the economy. He told Oliver Driver on Sunrise yesterday that it would be “pretty high […]
The Daily Refrain on swine flu
Sometimes writing is hard. Especially when one is hungover for the third morning in a row. Thank God for Youtube. This one goes […]
Should a…
www.should-a.com, a website “created for the express purpose of openly mocking the citizen’s initiated referendum aimed at The Crimes (Substituted Section 59) Amendment […]