Statistical crimes and the media
You might have noticed that there was none of the traditional beat-up over crime when the crime statistics came out last week even […]
Social issues
Obscene
Rob Fyfe, CEO of Air New Zealand has seen a pay rise of 93%. The Herald reports that before his pay was frozen […]
Reminder: DL Wgtn tonight
If you’re not fleeing the city for the long weekend like every other sane person, Drinking Liberally Wellington is on at the Southern […]
The Tolleycopter
Most people have focused on the utter hypocrisy of National’s Anne Tolley flying around Auckland in a helicopter looking at education buildings from […]
Where would you get that idea? 2
Well, Granny Herald breaks the news: “NZ’s murder rate halved in past 20 years”: New Zealand’s murder rate appears to have almost halved […]
Garrett lying to his own supporters
Not content with lying to the New Zealand public, ACT MP David Garrett has now been busted lying to his own supporters about […]
DL Wellington next week
Metiria Turei is at Drinking Liberally next week. Thursday, April 9, 5:30 at Southern Cross. Nice new logo too. Meanwhile, here’s Andrew Little from […]
Submit!
From No Right Turn. The Law and Order Committee has called for submissions on the Corrections (Contract Management of Prisons) Amendment Bill. Two […]
It’s the men in black
The SIS has made its yearly attempt to scare the crap out of MPs and get more funding. Apparently, New Zealand is under […]
Have your say
Professor Paul Callaghan from Victoria University introduces the ‘Think Tech’ site via video. Panelists will look at what sorts of new technologies, in […]
A healthy dose of reality on prisons
Peter Williams QC was on Breakfast this morning giving a refreshingly frank assessment of the problems with our prison and justice systems – […]
Rehabilitated?
On Q+A this morning, Judith Collins couldn’t defend prisons for profit but she sounded quite reasonable when talking about the need for more […]
Herald cartoonist bereft of ideas?
Seeing some of Rod Emmerson’s cartoons in the Herald over 2009 thus far, you’d think we were into the Right’s nightmare of a […]
Update: Shepard Fairey v AP
Over at his site Shepard Fairey, the creater of the Obama “HOPE” poster, has an update on his legal wrangle with the Associated […]
Mission-On off
If the definition of PC is doing things because they fit an ideology, not because they make sense, then it’s clear National and […]
Clean water worth paying for
Rodney Hide, who thinks nothing of spending billions on tax cuts for the well-off, is baulking at spending “some tens of millions” to improve […]
Lord Ashcroft woz here
Boing Boing reports that: The London police have bested their own impressive record for insane and stupid anti-terrorism posters with a new range […]
Three strikes and you’re garrotted
The Toad’s ‘interview’ with ACT’s David Garrett is so good we had to steal it. Like all good parody, it’s easy to believe […]
A sheep in wolves’ clothing
Something is rotten in the state of Denmark when senior journalists like Fran O’Sullivan feel that they have to provide public relations advice […]
Anna Bligh wins Labor fifth term in Queensland
Queenslanders yesterday elected Labor under Anna Bligh to a fifth term in government. Anna Bligh now becomes the first woman to be elected as […]
Friday quiz – late edition
Imagine two incidents when a person is at home and they hear someone outside their house. In the first incident, they grab a […]
Strings attached
I’d always thought Westies were the type to do things their own way, so this seems more appropriate in light of today’s RNZ […]
Third party returns
The Electoral Commission has released the third party spending returns for the 2008 election campaign and it looks like for all National and […]
Healthy Homes, Healthy Kiwis
Well I’ll be, it seems Labour is finally starting to act like an opposition. They’ve set up a campaign website on home insulation […]
Tapu Misa on private prisons
From Tapu Misa’s latest column: National thinks that… [t]hrough the magic of “competition” we’ll get a first rate penal system, and private providers […]
More questions on the Sensible Sentencing Trust
Last week, Tane pointed out that the private prison industry had been involved in corrupting the political process in the US by funding […]
Stewart vs Cramer
Earlier this week, I posted on the feud that erupted when the Daily Show criticised CNBC and the business media. Last night, CNBC’s […]
See no evil
I’ve been meaning to write something about the private prisons bill for a couple of days as it’s a recipe for barbarity. But […]
How to reduce ACC costs without cutting cover
The sensationalist tone of media releases regarding the financial situation at ACC has ignored the causes behind this so called ‘blow out’. The investment […]
Sensible Sentencing Trust and GEO Group, a deafening silence
Yesterday Tane did an excellent post speculating on links between the Sensible Sentencing Trust and GEO Group. GEO Group derived from the notorious […]
Pasifika Festival going ahead
The opening night of the Pasifika festival at Western Springs in Auckland will be proceeding. After a funding shortfall the Auckland City Council […]
Job growth in the public sector!
There is one job area where it’s no expense spared for the taxpayer – public relations in the Beehive. Michelle Boag tells the […]
Sick
ACT MP David Garrett is quickly becoming a sick joke. Asked today about the fact more prisoners will be assaulted or raped by […]
Drinking Liberally Auckland
Just a reminder that Drinking Liberally is on in Auckland again after a hiatus of 5 months. It is just the thing to […]
Melting point
The Ecologist Film Unit’s second release documents how espionage, news manipulation, legal threats and even violence have become the knee-jerk response of Government […]
Private prisons and the ‘tough on crime’ lobby
One of the features of a privatised prison system is the potential for corruption of the political process by the commercial interests of […]