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[The shoe-thrower is a journo from a Baghdad newspaper taking his opportunity to make his feelings known during Bush's surprise farewell visit to Iraq. In Arab culture, the sole of the shoe, being dirty, is insulting.]
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David Farrar, champion of democracy. We salute you for speaking truth to power, no matter who's in charge. [Original here]
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If someone sent me this to put up as a guest post on The Standard, I would probably reject it as too childish. But seeing as the Dompost printed it and it is pretty funny, here is Bob Jones' The Secret Diary of Prime Minister…
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More gold from Lyndon Hood: Blogger Still Maintains Clark Just Like Mugabe The power-sharing arrangement Helen Clark has permitted after the opposition National party's election victory may dissolve into violence at any time, reports an anonymous blogger who continues to insist New Zealand has become…
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Seems there's so little news today, apart from the Mumbai attacks and the plane crash, that the Herald hasn't even bothered to update their website. So, I thought we might have a wee quiz instead. Who said this, in what context, and are they implying…
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Following Tony "cos I say so" Ryall's media success with his plan to cut down waiting lists using the King Canute model of governance, the word around the traps is that several of National's front bench are planning similar moves. Over the next few days…
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Some jokers have given new lyrics to the Dr. Dre and Eminem classic. Hilarious. My favourite part is Hide's cameo. Hattip: Dolla$Trada
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No, not the one the Herald's organising. Over at Scoop Lyndon Hood's unveiled his own victory parade for John Key and I gotta say, it's his best effort yet. Go over and have a look.
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While there have been reports here of distraught voters calling the police and helplines for assistance in dealing with the trauma of a National/Act government, spare a thought for the millions of Obama supporters around the world who, now victorious, find themselves with no purpose…
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A mate just sent me this, classic:
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Hat tip: Sam Vilain
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David Farrar wrote... "Funniest moment was talking to a few of John's staff, and one of them asked whether their imminent transfer to the 9th floor meant they would get to take over The Standard. It was hilarious as they started fighting over who would…
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I loved this post for QoT so much that I asked to reproduce it in full here. It resonated with me after reading the comment stream today. So, from Ideologically Impure, an observation on the patently ridiculous... Lynn This comment over at The Standard cites…
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In a strange twist in the Franks billboard monitoring saga, infra red camera footage has revealed that Franks himself was responsibile for defacing his own hoardings. Franks had previously claimed that he was the victim of an organised campaign to deface his hoardings and had…
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The CTU has released a second great youtube vid. Well worth a watch and emailing around.
humour john key kiwisaver national wages workers' rights youtube
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Explained in detail
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Warning - this song will stick in your head!
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Russel Norman at Drinking Liberally - Auckland last night on Lockwood Smith: Lockwood may think all Asians have small hands but what we really learned today is that Lockwood's feet are so small he can fit them in his mouth Classic.
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Lockwood Smith has unveiled more National workforce innovations. In addition to favouring Asian seasonal migrants over Polynesians because their hands are smaller, Smith has announced that National's plans to have new schools built and owned by private companies will include "co-location of educational and industrial…
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The National Party has today been forced to clarify its policy for more public-private partnerships in transport after an embarrassing leaked photograph found its way onto several online internet 'blogs'. In response to the photo (below), John Key has scheduled a press conference where he…
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There's so much to comment on about the policies and parties that matter that we hardly ever get to time to mention ACT. But I couldn't resist this brochure from the zero tolerance liberals: (it says 'not your typical party' in the yellow box) Thoughts:…
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National policy on Maori seats (2007): "The Caucus today confirmed that the Maori seats will be abolished, which we anticipate will take place around the time of settlement of historic Treaty claims," says National Party Leader John Key. National policy on Maori seats (Sept 2008); "National…
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A crusade on illiteracy, surely. Um, I'm not sure we want to entrust these guys with improving language skills. [Update: true to form, the people in the sector don't know what the hell National is talking about. Teachers say National seems to be taking about…
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Jon Stewart looks at some recent clips from Fox News on the American presidential race. Just incredible.
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From the campaign launch, I got this photo, and decided that I'd put it up for the skulkers complaining about the EFA. For some reason they were conspicuous by their absence (didn't want to tangle with 1600+ activists?). For the EFA fetishists, please note that…
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Spotted by an eagle eyed reader. Fancy leaving the running of our economy up to the Joker? Seems like the economic risks/challenges ahead have proved a creative inspiration....
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This is so funny. Click on image for full zoom.