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 […]
Govt to waste $400 million on white elephant highway
Steven Joyce has finally revealed the benefit/cost ratio for the billion dollar Transmission Gully project. A few weeks ago he was mocking Sue Kedgley […]
How Act’s failed coup went down
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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 […]
The house that slavery built
There’s no denying that the Burj Khalifa is impressive. Not all that much short of a kilometre high, it’s easily the highest building […]
Great balls of fire
The Kepler Telescope was launched into space and began transmitting data last year. It’s job is to find evidence of planets outside our […]
Open mike 06/01/2010 to 08/01/2010
Topics of interest, announcements, general discussion. The usual rules apply (see the link to Policy in the banner). Step right up to the […]
Right’s threadbare excuses for tax gifts for the rich
The Right is trying to build momentum for more tax cuts for the rich. The argument comes on three fronts: ‘if we don’t […]
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 […]
Barefoot and kiwi
There is a weird article in the Sunday Star Times about a US lecturer missing out on a job because she objected to […]
Open mike 01/01/2010 to 05/01/2010
Topics of interest, announcements, general discussion. The usual rules apply (see the link to Policy in the banner). Happy New Year!
Final thoughts for 2009: Looking at deep time
Well it is the end of 2009. So here are some final thoughts on the implications of the political shifts in the climate […]
Updates
Haven’t had as much time as I’d like for updates so far – there are some who have been insisting that I be […]
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: Benefits, wages and anger
The recent furore about benefit levels has brought a lot of comments along the lines of “I don’t get it why should they?” […]
Re-run: Where’s my pony?
Umm, some posts we get sent are a bit quirky. Enjoy. _____________________________ OK. I’ll confess. I’m one of the ones who fell for […]
A fair pay-rise not unreasonable
An interesting piece on the SST yesterday: English has warned public servants such as teachers and nurses not to expect pay increases that […]
Finally, videophones are here and are almost useful.
One of the nice things that has shown up over the last few years is the slow rise of Internet videophone technology. I’ve […]
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 […]
Seasons greetings
lolz. Cheers to saltandvingarclips for linking to their hilarious vids in comments
Summer service
So politics is winding down for the year. Hopefully you’ll be getting away with your family and friends for some time in the […]
Open mike 26/12/2009 to 31/12/2009
Topics of interest, announcements, general discussion. The usual rules apply (see the link to Policy in the banner). Season’s greetings all…
Open mike 23/12/2009 to 25/12/2009
Topics of interest, announcements, general discussion. The usual rules apply (see the link to Policy in the banner). Merry Christmas to all!
Xmas number one in the UK.
One of the stranger Internet campaigns has being going on in Britain. It has resulted in this excellent track being the Xmas number […]
I wonder if he’ll ask for a name suppression order.
No Right Turn has a post The blogosphere is not above the law. Since the beginning, there’s been a meme on the internet […]
Jingle Bells – walking away from debt
In the US it is easier than NZ for home-owners to walk away using the jingle mail options in the US. However in […]
$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 […]
How it works
a) Paula Bennett gives a story to Colin Espiner about beneficiary and, apparently, scoundrel Darryl Harris. The release of the information is a clear breach […]
Rising temperatures – what impact on armed conflict?
Reproduced with permission from Kotare – The Strategist This is the unspoken issue with climate change. What are the human impacts of climate […]
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 […]
Repeating our past mistakes
Since Marty’s away, no pretty graphs. There’s not much Christmas cheer in the new GDP numbers I’m afraid. The economy grew at just […]