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 […]
Back the Redundancy Protection Bill
While most Kiwis are getting ready for Christmas there are tens of thousands who will be having a hard time this holiday season […]
Those childish people of Northern European descent.
Poring around the nets while I’m on holiday is turning out to be quite interesting looking at summaries of science. I’ve been picking […]
Looking tough, wasting money
So Paula Bennett wants to force people on the dole to reapply after a year. At best, it’s a waste of money by […]
Climate Change arguments in a GIF
Information is Beautiful recently produced the image below summarizing the various arguments between about climate change. Click on the image to see the […]
MSM: you supply the spin, we publish it
There’s a Youtube clip on Stuff of Key talking on The Edge. Presumably filmed by one of Key’s people. It’s run as headline […]
Mass layoffs, layoff the boys.
There are always consequences to the type of mass unemployment that we’re starting to see in NZ at present. However there looks like […]
Bennett disappointed by witch-hunt results
Earlier this year, Paula Bennett released the personal details of two women who get the DPB who had opposed her cancelling of a grant […]
Time to up the pressure on our leaders
Greenpeace executive director Kumi Naidoo makes the case that the failure of our leaders at Copenhagen means the time has come to intensify […]
Oh yeah, SPEEDholes
Could making the surface of cars rough be a cheap and esay way to boost fuel efficiency, thereby saving oil and helping tackle […]
Open mike 21/12/2009 to 22/12/2009
Topics of interest, announcements, general discussion. The usual rules apply (see the link to Policy in the banner). Step right up to the […]
Today’s climate protest in Wgtn
Two protests today successfully highlighted the role of New Zealand’s agricutural industry and business community in contributing to climate change. The first protest […]
Those hard to find WIMPs
There have been some new results from the search for WIMPs (Weakly Interacting Massive Particles) at the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS) in […]
Good Xmas news for Auckland
The UMR poll for the Auckland super-city mayoral race is interesting reading. The headline difference (PDF) of 11% towards Len Brown over John […]
Climate Direct Action
Text from John Darroch a couple of minutes ago: hey just hanging ten stories up the mfat building in welly protesting against fonterror […]
Whanau Ora: privatisation by stealth
The government is beginning to explain more about its Whanau Ora plan, although it is still startlingly vague considering we’re talking a billion […]
Sustainable living resources
I’m trying not to get too depressed about the lack of an outcome at Copenhagen. As one analyst put it – “Leaders came […]
Right’s privatisation arguments rubbish
As a senior economist at a respected company, John Carran wrote some apallingly simplistic tripe in his article, “Exorcising the asset sale bogey“, […]
Not welcome
A Papakura local has sent us this story of the would-be Emperor of Auckland’s foray into Papakura. Wannabe Super City Mayor Goofs up […]
Failing the future
So Copenhagen has ended in failure. I’m not surprised, but I am disappointed. As The Guardian reports: Low targets, goals dropped: Copenhagen ends […]
Open mike 20/12/2009
Topics of interest, announcements, general discussion. The usual rules apply (see the link to Policy in the banner). Step right up to the […]