Tilly the Cat’s Christmas Lesson
Not related to anything in particular, Peter Giddens has written a sweet little Christmas story that I thought it would be fun to […]
More jobs for the old “boys”
Back at the start of the month Marty G pointed out that Brash’s useless 2025 Taskforce looked like nothing so much as a […]
Government barely survives first year
Audrey Young finally gets around to mentioning how close the government came to imploding last month: Rodney Hide survived moves to oust him […]
A knife edge and an open letter
As the final stages of diplomatic chaos play out in Copenhagen, and with at least the possibility of some truly significant goals emerging, […]
Open mike 19/12/2009
Topics of interest, announcements, general discussion. The usual rules apply (see the link to Policy in the banner). Step right up to the […]
Words and deeds
Words: Prime Minister John Key has urged the world’s major economies to listen to the voices of vulnerable nations facing climate change. .. […]
Bad brew
If a tourist buys something in New Zealand for export or that they don’t take possession of within New Zealand, they can get […]
All that glitters
Brilliant piece from Stephen Colbert on the nutty American Right’s new obsession with gold. Sure, it’s billed as a survivalist thing – preparing for the […]
Trial needed for national standards
Anne Tolley should have the sense to listen to the teachers, the principals and the eduction experts. She should trial her national standards […]
For God’s sake, its the same name
In what has got to be the ultimate manifestation of this government’s inability to take a simple decision for fear of losing someones […]
Copenhagen violence
Photograph: Christian Charisius/Reuters Earlier in the year there was a lot of media attention on the police tactics at the G20 Summit in […]
Open mike 18/12/2009
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All skite, no substance
A text from a mate: Bill English says “I never thought running a government in a recession would be so easy” Mate, it’s […]
Bullet dodged
Well, that could have been embarrassing. John Key on the world stage, along with leaders of other countries in what has been billed […]
The Climate Scoreboard
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Transmission Gully- $1bln white elephant
Here’s a prediction. Transmission Gully will never be built. There’s a reason that Labour kept pushing Transmission Gully off. The Benefit/Cost ratio is […]
The stamp of democracy
Another disgraceful Herald editorial recently: Teachers must learn to obey Govt’s orders Three years ago, when the National Party announced its plan to […]
Open mike 17/12/2009
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Economic illiteracy
More economic illiteracy from our old friend: Certainly given the rhetoric from the finance minister of late I’d thought the numbers would be […]
Capital market taskforce pushes asset sales scam
Another government-appointed taskforce of rightwing, market ideologues (this time appointed by Labour, the fools) has reported and, surprise, surprise, their report is a […]
Participate in teh Golden Garth awards
James at Editing teh Herald has started the Golden Garth awards aimed at rewarding the recipients at the Granny. You should all get […]
The wage freeze is dripping
Over at FairDeal, NZEI have announced that the support staff in schools have managed to get a wage increase. The campaign by support […]
Worth 1000 words
Cartoon by Nick Anderson.
English’s big promises proven hollow
An extraordinary moment in Question Time as John Boscawen skewered National’s hollow promise to close the wage gap with Australia by 2025. Watch […]
Why deny: the bought priesthood
There are some very wealthy industries that make their money off burning fossil fuels and emitting greenhouse gases. It is in their financial interest […]
Open mike 16/12/2009
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Nats offer Maori flags & baubles, not representation & jobs
NZPA: The Maori Party has withdrawn its support for a government bill after its bid to have Maori members on polytechnic councils failed. […]
Brown picks up momentum
It’s interesting to look at the trend behind the headline 11 point poll lead Len Brown has opened up over John Banks as […]
Labour’s flag strategy
Colin Espiner: After making inroads in the latest TV3 poll, Goff has clearly taken fright after the reaction to his nationhood speech. How […]
Scientific conspiracy on a global scale
In a recent post my good friend and fellow concern troll DPF covered the Associated Press review of the leaked “climategate” materials. The […]
Neolibs’ great experiment in meltdown
With huge infusions of EU cash and deregulation that brought in foreign companies looking to make a quick buck, Ireland’s economy grew pretty […]
Nats’ ‘stimulus’: $200K per job
National claims it created 2,300 jobs with its stimulus spending. Of course, most of this supposed stimulus was smoke and mirrors – re-announcing […]
The Dom Post’s op-ed pages
Reading the Dom Post’s editorial pages over my morning coffee today, I had one of those moments when you suddenly remember how insufferably, […]
Maori flag, so what?
I’m fine with a flag representing Maori flying on Waitangi Day. Some argue there are constitutional concerns with flying a flag representing Maori […]
Why deny: the useful idiots
According to myth (it seems), Lenin called socialists in the West ‘useful idiots’ – people whose ideological fervour saw them accidentally aid the […]
Open mike 15/12/2009
Topics of interest, announcements, general discussion. The usual rules apply (see the link to Policy in the banner). Step right up to the […]