National will lose the next election
Here’s a prediction for you. National will lose the next election. The reason that they will lose is that they are running a […]
Open mike 14/11/09
Topics of interest, announcements, general discussion. The usual rules apply (see the link to Policy in the banner). Over to you…
Planned outage
At about 7pm on Saturday 14th there will be an outage while the server gets another upgrade to a new OS kernel. Your […]
Maori Party schism inevitable
The Maori Party was never going to be a sustainable political vehicle. No political movement that tries to exist in defiance of the […]
Council shafts Wellingtonians
In 2006 Wellingtonians resoundingly rejected a proposal to build a Hilton on their waterfront (834 submissions out of a total 994 were against), […]
Climate Change cowardice hurting NZ’s image abroad
One of the UK’s most influential newspapers, The Guardian, carries a stinging attack under the title New Zealand was a friend to Middle […]
More jobs and pay bad – JPMorgan
I was sent a press release from financiers JPMorgan in Australia. There’s a line in it that reveals much about how the capitalist […]
Sciblogs
Welcome to a new NZ blog, Sciblogs. From the About: Sciblogs brings together the best science bloggers in the country on one website, […]
Harawira offensive & dumb. No excuses
Frankly, I don’t appreciate being called a white motherf**ker, by Buddy Mikaere and Hone Harawira. Before you start, that’s not to deny that Pakeha stole vast […]
What stimulus spending?
According to Stuff Bill English is planning to pull back the stimulus spending. The problem is there hasn’t been any significant stimulus spending. […]
Political Jurisprudence
There’s no question that Hone Harawira’s comments were stupid, but I don’t believe they were racist. For a start, the white mofos reference […]
Open mike 13/11/09
Topics of interest, announcements, general discussion. The usual rules apply (see the link to Policy in the banner). Over to you…
Stupid stupid stupid
Our government is stupid. Sorry, it’s the only conclusion I can draw. Our government is made up of confused, muddled thinkers incapable of […]
Poll shows Kiwis prefer MMP
NZPA reports on a new poll from UMR which shows Kiwis don’t want to dump MMP for a less proportional electoral system. The […]
Heads will roll!
The Government has today announced a full inquiry into all instances of politicians calling for ‘heads to roll’ following the controversy over Mr […]
The resistance
A very well-produced youtube vid on National’s distortions over ACC The clever thing National has done is set up ACC as the agent […]
Give the snip snap to the zip zap plastic fantastic? Yeah right!
Brian Fallow has a great post over at Granny Herald this morning. “Emitters on bludger’s end of deal” deals with the way that […]
Wages fall, except for union members
The Labour Cost Index tells us that most workers this year failed to get pay rises to match inflation in the past year. […]
Information from the uninformed
Thing that got me about Bill English’s propaganda ad was how god awful the original script was. Can you imagine the Deputy Prime Minister, […]
Open mike 12/11/09
Topics of interest, announcements, general discussion. The usual rules apply (see the link to Policy in the banner). Over to you…
Socialism is Democracy
This hilarious stoush between Moore and CNN’s Wolf Blitzer is worth a look too. Hat tip: The kids at the Workers Party.
Eek! ANGRY BLACKMAN
OK, so Hone says If I should be suspended for my language, he [Phil Goff] and his mates should be lined up against […]
Brownlee: Not an ardent follower of fashion. Merely obsolete.
One of the things that has surprised me about the government and Brownlee’s energy policy is that it is so mundane and 20th […]
And the winner is…
There were only really two ministers in the race for the first Grabby. Rodney Hide betrayed his own supposed principles by using his […]
Politicisation of ACC continues
Frogblog has another example of the continuing politicisation of the public service under National. I meant to post on this a while back, […]
Spin cycle finally into 1st gear
I’m all for cycle-ways but excuse me if I don’t get all silly over John Key knocking a post in the ground in […]
Key’s hand-washing powers Phil
I don’t know if the two are related but this is my theory du jour. John Key keeps washing his hands of both […]
Ngapuhi embarrassed by Harawira
Check out this press release: Maori Leader Rejects Harawira Apology as “Embarrassing” and issues his own apology Ngapuhi Leader and senior relative to […]
Rules don’t apply to Key’s ministers
Another day, another minister breaking the rules. On the Dental Artistry website, Rodney Hide has written: ‘Thanks for the fantastic job! I was […]
Privatising water
Although the topic has had a turbulent and confused couple of weeks, it seems that National want to privatise Auckland’s water supply. Govt […]
Open mike 11/11/09
Topics of interest, announcements, general discussion. The usual rules apply (see the link to Policy in the banner). Over to you…
Foreshore and Seabed – where to from here?
There has been much furore today over Hone Harawira’s latest comment that: If I should be suspended for my language, he [Phil Goff] […]
Nat Green split
I’ve been saying for a while now that folks should be reading Pundit. Recent excellent new author there Claire Browning has a real […]
Equality Trust
Fancy a link to a well laid-out repository of comparative social statistics with sound credentials, all arranged to demonstrate why inequality is bad […]
To [insert region here] or not [insert region here]
Looks like Nicky Wagner’s having the same trouble* as Jackie Blue: …the National-led Government is committed to helping more children take part in organised […]
Yeah, nah, too far
We all use language sometimes that’s too stong and we regret. Hone Harawira apologised today over his choice of words in the “white […]