Half Key’s Cabinet at the trough
The Dompost reveals that more ministers have been using their MP’s privilege to work around the standard John Key claimed to have set […]
Jackie Blue: Committed to [insert region here]
An alert reader who, for reasons one can only wonder about, was on Jackie Blue’s website spotted this: Tuesday, November 3. 2009 Launch […]
Climate Change: The Looney Lord Responds
Rob Salmond The other day I posted a critique of Lord Monckton’s recent presentation, which purports to show that global warming is not […]
Remuera mayor discovers there are other parts of Auckland
Lord Mayor of Remuera John ‘barking mad’ Banks has (mis)fired the first shots of his campaign by producing some strip advertisements outlining the […]
Open mike 10/11/09
Topics of interest, announcements, general discussion. The usual rules apply (see the link to Policy in the banner). Over to you…
End of year polls
Not much to say but spotted the new Roy Morgan: The latest NZ Morgan Poll shows support for John Key’s National-led Government is […]
Laws needs an education
I told myself I’d never do a post on pathetic publicity groupie Michael Laws, so here I am failing to live up to […]
Farrar vs the facts
I’ve never quite understood why David Farrar, who is after all paid to do statistical work, insists on performing transparent statistical tricks on […]
Tolley: national standards could be disaster
The man National credits with coming up with the idea of national standards has warned the incompetence of Education Minister Anne Tolley could […]
Hide repays, what about the others?
Earlier this year, John Key stated: “I’ve told [my ministers] if they want to take their partner, they can do it, but they pay for […]
Unemployment up, productivity up
Like here in New Zealand, unemployment continues to climb in America. And one of the results is soaring productivity. (sources: 1,2) But wait, […]
Open mike 09/11/09
Topics of interest, announcements, general discussion. The usual rules apply (see the link to Policy in the banner). Over to you…
Foreshore and Seabed debate in context
Te Tiriti o Waitangi is not well understood by most New Zealanders, including most of the politicians that make up our main political […]
Rodney puts on his best chastened little boy voice
You just have to listen to this. After “solid reflection” Rodney has realized that despite being adamant for several days that he’d done […]
‘Let’s wait & see’ – do-nothing PM
If you think that John Key gets a lot of soft coverage, John Armstrong explained why yesterday: Key’s soaring popularity has made him […]
Not walking the talk
I’m not against Prime Ministers making limited use of Airforce aircraft when necessary – when commercial flights or (better) surface travel aren’t practical. […]
Walking the talk
A shout out on a Sunday to a family who are walking the talk: Pastor Murray Smith preaches a message of generosity in […]
McCarten on capitalism
Matt McCarten’s Herald column this week is a call for every working New Zealander to go and see Michael Moore’s Capitalism: A Love […]
One of these things is not like the other IX
One of these things is not like the other, One of these things is not quite the same… Can you guess which one […]
Open mike 08/11/09
Topics of interest, announcements, general discussion. The usual rules apply (see the link to Policy in the banner). Over to you…
Hide slammed for telling the truth on Key
Some pretty damning pieces on on Hide today from John Armstrong, Tracy Watkins, and Fran O’Sullivan. They compare him to Winston Peters and […]
We are New Zealand
Hattip: tumeke
Guilty until proven innocent
We are continuing our chilling progress towards a surveillance state. The Criminal Proceeds (Recovery) Act 2009 is another brick in the wall. Apparently […]
The Good Oil: Blast the Right
God knows you’ll never hear this sort of stuff from the transnational corporate duopolies that are our erstwhile msm, so many thanks to […]
Hone to leave Maori Party?
The Dom Post reports that Hone Harawira is considering leaving the Maori Party. Hone told the Dom this before Hone’s offensive email hit […]
Unbridled power
The government and the Police are spinning all the new security measures as a national security matter and a crack-down ONLY on the […]
Oh Dear. Buster Perky hits the canvass again
Hypocrisy is such a difficult tag to shake in NZ politics. After blowing $50,000 of tax payer money on a trip with his […]
Open mike 07/11/09
Topics of interest, announcements, general discussion. The usual rules apply (see the link to Policy in the banner). Over to you…
OIA docs confirm English wrote propaganda ad script
Documents that the government was forced to release under the Official Information Act reveal that Bill English exercised extensive control and sign-off over […]
Act as we say, not as we do
Banks’ leadership takes battering
Fresh from pulling the pin (then blaming others) on a Queen’s Wharf redesign competition he himself conceived, led and championed, Remuera mayor John […]
Climate Change: Looney Tunes from Lord Monckton
Rob Salmond In attempting to cover for DPF’s embarrassing disaster of a post on climate change, in his comments section some prominent right wingers […]
Government MPs’ travel woes
Not content with living in a fantasy world, Rodney Hide had to spend taxpayer money to visit Disney World as well. OK, actually […]
A tale of two Johns
We were offered two very different views of John Key PM yesterday. The first by a pair of love-struck journalists. We’ll start with […]
Over-promise, under-deliver
If there’s been a motto of this government, it’s the one above. We’ve been promised the world – tax cuts, better public services, […]
The myth of upward mobility
Yesterday, we looked at what a vastly unfair and unequal system capitalism is. The control of the fruits of production by the few […]