Wee gripes: loose thinking/loose slots
This the kind of garbage isn’t usually worth my time, but that’s what wee gripes is for: Why are Key, Henry and Watkins so […]
Capitalism: A Love Story
Just found the trailer on youtube. No word yet when it’s coming to New Zealand.
Parliamentary staff begin industrial action
Low-level industrial action has begun at Parliament after workers rejected an offer from the employer that would have slashed redundancy provisions and kept […]
Put away the champagne, Paula
Paula Bennett: “The number of people needing an Unemployment Benefit has slowed significantly over the last month, says the Minister for Social Development […]
School support staff fight National’s pay freeze
From the NZEI. Great to see the low paid mobilise so effectively.
Industrial roundup: Open Country
Last week the Employment Court decided that Talleys-owned Open Country was acting illegally in locking out its unionised staff. The Court upheld the […]
Industrial roundup: Telecom
Visionstream completed its takeover of the Auckland and Northland patch on Thursday and it’s now become clear that they’ve failed to meet the […]
Twyford and the idiocy of pacifism
I have to agree with Tim Selwyn in his criticism of Phil Twyford’s peace about Moriori pacifism. Twyford writes on Red Alert: Moriori […]
Bill vs Greens
I love that, after studiously ignoring Bill English’s housing rort, Farrar’s now got unending questions for the Greens. Pretty desperate stuff too – ‘sure, […]
Key’s speeder-gate
When they’re struggling to defend Bill English’s housing rip-off, or John Key’s clowning, or Richard Worth’s dodgy dealings, or Anne Tolley’s incompetence, or Paula […]
Dipton Watch
Greetings to the good people of Dipton. Must be fun to be so much in the news lately! I hope some local entrepreneurs […]
No bull
An interesting take on the Crafars from Bernard Hickey in the Herald. He starts off: The Crafar Farms tragedy is a microcosm of […]
English could learn from the Greens
The Greens have a superannuation fund. That’s fine. It has investments in a couple of houses. That’s fine. The Green MPs have to […]
Talk about politics. And nutters
Today’s mediawatch on RNZ covers problems with the reportage of the tsunami warnings, the politics of climate change reporting, and features an interview […]
Show some decorum, David
It was inevitable that Farrar would do this, although I really hoped he wouldn’t. His post criticising Chris Carter for being in Samoa is […]
It’s full of stars
Maybe it would be good for my blood pressure to try not to be grumpy about politics on Sundays. So here is a site […]
Sabbath lolz
Slow off the mark
Colin Espiner also writes in yesterday’s blog: The Government was slow off the mark in sending a minister up to Samoa. While Labour quickly […]
It’s not about Dipton, it’s about corruption
Colin Espiner: “To start with the ironical, Acting Prime Minister Bill English had no sooner hauled his protesting family back to Dipton for […]
The walking dead
Fran O’Sullivan has laid out the business elite’s preferred successors to Bill English: At this stage English is not mortally wounded. But his […]
Education cuts don’t heal
Remember “Education cuts don’t heal”? That was the rallying cry during the last National government. Looks like we might be needing it again […]
PoliticsNZ – New role playing game
A couple of young nats and young labourites have created an online NZ Politics simulation game. It officially starts on the 3rd of […]
Closing time for Banks
There is an astounding editorial in today’s business newspaper The Independent (not online) titled Foolish idea spirited away. Commenting on the recent 11pm […]
LKJ: If I was a Top-notch Poet
For my old mate Mercurius. I hope things are looking up.
“Caped crusader’s plan flawed”
That’s the headline from today’s editorial in the DomPost. Th DomPost starts off: The last time this Government got into real trouble it […]
A fighting Left
This live performance on CNN by Congressman Alan Grayson gives me some hope for the American Left. Unlike nearly every other Democrat I […]
Wee gripes: Crying wolf
I want to make clear this post isn’t about the relief effort in Samoa and Tonga. I think that has been well handled. […]
I live in Dipton!
That last post was probably a bit dull for a Friday morning, so now for something completely different. I was a little surprised […]
Pecuniary interest 2
Bill English keeps claiming that he has “no pecuniary interest” in his family trust. What does that mean? A while back John A […]
World Farm Animal Day – Oct 2nd
Following on from yesterdays guest post on World Vegetarian Day, today is World Farm Animal Day. At the end of last year, I […]
Caption Competition
Corruption must never be tolerated
I have to disagree with my comrade Zetetic’s post arguing that it’s best if Bill English stays in office. Yes, this scandal has […]
Crime leaps along with unemployment
The Police statistics out today show the crime rate continues to follow the unemployment rate. With unemployment on the rise, so is crime. […]
What can you buy with 5x$10,000?
National has released its proposals for election law. Labour has criticised the $10,000 level above which donations must be disclosed as too high. […]
World Vegetarian Day October 1st
I’m a vegetarian and today, October 1st, is the worldwide day to celebrate the benefits of not eating meat and the healthy contribution […]
He’s good where he is, thanks
Around the media, they’re talking about the growing odds English will be sacked. The other day, my mate Marty asked ‘who would replace Bill?’ and I said […]