Paul Henry defends his right to act like a child
Anna at The Handmirror has written a good post on Paul Henry and his obnoxious glee in denigrating someone for their appearance. I’m […]
Ad questions
Does anyone know why DairyNZ, the seafood industry, and the forestry industry are running ad campaigns at the moment? They’re strange ad campaigns because […]
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Brits aim assistance to the low income
The irony of this article struck me when this week the well-off get the biggest boost to their wallet. From the Guardian : […]
SSTimes Editorial: Clark’s UN job great for NZ but…
I haven’t spotted an on-line version of this yet (SStimes Editorial, 29 Mar 2009) but wanted to pull a couple of quotes out […]
Tax cuts for some
The Weekend Herald’s front page proclaims ‘$2 billion more in the pocket“. The article goes on to say “the average worker will get […]
Rehabilitated?
On Q+A this morning, Judith Collins couldn’t defend prisons for profit but she sounded quite reasonable when talking about the need for more […]
Ralston’s hackery continues
Earlier this week we pointed out that John Key has started running a new line. Now instead of calling touchy-feely liberal policies on […]
A hint of uranium on the breeze
Well well well. According to the Herald: “New Zealanders are being asked whether the Government should allow nuclear-powered ships back into our waters […]
What’s a Poor Pragmatic Key to do?
Just when the Kiwi corporate kleptocracy was kicking into high gear to ensure that the taxpayer is properly stuck with the paying the […]
Herald cartoonist bereft of ideas?
Seeing some of Rod Emmerson’s cartoons in the Herald over 2009 thus far, you’d think we were into the Right’s nightmare of a […]
Standing up
This week Sealord confirmed it would lay off 130 staff to improve its already healthy return on capital. The other 400 have been […]
Fun with labour productivity
We often hear that labour productivity is not growing fast enough and some argue it should be a focus of government economic policy. […]
Sack Henry Now.
When I first saw this clip of Paul Henry publicly ridiculing Greenpeace’s Stephanie Mills for (in his view) having a moustache I decided […]
Update: Shepard Fairey v AP
Over at his site Shepard Fairey, the creater of the Obama “HOPE” poster, has an update on his legal wrangle with the Associated […]
Caption contest
Take responsibility or take the blame
As Minister of Works responding to a disaster in his portfolio, Bob Semple famously said ‘I am responsible but not to blame’. That […]
Who cares?
Over the last few days the online news media have been getting increasingly wound up over some Australian expat guy who’s apparently said […]
Blindly cutting away
One of the most cavalier and foolish actions of the National led government during its first 100 day blitz of legislation (in itself […]
Mission-On off
If the definition of PC is doing things because they fit an ideology, not because they make sense, then it’s clear National and […]
Gulp
The Key/English odd couple continue to give us a sweet and sour mix of messages – one with rosy promises that the recession will […]
Wgtn/Chch DL double
Drinking Liberally is meeting this evening in both Wellington and Christchurch. DL Wellington has Andrew Little speaking at the Southern Cross Bar on […]
Sinking shipping is stupid
Toad’s post on coastal shipping deserves re-posting: Coastal shipping is the most energy efficient means of moving freight. A ship consumes 75 – […]
Give the people what they want
Stephen Joyce keeps saying the reason he has slashed investment in public transport to build more roads is that he is giving the […]
Stink line
Now “PC gone mad” has been used to the point where even people who think mimicking Tui’s “yeah right” slogan is cutting edge […]
Clean water worth paying for
Rodney Hide, who thinks nothing of spending billions on tax cuts for the well-off, is baulking at spending “some tens of millions” to improve […]
House prices pop.
First they go up, and then they come down. The Economist has an interesting table on the housing bubble. Those figures from the […]
Lord Ashcroft woz here
Boing Boing reports that: The London police have bested their own impressive record for insane and stupid anti-terrorism posters with a new range […]
Douglas gets it
Roger Douglas in a press release today: National’s goal of a top personal, company and trustee tax rate of 30 cents in the […]
Trans-Tasman says Clark to head UNDP
From The Herald: Former Prime Minister Helen Clark will be named today as head of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), a report […]
Righties rise in revolution re: retrospective law
No, wait, they didn’t. Idiot/Savant from No Right Turn explains: Back in 2006, the (then-Labour) government passed the Appropriation (Parliamentary Expenditure Validation) Bill, […]
The government gets a headline, we get potholes
No Right Turn puts the farce of the governments spin into perspective in Public relations replaces policy II. I’m just going to quote […]
Thanks, I guess
Growing up I always knew the rich had it better than us. It’s only now that I’m one of the wealthy that I […]
CycleWatch
Prime Minister John Key has promised a national cycleway to solve the country’s economic woes. I intend to keep you informed of exactly […]
Disgraceful
A Standard reader emails: Today at the beginning of question time a minute silence was observed for Mary Bachelor former MP for Avon […]
Oh Johnkey Donkey!
We’ve been outed! By none other than Thelma (or was it Louise?) A promotional video for climate action, voiced by Susan Sarandon for […]