Run your own McDonald’s
If you’ve got work to do, don’t read this post. Play This Thing has a review of The McDonald’s video game. It’s flash-based […]
National looking after its own
Yesterday NZ First’s Brian Donnelly said schools were “not a commodity to be exploited for profit by National’s privatising mates” and rightly asserted […]
Nats start to pay off debt to Exclusive Brethren
No wonder National’s education policy (what we know of it so far, anyway) includes more money for private schools. I know a staff […]
Ryall reveals his hollowness on Agenda
all_your_base has already posted on Tony Ryall’s weasel words on yesterday’s Agenda programme, but what struck me about the interview was Ryall’s utter […]
Pick your own price for Radiohead album
If you read yesterday’s post about music and copyright this might be of interest. If not, umm, well sorry. Radiohead are about to […]
Weasel-words from Tony Ryall
This almost defies belief. Just as I was thinking that Ryall couldn’t screw up the release of their health policy any further… He […]
The Herald lashes National
If you’re National you know you’re in trouble when even the Herald editorial comes out swinging. The National Party was doing very well […]
Burma rally pics
Some pics from Saturday’s rally for Burmese democracy: More at Auckland’s Burning and Indymedia.
Graphically speaking
(Via: Indexed)
Back to the future (again)
So John Key wants to sell our schools. The National caucus must be a strange place to be right now. Feeling kind of […]
Liberal and conservative brains differ
A recent neurobiology study suggests that liberals tolerate ambiguity and conflict better than conservatives. The result seems to be strongly tied to low-level […]
Good Copy, Bad Copy
I just watched a fantastic Danish documentary, “Good Copy, Bad Copy”. The hour long film is about art, culture, copyright and freedom – […]
McCarten on privatisation
McCarten’s column in the Herald today asks readers to get out and vote in local body elections – particularly for candidates opposed to […]
Tasers for every man, woman, child?
Police Minister Annette King has sensibly decided to wait for a police report on their trial of the Taser stun gun before making […]
DigiPoll: Nats down, Labour up
The Herald DigiPoll survey puts National on 44.8 per cent support, down 5.5 points on the August poll. That’s its lowest rating in […]
The Standard hearts Kiwiblogblog
We’ve just been introduced to a blog we think you might like to meet too: Kiwiblogblog <snip> Kiwiblog is a New Zealand blogging […]
Hooten on climate change policy
Here’s one for the books. Matthew Hooten on 9 to Noon this morning: PRESENTER: Ah, right, we better start with climate change policy […]
Does recycling really work?
Here’s an interesting article from The Economist entitled “The truth about recycling”. It sets out to answer some of the big questions about […]
George Bush: a “B” in ECON101
QUESTION: Do you think there’s a risk of a recession? How do you rate that? BUSH: You know, you need to talk to […]
Asset sales
From the Herald:
More opposition to Nats’ health plans
The Christchurch Press reports that Public health groups are angry at National Party plans to remove caps on doctors’ fees if it wins […]
Traveling green(er)
Yesterday the PM helped launch Cityhop – a rental car company who park their cars around the Auckland CBD. The cars can be […]
Support the Burmese uprising
If you’re in Auckland make sure you get along to tomorrow’s rally supporting the Burmese people in their courageous struggle for democracy. These […]
Espiner on National’s health policy
From Colin Espiner’s blog: The Government has been dying for National to make this kind of error for months, but when it came […]
Biblical living
ÂÂ In being ‘economical’ with the truth, Gordon Copeland struggled with what some would think was a pretty easy biblical edict – don’t […]
More on National’s privatisation agenda
The Herald reports that Graham Stairmand, president of Grey Power has sent National a stern warning. He believes the Nats’ proposed partial privatisation […]
Iran really non-gay?
At Columbia University on Monday, the President of Iran, Mr Ahmadinejad said homosexuality did not exist in his country: “In Iran we don’t […]
One Laptop Per Child project
Newsweek’s Steven Levy does a quick video preview of the OLPC laptop, writing that “The $100 (well, $200) laptop is ready to change […]
National: The market will set doctors’ fees
There’s been a bit of debate on The Standard about what National actually stands for. Up until now there have been those who […]
Mr Forgetful
First it was forgeting his view on the Springbok Tour (turned out he was “quietly pro”), then it was his place of residence […]
How many Earths do you need?
Here’s an online game that aims to show you what the world would look like if everyone lived like you… The site asks […]
Cyber hypocrisy
All the fuss created by one Rory English, son of National’s deputy leader Bill, exposes some very real and concerning issues. Firstly, just […]
NDU, SFWU and Unite to form super-union
I was wondering when this was going to break. From Molesworth and Featherston this morning (offline, subscription only): Two private-sector unions are poised […]
The more things change…
Had to chuckle at Karl du Fresne in the Dom this morning who wrote, as if things were particularly different now, “Under the […]
Double Standards
We’ve had a few emails from readers this week asking whether this website has anything to with the NZ Standard posters that having […]
Free movie tickets (still)
ZKM tells me that due to some people’s inability to correctly follow instructions there are still some free movie tickets available. Here’s the […]