Tough but fair
Listening to Nine to Noon on RNZ yesterday I thought there was some useful insight into the bigger picture behind Key’s “the war […]
Stuff-up
Anyone else notice this morning that Stuff.co.nz seemed to think it was February 26? Apparently Paul Holmes is going to be on Dancing […]
KiwiSaver: 200,000 enrolled
From Stuff: Finance Minister Michael Cullen and Revenue Minister Peter Dunne said Inland Revenue reported 212,794 enrolments by October 5, a 64 percent […]
Che
Today is the 40th anniversary of Che Guevara’s death. The BBC has a piece up titled “Che: the icon and the ad” tracing […]
UK police allow anti-war march to Parliament
Great photo of Tony Benn and Brian Haw from the anti-war march held in today in London (via The Guardian). Fantastic that a […]
Iraq is over & it should never have started.
I recently encountered an old ‘friend’ I’d not seen in a while. “Mugg he murmured. What a fiasco those Yanks are in over […]
Know your asshole footprint
From Vanity Fair: Regrettably, some [people] are simply not aware of how large an asshole footprint they leave on the planet. Here, Vanity […]
Thousands expected at UK anti-war march
Sounds like John Key’s good news hasn’t filtered through to the UK yet. The Guardian reports that “Thousands of anti-war protesters will mount […]
Measuring the death-toll in Iraq
Perhaps spurred on by General Petraeus’ claim to Congress last month that civilian deaths in Iraq were down 45% since December last year, […]
RNZ – Key on Iraq, the remix
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Are you biased?
And would you even know if you were? A team of researchers have set up an online test that can help to uncover […]
May the best team win
I’m aware that I run the risk of being called a bad loser with this post but I’m going to do it anyway […]
Congratulations France
Well that was painful to watch but good on France for really lifting their game. They defended strongly and took advantage when it […]
Colourful advertising
The Sony Bravia ads are among my all-time favourites. First we had the bouncy balls, then the paint explosions, now it’s clay bunnies.
Herald Editorial on National
A scathing attack on the National Party policy development and release process from the Herald Editor: An Opposition seeking to style itself a […]
Ralston on National
A good read from Bill Ralston in the Herald today. He observes what seems to have been a turn in media and public […]
Ethical coffee good for business
The Guardian reports that “Growing consumer demand for ethically sourced coffee has fuelled a huge year-on-year rise in sales”. Global sales of coffee, […]
Obama stops wearing flag pin
The big political news in the US in the last couple of days seems to have been Barack Obama’s decision to stop wearing […]
“100% Pure NZ” kicks off in Paris
The Prime Minister yesterday officially opened Tourism New Zealand’s giant walk-in rugby ball, situated in front of the Eiffel tower in the Champs […]
Conservative humour
Paul Krugman of the New York Times reports that “On Wednesday, President Bush vetoed legislation that would have expanded S-chip, the State Children’s […]
O’Sullivan defends Key’s comments
Fran O’Sullivan of the Herald, has lept to John Key’s defence. She points to a couple of times back in 2003 when Clark […]
Classic hits DJs buying Key’s spin
John Key seems intent on rewriting history. This must be about the 8th time he’s tried this tactic in the last couple of […]
Many a true word is spoken in jest
The NBR this week – hardly a publication known for its politically balanced coverage – includes digs at both National Party blogger David […]
Working Class Hero
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The NY Times reports: DASHIV is in town and the celebration has not ceased. Strange women are opening their apartments to him. Three […]
A mother’s response to John Key
Yesterday, Morning Report invited comment on Key’s “The war is over” from Celeste Zappala of Philadelphia. Her son, Sergeant Sherwood Baker, was killed […]
Abandon ship
The HMS National Party appears to be adrift and taking on water. No surprise to hear that another leak has sprung up. Strangely […]
Burma protests
With the Burmese junta continuing its crackdown on democracy protesters, Amnesty International has organised a Global Day of Action for Burma this Saturday […]
Our very own Jared
Political suicide on bFM
What is it with National Party leaders and their apparent desire to commit political suicide on bFM? First Don Brash’s sensational harakiri moment […]
So trickledown does work!
Apparently when the senior members of the National Party are having a tough time, they take it out on their workers. How else […]
John “Parselmouth” Key
John Key’s new line is that he was answering a different question to the one everyone heard him asked on RNZ yesterday. Three […]
A black heart at the Real Estate Institute
I thought I’d dive in with a little post on another subject.just to give John Key a small respite from single-handedly ending the […]
You can fool some of the people…
…all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of […]
John Key’s global humiliation
Too late – John’s humiliation is now global. Here’s the UK Guardian’s blog. “New Zealand’s opposition leader, John Key, the head of the […]
What’s with TV?
The major papers, radio and political blogs picked up John Key’s War is Over story but neither of the main TV channels ran […]