The right in court
The political right wing has been kicking itself in the head all over the courts recently. For those of you keeping score at home we have…
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Whaleoil and Rachinger – the final chapter starts
In the Manakau District Court later this morning the trial of Ben Rachinger on fraud charges related to a admitted solicitation attempt to hack this site by Cameron Slater begins. The trial is set down for 5 days. Unfortunately I won’t be there. However there aren’t any court orders to prevent me from expressing my views and advice on the trial.
The plot to hack The Standard
As reported by Newshub: “Slater sought a court order to keep his name and the details of this case secret forever. However Newshub and others, including the owner of The Standard, fought him in court and won.”
More Rawshark Rachinger Slater stuff
Keith Ng has been wading through some not-previously-released material on the Rawshark Rachinger Slater affair. No useful way to summarise it – go read it on Keith’s blog.
Cameron Slater’s statement on Ben Rachinger
Cameron Slater has posted one statement in response to Ben Rachinger’s allegations. It was by way of a jpg and was not searchable. As a public service broadcast I thought that New Zealand should have the benefit of the text of his response.
Update on dirty politics developments
A brief roundup of coverage and developments in the latest dirty politics revelations.
More dirty politics revealed on The Nation today
You might want to tune in and watch The Nation this morning at 9:30.
Rachinger on dirty politics 4 – Ben asks for help
Ben Rachinger was a dirty politics insider, he is telling his story. Ben has asked for help.
Sphinx and Rachinger
The search engine on this site is run by Sphinx search. This is an open source general purpose package that runs a scan on the databases amended posts or comments. However it appeared to have caused Cameron Slater to cum all over his brain and shut down even the minimal amounts of animal cunning that he usually possesses.
Rachinger on dirty politics 3 – Scoop takes up the story
Ben Rachinger was a dirty politics insider. He is telling his story. Alastair Thompson at Scoop writes: “Arguably therefore this is an exceptionally fine piece of undercover investigative journalism into a matter of national significance”.
Rachinger on dirty politics 2
Ben’s story has reached an interesting point.
Rachinger on dirty politics
Ben Rachinger is telling his story about his involvement in the world of dirty politics.