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Prudey Sue puts her foot in it
“There is a cure for poverty. It is a rudimentary one, it does work, though. It works everywhere, and for the same reason. It’s colloquially called ‘the empowerment of women.’ It’s the only thing...
Tue, May 8, 2012, 11:49 am EST -
Not for sale? Place your bets
So here they come, banging their Krishna drum in time to a megaphone cat-call. "Aoteoroa’s not for sale," comes the deadpan, wrinkled voice from the arse-end of a 3000-strong march, “John Key’s an epic fail”....
Tue, May 1, 2012, 5:42 am EST -
Assange, meet Sayyed the terrorist
> Despite Wikileaks’ role and deliberate intention as an intermediary or middleman between whistleblowers, hackers, and defectors, and the mainstream press at large, Australian ex-hacker turned activist and Editor Julian Assange is...
Thu, April 19, 2012, 12:08 pm EST -
A fatality-free Easter
The Easter road toll, standing at zero deaths over the four-day weekend, is the lowest on record.While police celebrate, there’s been speculation as to what has led the New Zealand public to change their driving behaviour.As a country, our road...
Tue, April 10, 2012, 7:54 pm EST -
Shoot first, examine morals later
UPDATE (11.39AM 30/3/12): Surveillance footage has since been released showing George Zimmerman at a police station following the shooting of Trayvon Martin with no sign of any injuries to his face or head, or any trace of blood on his person. Zimmerman...
Fri, March 30, 2012, 9:47 am EST -
Occupy Chch: A Response
Dear Occupy Christchurch, Thank you for your brief notes and sharing of links through Facebook. I still have this bitter taste in my mouth, though, and your poor communication and refusal to commit to an open, independent, original, and truthful...
Thu, March 22, 2012, 2:41 pm EST -
An open letter to Occupy Chch
Dear Occupy Christchurch, I wish I could apologise for writing this letter, but there is no remorse, and there is no goodwill on my part. There have been too many instances where I have allowed distressing incidents to pass by without piping up, or...
Wed, March 21, 2012, 3:23 pm EST -
Unions vs. the triple bottom line
It has been a record week of industrial action for New Zealand.Tensions have reached boiling point in the union vs Ports of Auckland dispute. Meat workers went on strike last Friday, and rest-home workers are deciding whether to take further action...
Thu, March 15, 2012, 9:56 am EST -
A reality check on the Kony cause
When sitting down to watch the 29-minute KONY2012 documentary on YouTube, I had no expectations.The video had only been posted up for 24 hours and although plastered over Twitter and Facebook, I didn’t know much about it.Twenty-nine minutes later,...
Fri, March 9, 2012, 8:44 am EST -
A few simple questions...
When I am ill, I got to a hospital where there are trained doctors and nurses who treat my ailment. If need be, I receive an x-ray or MRI scan to peer inside my body in a way previously unheard of.Once my ailment has been diagnosed using...
Tue, February 28, 2012, 10:31 am EST -
Why we should leave the Tui adverts alone
Before tumbling any further with this vitriol, let’s clarify a few things about feminism. Feminism, in the most traditional sense of the term, is a movement that found its roots in the idea of suffrage, or the right for women to vote freely and...
Tue, February 21, 2012, 9:56 am EST -
For the good of the nation
The sale of New Zealand’s state owned assets is being held over our heads like a threat.It’s a simple economic paradigm: the government owns a business; the product is subsidized, or is sold cheaper than a privately-owned version of the same...
Thu, February 16, 2012, 1:27 pm EST -
The Rock stitched up by 'dastardly lesbians'
While many complain of the marketing scam that Valentine’s Day seems to have become, one radio station has been planning a first.A divorce, live on air.The Rock hosts teased the audience saying "all is not what it seems," and revealed...
Wed, February 15, 2012, 8:49 am EST -
The Rock stitched up by "dastardly lesbians"
While many complain of the marketing scam that Valentine’s Day seems to have become, one radio station has been planning a first.A divorce, live on air."I am appalled by this competition""I never thought this would go...
Tue, February 14, 2012, 4:00 pm EST -
Radio station shouts a divorce for Valentine's
What are you expecting this Valentine's Day? Roses, chocolates, a romantic dinner for two... or a divorce?That's what someone will get thanks to The Rock radio station, all in the name of a laugh.Robert Taylor and Jono Pryor, hosts of the radio stunt,...
Fri, February 10, 2012, 11:50 am EST -
The amazing adventures of IguanaMan and BankerBoy
Herein lays an interesting proposition:The Conservative-led government of the United Kingdom, helmed with David Cameron's lizard-like reflexes, recently had their unprecedented welfare reform bill turned over by the House Of Lords....
Wed, February 1, 2012, 9:59 am EST -
SOPA and PIPA
SOPA and PIPA: Like a deranged aunt and uncle.The grand ole' Uny'ed Staydes Of ‘Mericah (as Bush used to say) is roughly 13,000 kilometers away from New Zealand. It's been years since this author has been there, but it took roughly half of a...
Fri, January 20, 2012, 9:30 am EST -
Bishop Brian’s Funhouse
News broke last week that Brian Tamaki and his following in the Destiny Church would be building a university and facilities to allow for a primary and high school in the heart of South Auckland. Too long has he been gone from the news! Where has our...
Wed, January 11, 2012, 2:04 pm EST -
A Money Man At The Helm
I met a German man at a German pub once. Unremarkable in and of itself, but this chap (whose name was Hans, or Franz or something to the same affect) grew up in East Berlin.He had some wondrous things to say, namely that the Third Reich built UFOs,...
Thu, December 1, 2011, 2:06 pm EST -
Welfare for some or poverty for all?
Well, it seems that the ‘debate' around Labour's welfare policies have merely turned to vitriol.Shall we inject some mediocrity and context?Let's take a quick look at the United States and the Occupy Movement.Hippies, you say? No-good bums?...
Fri, November 11, 2011, 5:14 pm EST
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Yahoo! Boiling Point
May 8, 2012, 1:49 pmPrudey Sue puts her foot in it“There is a cure for poverty. It is a rudimentary one, it does work, though. It works everywhere, and for the same reason. It’s colloquially called ‘the empowerment of women.’ It’s the only thing...
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Ken Ring
May 21, 2012, 10:45 amOil running out? Perhaps notTo assess oil reserves we must ask two questions. How many barrels of oil were in the ground before we started extracting it? How much have we taken out so far? We will never know the answer to either question. So how do environmentalists know we...
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Yahoo! Upshot
May 14, 2012, 2:53 pmToddler wakes up air drummingMost parents would be happy to leave their kids sound asleep napping in the back of the car.But one family found a new way of waking their little brother up to a happier state on a car trip.A video uploaded to YouTube shows the three-year-old fast...
