While the Minister of Social Development is never slow to tell us what the obligations and responsibilities of beneficiaries are, she seems ...
IS SIDESHOW BOB AN EVIL SPACE LIZARD?
Poor old Sideshow Bob. Now his status as a member of the human race is being questioned. A new Facebook group has been set up which claims ...
THE CRISIS DEEPENS IN EUROPE
Despite the 'good news' stories about a 'global recovery' peddled incessantly by the corporate media for well over a year...
THE INSPIRATION THAT IS VENEZUELA
What a dull and uninspiring lot our mainstream politicians are. When the future of the planet demands an alternative to neoliberalism and ca...
WORLD PEOPLES CONFERENCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE RELEASES FINAL DECLARATION
Over 20,000 people attended The World Peoples Conference on Climate Change in Cochambamba, Bolivia this week. A final declaration was relea...
DIRE STRAITS
I've lost count of the number of times in the past twelve months various mainstream economic 'experts' or media pundits has i...
SACKED WORKERS UNHAPPY WITH THE EPMU
Thanks to 'Green Tea' for directing me to a story in the Marlborough Express on more discontent with the officials of the Engineer...
FORMER ALLIANCE MP TO TAKE ON SIDESHOW BOB
Here's some good news. Mayor Sideshow Bob faces some serious opposition in his bid to retain the mayoralty in October. Former Alliance M...
MELTDOWN AT NEWSTALK ZB
Mike Yardley was something of an exception to the talkback radio rule - he was a liberal. For fifteen years or so he hosted an immensely po...
THE HYPOCRISY OF SIDESHOW BOB
'It has often been said that a society can be judged on how it treats its most vulnerable.' That's a very enlightened view but ...
KICKING ANDREW LITTLE UP THE BACKSIDE
Of course I would never actually do it, but sometimes I think it would be quite nice to kick Andrew Little up the backside. It would be ni...
SAVE THE 198 YOUTH MEDICAL CENTRE!
The 198 Youth Heath Centre in Christchurch will close its doors at the end of this month unless additional funding can be found to cover ris...
BROWN OUT?
The British people will soon be faced with the prospect of Capitalist Party B taking the reigns of political power at 10 Downing Street fr...
KIWI FM FAILS IN THE RATINGS YET AGAIN
Despite the best efforts of former station manager Karyn Hay to talk up Kiwi FM in last montn's Next magazine, the reality is that the...
HOCUS POCUS
While we like to consider ourselves to be a intelligent and rational species, the fact remains that many people still cling to superstitions...
SUNDOWN
The inevitable happened this morning. TV3's breakfast show, Sunrise , was axed. The only surprise is that it didn't happen earlier. ...
BOB AND JANE
While Mayor Sideshow Bob played a central role in the process that led to the National Government sacking all of Environment Canterbury&...
HELEN CLARK BACKS U.S. CONTROL OF HAITI
It was just a few short weeks ago that Haiti was all over the mainstream media. It was on the front page of the newspapers and it was the le...