Since the CTU posted its 'Tougher' video on YouTube on March 24, it has had a mere 124 views. So that's something like a doz...
THE FAT CATS GET FATTER
While the poor are getting poorer the rich are getting a whole lot richer. Forbes magazine recently published its 'World's Richest ...
JUST ANOTHER CTU FARCE
How hopeless is the union leadership in this country? How cowardly are they? Can they get any more inept? How many more ways can they find ...
A USELESS LEADER AND A USELESS PARTY
You may have noticed that this blog has been a 'Darren Hughes Free Zone'. There's a reason for that. The whole affair has bored ...
WHERE ARE OUR DEMONSTRATIONS?
An estimated half a million people marched in London yesterday to protest the Government's austerity policies. As columnist Laurie Penn...
MUMBO JUMBO
In his weekly Press column, Chris Trotter speculates as to why his Christian God allowed Christchurch to suffer a catastrophic earthqua...
IRAQ. AFGHANISTAN. LIBYA.
Is the United States and its western allies present military action in Libya really all about 'humanitarian intervention' and an at...
IT'S A WIN-WIN SITUATION FOR GOD!
Why is it that insurances companies (for instance) describe natural disasters, like Christchurch's recent earthquake, as an 'act of ...
JUNK SCIENCE, VOODOO ECONOMICS
This Sunday (March 20), members of the New Zealand Sceptics Society will be attending a 'non-event' luncheon in Christchurch. They...
'GRANDIOSE, EMPTY GESTURE'
The thing that makes me feel particularly upset is the national memorial service in Hagley Park on Friday. Just who is this memorial service...
BOB CLAIMS HE IS SHARING THE PAIN!
Bob just can't help making things up, can he? At this afternoon's press conference to announce the inevitable cancellation of the ...
DIVIDED CITY
A provincial public holiday has been set aside for Canterbury this Friday and a national memorial service will be held in Christchurch's...
CORPORATE WELFARE FOR MEDIAWORKS
For many years I have railed against Kiwi FM (which consistently rates at about 0.1%) squatting in the three FM frequencies that had been ...
HURRAH! RICH GIT TO VISIT CHRISTCHURCH!
Mayor Sideshow Bob thinks that the visit of Prince William, sends a message of 'real optimism' to Christchurch. Bob, last seen masq...
AFTER THE QUAKE - A RATES INCREASE!
With the assistance of The Press , Sideshow Bob is still on his ludicrous PR drive to portray himself as something that he has repeatedly ...
SIDESHOW BOB - THE WORKING CLASS HERO!
With the help of Fairfax Media, Sideshow Bob has gone on a ludicrous PR drive in an attempt to convince the angry residents of the working c...
KEY'S DEBACLE, BROWNLEE'S IDIOCY
Many people in the hard hit eastern suburbs of Christchurch are still without power, water and sewerage. I was without these amenities for s...
COUNCILLOR ATTACKS QUAKE VICTIMS
One of the very last things that quake victims need is to be criticised by people who are supposed to be representing and promoting their ...
BOB AND THE TIME CAPSULES
Mayor Bob and the media got all excited when a metal cylinder and a bottle containing a rolled-up parchment were found beneath the plinth of...
OUR GREAT LEADER
In the days that followed the September 4 earthquake last year, Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker was lauded by politicians and the media for h...
QUAKE WEBSITE
Anyone wanting to check out the state of play in Christchurch should bookmark the excellent Christchurch Recovery Map. This site, run by vo...
STANDING ON SHAKY GROUND
Where was I before I was rudely interrupted? I apologise to my three readers that I have posted nothing for the past week but. of course, ...