Auckland Council CEO Doug McKay doesn't get his own way - like he's used to. The Auckland authorities have failed, first time round,...
WHAT I DID ON MY HOLIDAYS
Councillor Wells claims she's writing a report about her recent trip to Germany. Cate Broughton at the Christchurch Mail has been dilig...
LABOUR DISINTEGRATES
National's victory marked a disastrous defeat for Labour. We have to look beyond electoral politics for real political and economic chan...
ELECTION RESULT : THE SAME OLD CRAP WINS
You want real progressive change? You're out of luck. In these last few hours before 'the big day', the commentators and the b...
SOLID ENERGY GETS HACKED
No Lignite Coal Mining In Aotearoa NZ from Roger L on Vimeo . Ha Ha. Solid Energy's website was hacked by anti-lignite activists thi...
ENOUGH OF BLAMING WOMEN
Jennifer Fox, 19, was three months pregnant last Tuesday evening when she joined an Occupy Seattle march that stopped at the intersection o...
LIBERAL ILLUSIONS
Bryan Bruce's call for a 'fair market' to tackle child poverty is naive and unrealistic. Bryan Bruce's documentary , Child ...
THE RETURN OF THE CLOWN
Paul Henry lends a helping hand to John Key. In 2010 Paul Henry won my inaugural 'Media Clown of the Year' Award. Last year Sideshow...
EMPTY POSTURING OVER STATE ASSETS
The state-owned power companies that Labour are championing are the same power companies that keep putting their prices up. So a Labour Gov...
SIDESHOW BOB GETS A BAD REPORT
The Christchurch City Council are failing the people of Christchurch, says the Future Canterbury Network. The Future Canterbury Network is a...
SIDESHOW BOB ON FAIL BLOG!
Here's some media coverage 'Mr Orange Safety Jacket' probably won't like.. A reader sent me a link to something Sideshow Bo...
POLICE ATTACK OCCUPY WALL STREET
The New York authorities have declared war on the Occupy movement and in the early hours of Monday morning the police attacked the movement ...
D'OH! 2
Following in the footsteps of Rick Perry, Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain reveals what he doesn't know about Libya - which i...
SOUND AND FURY SIGNIFYING NOTHING
Just when you thought things couldn't get any worse, the mainstream media try to extract some mileage from the Prime Minister's stag...
D'OH!
You don't have to be a follower of American politics to appreciate this display of stupidity from this week's Republican Presidentia...
POINT OF EXTINCTION
Labour's demise is not just Phil Goff's fault. In its first year, Phil Goff explained away the National Government's popularity...
DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN
Where in the world is Councillor Sue Wells? Weeburdt1 has asked on Twitter : ' Does anyone know where @sue_wells went? I hope she is ok...
BE REALISTIC, DEMAND THE IMPOSSIBLE
The Paris Uprising of 1968 demanded the impossible. Over forty years later we must demand it again. Talking with friends in the US and foll...
NOT DOING THE RIGHT THING
Labour won't do the right thing and turn TV1 into a non-commercial public broadcaster. A few months ago Labour's spokesperson on bro...