The High Court case against the Christchurch City Council’s massive twenty-four percent increase in council rents was heard today. The compl...
HEADING FOR MELTDOWN?
And it just gets worse for George Bush’s ‘democratic capitalism’, the political and economic system that he last week described as the ‘best...
IT'S A STITCH-UP! TV3 CAVES IN TO LABOUR AND NATIONAL
In a miserable display of political cowardice, TV3 have cravenly bowed to pressure from Labour and National. With Helen Clark and John Key r...
RUSSEL NORMAN: WILL HE AND THE GREEN PARTY CHOOSE COKE OR PEPSI?
I see that the Green Party co-leader Russel Norman has also started to refer to Labour and National as the 'Coke' and 'Pepsi...
CLARK AND KEY REFUSE TO APPEAR IN MMP DEBATE
Labour and National have more in common than they have differences, so it comes as no surprise that Helen Clark and John Key have stiched up...
SHOW ME THE MONEY!
What a remarkable speech that was from President George Bush – remarkably bad that is. Speaking to the American people on prime time televis...
THE SIDESHOW BOB TRAVELIN' MEDICINE SHOW
Christchurch Mayor Sideshow Bob Parker has been mayor almost a year now (only a year, jeez), and Bob's been in a reflective mood. In his...
BEYOND LABOUR AND NATIONAL
There is life beyond the dreary free market Labour-National axis. Click on the image to see the full poster.
CORONER CONDEMNS MERCURY ENERGY
Despite the efforts of some in the media, like Sunrise's James Coleman and Radio Live's Michael Laws, to blame Folole Muliaga for h...
THE LEIGHTON SMITH SEAL OF APPROVAL!
And the financial and property collapse continues. The collapse of the $450 million Kensington Park housing project at Orewa, Auckland will ...
CENSORSHIP BY OMISSION
Last Saturday the Alliance Party released its 2008 manifesto. Unlike Labour and National, which are both drip-feeding policy, the Alliance h...
ELDERLY FACE PRICE HIKE
A few days ago the Canterbury District Health Board announced it was increasing the cost of its meals from $3.80 to $5.20 – to cover steeply...
HENDERSON OWES HANOVER FINANCE $70 MILLION
Christchurch City Council beneficiary Dave Henderson got more, but not unexpected, bad news today. The receivers say that his Five Mile Hold...
COSMOPOLITAN DRUNKS!
Failed property developer and urban 'visionary' Dave Henderson oftens parades his South of Lichfield drinking hole as an excellent e...
THE WALL STREET BAILOUT: WHY POLITICIANS CAN'T BE TRUSTED
Now that the US government is bailing out the finance industry, taxpayers should be in the driver's seat -- not politicians beholden to ...
CORPORATE WELFARE IN 'THE LAND OF THE FREE'
According to the United States government’s own figures, nearly 36 million Americans were living below the poverty line in 2007, including 1...
I'M THE SAME BUT DIFFERENT!
Just a short few months ago the Minister of Finance was telling us that New Zealand, and the world, were living in economically prosperous t...
ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST: WHAT'S BEHIND THE COLLAPSE OF LEHMAN BROTHERS
Lehman Brothers is no more. The 158 year old Wall Street giant has collapsed under a mountain of debt. Otto Spengler of the Asia Times lo...
OPINION POLL JOURNALISM: IT'S EASIER THAN DOING ANY REAL WORK!
The latest TV1 opinion poll, released last night, showed that National now has a eighteen point lead over Labour. Guyon Espiner's take ...
ALLIANCE PARTY RELEASES 2008 MANIFESTO: PUTTING PEOPLE FIRST
The Alliance Party has released its 2008 manifesto and it offers a fundamentally different vision from the tepid and reactionary market poli...
I'M SO BORED WITH WINSTON
Frankly, I find it hard to take the whole Winnie-gate affair seriously. On one level I guess it can be argued that it demonstrates that our ...
GIZZA JOB!
It was interesting to hear billionaire and former Labour supporter Owen Glenn claim today that Labour Party president Mike Williams asked hi...
DOMINION FINANCE GO INTO RECEIVERSHIP
One of the finance companies that failed property developer Dave Henderson owes money to has gone into receivership. Dominion Finance's ...
SIX MONTHS LATER - STILL NO RULING
In March I lodged a formal complaint with the Broadcasting Standards Authority. It was a complaint about a nasty piece of Chinese Stalinist ...
CORPORATE WELFARE
Beneficiaries regularly get a bashing from politicians and media alike, but rarely is there any comment on one of the dirty little secrets o...
HELPING OUT 'HENDO'
It looks like failed property developer Dave Henderson has used some of the $17 million dollar bailout he received from the Chrstchurch Ci...
I AGREE WITH PETE!
I can't say that I, politically, have a whole lot in common with the UnIted Future leader Peter Dunne but, he too, appears to think that...
THE GREAT CARBON TRADING CON
It’s no surprise that the Green Party are supporting Labour’s carbon trading scheme. This is what co-leader and former socialist Russell Nor...
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