In some previous posts I commented that columnist Chris Trotter had dismissed the working class as a force for political and social change. ...
PIPPA WETZELL: NZ'S WORST TELEVISION JOURNALIST?
Who is New Zealand's worst television journalist? There are many candidates competing for this 'title' but my vote goes for TV1...
SOUR SHERIFF FAILS TO UPHOLD COUNCIL POLICY
One of Sideshow Bob's faithful council lackey's is Gail 'Holiday' Sheriff. Sheriff, another one of those politically 'in...
WELCOME TO THE POST-INDUSTRIAL STONE AGE
The neo-liberal economic orthodoxy has collapsed – and the recession is here to stay. James Ayers gets ready for the Brave New World... Whil...
A GREAT VICTORY FOR CHRISTCHURCH - AND A MASSIVE DEFEAT FOR SIDESHOW BOB
In a stunning victory for the people of Christchurch, the High Court has overturned the massive twenty four percent rent rise imposed on cou...
FONTERRA PLAYS BALL WITH THE CHINESE REGIME
While Fonterra might just want the poisoned milk powder scandal to go away, it is now clear that the Chinese regime is concealing the true n...
THE TEN WORST CORPORATIONS OF 2008
Multinational Monitor have just released their annual list of the ten worst corporations of the year. This is something the magazine has be...
THE GREEN PARTY CALLS FOR PRIVATE BEACHES
I see that the Green Party are, once again, calling again for the repealing of Labour's foreshore and seabed legislation. According to G...
BARMY BARNETT'S SANTA BAN
Auckland Chamber of Commerce chief Michael 'Barmy' Barnett is at it again. In his role as Santa Parade Board Chairman he has banned ...
LEFT IS RIGHT AND RIGHT IS LEFT
TVNZ's Deputy Political Editor must have been talking to TV3's Duncan Garner. Francesca Mold was on TV1's News tonight blithely...
HENDO DODGES THE TAXMAN AGAIN
Failed property developer and Christchurch City Council beneficiary Dave Henderson has narrowly escaped the wrath of the taxman again - but ...
HOW 'CENTRIST' IS 'CENTRIST'?
When you campaigned on being a centrist politican and a centrist political party, giving Maori Party co-leader Tariana Turia and Act leader ...
THE MAORI PARTY: NO FRIEND OF MAORI WORKERS
Ah yes, there they are - the rich conservative Maori elite in, and connected to, the Maori Party - about to railroad a deal through with Nat...
THE TAXMAN COMETH
I haven't reported a whole lot lately on the adventures of failed property developer and Christchurch City Council beneficiary Dave Hend...
HAVE I GOT A DEAL FOR YOU!
The election of Phil Goff as Labour leader will hardly set the world on fire, although it might give some of us a bit of a laugh. Phil Goff....
FONTERRA ON MOST CRITICISED LIST
This is from yesterday's China Daily Post . It doesn't appear to have made it into our corporate media... BERLIN -- Wal-Mart Stores ...
THE LABOUR INTELLIGENTSIA THROW A TANTRUM
The Labour intelligentsia have been wailing over their computer keyboards today. The end of the Labour Government has impacted on them deepl...
THE GREENS UNDERPERFORM
Despite the hype coming from within the Green Party about how well it would do in the General Election, the Norman-Fitzsimons led party unde...
THE GREEN PARTY CON
Green party co-leader Russel Norman was interviewed on Radio Live this afternoon. He also took calls from listeners. Hosts Wille Jackson and...
SAME OLD RUBBISH, DIFFERENT ELECTION
Yesterday I, along with hundreds of others no doubt, received a e-mail from one of my local MP's, Nicky Wagner. The e-mail, which includ...
SIDESHOW BOB HAS A COSY CHAT WITH JOHN KEY
Christchurch mayor 'Sideshow' Bob Parker has made great play of his political 'independence' - he's claimed to be above ...
WILL OBAMA REALLY CHANGE AMERICA?
Today is the day that the United States voters - or it appears the majority of 65 percent of eligible voters - will vote the first black Am...
IT'S ANOTHER RATINGS SHOCKER FOR KIWI FM!
I’ve written about Kiwi FM before, so I’m not going to restate my thoughts here, but its worthy of note that Kiwi has – again – failed miser...
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