Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, launched when much of the global corporate media is in 'holiday' mode, have killed over two hundred peop...
SANTA SUCKS v1.1
I'm not a Christmas person. Naturally I was when I was a child (I think), but, as an adult, I view Christmas as an irritating tedium. Wh...
CAUGHT IN HIS CONTRADICTION
The rub is that Chris Trotter wants to be 'progressive' and support Labour as well. The problem is he can be one but he can't be...
GILCHRIST ALSO SPYING ON UNIONS
Despite attempts by Prime Minister John Key to downplay the activities of police spy Rob Gilchrist, the affair continues to gather momentum....
THE HENDERSON CHRISTMAS HORROR SHOW
This blog has been following the adventures of Dave Henderson for well over a year. The failed property developer and Christchurch City Coun...
SIDESHOW BOB MOVES TO 'PLAN B'
The headline in today's Christchurch Press is 'Tenants Applaud Parkers's Apology' as opposed to 'Council To Consider Sa...
THE MURKY WORLD OF ROB GILCHRIST
Rob Gilchrist originally established nzscanners.org.nz, a 'website for serious radio scanners and scanners in New Zealand'. He post...
THE NATIONAL PARTY APPRECIATION SHOW
TVNZ's Breakfast , otherwise known as the 'National Party Appreciation Show', hauled in the right wing Graeme Hunt to talk about...
BROAD TELLS PORKIES
Yesterday, Police Commissioner Howard Broad defended the Strategic Investigation Group operation, which employed Rob Gilchrist to spy on env...
SPY IN THE HOUSE
The uproar about Rob Gilchrist the police informant is a little bizarre. The underlying theme appears to be one of indignation and increduli...
YOU CAN'T TRUST SIDESHOW BOB!
Sideshow Bob has conceded defeat on the massive 24 percent council rent rise. That rise will now be replaced by a 2.3 percent rise and the ...
YOU'RE FIRED!
It's hard to see how the Minister of Labour, Kate Wilkinson, could seriously expect anyone to believe her when she said in Parliament t...
HANOVER AND HENDERSON
Hanover investors have well and truly let owners Mark Hotchin and Eric Watson off the hook. These two former 'stars' of the new '...
BEYOND LABOUR AND THE GREENS
It seems that the free market zealots within the Treasury haven't heard that neo-liberalism has collapsed. Last week's briefing pap...
MORE FAN LETTERS FOR SIDESHOW BOB AND HIS COUNCIL CHUMS
Here are two good letters from Saturday's Christchurch Press which I thought I'd post here. The National Council of Women (NCWNZ), a...
SIDESHOW BOB: DIGGING A DEEPER HOLE
Sideshow Bob pointed to a big hole in the middle of the field. 'That's my hole,' he said proudly. 'And it's getting dee...
WATCH OUT - THERE'S A PR CAMPAIGN ABOUT!
Do you smell the beginnings of a campaign to soften up the good people of Christchurch to the idea of hocking off the city council's com...
LIAR! LIAR! PANTS ON FIRE!
I am a strong supporter of Council housing and committed to keeping it. And I intend to find ways to invest in more Council housing over the...
SIDESHOW BOB 0 COUNCIL TENANTS 1
Poor old Sideshow Bob - now some of his own council supporters don't want to back an appeal against the High Court's reversal of th...
ROB FYFE - 'THE FAMILY MAN'
When it's a tragic accident like an airliner crash and people are killed there is, naturally enough, an inclination to tread lightly aro...