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BLOGTOWN

BLOGTOWN

I'm a relative newcomer to the blogosphere. It's only in the last two years that I've been taking it seriously and posting on a ...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Sunday, December 27, 2009 9 comments
Labels: blogging, blogs
LWR WORKERS SOLD OUT BY UNION OFFICIALS

LWR WORKERS SOLD OUT BY UNION OFFICIALS

Lane Walker Rudkin has finally been completely closed and, as the year rolls to a close, the remaining eighty workers are now without jobs....

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Wednesday, December 23, 2009 0 comments
Labels: lane walker rudkin, ndu, robert reid
MORE MONEY FOR MARRYATT

MORE MONEY FOR MARRYATT

Ho Ho Ho! What has Santa Sideshow Bob got in his sack then? 'Not much' is the answer if you happen to be a mere worker for the Chr...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Wednesday, December 23, 2009 0 comments
Labels: sideshow bob, tony marryatt
HENRY GETS AWAY WITH IT - AGAIN

HENRY GETS AWAY WITH IT - AGAIN

TVNZ has delivered its verdict on the latest Paul Henry outrage - its 'very sorry' for Henry's behaviour. TVNZ's complaints ...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Tuesday, December 22, 2009 1 comments
Labels: paul henry, TVNZ
'WE SHALL OVERCOME'

'WE SHALL OVERCOME'

“Copenhagen is not the end, I repeat, but a beginning: the doors have been opened for a universal debate on how to save the planet, life on ...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Monday, December 21, 2009 0 comments
Labels: climate change, copenhagen, hugo chavez
COPENHAGEN TRAVESTY

COPENHAGEN TRAVESTY

What a complete and utter travesty Copenhagen proved to be. Despite all the rhetoric from our political 'leaders' about the grim f...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Sunday, December 20, 2009 0 comments
Labels: climate change, copenhagen
ATTACKING MAORI BENEFICIARIES

ATTACKING MAORI BENEFICIARIES

...Tamihere's agenda is particularly hypocritical. This guy supported the free market policies that wreaked such devastation among worki...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Friday, December 18, 2009 1 comments
Labels: john amihere, maori. welfare
SELLOUT 'UNACCEPTABLE' - VENEZUELA

SELLOUT 'UNACCEPTABLE' - VENEZUELA

The Venezuelan delegation to the Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen, Denmark, denounced Tuesday the attitude of developed countries in the ...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Thursday, December 17, 2009 0 comments
Labels: climate change, copenhagen, venezuela
MEDIA CLOWN OF THE YEAR

MEDIA CLOWN OF THE YEAR

It was not a hard task to pick my inaugural 'Media Clown of the Year'. There were some strong contenders. Leighton Smith put in a st...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Thursday, December 17, 2009 1 comments
Labels: paul henry, TVNZ
EMPTY GESTURE

EMPTY GESTURE

When the Maori flag flies on all government buildings on Waitangi Day it'll fly in a country where the Maori working class - like their ...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Wednesday, December 16, 2009 2 comments
Labels: maori party, pita sharples
GOODBYE TO PUBLIC BROADCASTING

GOODBYE TO PUBLIC BROADCASTING

There is a certain degree of irony - well, a lot of irony really - in the spectacle of the Labour Party and its supporters (eg The Standard ...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Sunday, December 13, 2009 0 comments
Labels: brendon burns, jonathan coleman, TVNZ
CLINGING TO THE WRECKAGE

CLINGING TO THE WRECKAGE

The present 'vigorous discussion' occurring within the Labour Party is not so much about two principled political currents disagreei...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Wednesday, December 09, 2009 0 comments
Labels: andrew little, labour party, phil goff
THE THREE STOOGES

THE THREE STOOGES

A few years ago Mark Hotchin of Hanover Finance was basking in the glow of an uncritical media. He, along with fellow Eric Watson were bein...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Tuesday, December 08, 2009 1 comments
Labels: dave henderson, hanover
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A SHORT MUSICAL INTERLUDE...

My local mall, like malls everywhere, seems to think that we would really like to hear sickly saccharine Christmas songs all day and every d...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Tuesday, December 08, 2009 0 comments
Labels: christmas, jona lewie
COPENHAGEN TALKFEST

COPENHAGEN TALKFEST

Despite all the political hype about 'saving the planet' - or words to that effect - the Copenhagen conference is already dead in t...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Monday, December 07, 2009 0 comments
Labels: climate change, samantha hayes, TV3
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THE GREAT CARBON TRADING FRAUD

Annie Leonard looks at the forces that are driving the 'climate change solution' being discussed at Copenhagen. She introduces us to...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Thursday, December 03, 2009 1 comments
Labels: annie leonard, climate change
LEAKED DOCUMENTS, SUPPRESSED REPORTS

LEAKED DOCUMENTS, SUPPRESSED REPORTS

Mayor Sideshow Bob is presently in North America (along with Mrs Sideshow Bob and his loyal lieutenant, Tony Marryatt), apparently studying ...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Wednesday, December 02, 2009 1 comments
Labels: christchurch city council, music school, sideshow bob
THE 'CLEVER' PAUL HENRY

THE 'CLEVER' PAUL HENRY

For those of you who haven't seen it - and are interested - here's Paul Henry having a go at British singer Susan Boyle. Meanwhile ...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Wednesday, December 02, 2009 1 comments
Labels: paul henry
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