Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com The New Zealand Herald ran a nonsense item from abroad re horoscopes and specifically, which star sign category individuals are most likely to be a serial killer. Turns out I am. Well, like the Mikado’s Lord High Executioner I admit “I have a little
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Below is a letter published in the Dominion Post some weeks ago which I don’t imagine the correspondent, Bruce Anderson of Christchurch will mind me reproducing. The essence of Mr Anderson’s complaint boils down to an elementary one, namely the feeble punishment, or
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com As one of the largest Auckland and Wellington ratepayers (over $5m annually in Auckland and $6m in Wellington) common-sense says it would save everyone a lot of trouble if instead of bothering the public, I chose the mayor and councillors. But far from that, as
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com At last some sanity with the news the Crown is appealing the mind-blowingly outrageous nine months home detention sentence against a piece of filth who raped four young girls, all under 15. More important, when this matter is done and dusted and the offender hopefully
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com The ridiculous Sam Uffindell media beat-up over the MP’s youthful indiscretions saw Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson say the issue date of the report was “pretty” disrespectful and “pretty cynical timing.” That got me thinking about this speech oddity of saying “pretty” for “very.
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Seemingly perpetually under fire Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr, has advised that henceforth, “the bank will be increasing the number of conversations it has about climate change over the coming year.” Think about that. A talking Bank! The tourist potential is huge. But alas, the
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com “Time to sever the tie with these soap opera characters,” wrote Joe Bennett in Stuff of the British Royal Family. I totally agree. Along with Australia and Canada, plus a handful of tiny island states, every other Commonwealth state has already done this. Royalists ascribe
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Andrew Washington is a respected Wellington senior valuer and as such we should listen to what he has to say on property matters. In a letter in the Dom-Post commenting on the rating system Andrew caused widespread alarm with his final sentence when he referred
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com The latest Listener has devoted five pages to the forthcoming Nelson mayoral election. Four and a half are devoted to former Green Party candidate Matt Lawry, a two-term Councillor. They include a full-page photo, another half page photo of him with his family and a
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Recently Stuff gave its readers a claimed sensational lengthy piece of purported news, this an item lifted from Women’s Day magazine. Headed “We Were Shocked,” it outlined how a 35 year old married mother with a 2 year old daughter, a former netballer, was
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com The Dominion-Post has been running an entertaining series of interviews with diverse purported artistic types of no perceivable accomplishment. A recent one was a delight, being an interview with a photographer, a long-haired bloke called Cody. In the course of it Cody revealed how he’
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com I frequently receive nutty correspondence from strangers, such as a letter recently from a Murray Jones who described himself as an Investigative Reporter for something called Business Desk NZ, whatever that is. Murray wrote to tell me he’s “wondering if he could speak to
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Last Sunday’s NZ Herald ran a lengthy article ripping into the Korean Christian outfit Shincheonji which has opened in New Zealand. I read the article twice and frankly it sounded fairly benign compared with say the Catholics. Precisely why The Herald called it a
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com The recent publicity over Trevor Mallard’s term as Speaker had me reflect on his 13 predecessors since 1975. By far the most unpopular was Labour’s Gerry Wall, who was a pariah in the new liberal thinking Labour Party of 1984. When Basil Arthur
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Chief Human Rights Commissioner Paul Hunt stated last week, “many renters are having to make trade-offs between their fundamental human rights, such as the right to adequate food and the right to a decent home. A home is first and foremost a fundamental human right
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com The media have had a field-day over the Sharma affair. The non-descript Hamilton MP came into Parliament as part of the Labour landslide, its principal reason being the then religious-like faith by dopey Kiwis that Jacinda was the second coming and had eliminated coronavirus. It’
