Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Poking about in my library’s extensive drama section, an oddity given my derision for the theatre but I have books on everything, lo and behold I came across a copy of a (back then), the much vaunted New Zealand play, “The Tree”, written by
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com New Zealand is trailing almost the entire world in Covid vaccinations. The government justifies this on two grounds. First; unlike most other countries we’re not currently facing an infection crisis, thanks to our geographic isolation and small dispersed population. Second; we can afford the
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com The financial markets have never been more irrational. All sound traditional valuations are out the window in a classic tulip mania scenario. Driving this is world-wide Central Banks money-printing, currently four times greater and rising, than that which followed the 2008 banking crisis. That exercise
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com There’s much talk about Presidential pardons being issued wholesale over the next three weeks. This is a power available to sitting Presidents and we can expect Trump will use and abuse it wholesale. But of most interest is the debate whether he can pardon
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Someone remarked to me recently that it’s amazing no-one’s tried to assassinate Trump. I don’t agree. Trump’s ignorance and craziness justifiably offends sensible rational people, who nevertheless, are not the type who would resort to such an action. In my view,
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com In the postwar years, numerous former African and some Asian ex-colonies changed their name following independence With the African countries I’d be very surprised if the citizens were consulted, rather the new names were imposed by their invariably authoritarian governments. Name changes for advanced
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Last week a South Island Borough Councillor resigned, because, he said, he may have behaved inappropriately at a function. The keyword here is “may”. No details of the possible inappropriate behaviour were supplied and according to the report no-one had complained. Still, we can guess
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com While with its small population and geographical island isolation, containing the virus was relatively easy for New Zealand compared with large population countries, the American figures certainly provide food for thought. On a pro-rata population basis New Zealand would have almost 4,000 deaths instead
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com As a policy decision, I rarely respond to comments on this Blog. However, such has been the overwhelming supportive response to my comments regarding the ghastly hypocritical, sponging little turd Ricardo Menendez March, not merely on this site but particularly on Kiwiblog, I’d like
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com The latest Guardian Weekly reported a study showing Coca-Cola is the world’s largest plastic polluter. They’re not actually, rather it’s their customers who leave their plastic bottles lying about. The reason Coca-Cola is top of the pops is simply its popularity. Count
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com I’m informed that such is the degree of wetness by the Wellington City Councillors, to avoid drowning, henceforth councillors will wear life-jackets when meeting. The latest insanity is the proposal by two conspicuously wet virtue-signalling Councillors, Rebecca Mathews and Tamatha Paul, for a Rainbow
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com The Green Party’s new intake included, scraping in in last place, a Mexican migrant called Ricardo Menendez March. His credentials for selection appear to be, a. He’s homosexual, something Green Party types view as a higher art form, and, b. His occupation as
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Oh what fun! The media are now in full cry with their standard pack-hunting turning on Mallard with resignation demands over his rape allegation, and the subsequent legal costs met by taxpayers. Now I can’t speak for radio and television news as I neither
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Acclaimed dressmaker Dame Trelise Cooper recently designed a formal dress comprising six overlapping layers of material and dubbed it “Trail of Tiers”. Why? Because in its overlapping layers it forms a perpendicular trail. Let’s get the language cleared up. A tier is a layer.
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Senior journalist Andrea Vance, who should know better, writing about housing affordability said a house is everyone’s human right. No it’s not Andrea. You just made that up. Homes don’t fall out of the sky like raindrops. They have to be built
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Every morning for half a century, receiving my natural human right of breakfast in bed, a morning ritual wherever we are, my partner lays everything out on the side table, and hands me the morning paper. And as always in Wellington, I first glance at
