Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Shades of 2008. Back then after the banking crisis every economist as now, wrongly predicted a massive price collapse in Auckland house prices. Some such as Bernard Hickey and Shambles put their money where their mouth was, sold up and shifted to Wellington, in the
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com The New Zealand Property Council has issued a call for the government (taxpayers) to give them money. Why? Because they say, due to the uncertain economic outlook about 60% of all planned (get that; “planned”) construction projects are now at risk. Cancellation they argue will
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com The Destiny Church’s Bishop Brian Tamaki is in my view the only true Christian church leader in the land. First however, if it’s not already known to readers, I’ve devoted my life to mocking religion. Anthropologists have identified over 3,500 religions
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com A week has passed since the deranged Social Creditors pushed up their coffin lids and emerged with full page nonsensical newspaper advertisements. Then bugger me, last Saturday they did it again. At the top of this latest advert is the ludicrous repeated assertion “Banks Create
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com By late last year support for the Scottish National Party’s independence movement was polling at 50%, I suspect reflecting Brexit fatigue. But with the economic depression ahead, I suspect the SNP support will dwindle. Such crises invariably see a conservative voter response with no
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Management personnel from our principal media outlets, plus some ragtag entities tagging along, recently petitioned the government for assistance. The lockdown they argued, killed their advertising base, to which Finance Minister Grant Robertson wryly observed that that came under the category of a pre-existing condition.
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com THE BEST: By a country mile, Al Jazeera. It alone presents full international news. A Zambian or Honduras Presidential election result will be advised, even if in an announcement running along the bottom of the screen. An added bonus is their flock of stunning female
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com We’re about to enter the greatest economic depression in our history. But make no mistake, it’s not been caused by the coronavirus but instead is entirely man-made, singularly attributable to cop-out mismanagement by the government. From time to time we all face difficult
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com When, defying all common sense, Trump became President I wrote a prediction in my National Business Review column that by the time his reign was over, there’d have been more books written about him than any of his predecessors. “How and why” would be
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com A friend sent me the following piece on Trump. Someone asked “Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?” Nate White, an articulate and witty writer from England wrote the following response: A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Marvellous news. Following Simon Bridge’s attack, two of the parasite law firms are repaying the millions they took from taxpayers. Now Bridges is piling into Ash Bloomfield, the ringmaster in the absurdly, over the top reaction to the virus by an out-of-its depth government.
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Well done Simon Bridges for slamming the major law firms who’ve taken millions of taxpayers money during the close-down, as commendably exposed by Stuff and the Herald. If there’s one activity that can function for a time working from home, then that’s
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com The seemingless endless interviews with diverse allegedly expert commentators on the virus crisis have dominated, the BBC, CNN, Fox and other international channels and have thrown up a particular American oddity. That is American purported experts always finish the interview by saying, “Thanks for having
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com For centuries syphilis was a huge killer, especially after the First World War. Then in 1928 the Scottish virus researcher Sir Alexander Fleming, accidentally discovered penicillin, the world’s first and still most used anti-biotic. At last, it seemed the scourge was over. But alas,
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com There’s a clamour from retailers for government (you and me) to subsidise their shop rentals. Justice Minister Andrew Little said, “We’ve heard the calls to subsidise rent or to freeze rents. However, both of these approaches would have meant commercial property owners would
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com The proposition to sell New Zealand passports for $50million is unbelievably naïve. Why? Because there are heaps of countries that will sell citizenship for a fraction of that. To that proponents may argue the advantages of a New Zealand passport such as automatic entry to
