There are not many things in life these days that irritate me enough to warrant the energy that irritation takes but occasionally, I find a little irritation is a good thing. It reminds me that there is real red blood coursing through my veins and being alive means being able
Let me repeat that: Political polls are USELESS. Like sitting in a rocking chair, it gives you something to do but you don’t go anywhere. All political polls should be published with a warning to viewers, readers or listeners that makes it clear the information about to be divulged
I was reluctant to subject myself to yet another leaders’ debate so soon after the Campbell fiasco. I’m still in counselling for the damage done by Campbell, and watching another strange newsperson with even stranger views of the world and a proven complete lack of integrity and professionalism hosting
I had a previous engagement so I had to record it and watch it later in the evening, which is a good thing, because I could spool through the ads and if the pain overwhelmed me, I could always pause, have a scotch and never come back. It was painful
A standing ovation for National for proposing the concept that we should keep more of our hard-earned cash. While National’s tax policy stands alone for being sensible compared with others (with the exception of ACT), we are nailed every time and the average citizen is crucified by taxation no
As we approach what might arguably be the most important NZ election for several generations, perhaps it’s timely to think about our electoral system and system of government. Our considerations shouldn’t be confined to MMP, which delivers some bizarre outcomes that fly in the face of the very
When the announcement was made about the sale of Stuff to its Chief Executive for $1.00 many of us will have chuckled to ourselves and commented that it was overpriced. The whole thing rather reminded me of the one about the guy who drove into a service station in
I applaud the general concept of the headline. It’s about time. Finally, New Zealanders have managed to drag themselves away, kicking and screaming from TV 1 after years and years and years of it seeming that no matter what new TV’s people bought, they managed to superglue their
I have a question. I know I’ll be accused of being a racist for asking it but frankly, those who think I’m a racist may feel free to do so. I know who I am and I’m comfortable in my skin regardless of its colour and I’
When I transcribed the interview earlier this week, I was expecting some reasonably strong reactions here. Let me begin by responding to a comment from garybop: “The big takeaway from the transcript of this interview, apart from the interminable interruptions, was not a word of te reo in sight. When
And there’s more to come When the Prime Minister put the whole country into lockdown back in March, even those among us who thought it was a gross over-reaction were willing to take it on the chin and go along with it. Most of us cooperated and suffered the
I haven’t watched New Zealand TV for months. With the election coming up, I thought I’d try just once more to watch this apology for current affairs called Q & A. I’ll post my thoughts later but for now maybe you will have some. JT Why do
The Prime Minister, the Government and the Director-General of Health would have us believe that last week’s announcement about masks and the Director General’s very public COVID test were just a coincidence and had nothing at all to do with the outbreak in South Auckland. To quote the
It’s become clear this week that we’re going to see more cases of COVID-19. Nobody should be surprised. That’s how a virus works and only somebody extremely dim would expect anything different. 100 days without community transmission is, to be kind, a false negative. Before knee-jerking and
If you were one of many New Zealanders wondering why suddenly, out of the blue and with ZERO community spread, the Director-General of Health last week began reminding us that COVID-19 isn’t over yet and that we should remain prepared for another spike and organize masks, wonder no more.
Am I the only one who thinks this is an absolutely absurd expression? I’m never going to agree to disagree with anybody. Either we agree on a matter or we don’t. Either it’s factually correct or it isn’t. There’s no middle ground. Isn’t it
