In an engaging article last week, Bob Jones commented about human rights: more specifically, fictitious human rights. Quoting a Dominion Post article declaring that incarcerated crims have a “basic human right to hug their children”, he dissected the nonsensical premise and attracted a flurry of activity from readers. It would
In an interview with Next magazine in June 2017, shortly after becoming Labour Deputy, Jacinda Ardern said she had no wish to be leader: “When you’re a bit of an anxious person, and you constantly worry about things, there comes a point where certain jobs are just really bad
They say “He who pays the piper calls the tune” but let’s face it, long before the piper was paid out with a Covid grant to media, the New Zealand MSM was already well and truly providing supportive propaganda for this government and avoiding the difficult questions. It’s
That is a very good question and whether it’s right or not, the human condition means that we certainly do judge people. In fact, it’s part of our survival instinct to “judge” others. These days we talk about tribalism as though it’s a bad thing, and sometimes
Of course it is, Jacinda. You have declared it so and so it shall be. Except, like so many other things you and your pathetically inept colleagues have managed to do to this country of ours, you couldn’t be more wrong and you’ve been drinking too much of
They say a week is a long time in politics. Maybe even a couple of hours can be a long time in politics. So much can change in such a short time. So here we are in week two of the leadership change and the question of the day is:
Here we go again, is there no end to what people are going to go out of their way to be offended about? I wonder if TVNZ would have pulled a show over the mocking of an English name or maybe a Spanish or Italian one? I went to school
I’ve always viewed The Australian as a reliable news source with a substantial line up of award-winning journalists, many with years of experience behind them. After finding a suspicious story in the NZ Herald, however, I have had to revise my opinion. Covid 19 coronavirus: Nathan Turner held party
When I started work back more than a few years ago, none of my employers would have needed to put up a sign urging staff to respect their fellow workers and speak English only in the workplace. We had heaps of people from all over the world on some sites
Having heard comments about how dreadful Jack Tame was and how terrible Todd Muller looked I thought it might be interesting so I went looking for it. The first thing that struck me was how uncomfortable Muller looked and how totally distracting his arms are. I’d noticed that in
I was picking that the National caucus wouldn’t have the courage to make a leadership change so close to an election. I felt it was too little and way too late and I still feel that way. Not because leaving it so late means they have little time to
This week’s polls have been horrendous for Simon Bridges and the National Party and last night would have pushed many over the edge. Its only natural to want to get a giant eraser out and expunge the results, the pollsters, the people involved, the memory – everything. Anything for a
The headline looked pretty ominous, but because I’m so accustomed to ominous looking headlines going nowhere sensible, I took several deep breaths before clicking through to read the article. Let me be honest, I knew before I clicked through that it would be fraught with nonsense. The headline just
The polls may or may not be right. People may or may not lie to pollsters. We could all spend eternity arguing about what we think and twisting the poll results to suit our own wishful thinking. The reality is, if you carefully read the comments that appear so regularly
The once highly respected Washington Post, which may as well join the New York Times and incinerate all its well earned journalism awards in the past for becoming the leading edge of fake news, has proven just how little it knows about accuracy. Quoted in the NZ Herald The Post
Last week as the government took its foot off our throats and allowed us the partial freedom to move around and socialise again, the move to Level 2 came with the usual admonishments about what would happen if we took too many liberties with this new found freedom. Most of
