The Councillors have not even been sworn in yet and already the Tauranga bunch are at one another’s throats. Newly elected Councillor at large, Andrew Hollis has dared to use his free speech to say he thinks the Waitangi Tribunal and treaty cash payouts are past their use-by date.
Information Satire Massey University Vice-Chancellor, Prof Jan Thomas, has been hand-picked to oversee a newly passed law in Singapore. The law passed in May, comes into effect this month and requires a watchdog to police it to ensure fake news does not reach the citizens of Singapore. Because of Thomas’
Living in the Western Bay of Plenty we received the 150-word election blurbs in the local media for both Tauranga City Council and Western Bay of Plenty District Council. Now that the results are out it seemed a useful time to review the promises/statements of the successful candidates. Tauranga
A couple of interesting things were shown on TV recently. One was a privileged, rich, white, spoilt brat claiming that the world had stolen her childhood. The second was a Country Calendar episode featuring a vineyard that sold wine under the brand name “27 Seconds“. The featured image has already
Advice Satire The BFD source on the inside has just sent us the draft of Ardern’s next speech. I say to you today, my fellow Kiwis, even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in my
Contrary to what the Greens would have us believe, some new research has painted a different story about the plastic in the oceans. It is not from us landlubbers but from those who should be more interested in looking after the environment that they work in. It seems that merchant
As the media have collaborated to bombard the populace with environmental and climate doom propaganda, it is only fair and reasonable to hold their feet to the fire (as it were) and examine past media promoted predictions that have failed to materialise. From The Guardian, July 24, 2013 Doubling down
As the media have collaborated to bombard the populace with environmental and climate doom propaganda, it is only fair and reasonable to hold their feet to the fire (as it were) and examine past media promoted predictions that have failed to materialise. From USA Today, December 14, 2009 Obviously Alarmist
As the media have collaborated to bombard the populace with environmental and climate doom propaganda, it is only fair and reasonable to hold their feet to the fire (as it were) and examine past media promoted predictions that have failed to materialise. From The Independent: October 20, 2009 A few
As the media have collaborated to bombard the populace with environmental and climate doom propaganda, it is only fair and reasonable to hold their feet to the fire (as it were) and examine past media promoted predictions that have failed to materialise. From The Independent, July 9, 2009 Time to
As the media have collaborated to bombard the populace with environmental and climate doom propaganda, it is only fair and reasonable to hold their feet to the fire (as it were) and examine past media promoted predictions that have failed to materialise. From WattsUpWithThat.com, December 16, 2018 As mentioned
As the media have collaborated to bombard the populace with environmental and climate doom propaganda, it is only fair and reasonable to hold their feet to the fire (as it were) and examine past media promoted predictions that have failed to materialise. From Associated Press, June 24, 2008 Dr Hansen
As the media have collaborated to bombard the populace with environmental and climate doom propaganda, it is only fair and reasonable to hold their feet to the fire (as it were) and examine past media promoted predictions that have failed to materialise. From The Guardian, February 21, 2004 Only four
The idiots from Xtinction Rebellion annoyed Wellingtonians in order to have their voices heard. Why would anybody bother to unglue them from the windows? Just leave them there. Once they feel the call of nature, the TV visuals would be much more interesting. But it was the orange flare smoke
