Was it only Wednesday when the media were parading their piety with their anti competitive cartel agreement to not report all the facts from the Brendon Tarrant trial? Was not Shayne Currie (NZME, aka NZ Herald) one of the five major New Zealand media company signatories of this collective agreement
The Commerce Act 1986 has an interesting section, Clause 27: 27 Contracts, arrangements, or understandings substantially lessening competition prohibited. Quote. (1) No person shall enter into a contract or arrangement, or arrive at an understanding, containing a provision that has the purpose, or has or is likely to have the
In his recent column Mike Hosking captures the futility of it all in a nutshell. So are you counting the days like I am? May 15 in France. Jacinda Ardern, our newly beatified international leader of good and happiness, will lay down a carbon footprint to Paris to sit alongside
Regrettably, folks, it is true. The EPA has found that glyphosate is a risk to plants. Imagine that; a herbicide that can harm plants. It is absolutely incredible to live in an age with such amazing scientific progress. In other news the EPA has cleared Roundup, aka glyphosate, saying it
Our new and improved environmental saviour of the turtles and whales, the bio-degradable plastic bag apparently is not. Nor does the compostable bag compost that well. Oh dear! Greenpeace got the west all stirred up over “single-use” plastic bags and had them banned. So the enlightened switched to bio-degradable and
A Maori organisation claims the Hobson’s Pledge group is inciting racism and violence. They provide ample detailed proof. According to the NZ Maori Council executive director Matthew Tukaki the council has asked the Human Rights Commission (HRC) to investigate the group because “no one’s called them out”. In
It is probable that Countdown may announce an amnesty on Multi-use Shopping Style Accessories (MSSA) after 175 went missing from one Auckland store. Quote. Since the move away from having plastic bags in their stores, some Countdown supermarkets have had the odd shopping basket go walkabout. […] One customer found out
Audrey Young has written a puff piece praising the NZ First led Coalition government ministers. What was curious, was her rating evaluation criteria, based on three factors with a possible top score of ten: Quote. * How effective the minister has been in delivering the government’s policy * How effective the
The media in New Zealand have signed up to an agreement regarding coverage of the trial of Brendon Tarrant. It seems that the issue of whether or not he was a white supremacist has already been decided. THE GUIDELINES IN FULL SIGNED BY ACCREDITED NZ MEDIA ORGANISATIONS: quote We agree
A bigot is defined as a person who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices and one who regards or treats the members of a group with hatred and intolerance. It was interesting to read a headline on a post put up by the
Greta Thunberg (16) described herself as having been diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome, OCD and selective mutism. She has been pushed by her parents it seems, to be the focus of adoration by the left and the ground she walks on is being worshipped by the Extinction Rebellion idiots. Let’
Presumably the above picture illustrates an example of the ‘system that deliberately perpetuates poverty’ as it doesn’t appear to be an actual picture of ‘poverty’, which is the other subject of the sentence. How is poverty measured? Where better to start than at Ghahraman’s alma mater, Oxford University?
How often does one read about people having numerous names when it comes to fraudulent activity? Multiple addresses for various claims, etc. What confidence can there be in filling in the data gaps with information from other sources? Quote. Stats NZ will begin releasing the delayed data from last year’
Well worth a listen and/or read. Clever lyrics from the Parody Project LYRICS TO THE DAY COLLUSION DIED? Two long years ago the probe began and many thought that someday it would make them smile. And those who said it had no chance were scowled upon and seen askance
More than 100 people – “including white supremacists, Muslim converts and people left disgruntled by the Christchurch terror attack – are being actively monitored by police” according to this article in Stuff. The synonyms of ‘disgruntled‘ include: dissatisfied, discontented, aggrieved, resentful, fed up, displeased, unhappy, disappointed, disaffected, angry, irate, annoyed, cross, exasperated,
