Some strange people have asked if they could follow this blog on (shudder) Twitter. I can’t help feeling that’s a little like asking Shakespeare if he has a graphic novel version of Macbeth… (OTOH there probably IS a graphic version of Macbeth. Poor Will. Spin. Spin . Spin.) Seeing as I have just compared myself [...]
Spam Journalism: The spurious use of sensational headlines to add spice to an otherwise pointless article. Well, half the headline is ok… DHBs, union clash over plan to axe 20 doctors Plans to cut 20 resident doctor positions at Auckland hospitals will increase the pressure on remaining staff and threatens standards of patient care, a [...]
No, I don’t have a cold. And nor does my Mac, despite yet another silly scare article about the evils of malware. This one looks like a slightly fleshed-out press release from Sophos complete with video link to a scare video on Sophos’ website. Such things usually make me want to scream. It is all [...]
Tracey Watkins bewails the apparent head-in-the-sand attitude of Key and English towards pensions. She and a number of other commentators recently have pointed out, correctly, that the present state of affairs cannot continue, in which people are able to draw a pension from age 65, but may live another 15-20 years. The logical thing to [...]
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The word cult is derived from the Latin word cultus meaning worship or adoration. The hallmark of any cult is the adoration and exultation of a leader, to the detriment of the worship of God. In this context Garth George is perfectly correct to be concerned that Brian Tamaki and his Destiny church has all [...]
I see that question time was filled with references to the UNDP Human Development Report on Human Mobility and Development and a book called The Spirit Level. No Right Turn and FrogBlog are also terribly excited about the report, as if inequality is the only thing that matters. They probably get this idea from the [...]
In a fine example of badly thought-out interfering law, Labour legislated work breaks last year, causing enormous difficulty for small businesses with low-levels of staff. The most obvious example were the solo air-traffic controllers at places like Invercargill who were suddenly obliged to leave their screens unattended (or find another fully-qualified air traffic controller to [...]
I see the Democrats have reintroduced the “public option” (i.e. State Health Insurance) back into their health reform bill a mere couple of weeks after being unable to get such a bill through the Senate Finance Committee. They never give up, do they? It is highly unlikely that they will keep all the Democrats on [...]
Have you noticed recently how every headline in the media is slanted to make whatever is happening in ACC look bad? ACC is clearly the current whipping boy and Nick Smith appears to be the Minister designated for denigration. This headline is a particularly egregious sample: ACC pulls fall plan support While superficially true, it [...]
