Ahhh, politics! You are just getting some control of the political debate with the opposition making spoilsport Karl Marx mouthings that are playing your way, when, BANG, some complete drunken ass commits an utterly pointless and stupid mess right on your front doorstep. No wonder John Key always looks tired and harassed when on camera [...]
Dear Mr. McCarten You seem to be a bit up yourself, lately. Your column in the Herald on Sunday absurdly compares the recent life-threatening, regime-changing protests overseas with the history of New Zealand left-wing protests. You even manage to include an entirely prospective protest against “asset sales”. Aside from the fact that this comparison is [...]
Not that she ever left, but it seems that Paula Bennett has taken back Waitakere on the judicial recount by a margin of 9 votes. The MacDoctor realises that Ms. Bennett (when the media finally ask her opinion on the matter) will likely be far more gracious about her victory than Ms. Sepuloni. However, the [...]
The MacDoctor always knew that there would eventually be someone stupid enough to fall foul of Judith “Crusher” Collin’s boy-racer legislation. It has taken its time to come to this, but he is delighted that Ms. Collins will get her wish to witness the first car crushing as outgoing minister for corrections and crushings. MacDoctor [...]
It is probably just as well that the Idiot at No Right Turn does not allow comments on his blog, because the drivel that he writes would attract the very worst of trolls. And terse comments from the MacDoctor. Take one of today’s offerings: John Key’s response to introducing charter schools despite never having campaigned [...]
The MacDoctor has seen a plethora of reasons why people think Labour did so poorly in the elections. Arrogance, poor targeting of messages, same lineup as before, nasty to John Key, The thrill of Phil Goff etc. The MacDoctor think that most of this is baloney. Sure, Labour comes across as arrogant, distant and privileged. [...]
(apologies to Country Joe and the Fish) John Key says that the election provides National with a mandate for asset sales. He is right. Many people from both the left and the right are complaining that the “majority” of the country (i.e of a few polls) do not want asset sales and that Key should [...]
It seems that all the parties have produced mini budgets over the past couple of weeks, presumably to steal the thunder from National’s budget. Slim pickings there, then. As a service for those with little time for politics, the MacDoctor provides a brief summary of the various “budgets”: National: The “Nero” Budget Fiddle a bit [...]
A while ago I blogged about ACC’s increasing propensity to call all injuries with long-term sequelae, “degenerative” (i.e due to wear and tear). Increasingly, patients are taking ACC to the tribunal (and often then on to court) and winning their case, despite ACC having an “expert opinion” from a tame specialist. Today there is an article [...]
I confess that the MacDoctor was seriously thinking about chucking in this blogging lark. For the past week or so the news has been deeply uninspiring, with lackluster lists from Labour, gaggles of gays and a gormless Goff. Nothing new there, then. National found itself essentially nationalising another company. Nothing new there, either. For a [...]
