Apparently Damian O’Connor would like to shoot my dog. It is about time we stopped pussyfooting around and advocated and implemented the destruction of any dog and breed of dog that is considered dangerous in New Zealand. No one is allowed to carry around a loaded gun and these dogs are just that. Three children [...]

You can tell that there is not much political news around at the moment. The newspapers start to print press releases from Labour politicians who are simply flapping their lips and saying nothing new. David Cunliffe kicks off with an entirely pointless football simile and then castigates National for “shrinking the size of government”. Ah, [...]

Spam Journalism: The spurious use of sensational headlines to add spice to an otherwise pointless article. (MacDoctor definition) And the ever-obliging Vernon Small from the Dominion Post provides us with another first-rate example of complete nonsense dressed up as an enticing piece of spam: Scalpel taken to state agency Cuts at public sector watchdog the State Services Commission [...]