Spam Journalism: The spurious use of sensational headlines to add spice to an otherwise pointless article Following on from my previous post on the futility of government intervention in the case of obesity, the Herald obligingly provides this piece of on-topic spam: Support high for GST trim Political momentum for removing GST from healthy food is increasing with both [...]

I wanted to title this post “much ado about nothing” but it’s just too hackneyed. But that is exactly what I think of the Russell Norman Protest Saga. I’ve seen a lot of outrage over Norman’s treatment with, hilariously, a great deal of nationalistic fervour from the left. Even some of my right wing compatriots [...]

The Amphibious One posts a long interview with Paul Drain on how wonderful the Cuban Health System is. This is not the first time I have seen left-wing articles on how wonderful (and cheap) the Cuban Healthcare system is. Such articles are usually full of unflattering comparisons with the US Healthcare system and the somewhat [...]

The left’s pointless inquiry into bank rates has now been released and can be accessed here. It says it is the Report of the Parliamentary Inquiry into Banking but it is not, of course, an official parliamentary inquiry, it is a Labour/Jim’s Vanity Party/Green inquiry and has no official government sanction as far as I [...]

David Farrar has produced this lovely piece of satire: The Green Party today released a further policy on how New Zealand can make a goal of a 40% reduction in carbon emissions by 2020 and 80% by 2050. “We realised our previous policy of de-stocking dairy herds was not going to be enough. Yes Cows [...]

Spam Journalism: The spurious use of sensational headlines to add spice to an otherwise pointless article. (MacDoctor definition) This particular piece of spam has been exciting the left wing blogs all day. Truck group gave $95,000 to MPs Trucking lobby group Road Transport Forum gave nearly $100,000 in donations to political parties and candidates for [...]

I see John Boscawen is attempting to introduce a member’s bill to restore an amended form of Section 59 into the Crimes Act, allowing light smacking again. National would do well to adopt his bill (if it is well thought out, of course) as a government initiative , rather than waiting for a referendum in two years [...]

It is rare for the Greens and Act to see eye to eye on anything, but it seems they agree on the stupidity of borrowing to pay into the Cullen fund. No normal person would borrow money in order to place it in a savings fund that is losing money. Even borrowing money to place [...]

Jeanette Fitzsimons has announced she will stand down from the leadership of the Greens in June. With her goes the last vestiges of the environmental wing of the Greens, leaving the watermelon exposed to the pips. And talking of being given the pip, I see Sue Bradford has firmly throw her hat into the ring and Metiria [...]

Amidst much fanfare today, the Co-leader of the Green Party, Jeanette Fitzsimons announced a new initiative to create awareness about Global Warming. Dubbed “Inhale for the Planet”, Fitzsimonds said that the idea was that the whole world should unite in breathing in Mother Nature’s bountiful atmosphere, in appreciation of Gaia. “It will be a symbol [...]