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 fart and [...]

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 last year’s election, [...]

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 of [...]

 
The Herald has Keith Locke in damage control mode today as he tries to maintain that the Green’s “family” policy does not imply a move towards China’s “one child” policy. The Greens, of course do not have a family policy per se, they have a population policy. They are constitutionally incapable of thinking in units [...]

Apparently, the Greens seem very happy that they have managed to extract a $1 billion fund to insulate every house in New Zealand from the government (i.e. You, the taxpayer), in exchange for their agreement on the ETS. The Greens think this may help in the fight against global warming. I think it might help in [...]