From the Hood : J’Hackuse
Better Analogies for National Pilfering Budget Data
Satire
Lyndon Hood : Te mea nui o te ao
What our deal is down here, our thing, if it was up to me, For us living on these sanctuary piles of rock in the […]
Quiz: Advice for National on a Judith Collins Leadership Bid, or Quote from My Unpublished Indiana Jones Fan Fic?
Judith Collins is, as they say of aspiring leaders and infected sores everywhere, running.
From the Hood : Category Error
A civil poem about the civilness of civility.
From the Hood : Mateship
A List of Thing Mates Don’t Let Mates Do, Based on a Google Search and/or the Fact Asylum Seekers are Human Beings
Your F**king Guide To Government Formation
Wondering why you don’t have a new government yet? Let me fill you the f**k in.
From the Hood : Election Lists
Bringing Order to the Election Result
From the Hood : The Campaign Strategist’s Lament
A National Party Spin Doctor Writes
From the Hood : Policy Captcha
Do Politicians Dream of Electric Sheep?
Notes on National’s Election Campaign, in Poem Form
Because English is nothing is not Shakespearean
Social Welfare, Explained
A farewell to welfare faring well.
The Social Investment Model, Explained
As Chairman-at-large of the National Committee for Ideas that Sounded Good at the Time, I get asked a lot about this social investment strategy lark.
From the Hood: In Which My Computer Develops A Bug
Some free verse poetry a cockroach typed into my computer over the weekend.
That’s The Way You Do It
As the President continues trying to throw the immigrant-and-refugee baby out with the bathwater, there is increasing attention on the man behind the curtain.
Donald Trump: “For The Most Beautiful”
The Triumph of Trump.
Transcript: Donald Trump Takes The Presidential Oath
I repeat the best after you, everyone says so.
A Small Ode on a Trump Inauguration Poem
I figure if this guy can write an inauguration poem, anyone can.
“UNIFIED.” Or, Ignoring the Elephant in the Room
The GOP’s post-election “UNIFIED.” tweet glossed over a few significant issues.
From the Hood : The Second Time as Farce
If you want a vision of the future, imagine a red nose jammed onto a human face – forever.
From The Hood: An Unexpected Bill
Consoling the Finance Minister over an English Bitter
From the Hood : Work and Grimmcome
Emergency housing is not so snow white.
From The Hood: Caught With Your Panamas Down
Panama’s in Pajamas
From The Hood: Home, And A Way
Auckland struggles to cope with its over-supply of advice on housing affordability…
From the Hood : The Afterlife of Pablo
Kanye do something with this album cover meme? Ye kan!
From The Hood : Illegal in an Illegal Land
Reading the fine print, except it’s not actually fine at all.
From The Hood : We Called Him Tortoise, Because He Deports Us
Australia and Other Nonsense
From the Hood : Where Engels Fears To Tread
History, In A Grain Of Salt
From The Hood : Trench Lawfare
Shouldn’t forging a nation from blood and sacrifice be against the law?
From the Hood: Not flag-waving; flag-drowning
Running a few ideas up the flagpole to see if anyone repeatedly chops them down
Tough, But Tinder
What political secrets might we conceivably find lurking within Tinder dating app profiles?