On needless Police pursuit deaths, and the new Catch 22 powers of the SIS
At his post Cabinet press conference yesterday, Prime Minister John Key confirmed that 18 people had died in police pursuits this year. Scoop asked him […]
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On Treasury’s ideological hostility to film tax breaks
Treasury’s religious objection to tax breaks and the left wing’s objection to paying subsidies to US multinationals like Warners have converged in their joint hostility […]
On the Wikileaks window on US diplomacy
The Wikileaks release of diplomatic cables has unearthed some great moments in US diplomacy. High affairs of state? Not always. Hillary Clinton’s belief that Argentine […]
On the Pike River inquiry
Image: TV3 – Flames seen from above the Pike River mine The Royal Commission of inquiry into Pike River disaster has an open slate to […]
On the Welfare Working Group’s latest round of welfare bashing
Well, in its Options report this week, at least the Cabinet-appointed Welfare Working Group was clear about whose interests it is there to serve: ‘The […]
The Quest to Punish the Waihopai Three
The legal battle now shifts to civil court
Heavyweight Contenders
The plusses (and perils) of weight loss surgery
Hiding in Public
Truman to Nixon, Bush to Obama – how the US has rationalized the ‘need’ for state secrecy
Left Coasting : Open Season on Healthcare
Count the ways the medical-industrial complex is bad for everyone’s health…
Classics : The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle (1990)
Murder, mutiny, class rebellion and a terrific teenage heroine
Milestone Movies : Daisies (1966)
Freedom’s just another word for making fun of everything
From the Hood : Lost in Wiseacre Wood
Isn’t it funny / How a bear likes cutting the public service? / Buzz buzz buzz, / I wonder why he does.
The Complicatist : Sufjan Stevens and outsider art
Hello madness, my old friend…
Cartoon Alley: Reviews and commentary #18… Tim Bollinger
Some comics I’ve been reading lately…. Gogo Monster & The Bun Field
* * * * * WEREWOLF ISSUE 17, October 2010 * * * * *
The October 2010 Edition of Werewolf
On the Mana by-election results
Chris Faafoi. Image: Budget 2005 – Scoop Photo Essay When you’re hot you’re hot, the Nashville musician Jerry Reed once explained, and when you’re not, […]
On the travel perks, and Ireland’s demise
On RNZ this morning, Speaker of the House Lockwood Smith took us back down memory lane to a bygone era when MPs lived in log […]
On John Key’s illusory gains on free trade
John Key’s tendency to govern by photo opportunity took a drastic new turn on the weekend. As Radio New Zealand reported this morning, the New […]
on John Key’s hopes for trade progress at APEC (and the war on P)
Later this week, Prime Minister John Key heads off to the APEC conference in Yokohama, where his hosts seem to be living through some very […]
On the Hillary Clinton visit
Click for big version Prime Minister John Key and Secretary Of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Beehive Theatrette – More images, audio and video […]
On Obama’s wake-up call
Judging by yesterday’s results, the only thing Americans hate more than Big Government is Big Government that doesn’t protect them in times of economic adversity. […]
On a White Paper that puts us back into the ANZUS club
The purpose of a Defence White Paper is to inform the public about how the government plans to arm and use the armed forces to […]
On the US midterms
[Image amoeck, via The 100 Best Signs At The Rally To Restore Sanity And/Or Fear] On the eve of the inevitable catastrophe for the Democrats […]
On The Hobbit finale
Great. The Hobbit stays here. Everyone’s happy about that – you, me, John Key, Robyn Malcolm…we’re all so very happy, at least until we look […]
Profiteering from Prisons
On the global evidence, private prisons are no more efficient, and are no less expensive for the taxpayer
Lady in Waiting
Helen Clark’s chances of becoming the next UN Secretary-General
Saint Australia
The blessings of the Lucky Country now extend to the afterlife
Classics : The Owl Service (1967)
The owls are not what they seem, but the English stay true to type
Obama faces the mid-terms
Why voters are looking elsewhere for change they can believe in
Left Coasting : Fail Marks for the Smart Grid
What’s so smart about corporate energy’s transition to smart meters?