The Cricket World Cup is only a few weeks away. In this post I take a look at the squad of 15 to go to the Indian sub-continent, and give my assessment of the team and our chances. The Team. John Key (captain) Key has been a consistent performer with both bat and ball for…
Today in History – Russia, 1938 A spokesperson for the Russian Police Association, Gregor Okkonnorvski, has assured the public that his organisation’s members play by the rules and maintain the highest standards of integrity. The assurances came after a number of radicals and Trotskyites made malicious claims that the secret police, or NKVD, led by…
From Stuff: A French nun says she felt new inner strength and vitality as her Parkinson’s disease suddenly disappeared in 2005 – a recovery the Vatican attributes to the miraculous intercession of Pope John Paul II. Sister Marie Simon-Pierre, who works at a Paris maternity clinic, told reporters in a rare appearance yesterday that she…
So the economy is shot to hell, and our political leaders don’t seem to know or care how to fix it. Let’s instead focus on the important things. Like the cricket. Prime Minister John Key was leading from the front today. He may have dropped the ball on the Pike River issue (Phil Goff has…
Nominations for the National Party Botany electorate candidacy are due to close shortly, but sources within the party indicate that an inanimate object is favoured to take the position. A leaked memorandum, believed to be from National Party President Peter Goodfellow, recommends that the party adopts a lifeless object, such as a sofa or a…
Religious authorities have confirmed that the Apocalypse is due to occur later this year. They have pointed to a number of omens, including dead fish mysteriously washing up around the world and birds falling from the sky. But experts say that the most compelling evidence of unworldly events is the success of the English cricket…
3 News is reporting that 40 sharks have been spotted off the Coromandel Peninsula. This is no surprise. In this sort of weather the sharks will be out in full force, especially around the Coromandel beaches. Because I’m holidaying in Pauanui I’m ensuring our family takes extra care when we’re out and about. Thankfully we’re…
It is a blight on our nation, a nation regularly regarded as one of the best places in the world to live if you are elderly. It remains our national disgrace, and continues to haunt us as the years pass by. The sudden financial loss to the elderly at the hands of Pakeha-run finance companies.…
The New Zealand Climate Science Coalition has raised questions about the death of member Denis Dutton. Dutton, an academic, sceptic and renowned contrarian, died on Tuesday aged 66. He was also a foundation member of the Coalition. However, fears that Dutton’s death would be a setback in the Coalition’s quest to prove that the evidence…
We are nearing the end of the year, and the festive season is in full swing. The economic news, however, is grim. GDP figures from the last quarter show a decline of 0.2%, and the Government is not ruling out a drop in the next quarter. But what can we expect in the medium term…
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