One Question Too Many – Part 2: Bad Reptile!

When last we visited our intrepid hero he was falling to what seemed a certain death. Oh no! Can anything save him? Let the story continue. My hands were shaking as I pushed open the door and slipped silently into the DG’s private quarters. I had little time to spare, but nothing was going to…

The Nation Interview Transcript

Here is a transcript of my interview on TV3’s The Nation this morning* Duncan Garner: So what did you think of Don Brash?  Me: It pains me to give credit to the man, but we should thank him for raising the retirement age question. Other countries have raised the age of retirement, and it is…

Garth’s Week So Far

Has the world gone mad? Why is it so goddam hard to get a decent pie nowadays? I don’t want a panini, or a brioche, or any of your fancy wholemeal breads. “But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of…

John’s Diary: 19/7/10

Well that was a pretty good conference. While I don’t want to take all the credit for our success, it was nice to stand there basking in my own glory. The people love me. I hope Bill was watching. To think that only a couple of years ago he reckoned he was just as capable…

Containment Cap May Fix Toxic Laws Leak

I reported last month on efforts to clean up a toxic spill by Michael Laws. This post is an update on those efforts. MediaWorks executives announced today that they are a step closer to capping the toxic spill that has been overwhelming the airwaves. The company’s engineers have inserted a containment cap into the mouth…

Ten Important Questions

Now that Switzerland has refused to extradite Roman Polanski to the US, the acclaimed film director can finally relax a little and get back to what he does best. So is it time for him to start raping children again? Actress Whoopi Goldberg has spoken up in defence of Polanski (“it wasn’t rape-rape”). She has…

And We’ll Get To Wear Cool Uniforms

It’s time we grew up as a nation and got ourselves a police state I’m sure you’ll agree we gave it a good crack. It seemed to be going well for a while, and then it just seemed like we had a bad run of things. Now we can’t get back to where we need…

John Key’s Growth Plan

The Herald reports: A new prison to be built in South Auckland will bring $1.2 billion in economic benefits over 30 years, Corrections Minister Judith Collins says. But she has been criticised for announcing the gains to be had from higher crime and more prisoners.  Ms Collins told the Rotary Club in Auckland yesterday that…

Woof!

The Government has reacted strongly to Pete Bethune’s claim that New Zealand is Japan’s “fat little lap dog”. The anti-whaling protester has accused Foreign Minister Murray McCully of siding with Japan right from the day Bethune’s vessel the Ady Gil was sunk by a Japanese whaler. But Mr McCully this afternoon told reporters “Grr! Yap…

Land Grabs By Foreign Devils On The Rise

A special in-depth report on the complex issue of overseas investment in New Zealand The ongoing attempts by a Hong Kong company to acquire the Crafar farms are the latest development in a recent trend of foreign devils buying our land, according to official figures obtained yesterday. The figures show that acquisitions by overseas bloodsuckers…