Stadium On, Brash Gone
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English's Doh!
Do you think Doh! is acceptable English Bill? Maharey mauls English's English - www.geekzone.co.nz Juha While reading I noticed Juha’s Ads by Google listed: Blog RSS, Steve Maharey, News Blog...
Kurt Vonnegut on the Daily Show - YouTube
In a word: Brilliant YouTube - Vonnegut on the Daily Show
Confused about The Exclusive Brethren Christian Fellowship?
They don’t vote, but attempt to manipulate politics ? They shun “conduits of evil communications”, but endorse a website? They seem to have little problem with the printing press , surely a cond...
Forget trains, so last century, bring on the "Main Truck Line"
Brilliant response, by Owen McShane, to the Greens desire to play with trains .. It is Time to open the "Main Truck Line" Guest Blog - Owen McShane | Whale Oil Beef Hooked New Zealanders are gett...
Levitating Stadium latest plan
Well why not, we could build a levitating 60,000 seat staduim held up by Telekinesis and float it around Auckland to the various citoes as needed. Crazy idea, well it’s no worse than the stupid idea o...
Politicians, declare and wear your sponsors!
Given all the kerfuffle about political funding in New Zealand perhaps this, via Jack Yan, is the answer. Make all candidates declare their sponsors and wear branding like sports teams do!
Winning the war on terror?
Why does Terry Gilliam's movie Brazil seem increasingly like real life? INTERVIEWER: Do you think that the government is winning the battle against terrorists? HELPMANN (the Deputy Minister of Information): On yes. Our morale is much higher than theirs, we're fielding all their strokes, running a
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Goodbye to my Chinese readers
I’m not sure if I had any Chinese readers via RSS but it appears their govt will ensure I don’t. Micro Persuasion: China Blocks FeedBurner RSS Feeds Micro Persuasion: China Blocks FeedBurner RSS Feeds FeedBurner, which powers hundreds of thousands of blog, podcast and mainstream news feeds (including
At the end of any war... Why not at the beginning?
I was reading Jack Yan’s attempt to make sense of the Middle East conflict(s) but I think it’s a futile task. When I see or read war coverage all I hear is the wise words of a WW1 Veteran: “At the end of any war, everyone sits
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Not PC hits the mark...
Politicians exploiting tragedy, I was going to write about this but Not PC says it all in this post… Not PC: English unbelievable
Genocide & A Holiday in Cambodia
Lee LeFever has a couple of chilling posts on his visit to Phnom Penh, Cambodia; * Pol Pot and his Murderous Khmer Rouge * Evidence of Genocide, Phnom Penh, Cambodia Genocide memorials are not a typical holiday destination but I can understand why Lee needed to see them. The tragedy of the