Saturday, April 4, 2009
Something
On the same day that state funded French terrorist, Xavier Mariguet, died (not before time) the French government has announced they have set up a 10 million euro fund to compensate civil and military personnel suffering from radiation exposure from French nuclear testing in the Pacific. There is no...
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The G20 Summit
Financial Systems workers in London are being encouraged to dress mufti during the G20 Summit meeting. This is because protesters are campaigning with a “Burn A Banker” slogan and have threatened to disrupt the financial district in London. I remember a quote: “First they came for the Jews and I did...
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Auckland
Over the years I’ve written a number of pieces about the political structure of Auckland Province in New Zealand. A study into this was commissioned by the previous parliament and this week the Royal Commisssion released its report. Without going too far into the fine detail the report is a major...
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Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Fonet Tiks
En resen weks zer haz bin a diskushin abowt maykin tha spullung ov Inglush konsisten wuz itz fonet-tiks. Eye arsk, hoos aksent wull u bayce zis on?
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The Bane Of The Bain Massacre
The Bain retrial has been going on for two weeks. Originally there was a delayed Internet feed but this has been abandoned when it was realised witnesses and jurors could access material that was supposed to be In Camera (or Sub Rosa, it’s all pig latin to me). Having already talked about this case...
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Fritzl And Evil
Josef Fritzl is a family man. He loves his family - to death in one case. For those who have never heard of him he is an Austrian who constructed a bunker to imprison his daughter so she could be raped whenever he felt the urge. She bore him seven children. Sadly this isn’t unusual. What makes the...
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Australia And Robin Hood
Researchers of history have discovered that Robin Hood was probably a thief. In related news Australia has announced it doesn’t want immigrants to take jobs off Australians. It is cutting down on immigrants except for those which are in short supply - these are all well paying jobs, So, apparently,...
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Saturday, March 14, 2009
What’s Wrong With Labtest?
The best answer would be - the leadership of the various Medical Boards. In Government circles New Zealand’s various departments have proved they are not able to work out how to effect a change of system (the Police’s INCIS system and the Education Departments NCEA exam system come immediately to...
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Science & Religion
I am dismayed that a study published in the journal “Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences” is finding traction among the general media. This study claims to have found the “God” spot in the human brain and speculates that humans are hard-wired to have “religious” experiences. My issue...
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Update
About a week too late Avondale College met with the Press to castigate them for their handling of the stabbing of a teacher by a Korean student. Principal Brent Lewis is quoted as saying, “… there has been much misreporting and inflammatory statements… made about the college… [we] are… distressed at...
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