Juchee Vs McWorld – On The Perhaps Surprising Twilight Of The Idols Commencing In North Korea
So North Korea might be getting a McDonalds. Gosh, the bonanza of boons as a result of this nuclear climb-down just keep proliferating!
Curwen Rolinson
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On A Potential Future For The Commonwealth
Slightly odd thought (which requires further development): The Commonwealth is at something of a crossroads at present, and understandably so. After all, it’s never truly made a ‘proper’ transition from a sort of vestigial “ashes of empire” into a properly multi-national bloc on any but a talking-shop level.
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Nothing Sensible Nor To Trust In Garth McVicar’s Sentence On Shooting
If McVicar’s a genuine enthusiast for summary executions in lieu of judicial process [and I’m *not* saying that that’s what yesterday’s occurrence was, by any stretch of the imagination – simply that that appears to be the logical next step to McVicar’s public advocacy], then that’s his business.
And a sorry business it is, too.
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For NZ First De Nile Is A River That Runs Through Warkworth
Marcroft is supposed to have asked for a meeting with Mitchell, turned up, and bluntly laid out that Mitchell was to cease his support for a particular river restoration project if he wanted it to see funding from the Government.
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On The Greens’ Transition From Voice In The Wilderness To Ventriloquism Through Handing Their Questions To National
Unquestionably the biggest news in politics of the past week – despite several somewhat sensationalized stories that’ve been in circulation recently – was the Green Party announcing a bold move to give the National Party their Primary Questions in Parliament on occasions when the former are not using them.
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National’s Anti-Aircraft Fire At Ron Mark Proves To Be Blanks
Good grief. The National Party’s attempted attack on Ron Mark would be farcical if it weren’t so downright facile. They’re claiming Defence Force aircraft were illegitimately used to transport Ron to official commitments in his capacity as Defence Minister from “Mark’s hometown, Masterton”.
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Get A Grip: Forcing A Handshake Is Not a Right
I’m not quite sure what was going through the head of the academic at the University of Auckland who sought to coerce a Muslim student into grasping hands with him, although for him to then go to the subsequent effort of attempting to run the poor girl through the University’s official complaints process for alleged sexual discrimination presumably suggests that it was quite some level of (faux) outrage.
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On Trudeau’s Indian Posturing
A brief word on this whole Trudeau thing. The recent one, I mean…
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On English’s Billexit And Why This Means National Is In Trouble For 2020
I’m frankly a bit puzzled when it comes to yesterday’s shock political news, and for one simple reason: Contrary to what a number of people are saying (particularly the “SECOND ELECTION LOST IN A ROW” style of comments) – Bill English leaving the National Party Leadership and Parliament may not actually help contribute to a National-led government in 2020.
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On National’s Recent Leadership Rumblings
I was thinking about the recent rumblings in the National Party towards their ‘leadership team’, and something didn’t quite add up.