A Tom Scott cartoon on Saudi Arabia…
Some things never seem to change.
Frank Macskasy
-
-
SPECIAL REPORT: David Seymour – A Valid ‘Hit’ and a Colossal ‘Miss’
For lone ACT MP, David Seymour, November has been a “mixed bag”. The leader of a near-non-existent Party scored this month – though only one was a try/goal/bowled-out. The other was a foul/offside/no-ball that all but negated his previous success.
-
SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: Democracy denied – Labour’s saddest failing
Labour’s most tragic failing to date has largely flown under the media radar: to reinstate the right of prisoners to vote. Labour’s inaction is made worse in the knowledge that it would have taken little effort and very little cost to undertake.
-
SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: A possible solution to Party campaign funding rorts
If Jami Lee Ross has achieved anything, it is casting the full glare of public scrutiny over Party donations. His methods may have been unorthodox – but he’s got our attention. We can no longer feign lack of awareness of this dark shadow over our democracy.
-
EXCLUSIVE: Some troubling questions about the Ross Affair
The bottom line is that a donation was made. The question is: how was it made? Both claims of a single $100k donation and “eight donations” cannot be reconciled.
Someone is lying. By now the Police probably have a good idea who.
-
Israel and Saudi Arabia: the rise of rogue states
The West should choose it’s friends in the Middle East more carefully.
And New Zealand should have as little as possible to do with Israel and Saudi Arabia as possible. They are both rogue states.
-
That was Then, This is Now #29 – Joyce’s $11.7 billion hole – goneburger!
It would appear that Ms Kaye has inadvertently ‘sunk’ Steven Joyce’s claims of Labour’s $11.7 billion “hole” made during last year’s election campaign.
-
A funny thing happened at the Mall…
If ever New Zealand draws up a constitution, our Second Amendment should guarantee the right to bear balloons. And that’s it: balloons.
-
War – the line between rememberance and glorification
the depictions of the 2.4 times human scale figures of soldiers in various poses – from tragic weariness to stoic determination – raises questions surrounding those assertions. One particular aspect of the Te Papa display is deeply troubling when it’s implications are carefully considered.
-
The housing crisis: NZers deliver their verdict
New Zealanders appear to have rejected National’s on-going carping at the Coalition government’s ‘Kiwibuild’ programme.