Susan Boyle – Memory

Susan Boyle was up again last night on Britains Got Talent. Not as mind blowing as her origional performance, I would say that the expectations might have gotten to her. Still a fantastic singer though.

Back in the parallel galaxy that is the political left…

…the theft of large numbers of an opposition MP’s private correspondence (that required heavy “interpretation” to show any wrongdoing) is just a minor crime, but one that exposed a massive conspiracy of high public interest. I cannot imagine a judge forcing disclosure in a highly political leak case in which there was a high public [...]

David Shearer puts his foot in it – will the media notice?

Whale Oil points out some comments by David Shearer. In case you havn’t heard of him, he’s standing in Melissa Lee’s election (yes, there are other canditates!). I was going to say something sarcastic like “now, back to bashing Lee“, but as  you can see from the clip they haven’t bothered to pause that pastime, [...]

Obama Reversed On Gitmo

Well, the American congress has slapped down Obama, refusing to endorse his plan to close Guantánamo bay. I guess that does give him a good excuse to do the responsible thing. And it seems that Obama is getting scared of Cheney’s solid defense of the Bush administration. Gosh, fancy that – the whipping boy isn’t [...]

Stop the Real Torture

I blogged the other day about real, actual torture. I said: If you asked me in a survey if this was acceptable treatment of suspected terrorists, I would say no – absolutely 100% not. … And we live in a world where the same term that describes this treatment is used to describe depriving a [...]

Truth for those prepared to think

This was labeled “Truth through Humour” over at NRT. So the “Gay Agenda” is overwhelmingly “convincing people to mind their own business”? Judging from the recent events in California, “mind your own business” means “vote for what we want”. Judging by Hilton’s remarks regarding Miss California, we can also safely say that “convince people” means [...]

Posts By Email

Hey, just noticed this on wordpress’ front page – post via email. “What blog? I’m just sending an email on why Labour’s latest complaint about National is complete poppycock. That’s my job, isn’t it?” (Yes, I know that various other platforms have been able to do this previously. This is a public service announcement for [...]

Pure Scum

That’s the only way to describe the lowlifes who did this. A group of people appeared to have chased one of the cattle around a paddock, slashing at it with knives before removing its hindquarters. Mr Amai said there would have to have been several people involved “because it would have been quite a hard [...]

Identify Problem, Blame Opponents

What else can you call this? For the third morning in a row, sewage about Christine Rankin’s marriage is splashed across the media. … The second is that it is utterly irrelevant. Contrary to the beliefs of Christian Conservatives, it is not the role of the Families Commission to be a “moral exemplar”. Instead, their [...]

Silly Internet Poll

Your reaction to this quote: Paris Hilton says her infamous sex tape has prevented her from fulfilling her dreams and becoming like Princess Diana. And the random other poll from someone else… Oh, and while we’re on the topic, I don’t think there’s any chance that this girl is going to be winning the hearts [...]