DPF blogs… The top honour of membership of the Order of New Zealand goes to Helen Clark. In some ways, it is no surprise, as former PMs David Lange, Mike Moore and Jim Bolger were also made ONZ, and Don McKinnon also is a member for holding high international office. So it was inevitable Clark [...]
It seems the times they are a changing. One of the study’s co-authors, Dean Keith Simonton, said theirs was the largest sample of its kind used for film research. The results surprised him, he said. “Sex did not sell, whether in the domestic or international box office, and even after controlling for MPAA rating,” said [...]
This is very cool. And quiet. When the flag drops on Friday, June 12, though, the TTXGP will be the first zero-emissions grand prix in history. Notoriously tough on both man and machine, “the Island” is the perfect place to test the promise of electric motorcycles. And with 17 international teams lining up to do [...]
Who wouldn’t do this for their child or grandchild? A grandfather has died trying to save his two young grandchildren, holding his grandson above his head as he slipped beneath the waves. Witnesses say 55-year-old Jackie Maynard Wiki, of Te Kao, in the Far North, dived into the sea after seeing the two children caught [...]
Gooner at No Minister points out that the blogosphere has been rather too quiet about the latest cop shooting. One can only agree with his sentiments. Constable Snow, thank you for patrolling South Auckland at 4am in the morning. Thank you for getting out of your car to investigate suspicious behaviour. You didn’t know what [...]
My thinking on Christmas is evolving over time, and this year I’ve been pondering on the parallel celebrations. On the one hand you have the secular holiday which is the focus of the year. It’s central figure is Santa Clause, the focus on family and presents. On the other, the christian celebration, which focuses on [...]
Michelle Malkin notes that a left-wing activist who tried to fake a conservative attack on a Democratic party office plead guilty to the attack. Funny how some of the left accuse Bush of masterminding 9/11 – they seem quite obsessed with these sort of tactics, don’t they?
From Fail Blog
From Dave at Big News. This is so funny. Personally, I’d have gone a bit further on the “Greenpeace is a political organisation, why are you getting your information from them” angle. But again, if I was the interviewer the interview would have finished a log sooner.
From Idiot/Savant: Update: And according to the Herald, Henry has made the usual non-apology, “apologising” that “ome[sic] people have taken what I said in a way that I never intended”. In other words, its not his fault – its ours for being “hypersensitive”. What a prick. Tuck that one under your hat for the future… [...]
