I guess an explanation of why there’s been a dropoff in activity here is in order: We have a National Government. I started this blog in 2006 in outrage at the Labour government’s blatant corruption as they successfully evaded legal consequences for their stealing of the 2005 election. Well, they’re out of power now, and I am [...]
I noticed something. I’ll put it in really small words so that Armstrong can understand: the government is proposing to intervene in cases before the courts, changing the rules halfway through for the benefit of the prosecution. Both are an affront to the rule of law, the idea that no-one is above the law, no-one can [...]
Sometimes the left confuse me. On Friday, Palestine is expected to apply for membership of the UN, effectively (re)declaring a Palestinian state. This will kick of a diplomatic shitstorm, highlighting the isolation of Israel and its patron, the United States. I assume he’s referring to the fact that Israel is the lone middle eastern democracy outside [...]
Scary thing is, this is not the only time Wilson did something like this. “Legal action wasn’t my first line of action. I first wrote to the Ministry for the Environment, and then to Iain Rennie at the State Services Commission. They both ignored me. I then wrote to the Speaker of the House, Margaret [...]
Oh. My. Goodness. Well, Labour today revealed their Christchurch policy. It’s ridiculous. It could only be written by a party that knows it has no chance of gaining power. But their “plan” does have one fan. Today Labour released its earthquake recovery policy. Where National’s “plan” is to basically sit back and let the market fix [...]
Initially this one annoyed me, but having thought about it, it’s sort of funny. According to the UN [PDF], the street price of cannabis is around $6.50 a gram. The Drug Harm Index [PDF] gives its social harm of $12,000 a kilogram, most of which consists of the opportunity cost of production. A bit of simple maths shows that [...]
