I now use the Irony meter as a fan

It’s been gobsmacking to see just how quickly the American left have forgotten their appalling abuse of George W. Bush, but this one pretty much tops everything you’ve ever seen. Apparently this doofus forgot that his stuff is being cross-posted, and that it was being cross-posted to a site does exactly what he’s condemning –…

Interests of the Few

I agree with Idiot Savant on the minimum wage increase. Labour is putting its money where its mouth is on the minimum wage, with employment spokesperson Trevor Mallard putting up a bill to raise it to $15 / hour over the next two years. Its a good move, and it perfectly highlights the difference between…

Labour and the Maori Party

NRT really puts the boot in. For the past year, political commentator Chris Trotter has been urging Labour to advance its political fortunes by cynically playing the race card. Unfortunately, they seem to have listened to him. Today in Palmerston North (of course), Labour leader Phil Goff gave a speech to Grey Power (of course)…

We get it, No we Don’t

As I’ve pointed out before, The Standard are obsessed with John key. But today I saw this via the Dim-Post. Demonising Key hasn’t and isn’t likely to work for Labour. It doesn’t accord at all with the public perception of him (as evidenced by the polls) and it positions Labour as negative and nitpicking right…

Motivation…

Well, this Paula Bennett thing is being hyped by all and sundry. I think MacDoctor has the most pertinent observation. I would agree with Colin Espiner on this one, and ask really “what’s the big deal?” Colin correctly points out the Labour would have released the same information, but covertly, leaking it to a journalist…

Shane Jones Disses the Maori Party

Was listening to Waatea News a few minutes ago. A speaker, who proved to be Shane Jones, told us all that the Maori Party didn’t understand the treaty of Waitangi. I also heard the other day on the same program that Sponge Bob may soon be available in Maori. Maybe Jones could find another job?…

Labour Has a Really Bad Day

Item 1: A Labour party placed MSM story gets outed, along with a few details that were initially omitted. And Labour have shown us exactly what their priority is for all the money their pixies are printing. It is to give out welfare to a couple where one partner is working, and they have over…

A Good Credit Rating

Well, as so many have already blogged, our credit rating is off negative watch. I remember well in the 90’s, the increase in our credit rating was the first good sign. Once our credit rating improved, our cost of debt (which was huge) reduced and thus started a virtuous circle. Eventually, that turned into the…

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,…