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2005-12-11T13:43:00.000+13:00

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Friday Night Free For All

2005-12-02T18:19:00.000+13:00

On the New Sir Humphreys website. Please do stop by and say hi. Oh my, I'm starting to rhyme ...

Trial delays in New Zealand are just like Saddam's delayed trial!

2005-12-01T11:18:00.000+13:00

Look at the photo the charmers at Scoop have used to accompany a Simon Power press release.Can you almost imagine the infantile leftist giggles as they manage to associate Saddam Hussein with a domestic political press release from the National Party about trial delays in New Zealand? It all makes perfect sense to Scoop.I wonder - what else makes sense to the people at Scoop?

NZ resident kidnapped in Iraq?

2005-11-30T12:21:00.000+13:00

Rusty Shackleford has ID'd one of the kidnapped Christian Peacemakers as Harmeet Singh Sooden, a Canadian with residency in New Zealand.

SH.com is back!

2005-11-29T11:22:00.000+13:00

There appears to be some problems with the imaging system, but at least we have our own domain name back. Even better - this US-hosted site is noticeably snappier than our previous NZ-based site.We'll probably figure out the remaining bugs tonight, so please don't post anything.Instead check out Michael Totten's latest post from Lebanon.

70% of Americans believe Dem criticisms are damaging the Iraq effort

2005-11-28T11:57:00.000+13:00

Adolf wanted me to post this one.A poll run by a Republican and Democrat duo suggests the US public has become very tired of the incessent criticism of the war effort levelled by Democratic Party politicians (and their enablers, the media). Many polled think Democrats are doing it for partisan political reasons.Expect to see some US lefties attacking the character of the pollsters, while

How many...

2005-11-28T11:54:00.000+13:00

Q: How many OpenHost staff does it take to redirect a domain name?A: More than they currently employ, apparently.

SH.com on the way...

2005-11-26T22:27:00.000+13:00

I've arranged for the new host through a complicated trail of 'interesting' names and PayPal accounts... (did you expect anything else?)Now - how to redirect the domain name?

CNN fires phone rep

2005-11-26T14:08:00.000+13:00

The CNN phone call-taker responsible for saying the X Cheney video was a statement of 'free speech', and that 'Bush and Cheney should stop lying' has been fired:Not much else occurred until around 6:00 PM that evening, when I got a callback from Laurie Goldberg, the Senior Vice President for Public Relations at CNN. We chatted for a few moments, and then she emailed me the official CNN statement

Friday Night Free For All

2005-11-25T18:50:00.000+13:00

Tonight at Silent Running.

The Economist

2005-11-25T11:58:00.000+13:00

Just another quickie post.Back here, several expressed ridicule that anyone could describe The Economist as centre-left. They further insinuated anyone claiming that must be so far right-wing as to be off the charts (I paraphrase). I should have clarified my position by stating I think The Economist has taken a leftwards-turn over the last couple of years (here is The Economist's advice for US

CNN defaces Cheney video

2005-11-24T11:38:00.000+13:00

We're not meant to be posting until the new site is up - but here's a quickie I couldn't resist.CNN broadcast a video of Cheney giving a speech - and placed a slowly flashing "X" over his head while displaying the headline "CHENEY: I DO NOT BELIEVE IT IS WRONG TO CRITICISE" under the video image. A representative of a PR/marketing firm called Team Hollywood Inc called CNN Headline News and was

Site progress

2005-11-23T19:20:00.000+13:00

OK, after a bit of research we've decided on RealWebHost as our new hosting company.Our present hosting company has finally given us access to our existing site so we can backup our data. Gee, isn't that generous of them? After all, it's only been 3 days since the problems started. Now that's quality service.I expect we'll have more to say about our experiences (and those of Whaleoil.co.nz) once

Couldn't Put it Better if I Tried..........

2005-11-23T15:02:00.000+13:00

from No PassaronLetter of the Month posted by Erik @ 2:52 PM …the democrats were either duped by someone all the leftist elite say is a subhuman mouth breathing knuckle dragging dolt, which don't say much for their intellect, or they are craven spineless windsocks out whoring for votes writes 2BrixShy in a comment that could (and does) apply equally to the members of the

Boys will Be Boys?

2005-11-23T13:26:00.000+13:00

It seems in Australia, boys not only will be boys but they have all the statistics stacked against them if they happen to be looking for girls. When they are not totally pissed or stoned, that is.A 1997 survey published in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health found that of the almost 1800 school-leavers questioned, about 52 per cent of boys and 37 per cent of girls were drunk

BBC Fights to Prevent Victory

2005-11-23T07:52:00.000+13:00

I saw the headline and thought "what on earth.......?' The poor old BBC, desperately trying to catch up with The Times' 'real' story of genuine back room poker games between Thatcher and Mitterand, dredges up a story which surfaces and sank a year and a half ago. The real story within the non story is the prosecution of the smart arse leakers. If only the Americans could learn from this and clean

Guardian shows their true colours

2005-11-22T14:25:00.000+13:00

This cartoon is incredibly nasty, misleading (the WP again! give it up drips), but most of all.... weird.The horrific imagery is truly worthy of some fascist regime of the 1930's or Stalin's USSR. But then the Guardian is known for its support of Islamofascism.

Retarded media leftie of the day

2005-11-22T11:50:00.000+13:00

Chris Matthews: In a speech to political science students at the University of Toronto yesterday, the host of the CNBC current affairs show Hardball had plenty of harsh words for U.S. President George W. Bush, as well as the political climate that has characterized his country for the past few years. "The period between 9/11 and Iraq was not a good time for America. There wasn't a robust

Slight Technical Problem

2005-11-22T11:26:00.000+13:00

Our existing host turned out to be a bit of a dud. On the assumption their technical performance and quality of service to date is representative of future service, we're moving to a new host.First we need to extract our data from the existing host, then we need to transfer the domain name, then we need to configure the new site (again!).This may take a couple of days to sort out.

Hmm. Tech problems at our hosting company?

2005-11-21T09:52:00.000+13:00

Maybe we'll have to find new company. I haven't been impressed by their level of service so far.Anyway, the rumours going the rounds at the moment are that Al-Zarqawi is dead. More at Iraq The Model.UPDATE: Yes, our hosting company is shit - we've been told of the problem! And they've offered a solution!UPDATE2: Where art thou, database?UPDATE3: Taken out by Al-Zarqawi? Destroyed by an Iranian

SITE CLOSED

2005-11-20T20:20:00.000+13:00

We're moving.That's it.Finè.[note: the front-page will become ugly text while we import the most recent posts into sirhumphreys.com]

Jock Hobbs Yellow Cards PM

2005-11-20T20:15:00.000+13:00

I can't think of anyone else in new Zealand who could persuade Helen Clark to rewrite her speech to the IRB on the grounds that it would portray the country as conceited and arrogant. Well, what would you espect?Prime Minister Helen Clark also revealed yesterday how she was told by NZRU chairman Jock Hobbs to rewrite her speech to the IRB after concerns it could portray New Zealand as conceited

Clark's Idol

2005-11-20T13:30:00.000+13:00

via No PasaranJohan Norberg discovers that the Sweden government measures unemployment differently than other countries. Sweden boasts of a 5.4% unemployment rate, but if they measured it the same way as the U.S., Australia, France, U.K. and others do, their true unemployment rate is 10.3% - Quite sneaky!! But not surprising.What next? The announcement of the end another successful 5 year plan?

Kyoto is dead

2005-11-20T13:26:00.000+13:00

I see Ronnie Horesh had an article on Kyoto published in the Herald recently:It also seems likely that anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions are a cause. But that doesn’t mean that cutting back on these emissions is the best way of preventing or mitigating climate change. In their efforts to get the absurdly unworkable Kyoto agreement off the ground, its proponents have squandered precious

Recipes for Disaster

2005-11-20T12:26:00.000+13:00

Last night The Cook decided to clean out the recipe book cupboard. I had not realised the depth of the recipe book cupboard because before long the kitchen was literally knee deep in books, cutting, bits of paper and other assorted culinary literature.It turn's out The Cook's favourite is "The Golden Wattle Recipe Book" with a little hand written note. to ***** from Mum and Dad, 1964. Happy

200,000 protest bombings in Jordan

2005-11-20T12:07:00.000+13:00

AMMAN, Jordan -- At least 200,000 persons demonstrated yesterday against the recent bombings of three luxury hotels, while a new online statement attributed to terrorist leader Abu Musab Zarqawi defended the attacks and threatened to cut off the head of Jordan's King Abdullah II.Hmmm. Have Al Qaeda ever managed to hit anything other than soft targets since 9/11?

Thank goodness for the Resource Management Act

2005-11-19T21:57:00.000+13:00

Without the RMA we would actually be permitted to put stuff on a fence. Now that's a horrific thought!That means after six years the bra fence in Cardrona Valley will now need resource consent.Thousands of people have stopped to take photos and add to the bras since they started mysteriously appearing. But there've also been complaints that the fence is scruffy and a distraction to drivers.The

Erceg helicopter found

2005-11-19T21:55:00.000+13:00

Sadly, both occupants deceased.

If It's Good Enough for BBC and Reuters...

2005-11-19T21:04:00.000+13:00

A couple of major online dating agencies are being sued for being creative. So what's the difference between creating dates and creating the news? If the plaintifs are successful, I hope AL's recent expose of the widely broadcast 'fake but inaccurate' video and still shots of alleged Iraqi terrorists, staged in the safety of a back street in Instambul or Cairo for Reuters and BBC, results in high

Forget Viagra and Niagra

2005-11-19T19:58:00.000+13:00

Don't panic ladies, help is at hand. While millions starve or die from malaria and the Greens argue about GE and sustainable hot air, the women of the western world can relax. Their worst fears will not materialise. Unlike Viagra, which gets the blood flowing in men, PT-141 goes straight to work on the mind, in both sexes. "It affects the central nervous system," said Ms Berman. "It affects

Clark Talks To Bush About Peters

2005-11-19T17:19:00.000+13:00

Surely not, I thought. Would he really be interested?Clark talks to Bush about disasters at ApecWhere do they get their headline writers, down there at the Dom?

Have we the room?

2005-11-19T16:10:00.000+13:00

The Prime Minister of Samoa says he expects more than 500 people to be sent to New Zealand for hospital treatment, after a mass resignation of its public hospital doctors.25 doctors quit yesterday after an ultimatum from Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, for them to end more than two months of industrial action, or face dismissal. I wonder how much consultation has gone on between the

Does a lack of a suitable male role model cause ADHD in children?

2005-11-19T14:16:00.000+13:00

The kids were given behavioral treatment with the therapists and special attention was paid to developing a positive attachment to the male figure. At the end of the treatment, only 11% of the boys and 2% of the girls had to remain on medication. The authors of this sudy suggested that social forces may be major contributors to ADHD. Among these social forces are: "the absence of positive father

Weakly Jokes III

2005-11-19T14:03:00.000+13:00

I've not blogged much, so my weakly jokes round-up is even weaker and less weekly than usual. In compensation, please browse the "Jokes" and "Que?" category links from the Zen State home page if you've missed earlier punch lines. Or, just to be deviant, perhaps submit a few of your own.Dr Phil and Inner PeaceDont try this at homeBackstreet MadnessAnd still getting reasonable hits:Whack your

Vatican vs Intelligent Design, Part 2

2005-11-19T13:32:00.000+13:00

The Rev. George Coyne, the Jesuit director of the Vatican Observatory, said placing intelligent design theory alongside that of evolution in school programs was "wrong" and was akin to mixing apples with oranges. "Intelligent design isn't science, even though it pretends to be," the ANSA news agency quoted Coyne as saying on the sidelines of a conference in

Nazism in Epsom

2005-11-19T13:19:00.000+13:00

Taxing "unhealthy" people. Nothing like a bit of Nazi Party-style thinking from a senior National Party MP for your Saturday reading enjoyment. Richard Worth seems to think this is a good idea:Gareth Morgan the well known economist has proposed for serious consideration in the face of such exponential escalation in demand for public health services that policy should be designed to actively

The economy is cooking?

2005-11-19T13:04:00.000+13:00

[Heard on RNZ today...]Bakery chain "Coupland's bakery" has broken its links with the North Island. The South Island bakery chain had 2 stores open in the North Island, with plans to open 2 more and a factory in Palmerston North.Jobs, trade, expansion. Sounds good. Maybe the economy is cooking? Alas, the souffle had fallen flat. Delays over getting resource consent for the factory, the cost

Police pushing for all cars to be replaced with Nifty 50's

2005-11-19T12:56:00.000+13:00

Our nanny state Government has set an arbitrary annual road death toll target of 300 by 2010. The Police suggest the 10km/hr speed limit buffer will have to go to achieve that target.This infuriates me.I do not like arbitrary targets set by overpaid Wellington wankers who are chauffered to work every day.I do not like it when our Government acts like an overzealous control-freak Primary School

World's Greatest Foreign Minister

2005-11-19T11:41:00.000+13:00

Calling all those possessors of strangely wired brains, off the wall senses of humour and acute disdain for the Regime, if it can be dignified with such a prestigious title.Blog posts from across the spectrum, along with newspaper editorials and commentaries all point to one thing. Winston desperately wants to be taken seriously. So, let's do that and help him along a little with a few hints on

Mr Fixit

2005-11-19T11:15:00.000+13:00

I was reading a column by James Weir in the DomPost this morning. He quoted largely of BNZ Chief Economist Tony Alexander.Tony Alexander (perhaps better named Mr Fixit) was talking about the Reserve Bank's efforts to curb spending by raising the interest rates. This has the effect of increasing the mortgages for all those who have the temerity to buy a house and try to pay it off. Loosely

You Can Pick Their Friends By The Headlines

2005-11-19T10:20:00.000+13:00

Trawling through the headlines in the various international media I stumbled across an eye catching headline in The Australian:- 'Zarqawi Admits wedding Blast A Mistake'A while later I noticed another story at Online BBC. 'Zarqawi Defends Jordan Attacks'Did I say 'another story'? How naive. It's the same story, carefully spun for the enemy by the good old BEEB.

Ring dinga linga linga, Ring dinga linga linga

2005-11-19T09:53:00.000+13:00

Remember that song from the late fifties? I can't recall who sang it, a male quartet, I think. The first line went something like thisBackground: Ring dinga linga linga, Ring dinga linga linga...............Lyric: Baubles,.... bangles,..... bright shiny beadsOur dinga linga Foreign Minister is rapidly finding the connection between fifties popular songs and Shakespeare. 'All that glisters is

Everything I Could Ever Wish To Say About France

2005-11-19T09:34:00.000+13:00

via 'No Passaron' There really isn’t any way LM2 could do this story without putting Communist propaganda on the cover.Meanwhile THIS memorial got buried (literally) in some bushes.Thanks very much

Sour Losers and They Didn't Even Bid

2005-11-19T09:04:00.000+13:00

The ink is not yet dry and the Poms are squealing about the rules. They want an 'independent arbitrator' to make sure the 'process is fair.' Well, I didn't hear too much squawking from them when their fifty-eighth near-dead old fart Pugh back stabbed new Zealand last time round.It would be better to remove the romanticism and the old-boy network and appoint an independent auditor to assess each

Media Beats Up Beat Up

2005-11-19T07:48:00.000+13:00

A few days ago a read reports in various media ( I can't remember exactly which but I think they included the O'Harold and the BBC) of Saddam having been beaten up by his Iraqi guards. The reports left one with the impression the attack was recent and unprovoked.Not so apparently. He was briefly bashed, back in July, by a couple of court stenographers for slinging shit at Islam!!! So much for

Pain was illusory

2005-11-19T01:26:00.000+13:00

Rosemary McLeod has a way with words I like,Some of us were born to die in childbirth in an all-natural world, and if there hadn't been medical intervention, I'd be one of them.I hated hospitals – still do – and needles, but common sense has to win out over fear in the end and I'd rather be alive than prove somebody else's abstract point about the "right" way of doing things.

Herald crops Winston / Rice photo

2005-11-18T18:32:00.000+13:00

Why bother, editor of the NZ Herald?

Friday Night Free For All

2005-11-18T18:30:00.000+13:00

Hello everyone. Open chatting is open at the new Sir Humphreys, so hurry up and get a logon... or is it login? Oh, never mind, just follow the link.

Waco

2005-11-18T17:42:00.000+13:00

The posts on Louis Freeh and the WP shells have reminded me of the massacre-by-fire at Waco.After that fiasco, the FBI admitted it used two "pyrotechnic" devices during the initial stage of its assault on the Branch Davidian compound. The fire which killed many of the Branch Davidians started several hours later and was supposedly not related to the use of these devices.The real scandal was the

Former FBI chief criticises 9/11 Commission, suggests Able Danger programme holds the truth

2005-11-18T17:30:00.000+13:00

Louis Freeh:Recent revelations from the military intelligence operation code-named "Able Danger" have cast light on a missed opportunity that could have potentially prevented 9/11. Specifically, Able Danger concluded in February 2000 that military experts had identified Mohamed Atta by name (and maybe photograph) as an al Qaeda agent operating in the U.S. Subsequently, military officers assigned

FEC considers bloggers as journos

2005-11-18T17:26:00.000+13:00

Good news for anyone hosted on Blogspot.com.

NSW Police Pick Up Two More Bombers

2005-11-18T13:50:00.000+13:00

Only a pipe bomb and some incidentals this time. A couple of likely lads from Lilyfield. Of course the coppers couldn't mention any names or allude to any ethnic or religious connections. That just would not do.I wonder how far Lilyfield is from the Lakemba mosque.

Battlestar Galactica returns

2005-11-18T13:36:00.000+13:00

BSG returns to the SciFi Channel from January 6 next year, with the final 10 episodes of Series 2. Even better news: a 3rd series of 20 episodes has been confirmed.

How to spin a story and move goalposts

2005-11-18T13:20:00.000+13:00

The WP story is a perfect example of leftist spinning and moving of goalposts.The leftist activist the entire story has been based on: Said the US military used chemical weapons. Untrue. Claimed the US military attacked civilians. Untrue. Insinuated the US military used a weapon resembling napalm. (Not banned for the US military, as they didn't sign the convention in question). Untrue.

Calls for tax cuts from IRD

2005-11-18T13:14:00.000+13:00

I swear, it doesn't get any better than this...In its briefing to incoming Revenue Minister Peter Dunne, Inland Revenue said it was concerned "whether we will be able to continue to collect as much company tax as we do at present if we do not lower the rate of company tax".The department said New Zealand had a relatively high reliance on corporate tax as a revenue source - at present 15 per cent

A New Style of Church Barbeque

2005-11-18T11:30:00.000+13:00

"Spontaneous Combustion In Churches"So sayeth the headline.Where is the outcry from the MSM? Where is the outcry from the French government? Where is the outcry from the NZ government? Here is the translation form the original French link.Spontaneous Combustion of Churches in France Whereas a little smoke in a mosque causes anti-French violence without precedent, what of the immediate

Mates' Rates

2005-11-18T10:36:00.000+13:00

It looks as though a Hawkes Bay market price has been established for smooth entry to NZ from the Pacific region. $500 per head seems to be the rate, plus incidentals and disbursements, of course. I wonder what the going rate has been for the last couple of years in Manukau City? Seems to have been quite a bit more than $500 from all accounts which fact won't thrill the PM whose personal

Cox and Forkum

2005-11-18T10:29:00.000+13:00

Historical Rewrite

Freudian Slip?

2005-11-18T10:09:00.000+13:00

Was it a freudian slip on the part of Fran O'Sullivan or another very clever smack in the ear for the Mother in Law Minister?Mr Goff's call came in the wake of renewed scrutiny of Mr Peter's Apec performance in Parliament, where National MPs asked Acting Foreign Minister Michael Cullen to explain a raft of Goff comments reported in the Herald.

Rugby World Cup

2005-11-18T07:46:00.000+13:00

What an amasing piece of news. All the pundits were wrong. Congratulations to all those involved, including the PM. Did she know something in advance? I confess to wondering why she was so keen to tie herself to a losing venture. Jock Hobbs should be knighted. Well, he probably will be, as the event is scheduled to coincide with the election preceding the second term of the Gnat led CR

The Agri-Christian lives!

2005-11-17T21:36:00.000+13:00

Not many witness the personal attacks and criticisms after their own staged blog-death. And AJ Chesswas also gets to hassle a few who pretended they knew all along that he was fake.Still - to achieve this end he had to temporarily destroy his "real" blogging self, which somehow seems a little.... odd It's like faking your own suicide to see how everyone responds. But how do you separate out the

Le Decomposition Arabesque

2005-11-17T15:23:00.000+13:00

To Get To The Other Side, Of Course.

2005-11-17T14:33:00.000+13:00

Yesterday I heard recounted the conversation between an 87 year old gentleman and his 45 year old orthopoedic specialist. You see the gentleman had a serious car accident seven years ago and had to have one leg pretty much rebuilt and one hip replaced. He was visiting Greenlane for his first check up in two years. The conversation went something like this:Are you comfortable in bed at night?YesDo

Nuke the meat for the barby, Darl!!

2005-11-17T13:35:00.000+13:00

Australians have been told there is no need to panic after a recent "glow-in-the-dark pork chop" scare.Oh, if only the authorities had let this one run for a day or two. Every enviro-nutter in the place would have been on radio and TV and the journos would have lapped it up. The only radio-active pigs in Australia were the ones flying past Alexander Downers' window, singing 'I am the very

The mystery of A.J. Chesswas continues

2005-11-17T11:12:00.000+13:00

It appears the mystery of A.J. Chesswas continues. Or rather, maybe it has a simple explanation. The About Town team lied, and then Mr Chesswas supported the lie by giving them login privileges to his blog. Alternatively Mr Chesswas simply posted some text provided by the About Town people. More here. Convincing proof for Mr Chesswas' existence is here. [UPDATE: 3rd option: About Town weren't

Literally Often Better

2005-11-17T11:02:00.000+13:00

The headline:Chiraq veut que la presse recule au pas de l'oieThe translation:Chiraq wants that the press moves back with the step of gooseYou know you've got problems when they start comparing you with Algeria. The ignominy of it all. The indignity. He'll get on well with Winston.

50% of US corporate law firm logos are blue

2005-11-17T11:00:00.000+13:00

From the article:Why blue? Maybe because it's what's known in the marketing business as a ''low arousal" color, one that elicits a sense of calm and relaxation. Blue also projects an aura of royalty and authority.Coincidentally, our new site is mostly blue.We can move in this weekend and finally I can concentrate on creating content rather than fixing stupid Internet Explorer rendering problems (

The Mother In Law Minister

2005-11-17T10:48:00.001+13:00

The ribs! The ribs!I did not think it would be possible for the Tailor's Dummy to be the source of so much sport. With friends like Filk Off in Cabinet it's no wonder Winston doesn't want to be there.His first big outing as foreign minister had earlier come a public cropper when he was made to look a fool after his predecessor Phil Goff revealed the Australian Government had issued a "please

The Open Source Media launch

2005-11-17T10:48:00.000+13:00

Open Source Media (OSM), created by Charles Johnson of Little Green Footballs and Roger L. Simon, had its official launch today. It previously went by the development name of Pajamas Media.Jeff Goldstein live-blogged the launch:"Heh, cool," I said, motioning to Tim’s glass. "You have those made up for the launch?" "What do you think, genius?" Blair asked, not looking up. "I maybe had it printed

Glasshouses, living in, etc

2005-11-17T08:40:00.000+13:00

Hello Mr Pot?TV3 political editor Stephen Parker introduced an interview with the National Party's dissident Rakaia MP, "Brian O'Connell". The man who appeared was further identified as "Brian O'Connell" by the onscreen graphic.It's a damn shame that's not his name, then. His name is Brian Connell. How come neither Parker nor anyone involved in the production of the news knew that? A little less

Cullen Makes History

2005-11-17T08:37:00.000+13:00

For the first time in history, thanks to the fact we have a history teacher for Finance Minister, both Treasury AND IRD are calling for tax cuts.Who would ever have believed it? Well it must be true, it was on Radio Left Wing News.

Open Source Media

2005-11-17T04:15:00.000+13:00

The pajama commandos have launched Open Source Media, OSM as opposed to MSM I suppose...OSM’s mission is to expand the influence of weblogs by finding and promoting the best of them, providing bloggers with a forum to meet and share resources, and the chance to join a for-profit network that will give them additional leverage to pursue knowledge wherever they may find it. From academics,

Doing the prison circuit

2005-11-17T04:14:00.000+13:00

According to this report supposed secret CIA transport planes carrying unknown persons to secret prisons seems to give lie to the notion that it has been anything but secret, at least at the top levels of many governmentsSweden, Spain, Iceland, Norway, Denmark, Hungary, Germany, Italy, Rumania, Poland, the Baltic states and Morocco.Everyone is staying shtum and claiming ignorance, for

Back to kindy, kids

2005-11-17T04:11:00.000+13:00

Sometimes you just don't know if you're having your leg pulled...Ring a bell for clever co-workersKalmar county will soon be ringing, if county employees are good.The county has bought 5000 bells which will ring every time someone says or does something good. It was after a lecture about treatment and service that the thought came to county chief Roland Karlsson. "Lecturer Lou Rossling told how

So Blatant, So BBC

2005-11-17T02:56:00.000+13:00

You have to ask yourself what on earth is newsworthy about this boorish piece of BBC bias. You have read halfway down the page before you realise the report is a year old and then only because you look up and happen to see the date at the top. Funny how they manage to find an 'Iraqi' journalist who 'only reports to the BBC and Reuters.' Yeah right.The BBC News website spoke by phone to

Welcome to the new blog in town

2005-11-17T02:46:00.000+13:00

Here is the most significant event in blogging since Rathergate. At last the Good Guys are striking back and very effectively. Watch the polls. UPDATE: Well, welcome to the new blog in town - the White House has used its website to factcheck someone for the third day running. Today's target is the same NY Times editorial I took a shot at. I think that as a media strategy, this makes sense -

Poles bring competition to Sweden

2005-11-17T00:45:00.000+13:00

Some enterprising soul has spotted a niche and moved in in a bare faced display of capitalist piggery. There are lots of unemployed dentists in Poland. Loads of Swedes can't afford the public health dentistry. Poles can now work in Sweden. Solution? Import a few Polish dentists, set up a clinic in Stockholm, pay them a decent salary but less than that made by the public health dentists and

Aboutown pulls a fast one

2005-11-16T16:53:00.000+13:00

Looks like About Town successfully created a fictional blogger provoking much outrage from certain people of the Left and even of the Right. I have to admit I was finding the posts from the "Agrarian Christian" increasingly disturbing, but the resulting comment threads were quite funny. Though I'll also admit you'll find some men in the provinces who intentionally act like this guy. Sort of like

Good News

2005-11-16T16:41:00.000+13:00

I've finally got the author's post editor and image uploads working for sirhumphreys.com. What a relief.I changed the underlying theme last night to the much more attractive 'friendselectric'. Still need to do some work making the threaded comments and other sections more readable, but that can wait until later.We should be moving in within a couple of days.

Les Renforcements!!!

2005-11-16T13:58:00.000+13:00

Alain Finkielkraut : «L'illégitimité de la haine»

Rachael Carson's Legacy to Africa

2005-11-16T13:36:00.000+13:00

A few weeks ago I had a little to say about DDT and some of the nonsense talked by the Greens and the environutter lobby. Thankfully, their disastrous propoganda appears to be wearing off. Long after the world ceased to experience any adverse effects from overuse of DDT, I might add.While the world speculates about the prospect of an avian flu pandemic, in Africa someone-- normally a child --

NZ Herald regularly publishes "news" written by left-wing nutter

2005-11-16T13:14:00.000+13:00

Patrick Cockburn is an journalist (in the "I'm working for the enemy" sense) for The Independent. Here is what he said about terrorism and the United States:...Patrick Cockburn, a British journalist, began by angrily accusing the United States of embarking on an “old-fashioned imperial war” in Iraq and beyond.As for terrorism, that he dismissed as “something people believe in like they believe in

Senior Democrat Spied For Al Qaeda

2005-11-16T12:38:00.000+13:00

What many people have suspected for a long time. Rockerfeller has blown the whistle. The more the Dopey Donks shoot off at the mouth they more they drop themselves in it. They haven't learnt that the more lies you tell and the more dirty tricks you get up to, the more likely it is for it all to blow up in your face. WALLACE: Now, the President never said that Saddam Hussein was an imminent

Irony

2005-11-16T12:15:00.000+13:00

Did Henry Ford drive around in a Holden?Did the NZRFU really ask for help from the person whose only connection for the game of Rugby is her much publicised disdain for it?Will a number of Irish politicians be heaving a sigh of relief?

Plus ca Change, Plus le Meme Chose

2005-11-16T09:30:00.000+13:00

Sub Title: Deux + Deux = ParisChurchill and others had some pretty harsh thngs to say about French political antics during the lead up to and the initial years of the Second World War, not to mention the closing years as well. As events surrounding the lead up to and the initial years of the War on Terror unfold and become clearer, it would appear in this respect France has changed little

What Gets Up The Nose Of Mainstream Christians

2005-11-16T07:56:00.000+13:00

Thanks to a mate of mine with a good sense of humour and a sharp eye. Note the killer punch - 'of' versus 'from.' Subject: Roane County High School, Kingston, TN This is a statement that was read over the PA system at the football game at Roane County High School, Kingston, Tennessee, by school Principal, Jody McLoud. "It has always been the custom at Roane County High School

Guardian gets all wet for dead terrorist

2005-11-16T00:46:00.000+13:00

The Guardian has gone all soppy over the anniversary of Arafat's death, may he not rest in peace...One year after Yasser Arafat's death, and he has passed into silent myth and legend. As with all great historical figures, the myth is both powerful and pervasive. Yet in Arafat's case, it possesses a peculiar driving force that frames the manner in which we see the present. Indeed, everything about

Jacques goes all Jimmy

2005-11-15T20:40:00.000+13:00

Jacques has done a Jimmuh Carter and has begun to see killer wabbits in the shadows, prompting him to give a "malaise" speech...French President Sees 'Profound Malaise' So... where is France's version of Reagan who is about to kick ass?

Bush Lied. Along With Kerry, Clinton, Gore, Rodham, Daschle........

2005-11-15T19:10:00.000+13:00

Whale Oil posted this piece yesterday. It should be posted on every right wing blog and sent to every newspaper, radio station and televison channell.The threat of Saddam Hussein with weapons of mass destruction is real, but as I said, it is not new. It has been with us since the end of that war, and particularly in the last four years ... he has continued to build those

The Daily Fascist Independent screws up again

2005-11-15T18:47:00.000+13:00

Looks like the home of Fisk has gone off the deep end in its support for Islamofascist terrorists. This time they've published a very humanizing obituary for the Malaysian bomb maker who recently blew himself up to evade capture, subtitled "Terrorist Demolition Man". Again via Little Brown's Racists.Goebbels would be proud.

Just In Case Ackers1 Was Wondering........

2005-11-15T17:28:00.000+13:00

In a comment on another post I made some reference to the way in which our glorious leader is perceived overseas. This, from The Australian. WHAT do George W. Bush, Tony Blair, Jacques Chirac, Angela Merkel and Helen Clark have in common? They have been having such a difficult time lately that they are widely written off as lame-duck political leaders........................in New Zealand,

Another Disaster For Lefties

2005-11-15T14:41:00.000+13:00

Slowly but surely the edifice of lies is dismantled.although I would'nt be too confident this fellow doesn't show up as a Dem candidate.November 10, 2005 -- It's easy to see why Jimmy Massey became an instant darling of the liberal news media: With his personal testimony that he and his fellow Marines, acting under direct orders, committed war crimes, he was the Iraq war's

Never lick a postage stamp or envelope

2005-11-15T12:16:00.000+13:00

Read why here.

Atheist Has Own Church

2005-11-15T11:02:00.000+13:00

This bloke should get together with Winston Peters. They have lots in common. A Cabinet Minister who sees himself as a member of the Opposition sounds very much like an atheist who sees himself as a priest. If he serves whiskey as communion wine, he'll have his first convert. Mr Newdow is a doctor, lawyer, and a priest in his own church. His church is based on three "suggestions," Mr Newdow

Beware The Ides of November

2005-11-15T08:37:00.000+13:00

A quick skim of headlines this morning indicates The Tailor's Dummy by now should have invested in ceramic body armour and a 360 degree night vision head set.The new Minister of Nothing in Particular has been packed off to APEC where he can pursue his stated goal of reviving the NZ?US relationship. To assist him convince his home town constituency that he really is not part of the Government, The

Media bashed at terrorist trial

2005-11-15T07:25:00.000+13:00

Nice. Thugs working at the local supermarket bash up a cameraman covering the court appearance of those arrested on terrorist charges in Melbourne. Looks like even their union won't try to cover their arses if they get dismissed, although most of the company concern seems to be about their workmates getting mad at themAt a crisis meeting yesterday dayshift workers were warned they faced the sack

Bad foreign pun

2005-11-15T04:56:00.000+13:00

When driving in Sweden, intestinal fortitude is sometimes required...

Iran: we can win

2005-11-14T21:52:00.000+13:00

Interesting excerpt from Regime Change Iran about the supposed lack of support for the comments made by Maddog AhmadinejadLast week, however, Iran's "Supreme Guide" Ali Khamenehi, the nation's ultimate decision-maker under the Khomeinist Constitution, not only gave his ringing endorsement to Ahmadinejad's remarks, but went further by offering his "vision for Palestine."Addressing a congregation

Reality is something that happens to other people

2005-11-14T20:38:00.000+13:00

Joe Hendren has a nice little post up about how terrorism is not that much of a problem after all, it's all a beat-up of militaries and intelligence agencies looking for new missions. Just like warfare in general since the end of the Cold War, terrorism is also in decline. Well, so he'd have you believe if you think the last five years never happened.Here is the essence of what the Spectator