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- The Colonial pretenders: Why I own Scotland, and Kevin doesn’t by Grumpy Old Geezers on Nov 21, 2009
A well known Napier identity believes he may have been cheated of an inheritance worth billions of dollars. It includes vast tracts of Scotland, the minerals and shellfish in and around Lake Hatuma in New Zealand’s Central Hawke’s Bay, a mult...
- Behind the Scenes of the US Food Industry by Diary of a Vegan on Nov 17, 2009
While living in the States, I had the opportunity to see Food Inc, a documentary about the (dire) state of the American food industry. Now this gem of a film is screening in New Zealand. Producer-director Robert Kenner and investigative authors Eric...
- Call this a coalition government? It’s more like the Cosy Nostra by Grumpy Old Geezers on Nov 6, 2009
The ultimate long-drop National spent nine years as an almost unemployable Opposition. One year into “governing”, it turns out that their minds were blank all the time. After a shaky first few weeks, during which they seemed to recall lit...
- Whither the weather? Well, it’s sort of averagely in-between, windbags say by Grumpy Old Geezers on Nov 2, 2009
The Sunday Star Times: A complete waste of space Down at the National Institute for Waffle and Astrology, chief executive John Morgan sits in a plush office counting his $130,000, 31% pay rise, while his under-employed colleagues at the cold front ar...
- The medium is the tedium: The depressive power of our regressive press by Grumpy Old Geezers on Oct 27, 2009
As technology made it easier to move type, the lazier the press became. Picture by SAX at Dreamstime.com Once upon a time, there was an ailing daily paper in England’s West Country. It had a circulation of 12,000, and hardly any journalists. A ruth...
- Kevin Milne Responds to “Unfair Fair Go” and I Issue a Challenge by Brian Edwards Media on Oct 26, 2009
Kev Writes Feel free to stick my photo up on your site any time, Brian. Fair Go doesn’t ask permission to stick other people’s photos up on the wall and nor should you. I think companies that deal with the public have a responsibility to front up...
- Life is a Vale of Tears. So, pat the dog and hunt down the researchers by Grumpy Old Geezers on Oct 23, 2009
If patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel, New Zealand must be the last refuge of the superfluous researcher. Undeterred by being universally rubbished last year for suggesting that we should only keep edible pets, Brenda Vale insisted on wri...
