Today we hear the sad news that the last remaining hope for comedians the world over has left the race to be President of the USA. In the early hours of this morning NZ time Rick Perry announced he was pulling out from the race. Comedians the world over have shed a tear, first Donald…
And you thought you had a hard day at work! [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElER4dZSaOs]
For a long time I have had a bit of an untested theory. I’ve come to a place where I don’t think the negative statistics in New Zealand are about race, age, gender or religion. I think they’re about poverty and the by products of poverty. Let me back up a little and give you…
The 16 year old accused of horrific crimes to a 5 year old girl has pleaded guilty in court today. Many were annoyed and sceptical of the process that was unfolding before our eyes as another family group conference was held to ‘sort the criminal activity out’. Most roll their eyes when the mention of…
As I sit here and write this post it is still MLK Day in America. Dr The Reverend Martin Luther King Junior is one of those men who should be revered the world over. I’ve been talking with my children in the last few days about kids that get picked on. “We are going to be…
Ghandi is credited with saying it first in a modern context, or at least an unknown variant of it, but the bible is probably one of the first places you can look to a way of being judged by how we treat the dregs of society. Jesus said was speaking to two groups of people. One he…
You may recall at the beginning of January I wrote a post on the so-called ‘Food Bill‘ with some scepticism at the reaction of some thinking things like this was the government trying to help big business copyright seeds…and other interesting claims. Now I said at the time that it was a new issue for…
Ricky Gervais is set to host the Golden Globes again this weekend. I wonder when was the last time that the host of one of Hollywood’s big nights was the biggest headline. If you are not up with the story, last year Gervais created some controversy by taking some very funny pot shots at the…
So who is it? Have you heard of Leonardo Da Vinci, Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison and Archimedes? All morons compared to the inventor of what I saw the other day! I don’t know the name of the person, or people, who are responsible for this invention but they should get some kind of ‘greatest…
One of the things I love about Jon Stewart interviews is he actually reads the books of his interviews. Most do not. Here he interviews Tea Party darling and Senator from South Carolina Jim DeMint on, amongst other things, the Bush tax cuts, his opposition to regulation of the private sector, being bipartisan…oh, and his…