Obama’s TPP pitch to Democrat voters
Here’s how Obama is trying to rescue the TPP by direct pitch to his grass roots supporters. Impressive. I can’t imagine H Clark or J Key putting their personal capital at risk like this with party...
View ArticleWas our Saudi sheep farm wasted money whatever happened?
A startlingly blunt report in the Telegraph says that “If the oil futures market is correct, Saudi Arabia will … be in existential crisis by the end of the decade“. If correct it also makes our ...
View ArticleJudicial overstepping of a sound constitutional line?
Spare some pity for the predicament of the UK government after the presentation to Parliament of a 329 page report that Putin probably authorised the Litivinenko murder in London by Russian agents....
View ArticleThe tino rangatiratanga flag
I’ve finally sent in my vote in the flag referendum. I’ve vacillated. I do not like the black without red. When my subconscious finally formed a preference that held for more than a week, it seemed...
View ArticleCan a tolerant country tolerate those who hate tolerance?
Last month I had a short (3 weeks) and humbling look into the Central Asia that launched Tamerlaine and Ghenghis Khan and many other less well known but regionally devastating conquerors. I had several...
View ArticleChina can count on NZ elite’s fear of ‘racist’ slur
Newsroom’s carefully written stories of possible spying at the heart of our government appear to expose National Party naivete. The Financial Times report adds weight to the criticism. James Anderlini...
View ArticleQ.E.D. on spies, from the Minister responsible for our security intelligence...
Rarely, if ever in politics, does one get explicit, irrefutable proof of a risky and unpopular hypothesis within a week of venturing it. But Attorney General Hon Christopher Francis Finlayson provided...
View ArticleCommon sense we may not see in New Zealand for long three years
Allison Pearson in the Telegraph has a blistering response to the UK Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation‘s urging that the UK should welcome back young jihadists for integration. Entitled...
View ArticleBarack Obama is not too busy with golf and Sir John Key to write to me
Today Obama emailed me personally despite his busy schedule in Auckland. He asked me to get active for the Democrats. I?m sharing his message with you, at the end of this post. Former NZ PMs often...
View ArticleIf you don’t follow Michael Reddell, you’re dumb
Using ‘dumb’ in its schoolyard sense – meaning stupid or ignorant. I was asked at lunch today how I came across the things I read to fill the gap that used to be filled by newspapers and local public...
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