July 7, 2008
The Hive quotes from the Wall Street Journal on how Obama is adopting Bush’s policies. He’s gone to the centre on gun cuntrol, on wiretappaing and now embraced faith-based initiatives. He’s also defended General Petraeus, started to embrace free trade and welfare reform. We await O...
go to article »July 5, 2008
Another huge move to the centre by Obama. He has just come out against late term abortions unless there is a serious physical threat to the mother. He has specifically rejected mental distress as grounds for late term abortions. A late-term abortion is generally regarded as being after 20 weeks, but...
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Kiwiblog wishes America a very happy 233rd birthday, and dedicates this Independence Day to John Adams, 2nd President of the United States - a founding father whose contribution has been overshadowed by Washington and Jefferson - but was still incredibly significant. Tags: John Adams, United State...
go to article »July 2, 2008
The Dom Post reports on a proposed third wind farm for Wellington, which would mean the 140 wind turbines would be enough to power every home in the city. The proposed location is on the south west coast of Wellington - near Oteranga Bay by the look of it. I am a big fan of wind power and think that...
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The kids at Wellington High School are showing some good sense in responding to their first brush with Nanny State and the tuck shop. Effects have been: The school’s cafe operator has thrown in the towel, saying she could not turn a profit under the Education Ministry’s new healthy eati...
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Audrey Young blogs on the Crosby Textor issue, and there is one startling revelation: She [Helen Clark] would not rule out push-polling either from Labour - something that Key categorically ruled out from National in the coming election campaign - but only “honest” push-polling. So Helen...
go to article »June 17, 2008
The NZ Herald carries an NZPA story on NZ’s campaign website for a seat on the Human Rights Council. Again, we should avoid any involvement with this body. The Human Rights Council has appointed Richard Falk to a six year term as a special investigator on Israel. Falk is ideal for the job beca...
go to article »June 9, 2008
Reading in the NY Times about a blunder Obama made on Israel, reminds me of why I remain unconvinced about his experience. In six months time he may occupy the most powerful job on the planet where every statement has serious consequences. So what did Obama do wrong. He addressed a pro-Israel lobby ...
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The NY Times has a fascinating interactive display showing how different demographics in the 50 states voted with Obama and Clinton. They do it for 16 different demographics. I’ve pasted below two of them - for blacks and whites. The NY Times has also done this map showing support for the tw...
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