Israel 400 – Palestine 4
In the two years since Palestine have been sending rockets (6000+) over the wall into Israel they have killed 4 people. In the three days since Israel launched attacks on Palestine they have killed 400.
Monthly Archives: December 2008
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Adam Thomson – All Blacks – Adidas
Adam Thompson is an All Black. It is alleged he assaulted his girlfriend. The All Blacks are sponsored by Adidas. This is a good thing. Adam Thomson appears in the Hastings District Court. He wears an Adidas hoodie. This is not a good thing.
Warners withdraws videos from YouTube
Warners and YouTube failed to come to an agreement that would “appropriately and fairly compensate recording artists, songwriters, labels and publishers for the value they provide”and as a consequence have demanded the withdrawal of their artists from YouTube. YouTube has always been a great way to promote artists and thereby encourage music sales. My personal […]
National’s tax cuts will hurt the poor
Surprise, surprise. Finance Minister Bill English fesses up and admits that low paid New Zealanders would have been better off with Labour’s tax-cut policy. According to the Radio New Zealand website: Mr English has consistently argued (lied?) that no one will be worse off, but on Thursday conceded Labour’s changes to the lowest marginal tax […]
Burger King and “Whopper Virgins”
This is the worst piece of viral marketing I’ve ever seen. A colleague sent this around work and not many could finish watching it. (The YouTube version is cut down from the full length movie which can be found here: www.whoppervirgins.com) It is so wrong on so many levels. It illustrates all that is bad […]
Youths arrested for taxi driver killing
Two youths have been arrested for the slaying of Christchurch taxi driver Abdulrahman Ikhtiari. That’s the good news. The bad news is that this death, and attacks on other drivers, could have been prevented. I heard drivers making all sorts of excuses for not installing perspex screens, or cameras in cars. The reality is that […]