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ImperatorFish: If Political Journalists Wrote Sports News

The Standard — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:27:30 +0000

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Speculation began yesterday that Richie McCaw may face a challenge to his captaincy of the All Blacks, after the team’s near-loss in the Rugby World Cup final.

Caption contest

The Standard — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:19:22 +0000

Snow Whites meet the forgotten dwarf - Wavey.

John Key’s emergency descent

lprent — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:22:29 +0000

A great graphic from the Sunday Star Times as John Key starts dropping towards a hard landing in the personal popularity stakes. And in the great tradition of journalists everywhere, the rest of the article is about how he is still preferred by rubber fetishists.

Armed police storm Key mansion

Zetetic — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:00:24 +0000

Armed Police assisted by the Eagle helicopter, the counter-terrorism unit, customs officials, and the police launch towed on its trailer have raided Prime Minister John Key's Parnell mansion, executing warrants relating to the illegal 'DJ Key' election ad. Simultaneously, a joint Police-SAS taskforce has stormed RadioLive, deploying teargas and tasering all present.

Caption contest

The Standard — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:22:54 +0000

Citizens on the Internet

The Standard — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:34:54 +0000

ImperatorFish: Call Me, John

The Standard — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:50:31 +0000

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Catherine Isaac "loves education", and spent six years on a school board of trustees; Scott is a big fan of education and spent several years in various schools - he fancies an "working" group job setting up Charter Schools too...

ImperatorFish: Shock As Labour Discovers David Farrar Is Not The PM

The Standard — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:07:07 +0000

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Labour Party MPs are said to be red-faced, after discovering that prominent blogger David Farrar is not the Prime Minister of New Zealand.

ImperatorFish: Sonny Bill Has No Plans To Sleep With You

The Standard — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 01:45:06 +0000

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The stock market dipped sharply in trading today, after no stories appeared in any of the major newspapers about Sonny Bill Williams for almost two hours.

Teapot tattle

lprent — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:25:19 +0000

The Teapot Tapes have leaked on to the internet.

You can torrent it and listen past all of the noise.

ImperatorFish: Nats Must Act Urgently To Save Us From The Sun

The Standard — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:58:30 +0000

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The biggest solar storm for six years is headed our way. What is John Key going to do about it?

ImperatorFish: Police Defend Bloody Kindergarten Raid

The Standard — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:12:39 +0000

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Police and Armed Offender units raided the Meriwether Community Kindergarten just after morning tea, but the raid turned violent when some of the children put up a fight.

Friday Economics Joke

The Standard — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:46:44 +0000

Gibson puts his money where his mouth is

Zetetic — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:19:48 +0000

An interesting passage from Herald on Sunday article on Ports of Auckland CEO Tony Gibson and Maritime Union President Garry Parsloe: ... "Gibson won't confirm reports he earns $750,000, saying "I don't do this for the money," ... Parsloe grins. "They should stop paying him then. That would save the port quite a lot of money every year for a start"

The problems of pBooks

lprent — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:01:31 +0000

My iPad was powerless, so for the first time in a month I reached into the vast numbers of pBooks that litter our shelves and are going to be a real pain to move in a month, and tried to start to read one. I looked at the video of instructions from the 14th century and while that showed me what side to open it from. But where was .......