Kiwiblog (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
An interesting post from Jordan Carter on Sir Roger Douglas, whom he will be up against in Hunua. Some extracts and comments: He is the prime salesman of the concepts which created poverty in New Zealand for the first time in two generations. Okay so there was no poverty under Muldoon. Must remember that. He stands for [...]
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
... with little change for a tenner.I realise it's unbecoming to beg for food parcels, but a bottle of Pol Roger would be a life saver…Fox-huggers riled by scoopNow, dear reader, a final warning: unless I can tell you stuff on the QT, there aren't going to be any more scoops.Yesterday I slipped you intelligence on pigeon and even fox assassinations. Now I discover you have blabbed, and animal...
SayUncle (Free subscription) | 06/06/2008
Jon Stewart on The Daily Show referred to Obama as Barack Hussein Napoleon Pol Pot Obama. Hey, that’s my joke and I stole it from Roger Abramson.
Kitchen Rat (Free subscription) | 05/29/2008
Vacherin took a trip to Champagne recently and visited producer Pol Roger to learn more.
Riehl World View (Free subscription) | 06/04/2008
... to wearing his new school duds. And his previous experience as a "community organizer" and local pol in Chicago hardly appears "presidential" upon closer inspection. Why on earth this relatively young man wouldn't simply wait the four or eight years he easily could and arguably should have, or didn't quietly pursue a Veep slot is beyond me. Frankly, he desperately needs the seasoning. Later, downtown,...
Connecting.the.Dots (Free subscription) | 05/22/2008
Unlike his brothers, Ted Kennedy won't leave behind any soaring rhetoric for the history books, but colleagues in both parties this week are recalling his four decades as the Senate's most practical politician who "routinely reached across party lines on a wide number of issues to cut landmark deals." In contrast to their public use of his name to signify woolly-headed liberalism, Republicans are talking...
