Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics

Wednesday, 18 June 2003, 4:09 pm
Article: Alastair Thompson

TODAY’S TOP SCOOPS
Scoop Is In The House
LEAD STORY:
Sludge Report: Don't Mention The Holocaust George!
Harley Sorensen: The WMD's That Aren't
NEW ZEALAND HEADLINES:
INTERNATIONAL HEADLINES:
SCOOP COLUMNS:
Stateside: Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair
Streets of London: Manic In London
Matthew Riemer: Making The World More Dangerous For America
Brian Cloughley: The U.S. & The Rule Of International Law
John Chuckman: Hall Of Mirrors
Dirty Bomb Ingredients Seized In Thailand
Three Foreigners Arrested In Laos Jungle
Katya Daily

OTHER NEWS (Just Politics)
Bush Admin Lies Must Not Drive Another Iran War
Whale Sanctuary Vote Not Enough To Pass
How To Cream Taxpayers Money ACT-Style: Peters
Is The Govt’s War On Meth A Façade?
Protection From Crooks Fraudsters And Border Burglars
Banks Should Remember Sir Peter Was An Adventurer
Bix Box Shops Stealing CBD Vitality
Arts Job Proving A Success
Milk In Schools Back In Hawke’s Bay
Govt Toll Holdings Face To Face Meeting Needed
Borrowing To Pay For Auckland’s Roads Good says United
Child Bill Needs Your Support: United
Cullen Speaks To Wellington Chamber of Commerce

Scoop Is In The House

– For Today’s questions for oral answer see... Questions For Oral Answer - Wednesday 18th June [1] . Come back after 5.30pm for the uncorrected transcript of the answers. - Earlier Q&A - Tuesday's Transcript [2]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0306/S00318.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0306/S00313.htm

LEAD STORY:
Sludge Report: Don't Mention The Holocaust George!

- There seems to be a new phrase doing its rounds in the big White House on Pennsylvania Avenue. George Junior the dim grandson talks about "Revisionist History", Condi his sidekick hits the "Revisionist History" button. And Ari Fleischer attempts to explain… well sort of anyway. See... Sludge Report #152: George W's Revisionist History [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0306/S00129.htm

Harley Sorensen: The WMD's That Aren't

- Why mince words? These are the facts: 1) President George W. Bush is a liar. 2) Secretary of State Colin Powell is a liar. 3) Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld is a liar. 4) National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice is a liar. See... Harley Sorensen: The War Built On A Lie [1] MORE ON THE MISSING WMD'S - White House Under Fire Over WMDs [2] - Kidd Millennium: Free the Fourth Estate [3] - UQ Wire: The Dog Ate My WMDs [4]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0306/S00132.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0306/S00116.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0306/S00106.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0306/S00101.htm

NEW ZEALAND NEWS:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/BU0306/S00196.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/ED0306/S00036.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0306/S00107.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/CU0306/S00083.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0306/S00317.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/AK0306/S00074.htm
[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/BU0306/S00192.htm
[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/CU0306/S00086.htm
[9] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/ED0306/S00035.htm

INTERNATIONAL NEWS:

European Union

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0306/S00263.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0306/S00269.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0306/S00267.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0306/S00262.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0306/S00261.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0306/S00255.htm
[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0306/S00266.htm
[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0306/S00265.htm
[9] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0306/S00258.htm
[10] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0306/S00259.htm
[11] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0306/S00254.htm
[12] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0306/S00257.htm
[13] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0306/S00256.htm

SCOOP COLUMNS:
Stateside: Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair

- It's a relief to get back inside and sit down at my typewriter... I've just been standing in the sun for three hours at a local park. Patti Smith and her band played for a large part of that time and the concert was broadcast live on KPFA, Pacifica Radio. It's one of the opening shots in what will be a summer of protests, the like of which has not been seen for thirty years. See... Stateside with Rosalea: Patti Smith [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0306/S00123.htm

Streets of London: Manic In London

- I don't know what stand-up comedian Jarred Christmas is on, but I want some. Jarred, from Christchurch and living and working in the UK, is manic. See... SOL: Jarred Christmas, Kiwi Comedian In London [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0306/S00134.htm

Matthew Riemer: Making The World More Dangerous For America

- Prior to attacking Iraq, the Bush administration was warned by everyone from CIA Director George Tenet to stereotypical anti-war demonstrators that any such invasion would lead to an increase in terrorist acts against the U.S. and its interests. See... Matthew Riemer: Op.Iraqi Freedom - Another Chapter [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0306/S00133.htm

Brian Cloughley: The U.S. & The Rule Of International Law

- The US has bribed and bullied over thirty countries to help it cripple and if possible destroy the ICC, but the great majority of nations (including many of the bullied ones) consider it a major advance in international cooperation. See... Brian Cloughley: America And War Crimes [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0306/S00130.htm

John Chuckman: Hall Of Mirrors

- Perhaps you remember the "fun houses" that were once part of old big-city amusement parks? They were filled with mazes, frights, and surprises. Often, these included a hall of mirrors, a maze of rooms walled with mirrored doors. See... John Chuckman: Hall Of Mirrors [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0306/S00127.htm

Dirty Bomb Ingredients Seized In Thailand

- U.S. investigators said they want to send to America a sample of the illegal radioactive cesium-137 seized from a Thai smuggler in a hotel parking lot, amid fear that it may have been destined to create a "dirty bomb". See... Radioactive "Dirty Bomb" Sting In Thailand [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0306/S00126.htm

Three Foreigners Arrested In Laos Jungle

- Two European journalists said they were arrested in Laos with an American pastor after Lao troops killed an ethnic Hmong guerrilla in a jungle ambush, according to a Canadian teacher who met them near the scene. See... An American And Two Europeans Arrested In Laos [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0306/S00125.htm

Katya Daily

- God encompasses all, penetrates all, and fills all. I am your sorrowful Mother. I know your desire to better comprehend your God in order to love Him more. I want to tell you what God is, to the extent that you can conceive Him. See... Katya Rivas: The Surest Road To God - Humility [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0306/S00124.htm

Bush Admin Lies Must Not Drive Another Iran War

- "Ex-British cabinet ministers Robin Cook and Clare Short are revealing the dishonest basis for the attack on Iraq led by the Bush administration. It is important for the integrity of international law that the same path is not taken with Iran, ... See... Iran must not be the next military target [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0306/S00319.htm

Whale Sanctuary Vote Not Enough To Pass

- New Zealand has maintained support for the South Pacific Whale Sanctuary at the International Whaling Commission (IWC) despite stronger pro-whaling membership, Conservation Minister Chris Carter said today. See... New Zealand holds its ground on whale sanctuary [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0306/S00317.htm

How To Cream Taxpayers Money ACT-Style: Peters

- New Zealand First says ACT is as guilty as sin over the way it used taxpayers’ money to fund an electorate office and staff but the Auditor General’s hands were tied because of loose parliamentary rules about the use of resources. See... ACT Guilty As Charged Says Peters [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0306/S00322.htm

Is The Govt’s War On Meth A Façade?

- ACT New Zealand Police Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today accused the Labour Government of being soft on crime while, at the same time, trying to convince the public that it is serious about cracking down on drugs. See... Labour Drags Its Feet On Meth [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0306/S00327.htm

Protection From Crooks Fraudsters And Border Burglars

- Minister of Consumer Affairs, Judith Tizard, welcomes the development of OECD guidelines to protect consumers from cross-border fraud and deceptive practices. See... Better cross-border protection for consumers [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0306/S00314.htm

Banks Should Remember Sir Peter Was An Adventurer

- Deputy Prime Minister Michael Cullen and Auckland City Mayor John Banks seem to forget that Sir Peter Blake was an adventurer, Auckland Green MP Keith Locke said today. See... Govt ought to back island memorial for adventurer [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0306/S00326.htm

Bix Box Shops Stealing CBD Vitality

- Green MP Mike Ward today called for a moratorium on 'out-of-zone' big-box retail projects, saying the city-fringe developments are eroding the vitality of Central Business Districts. See... Shut the door on big-box retailing, urge Greens [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0306/S00325.htm

Arts Job Proving A Success

- More than 1,200 beneficiaries have found work with help from the Pathways to Arts and Cultural Employment (PACE) programme since it began in November 2001. See... Arts employment success [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0306/S00324.htm

Milk In Schools Back In Hawke’s Bay

- New Zealand First’s family affairs spokesperson Barbara Stewart says she fully supports the Hawkes Bay District Health Boards milk-in-schools programme and hopes that other District Health Boards will follow suit. See... Milk For Schools Should Continue [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0306/S00323.htm

Govt Toll Holdings Face To Face Meeting Needed

- National is calling on the government to get around the negotiating table with Toll Holdings and nut out a deal now, rather than continue down a path that will see them squandering excessive amounts of taxpayer dollars. See... Govt set for an expensive Tranzrail train wreck [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0306/S00321.htm

Borrowing To Pay For Auckland’s Roads Good says United

- United Future was delighted that the Government was adopting its suggestion to borrow to make up the shortfall in the level of funding available for fixing Auckland's roads, United Future's Gordon Copeland said today. See... Copeland: Govt does well picking up UF idea [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0306/S00320.htm

Child Bill Needs Your Support: United

- United Future leader, Peter Dunne, says the controversial Care of Children Bill being proposed by the Government needs support from mainstream New Zealand if it is to be credible among New Zealanders. See... Dunne: Children's Bill needs mainstream support [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0306/S00316.htm

Cullen Speaks To Wellington Chamber of Commerce

- Michael Cullen Address to the Wellington Chamber of Commerce: Economic Outlook and what it means for Wellington. See... Cullen Address: Wellington Chamber of Commerce [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0306/S00312.htm

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