Scoop Top Stories For May 4, 2010 News Summary
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Werewolf: Lyndon Hood - Faster Liberals, Kill! Kill!
Flying Visits: PM Concludes Visit To Afghanistan
Legislating: Dunne To Vote Against Three Strikes Bill
Werewolf: Closing The Books On Libraries
John Minto: ECan Sacking A Coup For Corporate Irrigators
Scoop Report: Protest Against Mining 'Biggest In Living Memory'
Scoop Business: Full-Time Job Numbers Bottom Out, Wages Stalled
Shipping: Investigations Into Marsden Point Deaths
Here Comes The Science: Experts On Mexican Gulf Oil Slick + NZ Oil Spill
Oil spill: Recipe for wildlife disaster
Golf Claps: BusinessWire’s Smellie Wins Journalism Award
This One's Called Ida: Competition To Name A Minor Planet
Environment: Bringing The Bellbirds Back
Michael Collins: British Election Leaders' Debate - The Grand Betrayal
A Russian Freeze: Halting Adoptions To The US
Gordon Campbell: On Banning 18-19 Year Olds From Bars (& Cigarette Tax)
David Ray Griffin: Did Osama Bin Laden Die In 2001?
Martha Rosenberg: Too Guilty To Have A Cleaning Lady?
Gordon Campbell: RWC Fever; and Obama’s Supreme Court choice
Richard S. Ehrlich: Two Faces Appear Behind Bangkok's Bamboo Barricades
Photo Essay: Election Day In Cuba
Binoy Kampmark: Obama and Regulating the Market
Uri Avnery: In The Name Of Zionism
Tech For Life: Auckland Students To Represent NZ In Poland
Health: ‘Know Your Numbers’ Heart Forecast Tool Launched
Eyjafjallajokull-foolery: Benefit Gig For Stranded Comedian
Fair Trade Fortnight Ahoy: Fair Trade Pioneer Comes To Town
Music: Justin Bieber Performs Private Concert
'Inappropriate Activism': Govt Statement On Attorney General’s Resignation
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LEAD STORY
------------Werewolf:
Lyndon Hood - Faster Liberals, Kill!
Kill!
MEMORANDUM
FROM: GRAND RIGHT
WING CONSPIRACY GHQ
TO: POLITICAL 1, NEW ZEALAND, SECTOR
NJ18934 EARTH
SUBJECT: ONGOING
ASCENDANCYFelicitous greetings!You quest for local
domination goes well. Reports left-leaning voters remain in
the minority. However, individuals remain active, and large
populations could re-emerge.We agree it is time to move the
Eradication phase. More
»[1]
[1] - http://werewolf.co.nz/2010/05/from-the-hood-faster-liberals-kill-kill/
ALSO:
- Milestone Movies : The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978) [2]
- Cartoon Alley [3]
- The Complicatist : Bascom Lamar Lunsford and the mongrel nature of folk music [4]
- And much more... [5]
[2] - http://werewolf.co.nz/2010/05/milestone-movies-the-36th-chamber-of-haolin/ [2]
[3] - http://werewolf.co.nz/2010/05/cartoon-alley/ [3]
[5] - http://werewolf.co.nz/ [5]
NZ POLITICS
------------ALSO:
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00029.htm [2]
Flying
Visits: PM Concludes Visit To
Afghanistan
Prime Minister John Key has completed
a three-day visit to Afghanistan where he met New Zealand
troops and held talks with government and military
officials, including President Hamid Karzai. More
»[1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00018.htm
ALSO:
- Greens oppose extending SAS in Afghanistan [2]
- Key’s secret visit an admission of failure [3]
- John Key in secret trip to Afghanistan [4]
- Afghanistan review decisions announced [5]
- Deliberate defeat in Afghanistan [6]
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00028.htm [2]
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1005/S00018.htm [3]
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/world/35809.html [4]
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0908/S00133.htm [5]
[6] - http://gordoncampbell.scoop.co.nz/2009/08/19/gordon-campbell-deliberate-defeat-in-afghanistan/ [6]
Legislating:
Dunne To Vote Against Three Strikes Bill
“This
bill, in my opinion, is flawed legislation,” said Mr
Dunne, “it will neither reduce the incidents of violent
crime, assist in addressing the high rate of recidivism
among offenders, nor help curb our bulging prison
population.” More
»[1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00038.htm
ALSO:
- Greens oppose electoral finance loophole [2]
- Chance tomorrow for National to back workers [3]
- Declaration fights international organised crime [4]
- Peter Dunne awarded the Prestigious Rosso Award [5]
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00033.htm [2]
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00040.htm [3]
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00039.htm [4]
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1005/S00020.htm [5]
Werewolf:
Closing The Books On Libraries
What the plight of
libraries signals is the erosion of free access to even the
basic forms of knowledge that they hold. Ironically,
libraries are coming under siege in the wake of the economic
recession – just as citizens are using them more and more
for knowledge access, for entertainment and as a community
meeting ground. More
»[1]
[1] - http://werewolf.co.nz/2010/05/closing-the-books-on-libraries/
ALSO:
- Werewolf Issue 11 [2]
- Secretary-General On World Press Freedom Day [3]
- Right To Information Essential To Good Governance [4]
- A minute's silence for murdered journalists [5]
- Journalists in exile on World Press Freedom Day [6]
- Ten Journalist Murder Cases To Solve [7]
[2] - http://werewolf.co.nz/ [2]
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1005/S00004.htm [3]
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1004/S00596.htm [4]
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1004/S00608.htm [5]
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1004/S00450.htm [6]
[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1005/S00044.htm [7]
John
Minto: ECan Sacking A Coup For Corporate
Irrigators
It’s good to see the fight-back in
Canterbury against the sacking of the Environment Canterbury
Board. Firing the board was an orchestrated coup conducted
by the government on behalf of corporate irrigators. More
»[1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1005/S00016.htm
ALSO:
- Failure to support KiwiRail shows lack of faith [2]
- KiwiRail should be built by Kiwi workers [3]
- KiwiRail ‘Cinderella’ comments unhelpful [4]
- Joyce should visit Dunedin and see Kiwi workers [5]
- Joyce doesn’t back Kiwi workers to get job done [6]
- KiwiRail urged to build own trains [7]
- Govt rejects call to build KiwiRail trains in NZ [8]
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00013.htm [2]
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00009.htm [3]
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1005/S00103.htm [4]
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00042.htm [5]
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00041.htm [6]
[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/business/35759.html [7]
[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/business/35782.html [8]
Scoop
Report: Protest Against Mining 'Biggest In Living
Memory'
Photo Essay, Text, Video: Auckland -
Organisers of Saturday's protest claim up to 50,000 people
marched up Queen St united in their opposition against the
National-led Government's plans to mine conservation land
and national parks. The Sign On website stated the march was
the biggest in living memory. More
»[1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1005/S00013.htm
ALSO:
- Radio Adelaide: Huge Protest Sends Govt Jolt Over Mining Plans [2]
- State of the environment: reports urge NZ to act [3]
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1005/S00015.htm [2]
[3] - http://pundit.co.nz/content/state-of-the-environment-reports-urge-nz-to-act" target="_blank [3]
BUSINESS SCIENCE & TECH
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Business: Full-Time Job Numbers Bottom Out, Wages
Stalled
New Zealand’s slow climb out of
economic recession shows in a continued improvement in
full-time equivalent employees and filled jobs, according to
Statistics N.Z. More
»[1]
[1] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2010/05/04/full-time-job-numbers-bottom-out-wages-stalled/
ALSO:
- Low wage growth underlines barren approach [2]
- Low wage growth emphasises need for new focus [3]
- Wages in New Zealand grew slowest in years [4]
- Employers need focus on capability [5]
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00034.htm [2]
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1005/S00093.htm [3]
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1005/S00091.htm [4]
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED1005/S00013.htm [5]
Shipping:
Investigations Into Marsden Point Deaths
The
Maritime Union says that it will be looking into health and
safety aboard the bulk carrier TPC Wellington after a
serious accident. More
»[1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1005/S00084.htm
Here
Comes The Science: Experts On Mexican Gulf Oil Slick +
NZ Oil Spill
The massive oil slick in the Gulf of
Mexico nearly tripled in size over the weekend as bad
weather hampered efforts to respond to the spill and people
reported seeing dead sea turtles, crabs and birds washing up
on beaches. More
»[1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC1005/S00004.htm
Oil
spill: Recipe for wildlife disaster
- More
»[1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/world/35805.html
ALSO:
[3] - http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=43862" target="_blank [3]
Golf
Claps: BusinessWire’s Smellie Wins Journalism
Award
Pattrick Smellie, co-owner of the New
Zealand-based news service BusinessWire, has won the
inaugural Openside Accounting Journalism Awards for his
analysis of last year’s landmark banking tax cases. More
»[1]
[1] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2010/05/04/businesswire%e2%80%99s-smellie-wins-journalism-award/
ALSO:
- Scoop Business [2]
[2] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/ [2]
This
One's Called Ida: Competition To Name A Minor
Planet
2010 celebrates the 80th anniversary of
the discovery of Pluto and marks the 1st anniversary of
Venetia Burney Phair, the most influential 11year old in the
history of astronomy... More
»[1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC1005/S00002.htm
ALSO:
- Parliamentary inquiry needed into Ruakura animals [2]
- Cruel experiments just the tip of the iceberg [3]
- When is an experiment a ‘bungled’ experiment? [4]
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00007.htm [2]
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1005/S00012.htm [3]
Environment:
Bringing The Bellbirds Back
Bringing bellbirds
back to Hamilton is the aim of an ambitious new
reintroduction programme ... More
»[1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1005/S00012.htm
COMMENT
------------Michael
Collins: British Election Leaders' Debate - The Grand
Betrayal
The third and final debate between the
British party leaders will play a critical role in selecting
the next Prime Minister. The first debate altered the course
of the election, for a few days anyway. The Liberal
Democrats led by Nick Clegg passed ... More
»[1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1005/S00010.htm
ALSO:
- The Clegg Factor: The Coming British Elections [2]
- UK Decides #5: Debate Fever Grips The Media [3]
- British The Leaders' Debate - Foreign Affairs [4]
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1004/S00208.htm [2]
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1004/S00184.htm [3]
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1004/S00183.htm [4]
A
Russian Freeze: Halting Adoptions To The
US
The Russian government is having an apoplectic
fit. Not over those usual things – deadly weapons of
nuclear import and American foot dragging on the subject,
energy disputes that involve strangling neighbours into
submission, and that distinctly ... More
»[1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1005/S00008.htm
Gordon
Campbell: On Banning 18-19 Year Olds From Bars (&
Cigarette Tax)
In what passes for a public debate
here about the flow of young New Zealanders across the
Tasman and beyond, the focus is always narrowly economic –
on comparative wage levels, and on student debt levels. Far
too little emphasis has been given to the... More
»[1]
[1] - http://gordoncampbell.scoop.co.nz/2010/04/29/gordon-campbell-banning-18-19-year-olds-from-bars/
David
Ray Griffin: Did Osama Bin Laden Die In
2001?
In 2009, I published a little book entitled
Osama bin Laden: Dead or Alive?1 Much evidence, I showed,
suggested that Osama bin Laden had died on or about December
13, 2001. (Although this book was ignored by the US press,
it received major reviews... More
»[1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1005/S00012.htm
Martha
Rosenberg: Too Guilty To Have A Cleaning
Lady?
Even though cleaning is an early, almost
sacred gender ritual we learn from Mom, like sons learn to
throw, women hate it. We say we're too busy, our family's
too sloppy and no one helps, cleaning products are toxic,
the house just gets messy again ... More
»[1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1005/S00001.htm
Gordon
Campbell: RWC Fever; and Obama’s Supreme Court
choice
RNZ this morning carried the news that
“new research” now shows that the Rugby World Cup would
add an estimated $535 million to the nation’s GDP. At this
point in time, it is still unclear whether necromancy,
dowsing or feng shui was the method ... More
»[1]
Richard S. Ehrlich: Two Faces Appear Behind Bangkok's
Bamboo Barricades
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Two Thai
faces appear behind the sharpened bamboo poles and hundreds
of car tires which form lengthy menacing barricades, now
stinking of urine, rotten food and other debris, along
Bangkok's busy downtown streets. The face of ... More
»[1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1004/S00204.htm
Photo
Essay: Election Day In Cuba
Photo Essay:
Election Day in Cuba by Julie Webb Pullman Click to enlarge
2010 Cuban Elections Click to enlarge The ballot boxes are
sealed, and in place Click to enlarge guarded by Cuban
school children Click to enlarge Click to enlarge Some
voters check ... More
»[1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1004/S00205.htm
Binoy
Kampmark: Obama and Regulating the
Market
President Barack Obama has become the
chief sales officer for market regulation, a theme he has
been labouring over for some time. Cooper Union, its
location pitched within a few miles of Wall Street,
doesn’t seem to be tiring of luminaries with ... More
»[1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1004/S00182.htm
Uri
Avnery: In The Name Of Zionism
ISRAEL IS a
Zionist State. Everybody knows that. There is no (Jewish)
politician in Israel who misses an opportunity to repeat
this. Last week, when we celebrated the 62nd Independence
Day, we were flooded by a deluge of patriotic speeches... More
»[1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1004/S00189.htm
LIFESTYLE
------------Tech
For Life: Auckland Students To Represent NZ In
Poland
A team of University of Auckland
engineering students has won a national competition to solve
the world’s toughest problems using technology. More
»[1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED1005/S00009.htm
ALSO:
- 10 years of New Zealand Music Month [2]
- For Songwriters Who Want to Get Heard [3]
- Aotearoa Hip Hop [4]
- The Flying Nun Collection [5]
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00030.htm [2]
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1005/S00041.htm [3]
[4] - http://www.nzonscreen.com/collection/aotearoa-hip-hop" target="_blank [4]
[5] - http://www.nzonscreen.com/collection/the-flying-nun-collection" target="_blank [5]
Health:
‘Know Your Numbers’ Heart Forecast Tool
Launched
To help combat New Zealand’s single
biggest killer, the Heart Foundation today launched a new
online tool so people can understand the real risk of heart
disease and avoid a premature and preventable death. More
»[1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1005/S00002.htm
ALSO:
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00015.htm [2]
Eyjafjallajokull-foolery:
Benefit Gig For Stranded Comedian
Comedians are
rallying together to help one of their own in a dire
situation, producer Noor Razzak of A Boy Named Hamburger
Productions LTD. has amassed a collection of A-List
comedians for a 1 hour show that promises big laughs. More
»[1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1004/S00362.htm
ALSO:
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1004/S00392.htm [2]
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1004/S00374.htm [3]
Fair
Trade Fortnight Ahoy: Fair Trade Pioneer Comes To
Town
People living in Wellington have the chance
to be inspired by a leader in the fair trade movement on
Wednesday 5 May at 6pm with Trade Aid Wellington hosting a
visit from the founder of its Nepalese trading partner. More
»[1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1004/S00379.htm
ALSO:
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0804/S00465.htm [2]
Music:
Justin Bieber Performs Private Concert
Teenagers
all over New Zealand and possibly the world, are wishing
they were a student at ACG Strathallan today. More to the
point, they are probably wishing they were Year 11 student
Mila Stephenson, who won the Justin Bieber video competition
More
»[1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1004/S00357.htm
ALSO:
- Justin Bieber (justinbieber) on Twitter [2]
- Justin Bieber bungy jumps off Harbour Bridge - video [3]
- Justin Bieber: Interviews with Bielebers [4]
- Bieber hysteria - star mobbed at airport [5]
- Bieber Fever likened to Beatle Mania [6]
[2] - http://twitter.com/justinbieber" target="_blank [2]
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/entertainment/35587.html [3]
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/entertainment/35575.html [4]
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/entertainment/35569.html [5]
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/entertainment/35560.html [6]
WORLD
------------'Inappropriate
Activism': Govt Statement On Attorney General’s
Resignation
“The Attorney General, Mr. John
Cauchi, has submitted his resignation over issues upon which
he and the Government may have different or incompatible
views. More
»[1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1005/S00035.htm
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