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Yesterday’s top 30 rating items on Scoop were...
1:
The
911 Evidence that May Hang George W. Bush
The Case Against G.W. Bush: a Preliminary "Hearing" in the Court of Common Sense
2:
UQ
Wire: Harken Energy - Bush’s No Good Trade
One key trade just a few weeks before Iraq invaded Kuwait -- but reported some eight months late after the Gulf War was over -- netted Bush close to $1 million in profit as he sold stock in Harken Energy, an oil company doing business in the Middle East ...
3:
SOL:
Big Brother Spying Extended Via
Cellphones
Imagine government officials "seeing" through walls into peoples’ homes and tracking their every move from hundreds of kilometres away. Yes it sounds like science fiction, but the UK government is reportedly secretly developing this technology today through ...
4:
Indonesia:
Military Linked To Terrorist
Groups
The brutal murder of nearly 200 people in Indonesia's tourist resort of Kuta on the island of Bali on October 12 occurred as the US is attempting to pressure Jakarta into supporting its War on Terror. As part of this effort, Washington and Canberra ...
5:
The
New Write - NZ Young Nationals
Newsletter
The full insider's view of what's on, what's not, who is on who and all you can stand to know. Here's Parliament exposed!
6:
Scoop
Feedback: Thank Goodness For
Scoop
In This Edition: Thank Goodness For Scoop - Maree Howard Thank You! - More Thanks To Maree - On The Latest From The Irrepressible David Miller.. - "Titless Wonders" TV One Sat Oct 12 2002 - When Will We Learn? - Ballistics Registry - Us Deports Canadian ...
7:
Top
10 Slogans Used In Recent Iraqi
Elections
EDITOR'S NOTE: St Molesworth's column has entertained and engaged audiences around the net for some time now. And now St Molesworth has now kindly offered to become a regular weekly feature on Scoop. Welcome to Scoop St Molesworth!
8:
Officials
sidelined in “Insider” Group Meeting
National’s raising questions over the total exclusion of public servants from meetings with Dr Ross Armstrong over his so called “insider” group.
9:
'Lethal
Hypocrisy' - John Pilger On State
Terroris
John Pilger's controversial documentary Palestine is still the Issue was broadcast on Television New Zealand's DNZ World extra documentary slot tonight following its broadcast by SBS in Australia. Here is his latest article in the wake of the Bali ...
10:
Howard's
End: Beware those public-private
partners
The saga of the Ross Armstrong affair has brought to light that legislation is almost ready to be introduced in Parliament to allow public-private partnerships.
11:
Friends,
Kiwis And Celebs, Lend Me Your
Lips
More than 40 kissable Kiwis are being asked to pucker up for a good cause.
12:
Carlson's
Sweet Child Rocks L'Oreal Fashion
Week
Doff your top hat to fashion's Sweet Child. She's rock royalty: a rock courtesan with the greatest of taste. A ringleader in all manner of mischief: she steps out in frockcoats and velvets, taking a walk on the wild side.
13:
The
Helen, Ross & Enron Show - Full
Coverage
Archive of links to Scoop Coverage of the Ross Armstrong, Public Private Partnerships controversy... as of October 23rd.
14:
Jason
Leopold – Shafted By The New York
Times
Editor's Note: This is a story about a story. A great story. A scoop that ought to see a member of George Bush's cabinet at least indicted, if not behind bars. But that is not what has happened. This is a scoop, that for reasons unknown to its author, ...
15:
US
Armed Saddam Hussein With Chemical Weapons
On August 18, the New York Times carried a front-page story headlined, ``Officers say U.S. aided Iraq despite the use of gas''. Quoting anonymous US ``senior military officers'', the NYT ``revealed'' that in the 1980s, the administration of US President ...
16:
Big
News: Docking The ACC Herd
It is now common knowledge that a recent ACC report referred to long term ACC claimants - on the scheme for more than a year – as stock. Yes, a bunch of claimants is now called a herd.
17:
Undernews:
Whose Left Is It Anyway?
News that Christopher Hitchens had discovered his inner imperial self was greeted exuberantly by the Washington Post, which gave him Kissingeresque space to lash out at his former comrades on the left.
18:
SAS
Injuries Bring Home Reality of
Warfare
The wounding of three New Zealand SAS soldiers in Afghanistan yesterday brings home the reality of warfare and the perils that our armed forces face, ACT Defence and Foreign Affairs Spokesman Hon Ken Shirley said today.
19:
Cheap
'n' Cheerful East Coast
Quickie
Stateside With Rosalea - October is the height of the fall foliage on the East Coast, so on Columbus Day weekend I flew JetBlue to Washington DC, took an Amtrak train up to New York, a local train north along the Hudson River, spent Columbus Day in ...
20:
UQ:
A Fool And his Foreign Policy are Soon
Parted
For the second time in as many months, the leader of the free world has been out-generaled by a tinhorn dictator from some far-flung corner of the globe.
21:
UQ
Wire: Add Me to Your Lists Mr
Bush
Add me to your lists Mr. Bush. Send my name to Mr. Ashcroft. Forward it to the FBI, the local police, the INS and the IRS.
22:
Papers
the Tip of the Iceberg - Sowry
National says papers released today by the Labour Government on Dr Ross Armstrong’s insider group are just the tip of the iceberg.
23:
UQ
Wire: 911 - They Let It Happen On
Purpose!
Imagine you wake up from a coma and you learn that 11 months ago, an "Attack on America" destroyed some significant buildings, killed 3,000 people and forced a war against terrorism. You switch on the news and see pictures of Afghanistan, Iraq, Israel, ...
24:
US
Biological Weapon Sales To Iraq -
Transcript
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following remarkable interview transcript with Joyce Riley of the American Gulf War Veterans Association details the remarkable discoveries she and her fellow Gulf War veterans have made concerning the sale of chemical and biological ...
Attorney-General Margaret Wilson has announced the appointment of three new Judges. Peter Callinicos of Napier has been appointed a Family Court Judge and will sit in Wanganui. Anne Kiernan and Dr Ajit Singh, both of Auckland, have been appointed District ...
26:
It
takes a tragedy to shed light on SAS
role
The Green Party has expressed its sorrow over the wounding of three SAS soldiers in Afghanistan.
27:
Bureaucracy
gone mad in teacher qual debacle
“The education bureaucracy has gone mad when teachers qualifications held by the Teachers Council cannot be assessed by the Ministry of Education because of the Privacy Act,” says National’s education spokesman Nick Smith.
28:
Tariana
Turia: Beehive Chat 21 October
2002
Last week I read a research report on the living standards of older Maori. The report is intended to promote informed debate, and lead to evidence-based policy, "on the situation of Maori (as tangata whenua of New Zealand) as well as non-Maori". I think ...
29:
Ten
Million Doctors Call For Action On
Tobacco
With one billion people estimated to die in the 21st century from tobacco-related causes, organisations representing more than 10 million doctors from around the globe have come together to call on governments to act now to cut tobacco use.
30:
History
of PPPs Dictates Caution
There's a strong sense of déjà vu in the current debacle surrounding Labour's enthusiasm for public-private partnerships, ACT New Zealand Commerce Spokesman Deborah Coddington said today.
Ramzy Baroud: The Gaza Genocide - The Fall Of Israel’s Immunity
Gordon Campbell: On The History Of Doo Wop Music
Ian Powell: When Politics Gets In The Pocket Of The Gun Lobby
Binoy Kampmark: AUKUS - Flawed And Sinking
Martin LeFevre - Meditations: The Darkest Hour Before Dawn Or The Sum Of All Dark Ages?
Gordon Campbell: On Justin Trudeau’s Demise, In A Global Context