Plucked from the headlines, online and in print
Silver Fern Farms is quite rightly getting slammed in cyberspace for their actions in docking the pay of their workers who observed the two minutes’ silence during the memorial service for the Pike River miners. Sure, there have been some trying to defend their actions by pointing out that the staff are paid by production […]
Silver Fern Farms Te Aroha: disgusting behaviour Read Post »
Are you a little confused by the financial world? Struggling to understand the full implications of the Irish financial crisis: what it means and how it all happened? Well here’s the bloke to explain it (some colourful language so NSFW or small children).
Irish financial crisis explained Read Post »
It’s not that I’m picking on China. Really, I’m not. Can I help it if China’s powers that be provide a constant stream of evidence of suckiness in all areas of human rights, personal and political freedoms and general respect for others? The latest example of suckiness is China’s reaction to the Nobel Peace Prize
China continues to suck Read Post »
A Twitter-obsessed Brit is so hooked on the site that she continued tweeting while in labour, sending out 104 updates to all who were interested. Now I don’t know about anyone else out there, but when I was in labour all those years ago I was a bit too busy to think about updating anyone in
Is Twitter becoming too invasive? Read Post »
This ad video by the Young Socialists in Catalonia has been criticised by Spanish politicians. Apparently, the equality minister has called the video campaign “misleading” advertising. Is that because, when it comes to politics, you’re never alone: they’re always ready to screw you over.
Voting’s a pleasure? Read Post »
UPDATE: The latest on this story is that the casting agent has now been sacked. Apparently the light-skinned option was the choice of the casting agent, an independent contractor, not the producers. Oh well, I still say having a whinge about not getting a particular role because you don’t have the right look is ridiculous.
Is it really discrimination? Read Post »
There are some headlines that simply state the facts, there are those that offer a subtle humour and then there are those that, well, smack you between the eyes and say “read this freakish bit of info”. The Mail Online* offered this gem: “Long-lost son finds out, after 33 years apart, his mother is a bearded
A sub-editor’s dream news story Read Post »
The news a few days ago that a Chinese woman had been sentenced to a year in a hard labour camp for retweeting something the Chinese government didn’t like should make those of us fortunate enough to live in countries like New Zealand incredibly thankful for the freedoms we enjoy every day. We moan about
It’s official: China sucks Read Post »
