Plucked from the headlines, online and in print
This whole whaling hoo-ha is pretty damn nasty and I totally agree with the activists trying to get this awful activity stopped but I’m not so sure I agree with the “legal strategy” adopted by the Sea Shepherd group during the trial of Pete Bethune. For those of you who have either been living under […]
Whale oil beef hooked Read Post »
Australian newspaper the Illawarra Mercury shows how NOT to use stock images. Check out the photo of the Korean fan!
Oops, a lesson learned! Read Post »
Holy vege-drama Batman, Subway is in the midst of a cucumber crisis in Taranaki. It seems there’s a bit of a shortage of the green beasties so the sandwich franchise has had to start rationing the number of slices provided: 2 instead 3 in a 6-inch sub, 5 instead of 6 in the foot-long. Of
Where have all the veges gone, long time passing … Read Post »
Further to my previous post, I hear through the grapevine that it’s a New Zealand-wide shortage of cucumber at Subway. Also, here in good old Invercargill, there’s also a shortage of lamb and turkey. Not sure why, last time I looked we appeared to have plenty of those woolly things running around the paddocks so
Update: Cucumber crisis Read Post »
It was nice to see Barack Obama giving BP a bit of a slap around by making them stump up with some cash to deal with the aftermath of the devastating oil disaster going on in the Gulf of Mexico at the moment. And let’s hope it’s not the end of what BP has to
Paying up: the good oil Read Post »
Big Bad John singer Jimmy Dean has died at the ripe old age of 81. While best-known for that deep, rumbling voice of his, Dean also had a hand in giving the Muppets their break. A man of many talents. Not just horse opera.
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