Month: September 2014

Non shibbolethist.

Posted on By pukeko
I have just been on the phone with my Mum and Dad: thanking them for their gift. Dad and I did the sums: I'm 54: he will be 82 in ten days, when it is his birthday. And after some days I feel it. Yesterday, with a jog and a heavy interval session in… Read More

Two diagrams

Posted on By pukeko
While the New Zealanders argue over why we got the result we thought we would in the election -- ranging from conspiracy theories to a lack of push polling and hard data, there are structural issues. From Zero Hedge.
The reason there is…
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Not my bitter, misanthropic nature [birthday eve]

Posted on By pukeko
It is that time of the year where the equinox plays merry havoc with the weather. It was snowing on Monday, we had a nor'wester yesterday with temperatures into the 20s, and this morning feels mild. It is all the last day before I turn 54, and my… Read More

The return of the king, and sewers.

Posted on By pukeko
John was of the same lineage as Christ, if not better. His father was a priest: his mother was the cousin of Mary. He was raised not in Galilee, where no prophet ever came from, but in the hill country of Judah: his preaching was causing a revival… Read More

Choose the battles the SJW consider icky.

Posted on By pukeko
Richard Prebble is an astute old mongrel of a politician, who writes in the ACT (it's a Kiwi poltiical party, relax, we have about ten of them) site as part of the postmortem on the election. That criticizing security services and implying they are in a politically corrupt system can backfire. Read More

The state does clients, not charity.

Posted on By pukeko
I have a lot of friends who vote left. In part, this is because I live in Dunedin, which has returned a Union backed candidate for almost 100 years, had one of the first female MPs, and where being progressive is seen as a very good thing. In the… Read More

Socail Justice Morons of the week.

Posted on By pukeko
Taken from teh Twittah. As a public service: Gentlemen, or Ladies of the sapphic persuasion. Choose celibacy over these and those like them, for the sake of your own sanity and salvation. Read More