Archive for September, 2008
Wednesday, September 10th, 2008
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With hindsight – or even you’d think, with foresight - it was not a great idea for Michael Cullen to be leading the Labour bloc’s attempt to dent Owen Glenn’s testimony to the privileges committee. It only made Cullen, Russell Fairbrother, and Paul Swain look like ...
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Friday, September 5th, 2008
Briefly: Strike three may signal that Winston Peters and New Zealand First are soon to be out for the count. Beforehand, and despite all the sins, evasions and ‘ mistakes’ on NZF’s record regarding its non-declaration of political donations, the two investigations under way did seem very unlikely ...
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Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008
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Like clashing CGI dinosaurs in a Peter Jackson movie, the Serious Fraud Office and Winston Peters seem to be creatures from another era, and not entirely real. The credibility problems of the SFO - which hinge on the allegedly politically selective way in which it has chosen ...
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Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008
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Realistically, how long should it take the Serious Fraud Office to establish whether a prima facie case of fraud really does exist against Winston Peters – or not ? In the run-up to the PM’s press conference yesterday, the SFO seemed to have been asking ...
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Monday, September 1st, 2008
Sarah Palin as beauty pageant contender 1984
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Well, it didn’t take long for detail to surface on one of the problems Sarah Palin brings to her new role as vice presidential candidate for the Republican Party. As the Washington Post explains here Palin is still under investigation ...
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