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Freakonomics covers a some research from the Journal of the American Medical Association that argues voting may be dangerous for your health. The New York Post
remarks;
The study found that on average, 24 more people died in car crashes during voting hours on presidential election days than on other October and November Tuesdays. That amounts to […]

Here are some highlights from Sunday’s campaign launch, including Robyn Malcolm, a Jeanette Fitzsimons and Russel Norman.

Just as proof that Buy Kiwi Made does work, this election’s campaigns have become a study in contrast.  It seems we have National’s dour ‘Things are bad, we promise not to make them worse’ campaign of blue planes leaving our shores, bought to you by Australian firm Crosby Textor.  Then there is Labour’s ‘Vote for […]

It’s amusing to see Helen Clark crooning under our Green Party balcony after a weekend of Green successes, including an improved poll result and a well received campaign launch. Russel’s response in the Herald was tidy:
“Labour taught us the value of independence and we’ve learnt our lesson. [Helen Clark] gave us a good lesson in […]

The pictures were taken in Odense, Denmark. Freiburg, Germany, Stockhom, Sweden, and Vienna, Austria.

A bit more on music.  The Herald yesterday asked political party leaders ‘Dub, hip hop or techno?’ Ok, it’s a silly question and hardly what you’d expect from a paper taking its fourth estate role seriously. But it did highlight something of the fact that our politicians place so little value on youth culture.  Jeanette […]

The song that plays during the Green Party television commercials and at the start of the Greens’ campaign launch has got a lot of positive feedback so I thought it was worth commenting on.  The song is ‘Island’ by Jess Chambers and the Firefly Orchestra.  You can listen to the full song at her MySpace […]

The Greens’ campaign launch got a lot of positive coverage yesterday despite my pessimistic concerns before the weekend. And in some ways the contrast to Winston Peters and NZ First’s launch at the same time seemed to help emphasis the clean Green brand.
The Herald has focused on the growing number of celebrities endorsing the Green […]

“Don’t vote for the lesser of two evils vote, vote for what is good.”