United States Archive

  • Kennedy Graham

    Shooting at One’s Feet (US Style) on Palestine - by Kennedy Graham



    On Tuesday I welcomed the decision by the UNESCO General Assembly to recognise Palestine as an independent state. That decision reflects the majority international view that the Palestinian people deserve to be represented as a state at the international level. Murray McCully is yet to give a credible explanation for NZ’s abstention from the vote. [...] read more
    November 4, 2011 12:58 pm - 14 Comments
  • Keith Locke

    Challenging global military spending - by Keith Locke



      The Global Day of Action Against Military Spending is being marked today, April 12th. Last year the world military budget was US$1,630 billion, with America well ahead of other nations. It spent US$698 billion, six times its nearest rival China on US$114 billion. Adding to the scandal, the US spends 20 times as much [...] read more
    April 12, 2011 10:29 pm - 8 Comments
  • Keith Locke

    Cyberwarfare a dangerous path - by Keith Locke



    I see that “cybersecurity” one of the agenda items in this week’s tete-a-tete between Foreign Minister Murray McCully, Defence Minister Wayne Mapp and their UK counterparts William Hague and Liam Fox. The first question McCully and Mapp should ask the British ministers is “Are you going to challenge the United States on its resort to [...] read more
    January 19, 2011 3:00 pm - 12 Comments
  • Keith Locke

    Is Waihopai helping the US spy on the UN? - by Keith Locke



    The latest Wikileaks documents on US spying on the UN are going to make it harder for our government to justify the Waihopai spy station. Waihopai’s main task is to intercept global communications for the US National Security Agency (NSA). The Wikileaks documents inform us that the US has been blatantly violating international conventions with [...] read more
    November 29, 2010 11:16 am - 38 Comments
  • Kennedy Graham

    Criminalising Aggression… - by Kennedy Graham



    A major breakthrough has just occurred in the movement for peace and justice. It appears to have been totally overlooked in the NZ media, to date. At the review conference of the International Criminal Court that wrapped up in Kampala last weekend, agreement was reached to include aggression as a justiciable crime within the Court’s jurisdiction. read more
    June 17, 2010 5:08 pm - 29 Comments
  • frog

    Afghanistan v United States of America - by frog



    This is not the War of Terror! It is a friendly sport competition played last Thursday between Afghanistan and the United States of America. Afghanistan won! read more
    February 14, 2010 7:53 pm - 8 Comments
  • frog

    Oil companies declare that CO2 is green - by frog



    Some stupidity is just too good not to share. You only need half a second with this new US television advert to guess who’s behind it. The Guardian has a great article on the video, who’s behind it and why it is so ripe for a spoof. I’m tempted to do one myself! In a [...] read more
    September 30, 2009 5:06 pm - 30 Comments
  • frog

    Captain Capitalism’s alternative to MMP - by frog



    This cartoon is slightly out of date now, except as a tidy explanation of the benefits of two party first past the post presidential style elections so favoured by opponents of MMP. There is more relevant Christmas themed Captain Capitalism here. read more
    November 19, 2008 1:09 pm - 1 Comment
  • frog

    US Green Party – Peace, justice, truth and hip hop - by frog



    “Don’t vote for the lesser of two evils vote, vote for what is good.” read more
    October 3, 2008 8:30 am - 200 Comments
  • frog

    Knowing about your food - by frog



    This is something a bit ironic.  Here in New Zealand we are not allowed to know where our food comes from because it could undermine our trading ambitions. Yet the country we harbour the most lust and ambition to trade with, and with whom we are about to enter trade negotiations, has just bought into [...] read more
    October 1, 2008 2:25 pm - 6 Comments
  • frog

    Trading away Pharmac and GE free to the USA - by frog



    Following on from No Right Turn’s analysis of what we stand to lose from a trade deal with the USA, Russel asked a couple of questions of the Acting Minister of Trade in Parliament today: Dr Russel Norman: Will the Minister publicly guarantee that he will not sign any trade deal with the United States [...] read more
    September 23, 2008 7:58 pm - 4 Comments
  • frog

    Attack of the poison tomatoes - by frog



     The United States has just been battling a bizarre outbreak of salmonella poisoning.   167 people in 17 states have fallen ill from salmonella, 23 have gone to hospital and one has died.  And the culprit is tomatoes;  specifically out of season tomatoes that have travelled thousands of miles from their farm to final resting [...] read more
    June 13, 2008 2:49 pm - 34 Comments
  • frog

    Science solves global warming - by frog



    Every once in while someone comes up with a nifty new idea that’s going to save us from facing up to global warming and solving it the old fashioned ‘hard work’ way.  Last week we had Helen Clark’s Emissions Trading Scheme that exempts most major polluters.  Previously some of you may remember proposals for giant [...] read more
    May 15, 2008 9:26 am - 4 Comments
  • frog

    Cycling ads - by frog



    Over in the United States the all powerful cycling lobby is getting ads that demean cyclists pulled from the television. First the one about Jim and now this one: I actually thought it was quite funny. I know the conclusion was supposed to be “Cycling sucks, I wish I had insured my SUV so I [...] read more
    April 21, 2008 8:54 am - 10 Comments
  • frog

    Some discussion points - by frog



    George Bush leads the way US President George Bush has announced an ‘ambitious‘ climate change programme to stop increasing carbon emission in 2025. And, after that, the US is going to start reducing emissions. That’s only 17 years and somewhat more than 100 billion metric tonnes of CO². We’ll probably be onto our 3rd Bush [...] read more
    April 18, 2008 9:26 am - 18 Comments
  • frog

    No obvious successor to the Oil President - by frog



    While we are on the topic of US politics, check out this Follow the Oil link which shows how much donations each presidential candidate has received from big oil companies in the US.  It looks like the oil companies picked it wrong to start with, making their biggest donations to Rudi Giuliani (US$634,858) and Mitt [...] read more
    March 3, 2008 12:23 pm - 8 Comments
  • frog

    Server in the Sky - by frog



    The FBI in the United States is one of those few acronyms that doesn’t really need explaining, thanks to a sufficiency of US crime dramas provided to us for our entertainment. And if you’ve watched enough of those dramas you’ll also know that apart from sunglasses and dark suits there is nothing the FBI likes [...] read more
    January 17, 2008 8:51 am - 24 Comments