United States Archive

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    Afghanistan v United States of America



    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
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    Oil companies declare that CO2 is green



    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 slick attempt [...] read more
    September 30, 2009 5:06 pm - 30 Comments
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    Captain Capitalism’s alternative to MMP



    This cartoon is slightly out of date now, except as a tidy explanation of the benefits of two party first past the post presidential style elections so favoured by opponents of MMP.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
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    US Green Party – Peace, justice, truth and hip hop



    “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
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    Knowing about your food



    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
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    Trading away Pharmac and GE free to the USA



    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 [...] read more
    September 23, 2008 7:58 pm - 4 Comments
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    Attack of the poison tomatoes



     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 [...] read more
    June 13, 2008 2:49 pm - 34 Comments
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    Science solves global warming



    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
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    Cycling ads



    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 [...] read more
    April 21, 2008 8:54 am - 10 Comments
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    Some discussion points



    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 [...] read more
    April 18, 2008 9:26 am - 18 Comments
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