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  • Gareth Hughes

    Internet goes on strike (why this blog is black) - by Gareth Hughes



    The Green Party is blacking out their website for an hour today to protest the Stop Internet Piracy (SOPA) and PROTECT IP (PIPA) Acts currently debated in the US because of its impacts on New Zealanders access to a free and open Internet and online businesses. read more
    January 18, 2012 10:40 am - 18 Comments
  • Metiria Turei

    Private prisons are not cheaper - by Metiria Turei



    Last night the parliament debated the first reading of the Corrections (Contract Management of Prisons) Bil. I have blogged about this issue frequently, but not yet addressed the key argument of National – that private prisons are cheaper. So I used my speech last night to refer to both Australian and US research that showed [...] read more
    March 25, 2009 6:40 pm - 64 Comments
  • frog

    The efficient market - by frog



    This poster says all that needs to be said about just how efficient “free” markets are at separating hard working taxpayers from their money: The efficiency with which the financial markets (and now the real economy) are fleecing the taxpayers to pay for their own excesses is astounding. Now our government is saying that in [...] read more
    December 10, 2008 3:15 pm - 44 Comments
  • frog

    Ethical Terminators - by frog



    I love a good turn of phrase, and “ethical terminators” makes a good turn of phrase. It belongs with the joke about “military intelligence” being an oxymoron. The DomPost reported on this article from the Telegraph today. In an effort to reduce the incidence of war crimes, the US is hiring specialists to help give [...] read more
    December 2, 2008 12:54 pm - 16 Comments
  • frog

    Climate inaction will cost America: U.S. $3.8 trillion a year, study says - by frog



    Pretty staggering numbers for sitting on your hands, as some of frogblog’s readers as well as the Nats and the Greenhouse Policy Coalition so often suggest that we do. From the NRDC release: A report released today by researchers at Tufts University, commissioned by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), presents two ways of estimating [...] read more
    May 24, 2008 2:33 pm - 15 Comments
  • frog

    The Record Falls – Jan ’08 is the new world record for crude oil (plus condensate) production - by frog



    Nate Hagens over at The Oil Drum says: The EIA’s newest International Petroleum Monthly shows World C+C production for January was 74,466,000 barrels per day, eclipsing the heretofore peak of May 2005 by 168,000 barrels per day. (thanks to Ron Patterson for the heads up and to Khebab for the quick graphics). Fig 1.- World [...] read more
    April 14, 2008 10:04 am - 10 Comments
  • frog

    Transit-Oriented Development — By the Numbers - by frog



    The numbers are in. And they show that transit-oriented development really does get people out of their cars. A new study of 17 different transit-oriented developments in four metropolitan areas showed that they generated only about half as many car trips as the standard planning reference guide predicts. It’s research with potential for major impact [...] read more
    February 29, 2008 2:41 pm - 11 Comments