The Green Finger - 21
Posted 2:40am Monday 20th September 2010
Climate change denial: it’s as frustrating, intellectually twisted, and unfalsifiable as creationism, but way more dangerous. Climate change doubt: it’s just lazy. New Zealand research company UMR released one fucked up report this year on public opinion of climate change. They begin by Read more...
The Green Finger - 20
Posted 2:12am Monday 23rd August 2010
Oceans are awesome, in both senses of the word. They are incredibly enormous. Their depths will crush you faster than Judith Collins crushes boy racer cars (but without wasting tax dollars). Waves lapping at the shores will change landscapes more tirelessly and repetitively than Bill Read more...
The Green Finger - 17
Posted 1:15am Monday 26th July 2010
For most of human history, it was likely that you would live and die a stone’s throw from the place you were born. You would kill your dearest for a mule and ladies would spread their legs quicker than Courtney Love if you had a pony. Today, much has changed, and much has improved. We skate, Read more...
The Green Finger - 16
Posted 3:16am Tuesday 20th July 2010
Gerry Brownlee recently gave the Brazilian oil giant Petrobras exploration rights to the Raukumara Basin, just off the coast of the North Island. Apparently this decision is motivated by economic growth for all New Zealanders. Don’t confuse this with a long-term vision of economic growth Read more...
The Green Finger - 15
Posted 11:31pm Sunday 11th July 2010
Welcome back team. I hope you had a marvelous holiday. Like a few of you I was stuck in the library, trying desperately to pull together one of these dissertation thingies. My obligatory blurb you give, when you catch up with or meet someone who was also silly enough to commit to a thesis, Read more...
Budget News Analysis: From The Left
Posted 4:09pm Sunday 11th July 2010
Last week, Finance Minister Bill English presented the “Don’t Be Jealous” Budget to New Zealand. Tax reform was the biggest feature. The spin-doctor at Crosby/Textor who came up with the tagline ‘Tax Shift’ probably got a nice bonus. Good frames don’t save bad paintings, though, and numerous voices Read more...
The Green Finger - 12
Posted 4:03pm Sunday 11th July 2010
You’ve got your haves and your have-nots. I’m a have, you’re a have. But what’s to be done about all these bloody have-nots, eh? Surely something better than sitting around drinking champagne and talking socialism. And perhaps, just perhaps, the misguided free-market principles that inform National Read more...
The Green Finger - 11
Posted 3:06pm Sunday 11th July 2010
Well, looks like the Gulf of Mexico is fucked. Oopsy daisy. Not surprising, though – it’s just business as usual. Last month an explosion savaged the Deepwater Horizon rig and opened up the ocean basin to thousands after thousands after thousands of tonnes of toxic ooze. BP, you suck. As Read more...
The Green Finger
Posted 10:28pm Sunday 23rd May 2010
It’s a truth that has stood the test of time: our lives are structured by a bunch of people who love to jerk themselves off with the invisible hand. Hence the appropriateness of the phrase ‘trickle down.’ We now know that trickle down is myth, as is trickle sideways. Those with capital like Read more...