This is so bloody brilliant it just has to be shared. Australia’s unique comedy team The Chaser takes 90 seconds to make a mockery of politicians who obsess about public debt and don’t even consider private debt. Hey, can someone do this in the USA … and the UK … and Europe … and Japan?
I don’t think The Chaser would sue if you did: imitation is after all the sincerest form of flattery. Follow t

MONDAY

The day ran very efficiently apart from a small confusion that occurred when I looked up and saw my staff gather at what they refer to as "the water cooler".

They know my feelings about these gatherings. They know that frivolity sets my teeth on edge.

I tried to ignore their stupid chit and chat but could not, especially when they burst out laughing.

They know my feelings about

After an endless stream of horrid reports on the tragedy of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the subsequent nuclear catastrophe in Fukushima, and the hotspots that are cropping up in odd places, and food scares, and even contaminated grasshoppers, we’re ready for something ... lighter. And very cynical. This has been circulating in the Japanese internet community for months, has garnered

Australia's richest person, the mining magnate Gina Rinehart, has been ridiculed for penning an anti-government poem that rhymes "rampant tax" with "political hacks" and pleads for "special economic zones".

The globe is sadly groaning with debt, poverty and strife
And billions now are pleading to enjoy a better life
Their hope lies with resources buried deep within the ea

In Washington policy circles, money and influence can be used to make even the most simple and obvious things complicated and confusing. This is certainly the case with the housing bubble and its aftermath. Four years into the housing bubble downturn, much of the country remains hopelessly confused about what happened, why it happened and who is to blame.

A radio competition offering listeners the chance to "win a wife" has appalled a former MP who is calling for it to be pulled.

All Black hooker Andrew Hore has been given permission by the NZRFU to participate in one or more fights in or around his local hotel The Drencher’s Arms over the Christmas / New Year period. Hore, who has a record of 23 and 18 in bouts where security staff did not intervene, told reporters he was “excited by the challenge” and “ready to punch snot out of some wanker.”

Many real estate industry observers are shocked that recent nominations for the New Zealander of the Year awards have failed to recognize the stellar achievements of a leading Harcourts consultant...

No idea where this came from; attribution welcome.

Since Fonterra decided to chew off its own facebook , Greenpeace has made it a new one.

Stephen Fry doing a wildlife doco in New Zealand, gets to meet an exuberant Kakapo

Hilarious things you could do with a lock of JFK's hair.

The Prime Minister today insisted that the New Zealand economy was seeing ‘green shoots’ and that he was confident robust tourism numbers, a strong export market and the wisdom and magical powers of Gandalf the Grey would return New Zealand to a position of strong economic growth in the second

Here is a good example of why Auckland's infrastructure is broken. Auckland’s trains set a new high-speed record when the 5.33pm main rush hour Westbound-train leaving Britomart to go to Swanson took exactly an hour - to get to Britomart.
That included going backwards.A shambled unfolded.

Have a look at this video. It is a real winner.