Jack Yan on Vox

OGC’s logo: a bunch of wank gets this result

2008-04-26T00:16:26Z

[Cross-posted] The Ofﬁce of Government Commerce, part of HM Treasury in the UK, unveiled its new logo, which cost British taxpayers £14,000. And it didn’t take long after the unveiling for employees to see the problem: I am sure it is...

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How to restore faith in American politics

2008-03-28T23:16:01Z

American Infidel posted an excellent piece from Cross Action News on how the US political system has been compromised, by Carl Parnell. Some excerpts: However, as seen in these different opinions, politicians have been blamed for the failure o...

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Thank you to the New Zealand military (Clark and Key won’t say it)

2007-12-27T05:04:11Z

Not a lot of people in New Zealand will publicly say this, even if they think it: thank you to our troops. The fear from both the Government and the Opposition is that this simple expression of gratitude will upset the anti-Americans in the cou...

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Have you ﬂipped a Ford … lately?

2007-09-21T11:33:47Z

Ford has complained about this TVC from the New Zealand Land Transport Safety Authority. I have to say I agree with its complaint. The car is clearly identiﬁable as a Ford Falcon XR6 or XR8 model, resembling the one still on sale. Even those who d...

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How we put tigers back in our tanks

2007-08-06T05:47:00Z

Further to an earlier post: so how did the New Zealand Government get us folks, happily driving around in natural gas cars with a huge natural-gas network of stations nationally, back into petrol (or gasoline to our American readers) in 1996? Wel...

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Zak’s two cents

2007-05-29T00:47:47Z

My friend Zak Klemmer and I met online about 10 years ago, and in person seven years ago. He wrote me with this interesting anecdote recently and gave me permission to publish it. I can understand why Americans dislike their government’s bureaucr...

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We can all help Bruce Robinson

2007-02-10T10:51:22Z

[Cross-posted] Bruce Robinson, the New Zealander in a 15 m² Polish jail cell, with seven other blokes, who is allegedly being ignored by the Foreign Minister-outside-Cabinet and other members of the diplomatic mission in Poland, now has a petition...

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