TODAY’S TOP SCOOPS
C.D. Sludge Weighs Into The Defence Debate
Dairy Merger: "Jim Sutton And Helen Clark Are Completely Wrong"
Letter From Elsewhere: The Unfortunate Experiment
Is A Shepherd Without A Flock Still A Shepherd?
Only The Correctives Protect The Unconceived
Super Computer Weather: Sose Softens
Scoop Images: Desert War Brought Back to Life
Howard’s End: US Spyplane Had Options, Why Did It Touch Down In China?
Sludge Feedback: Saying Sorry’s Kind Of Complicated After All
Easter, What It Is All About – The Passion In Five Parts

TOP SCOOPS

C.D. Sludge Weighs Into The Defence Debate

- The most interesting thing about the current Defence debate is that, despite the rhetoric, there has been no real Defence strategy in New Zealand since the end of WWII. See... Sludge Report #58 – Moving On From WWII [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0104/S00075.htm

Dairy Merger: "Jim Sutton And Helen Clark Are Completely Wrong"

- For an alternate, and apparently unfashionable, view of the Dairy Industry’s mega-merger plans from former Producer Board Project Team leader Tony Baldwin see… Global Co Is A Massively Expensive Mistake [1] and Letter To Ministers On Dairy Merger [2] . For full coverage of the debate scroll down.

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/BU0104/S00083.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/BU0104/S00082.htm

Letter From Elsewhere: The Unfortunate Experiment

- In 1993, in a book called, prophetically, Unfinished Business, Sandra Coney wrote: “The National Cervical Screening Programme is one of the few tangible outcomes of the Cervical Cancer Inquiry.” See... Letter From Elsewhere: Unfinished Business [1] CANCER INQUIRY: Full Coverage - Dr Michael Bottrill - Dr Michael Bottrill - Committee Of Inquiry Report [2] - Govt - Gisborne Cervical Screening Inquiry Report - Annette King [3] - Tariana Turia: Cervical Screening Inquiry Report [4] - Ministry Of Health - Gisborne Cervical Screening Inquiry Report Welcome - MOH [5] - Greens - Report fails to restore confidence in screening [6] - NZ First - Gisborne Cervical Debacle [7] - Libertarianz - Bottrill Only A Small Part Of The Problem [8] - NZMA - Gisborne Report Identifies Key Screening Issues [9]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0104/S00071.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/GE0104/S00025.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0104/S00170.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0104/S00175.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/GE0104/S00023.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0104/S00180.htm
[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0104/S00182.htm
[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0104/S00034.htm
[9] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/GE0104/S00026.htm

Is A Shepherd Without A Flock Still A Shepherd?

- You can always tell when it is Easter in Wellington. Easter eggs, bunnies and buns fill the shops and local theologian James Veitch pisses off evangelical Christians with an article in The Evening Post questioning fundamental elements of the Christian faith. This year is no different – except Veitch’s article is in this weeks Listener, headed Is God still dead? He can now piss off a national audience. See... Big News: Arguing Whether God is Still Dead [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0104/S00072.htm

Only The Correctives Protect The Unconceived

- “The Christian Haemorrhoids are again applying their selective morality to the abortion issue,” expostulated Sister Raptophilia SM, Matrix Dominatrix of the Corrective Party, at the latest meeting of POP (Protect Our Preconceived) in a phonebox in Petone. See... Correctives: What About The Unconcieved, Capon?? [1] FULL COVERAGE: - ALRANZ - The Plucking of the Christian Right [2] - CHP - Christian Heritage: A Question Of Priorities: Chicks Or Babies! [3] - Correctives - Correctives: Stop Cruel Capon Rampages!!! [4]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0104/S00039.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0104/S00036.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0104/S00032.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0104/S00025.htm

Super Computer Weather: Sose Softens

- The above image from the NOAA supercomputer Aviation (short range) weather model shows what appears to be a weakening Cyclone Sose hitting the North Island on Good Friday April 13th around midday. See... Supercomputer Weather: Cyclone Sose Approaches [1] EARLIER: - Scoop Images: Johnston's Hill Panorama [2] - Supercomputer Weather: US East Coast Easter Deluge [3] - Supercomputer Weather: Easter Holiday Cyclone! [4] Scoop Images: Wellington Palestinians March In Solidarity - A group of around 30 people turned up for a solidarity rally in support of the cause of the Palestinian struggle on Saturday in Central Wellington. See... Scoop Images: Solidarity Shown For Palestinians [5]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0104/S00077.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0104/S00073.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0104/S00066.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0104/S00054.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0104/S00069.htm

Scoop Images: Desert War Brought Back to Life

- Struan’s War , a new book of wartime photographs and diaries by Gunner Struan MacGibbon and edited by his nephew John MacGibbon, was launched last night. Struan’s War , published by Ngaio Press, is also a New Zealand Centre for Photography Exhibition. See... Scoop Images: Struan’s War Book Launch [1] and and Scoop Images: 'Struan's War' [2]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0104/S00076.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/CU0104/S00027.htm

Howard’s End: US Spyplane Had Options, Why Did It Touch Down In China?

- If there's one thing that is fast becoming evident from the standoff between China and the U.S. over the spy plane incident, it's that diplomats and strategists in the West have little understanding of China's ancient culture. See... Howard's End: A Rat Is Detected In U.S. Policy [1] . See also ... Stateside With Rosalea: Clumsy Rhino, Hidden Mynah [2]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0104/S00059.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0104/S00049.htm

Sludge Feedback: Saying Sorry’s Kind Of Complicated After All

- Sludge #57 asked us to imagine that China was not a country, but rather just an ordinary suburban house somewhere. Here's what two readers came up with. See... Sludge #57 Feedback: Allegory Oversimplification [1] - Sludge #57 Feedback: Good analogy, but John is... [2] - Sludge Report #57 – Why Dubya Should Say Sorry [3]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0104/S00064.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0104/S00063.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0104/S00053.htm

Easter, What It Is All About – The Passion In Five Parts

- This week is Holy Week, the week leading up to Good Friday when Christians the world over remember the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. During this week Scoop will be publishing in five parts the story of the Passion of Jesus Christ as written by the Bolivian mystic Katya Rivas. Each part consists of five extracts from Rivas’s book, The Passion, which, in turn, have been published on a daily basis by Scoop over the past five weeks. - Holy Week: The Passion Of Katya Rivas Part One [1] - Holy Week: The Passion Of Katya Rivas Part Two [2] - Holy Week: The Passion Of Katya Rivas Part Three [3]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0104/S00052.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0104/S00065.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0104/S00078.htm

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