en-nz News Headlines from Scoop Scoop Media Ltd and/or its contributors http://www.scoop.co.nz/ http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html editor@scoop.co.nz webmaster@scoop.co.nz 30 http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1305/S00172/martin-doyle-cartoon-hands-off-our-molotovs.htm Both the Police and the people at the training camps need to come clean [in a non-actionable forum] to the public about just what was going on in the Urewera. In my cartoon, the Maori words say "Don't touch the explosion bottle" [ie Molotov cocktail]. The ... Thu, 23 May 2013 13:10:00 +1200 http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1305/S00172/martin-doyle-cartoon-hands-off-our-molotovs.htm http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1305/S00171/a-ruling-class-vs-revolutionary-response-to-prostitution.htm A New York Times article today reports on how the economic misery inflicted on Greeks has forced many into prostitution in order to survive. Here is an excerpt: "With the country heading into the fifth year of economic depression, and unemployment ... Thu, 23 May 2013 13:00:00 +1200 http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1305/S00171/a-ruling-class-vs-revolutionary-response-to-prostitution.htm http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1305/S00170/review-the-nokia-920-family-part-one.htm My husband and teenage sons claim I’m a techno-phobe which is not entirely fair: I’m not terrified of new technology; I’m just easily bamboozled by it. So when the idea of moving to a smartphone was mooted, I had my reservations, but owning ... Thu, 23 May 2013 12:32:00 +1200 http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1305/S00170/review-the-nokia-920-family-part-one.htm http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1305/S00169/palestinian-deaths-proportional-to-life-of-2-state-solution.htm It is perilous and unbecoming to argue with and contradict the icons of our global society. Those who struggle courageously for the rights of others and speak eloquently with word and deed against war and tyranny deserve praise and comfort. They are beautiful ... Thu, 23 May 2013 12:22:00 +1200 http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1305/S00169/palestinian-deaths-proportional-to-life-of-2-state-solution.htm http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1305/S00168/connecticut-advances-conversion-from-war-to-peace-economy.htm The Connecticut legislature has sent to the governor to sign a bill that would create a commission to develop a plan for, among other things: "the diversification or conversion of defense-related industries with an emphasis on encouraging environmentally-sustainable ... Thu, 23 May 2013 11:19:00 +1200 http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1305/S00168/connecticut-advances-conversion-from-war-to-peace-economy.htm http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1305/S00167/talk-nation-radio-shutting-down-the-us-chamber-of-commerce.htm Carl Gibson is currently engaged in a Green Jobs March from Philadelphia to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, D.C., as part of a campaign called ShutTheChamber.org. You can join the march virtually by uploading a photo on their website, or you can ... Thu, 23 May 2013 11:10:00 +1200 http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1305/S00167/talk-nation-radio-shutting-down-the-us-chamber-of-commerce.htm http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1305/S00166/the-governments-list-of-anti-government-people.htm Should the U.S. government be building a list of people whom a stranger has concluded based on as little as a moment's interaction are "anti-government"? Look at this photo of a U.S. Census laptop. There's a box to check if a respondent is reluctant ... Thu, 23 May 2013 11:07:00 +1200 http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1305/S00166/the-governments-list-of-anti-government-people.htm http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1305/S00165/undernews-may-22-2013.htm The IRS official who first disclosed the service’s targeting of conservative organizations refused to answer questions during a House oversight hearing Wednesday, insisting that she has not broken any laws. Thu, 23 May 2013 11:02:00 +1200 http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1305/S00165/undernews-may-22-2013.htm http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1305/S00164/caution-common-sense-needed-concerning-jolie.htm Where has the common sense in this country gone? People don’t trust the media, yet when the media says something, the people react, instead of first thinking about what is going on. So it is with Angelina Jolie and the whole I-removed-my-breasts-because-I-MIGHT-get-cancer ... Wed, 22 May 2013 17:29:00 +1200 http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1305/S00164/caution-common-sense-needed-concerning-jolie.htm http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1305/S00163/review-kon-tiki-snitch-and-broken.htm Speaking as someone whose taste for adventure doesn’t stretch much further than going to the dairy in the rain, the reckless self-endangerment represented by Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg’s Kon-Tiki was a genuine eye-opener. Wed, 22 May 2013 17:27:00 +1200 http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1305/S00163/review-kon-tiki-snitch-and-broken.htm http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1305/S00162/martin-doyle-cartoon-whats-the-beef.htm The new President of China appears to have put a freeze not just on our beef exports but also on any real dreams the Chinese people had of freedom of speech. Wed, 22 May 2013 16:25:00 +1200 http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1305/S00162/martin-doyle-cartoon-whats-the-beef.htm http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1305/S00161/safe-drinking-water-an-unfinished-agenda.htm Without water there is no life. Clean drinking water and sanitation are basic human rights – essential to life and to all other rights. Lack of access to clean water and sanitation is a silent crisis that destroys livelihoods and claims more lives ... Wed, 22 May 2013 15:41:00 +1200 http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1305/S00161/safe-drinking-water-an-unfinished-agenda.htm http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1305/S00160/be-clear-on-housing-issues-nick-smith.htm The reason for getting the Annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Surveys underway, with the first edition early 2005, was to illustrate clearly that if housing exceeds 3.0 times annual household income (requiring mortgage loads of ... Wed, 22 May 2013 15:35:00 +1200 http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1305/S00160/be-clear-on-housing-issues-nick-smith.htm http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1305/S00159/tea-party-working-the-refs-in-irs-scandal.htm Diogenes was a fifth century BC Greek philosopher, and a rather controversial one at that. Also known as Diogenes the Cynic, it is said that he took a vow of poverty and often lived in a barrel. He was a social critic long before social critics became ... Wed, 22 May 2013 15:22:00 +1200 http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1305/S00159/tea-party-working-the-refs-in-irs-scandal.htm http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1305/S00158/racism-at-the-heart-of-fight-among-buddhists-and-muslims.htm Buddhists and Muslims are clashing with increasing ferocity in Myanmar, Thailand and Sri Lanka where minority Islamic ethnic groups blame racism by majority Buddhists more than religious intolerance. Wed, 22 May 2013 15:14:00 +1200 http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1305/S00158/racism-at-the-heart-of-fight-among-buddhists-and-muslims.htm