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The weekend's top 20 rating items (Hobbits excluded) were...
2: HARD
NEWS 13/10/00 - Pathologically Constructive
GOOD DAY MEDIAPHILES ... well, thanks to the people who emailed me about last week's Hard News and to the people who've mentioned it through the week. And thanks especially to the folks who talked to me about Hard News at Derrick Carter. I love you too ...
3:
Alleged
Richard Poole Speech
NOTE: Scoop has received the following courtesy of the visible hand…..we do not know whether in fact it is a speech by Rich Poole (we think probably not). Nevertheless it is amusing reading….
5:
NEWSFLASH:
Iraqi Troops On the Move?
There are unconfirmed reports coming out of the US State Department that Iraq has begun to move military forces to the West. The Hammurabi Brigade under the control of the Republican Guard is reported to be involved.
6:
Bush
Policy Wrong For America, Wrong For
World
So the second round of the debates is over with a majority analysts saying that the debate was won (though narrowly) by Al Gore. The debate, like the polls, provides us with very little indication any real leader in the race for the Presidency. The ...
7:
NORML
Issues Health Warning About Toxic
Marijuana
The National Organisation for the Reform of Marijuana Laws today issued a health warning that marijuana sprayed by the Police with a deadly poison is being sold in Auckland.
8:
LIONS
eat, chew and spit out Auckland
bogey
THE WELLINGTON Lions ate, chewed and then spat out the imfamous Auckland bogey to make the NPC final with a history-making 46-23 victory at Eden Park tonight.
10:
Howard’s
End: Origins Of A Crisis
The Middle East crisis today had its genesis over eighty years ago, when Western politicians interfered in something they didn't understand. In 1919 US President, Woodrow Wilson said, " To think that I, a son of the manse, should be able to ...
11:
Sludge
Report #33 – Darkness Before The
Dawn?
IN THIS EDITION: Plunket’s Question - Israelis burn Palestinian to death - Black Friday - The Darkness Before The Dawn –Over To You Ehud!
News that a 74 year old pensioner has been convicted for cultivating cannabis and possessing it for supply has brought upton-on-line up with a start. He did it as a protest against the fact that the Housing Corporation would not concrete his drive.
Cartoon from Paul McDonald of http://www.political-cartoons.co.nz/ POLITICAL-CARTOONS.CO.NZ
14:
T
H E J O B S L E T T E R 1 3 2
IN THIS EDITION: Futurework Research - Future Incomes Conference - Paul Callister On Disappearing Work - Simon Chapple On Maori Disadvantage - Waitara - NZH — The Jobs Challenge - Industry Nz Board - Deprivation Atlas - Mayors / Government Partnership
15:
Dumb
Dart Throwing, Dumb
Qualification
"Teachers who were forced to make darts at training days for the replacement for School Certificate resented the time wasting involved and felt it was highly unprofessional," said Concerned Teachers spokesperson Peter Calvert. Mr Calvert ...
17:
Scoop
Image And Link: Child Killing email
Protest
“when atrocities crooss all the limits , it is means , the end of dark night is getting closer” - Bajwa
19:
Scoop
Images: Clashes In The Holy
Land
Images of the conflict in the Holy Land from INDYMEDIA ISRAEL
21:
Scoop
Images: The Blood Red
Moon...Again
24:
Green
Slurry Could Go Nationwide
Massey University students have developed a new resurfacing compound for a Manawatu company that could help make cycling safer in communities nationwide.
25:
London
Based Kiwi Launches Brain Drain
Website
The ‘Brain Drain’ debate has ignited again. London based New Zealander, Jeremy Punnett, has launched a website attacking the recent campaigns of John Carr and Richard Poole. “I am disgusted that people now see fit to conduct debate by buying full page newspaper ...
27:
Franks
Can’t Count - Cunliffe
“Stephen Franks’ estimate of $300M costs to Telecom from the Fletcher Inquiry Report is fantasy” David Cunliffe, MP for Titirangi, said today.
28:
US
Elections: Great
Entertainment!
Jim Lehrer, the moderator, is the frontperson of the NewsHour on PBS. The very same Jim Lehrer who first recommended himself to me as a consummate news anchor during the Olympics when he said that a particular female athlete whose lycra-clad form ...
HOBBIT
STORIES...
1: Scoop
Images: And Not A Hobbit Was Stirring
4: Scoop
Images: Hobbiton By The Water
9: Scoop
Images: WORLD EXCLUSIVE: BAG END!
16: Scoop
Archive: Ringswatch: Our Liv Freaks Out In
Battle
18: Scoop
Images: Arwen Catches A Few Digital Snaps
20:
Scoop
Archive: Scoop Image: Where The Hobbits
Are
22: Scoop
Images: Hobbit Slips Scoop Staircase Snap
23:
Scoop
Archive: Scoop Images: Liv Meets Some Smokin'
Ringwraiths
26: Scoop
Archive: Scoop Images: Mirror Snaps Bilbo's
House
Alastair Thompson
Scoop Publisher
Alastair Thompson is the co-founder of Scoop. He is of Scottish and Irish extraction and from Wellington, New Zealand. Alastair has 24 years experience in the media, at the Dominion, National Business Review, North & South magazine, Straight Furrow newspaper and online since 1997. He is the winner of several journalism awards for business and investigative work.
Martin LeFevre - Meditations: Sunday Morning In California As The Season Changes
Ramzy Baroud: Abbas ‘Postponed’ Democracy - So, Who Speaks On Behalf Of The Palestinian People? 
Martin LeFevre - Meditations: Resolving The Problem Of Evil
Binoy Kampmark: Childish Fantasies - Age Verification for Social Media Down Under
Martin LeFevre - Meditations: Meditation Is Mutation
Peter Dunne: Dunne's Weekly - Ailing Wellington Needs More Than Frothy Talk