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1: Why
Not Just Genetically Engineer Women For
Milk?
MAdGE (Mothers Against Genetic Engineering in Food and the Environment) today launched a highly controversial billboard campaign in Auckland and Wellington to provoke public debate about the social and cultural ethics of genetic engineering in New Zealand.
2:
UQ
Wire: Sibel Edmonds Letter To Thomas
Kean
It has been almost three years since the terrorist attacks on September 11; during which time we, the people, have been placed under a constant threat of terror and asked to exercise vigilance in our daily lives.
3:
Questions
& Answers for Oral Answer 11 August
2004
1. Te Puni Kôkiri—Mâori Party 2. Immigrants—“Sweatshop” Operations 3. Community Employment Group—Future 4. Economy—Reports 5. Community Employment Group—Fraudulent Use of Grants Question No. 6 to Minister 6. Employment—Job Creation 7. Christchurch Polytechnic ...Advertisement - scroll to continue reading
4:
Bush
Nominates Porter Goss as Director of CIA
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all for coming. I'm pleased to announce my decision to nominate Congressman Porter Goss as the next Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Porter Goss is a leader with strong experience in intelligence and in the ...
5:
Michael
Moore's Media Critics Are The Liars
Most commentators in the Australian corporate media, whether the unashamedly hard-right terriers of the Murdoch empire or the “liberal” chihuahuas of the Fairfax press, have subjected Michael Moore's film Fahrenheit 9/11 to relentless attack.
6:
Investitures:
Penny Jamieson & Rosemary
Horton
12 August 2004 The Rt Rev Dr Penny Jamieson receives the honour of Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit from the Governor-General Dame Silvia Cartwright at an investiture ceremony at Government House in Wellington today. The ...
7:
Manuel
Valenzuela: The Ghost Of Orwell Is Upon
Us
A rather sad state of affairs has risen out of the propaganda-laced, nationalism-spewing, draped-in-the flag-espousing and testosterone-filled Democratic National Convention that would have made Joseph Goebbels proud.
8:
Images:
Departing LOTR Stars Meet Their
Planes
The Lord of the Ring's stars come face to face with themselves on the side of Air NZ planes as they bid New Zealand goodbye at Wellington Airport before boarding the Air New Zealand 767 emblazoned with giant images of the characters Aragorn and Arwen.
9:
Questions
for Oral Answer As At 12 August
2004
1. Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS to the Minister of Finance: Has the Government got any concerns about the manner and details relating to the sale of Powerco; if so, what are they?
10:
National's
Climate Policy: by George W
Bush?
The National Party's anti-climate change policy is an embarrassment to New Zealanders, who would be excused for confusing National's policies with those of George Bush. In a world where climate change is already impacting real people in real ways and ...
11:
UQ
Wire: Timeline of Terror Alerts
(Updated)
Note how the terror alerts relate to the news headlines of the days immediately prior to that very alert. I think it's very easy to see a pattern recurring.
12:
Politically
Manipulative & Totally
Incompetent
The administration's recent exposure of the mole inside al Qaeda -- an incredible fubar accomplishment -- highlights what happens when everything is run by the political arm. To have sunk to such a nadir of faith in the honesty of the president's men ...
13:
UQ
Wire: Michel Chossudovsky - Political
Deception
Was it an ‘intelligence failure’ to give red carpet treatment to the ‘money man’ behind the 9-11 terrorists, or was it simply ‘routine’
14:
Public
Address 12/08/04 - Lurid
I had already figured that the jury in the David McNee case probably wouldn't be able to agree that there was murderous intent in the hail of blows that killed him, and so it transpired...
15:
Film
Review: John Pilger Examines War on Terror
''Breaking the Silence: Truth and Lies in the War on Terror,'' is a film about the history of recent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
16:
Wisconsin,
Setting The Standard For Welfare
Reform
“Newman Online” Weekly commentary by Dr Muriel Newman MP Wisconsin – Setting The Standard For Welfare Reform
17:
No
place for 'tikanga Maori' in Building Bill
National Party Associate Local Government spokeswoman Sandra Goudie is questioning why 'tikanga Maori' is relevant to solving the leaky buildings crisis.
18:
UQ
Wire: Atta & The Disappearing
Helicopters
FIFTEEN MONTHS before the 9/11 attack a 26-year old Moroccan man whose name and multiple aliases appear on numerous terrorist watch lists started a company in Florida a man who is today the Chief Military Attaché for the Moroccan Embassy in Washington, DC.
19:
385
MW Power Station to go
ahead
Genesis Energy's announcement of go ahead for 385 MW plant welcomed
20:
Tony
Ellis an Embarrassment to
Liberty
Libertarianz leader Bernard Darnton is appalled by the weasel-worded backsliding of Council for Civil Liberties President Tony Ellis. Ellis suggested that holocaust-denier David Irving should be allowed to come to New Zealand but that he shouldn't "indulge ...
21:
Greg
Palast: Venezuela Gets The Florida
Treatment
Hugo Chavez drives George Bush crazy. Maybe it's jealousy: Unlike Mr. Bush, Chavez, in Venezuela, won his Presidency by a majority of the vote.
22:
Debilitating
Skin Disease In Afghanistan
With an epidemic of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Afghanistan threatening to escalate out of control without immediate action, the United Nations health agency today launched an emergency campaign combining drug treatment and insecticide-treated nets to curb ...
23:
Images:
Lord Of The Rings Exhibition At Te
Papa
In anticipation of the release of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, the central instalment in writer/director/producer Peter Jackson's epic trilogy based on the J.R.R. Tolkien masterpiece, Te Papa proudly announces a world exclusive and a bold ...
24:
Questions
& Answers for Oral Answer 12 August
2004
1. Powerco—Sale Question No. 2 to Minister 2. Community Employment Group—Beneficiaries Question No. 1 to Minister 3. Community and Primary Health Care—Advice to Ministers 4. Tertiary Education—Community Education Funding 5. Floods—Government Assistance ...
25:
Feathers
Fly In NZ Duvet Industry
Dunedin Bedding Firm Supports Today’s Commerce Commission Investigation, But Calls For Tougher Action With Fill Weight
26:
Goff
names new Ambassador to Poland
New Zealand’s new Ambassador to Poland will be career diplomat Philip Griffiths, Foreign Minister Phil Goff announced today.
27:
Eco-Economy:
Till Debt Us Do Part?
Student loans are $7 Billion and rising, as the debt clock ticks on like a time bomb. The University of Canterbury Students’ Association launched its ‘debt clock’ in May 2002. The clock started at around $5 Billion, has now passed $7 Billion, and is ticking ...
28:
CIA
Nominee's Dubious Links To The Terror
Network
Following George Tenet's resignation as Director of Central Intelligence at the CIA, the Bush administration immediately pointed to Rep. Porter Goss, as its handpicked nominee.
29:
Questions
& Answers for Oral Answer 10 August
2004
1. Mayors Task Force for Jobs—Government Initiatives 2. Mâori Party—Public Service Resources 3. Economic Growth—Labour Constraints Question No. 4 to Minister 4. Resignation—Community Employment Group Northern Regional Manager 5. Packaging Accord—Effectiveness 6. Powerco—Sale
30:
Free
Expression: How Free Should Speech
Be?
We are separated from other species of animal by one thing. We are not the biggest, the fastest or the strongest. We have the ability to think. Each of us has the ability to consider, to ponder, to imagine, the ability to reflect, to believe, to judge. ...
ENDS
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Gordon Campbell: On The Coalition’s Awful, Not Good, Very Bad Poll Results
Ian Powell: Policy Vacuum Enables For-profit Corporate General Practice Ownership By Stealth
Gordon Campbell: On Iran Killing Its Rappers, And Searching For The Invisible Dr. Reti
Peter Dunne: MPs Unusually Quiet On Pay Rise
Ian Powell: Cuba And New Zealand: A Relationship Worthy Of Strengthening
Gordon Campbell: On bird flu, AUKUS entry fees and Cindy Lee