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Yesterday’s top 30 rating items on Scoop were...
1: Images:
Enough (Civil Unions) Is Or Isn't
Enough
Images of today's Pro and Anti Civil Union Bill protest marches in Parliament's grounds. Images by Kevin List.
2:
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.
3:
Norma
Sherry: Girls Of The
Olympics
Playboy Magazine arrived in our mailbox yesterday. On the cover was a striking Olympiad in a rather demure bathing suit, but the promised story was far different.Advertisement - scroll to continue reading
4:
Public
Address 24/08/04 - The New
Black
An attractive Maori woman in her thirties leaps out of a taxi and heads up the street with her son, who is about eight. They're both wearing 'Enough is Enough' t-shirts. She runs as fast as her shoes will permit and he's running as fast as he can to keep...
5:
Speech
Christians for Civil Unions at
Parliament
We are here today to stand up for human rights. And rights for gay and lesbian people are human rights, not special rights, just equal rights. We are here to affirm the rights of all New Zealanders to legal protection and social respect for their relationships.
6:
Calling
For Breast-Cancer Volunteer
Collectors
Volunteer Collectors are urgently needed between 11.00am & 1.30pm on Saturday 4th September to help raise money for breast cancer awareness at the 'Great Race' Gallagher Boathouse 8s.
7:
STORY
OF THE WEEK: The Day Of Destiny
(1)
Day Of The Blackshirts: He Came – He Spoke – He Left Photo Essay: Brian Tamaki Comes To Parliament
8:
Scoop
Images: Civil Union Protests In Lambton
Qy.
Images of today's Pro and Anti Civil Union Bill protest marches making their way down Lambton Quay. Images by Dylan Packman.
9:
A
rabble of knee-jerking hillbilly square
dancers
The vast majority of New Zealand politicians currently resemble a rabble of knee-jerking hillbilly square dancers. The reason for this is in part because New Zealand, in fact Western democracies by and large are obsessed with reification, tradition and ...
10:
UQ
Wire: The Coincidence Theorist's Guide to
9/11
That governments have permitted terrorist acts against their own people , and have even themselves been perpetrators in order to find strategic advantage is quite likely true, but this is the United States we're talking about.
11:
Big
News: "Your Hatred Is
Intolerable"
Well, the Destiny march is over. Everyone has had enough. The Destiny party wanted to make an impact and they did - even if only one MP came out and mingled with the crowd.
12:
Sri
Lanka: UNESCO Condemns Journalist's
Murder
The head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today condemned the murder of a Sri Lankan journalist, whose newspaper had reportedly been harassed by Tamil separatists, denouncing it as a blow against peace ...
13:
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.
PrideAlliance is very pleased at the turnout for today's Rally for Human Rights at parliament. Despite the limited resources of the volunteer groups behind the rally, over a thousand people turned out to show their support for the Civil Union bill ...
15:
PM's
Presser: Enough, Polls, Iran & NZ
Troops
IN THIS EDITION: Enough is Enough Rally The Latest Polls The Iranian Foreign Minister's Visit NZ Defence Force Personnel Serving in Iraq and Afghanistan
16:
Questions
for Oral Answer - Tuesday, 24
August
Questions to Ministers 1. Dr DON BRASH to the Minister in charge of Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations: What methods are being considered in order to "streamline Treaty of Waitangi historic settlements", as stated in her press release of 21 July ...
17:
Looming
Hunger And Disease In Ethiopia
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) voiced deep concern today over increasing malnutrition and disease in the south-central Oromiya region of Ethiopia due to erratic and delayed rains there, warning that more ...
18:
Richard
E. Walrath: The Center Cannot
Hold
Has anybody made a study of just how many bad things have happened to this country in the last four years?
19:
MOH:
Meningitis Commentary Is Inaccurate
Dangerous
Yesterday Auckland-based journalist Jon Eisen issued Scoop with an article examining the safety of New Zealand's Meningococcal vaccine. Scoop approached the Ministry of Health to comment on the findings. It has done so and refutes Eisen's claims. ...
20:
Olympic
Sailing Results – 24
August New Zealand’s board sailors raced overnight in Athens and now have only one race remaining. Barbara Kendall claimed two race wins though she is now out of medal contention, while Thomas Ashley also moved up the ranks.
21:
Jim
Shultz: Echoes of
Discrimination
Current political events often carry in them the echo of history. Earlier this month, when the citizens of Missouri voted two-to-one to adopt a state constitutional ban on gay marriages, one could hear the echoes of another vote on civil rights four ...
22:
Maker
Admits Meningococcal Vax May Be
Dangerous
The manufacturer of the new meningococcal vaccine currently being introduced into New Zealand has admitted that ”complete protection against infection caused by the New Zealand strain (of the bacteria) cannot be guaranteed.”
23:
UQ
Wire: The 9/11 Cell Phone
Calls
The 9/11 Commission's Report provides an almost visual description of the Arab hijackers. It depicts in minute detail events occurring inside the cabin of the four hijacked planes.
24:
Budget
Fails To Prepare For The End Of Cheap
Oil
In today's Appropriations debate, Green Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons has told Parliament that the Government's Budget is a "house of cards" that will be blown down by the relentless rise of oil prices.
25:
Global
Research: Iraq and the Problem of Peak
Oil
Today, much of the world is convinced the Bush Administration did not wage war against Iraq and Saddam Hussein because of threat from weapons of mass destruction, nor from terror dangers.
26:
Jordan
Carter: Our Place, Our Country
Too
Waves of emotion. Rolling sound overpowering thought. Chanting. Black shirts. Black and red. The sound of the haka. Twelve year old boys shouting 'Enough is Enough.' Placards. Love and friendship. Fear and anger. Fists being raised to cries of 'Jesus.'
27:
Sheila
Samples: The Terrorist Behind That
Tree!
George W. Bush once told The Washington Post's Bob Woodward the great thing about being president was that he didn't have to answer to anybody. ''I'm the commander,'' Bush bragged. ''See -- I do not need to explain why I say things... Maybe somebody ...
28:
Images:
Views And Counter Views At Destiny
Protest
About 5000 protesters were met by counter-rallies when they marched to Parliament yesterday in opposition to the proposed Civil Union Bill. Auckland-based Destiny church organised the protest. Leader Brian Tamaki had said they were marching for ...
29:
Fitzsimons
On The Budget's Oil Price
Projections
The 2004 Budget is a house of cards. It has some very nice features we would like to support but a strong wind is blowing and the cards are flapping. Without an unprecedented effort to strengthen the foundations we will be without shelter in the future. I ...
30:
Racial
Harmony gathering shows the real
NZ
Ethnic Affairs Minister today Chris Carter welcomed participants in the "Way forward for Racial Harmony" forum at Parliament.
ENDS
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