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Public Address 01/08/07 - A bit rich
Saturday, 4 August 2007, 12:38 am | Public Address
A lot of money and a bit rich | Aug 01, 2007 09:42 Russell Brown's Hard News I'm still not clear on exactly what TV3's plans were when it bid for the Rugby World Cup rights, knowing (they did know, right?) that the three major games would air ... More >>
Public Address 31/07/07 - The Cane and the Strap
Wednesday, 1 August 2007, 11:06 am | Public Address
The cane and the strap | Jul 31, 2007 11:43 Russell Brown's Hard News In The Fern and the Tiki, his frequently withering examination of 1950s New Zealand, the American academic David P. Ausubel devoted many pages to what he regarded as the cruel and ... More >>
Public Address 30/07/07 - Back to the 80s
Wednesday, 1 August 2007, 11:04 am | Public Address
Back to the 80s | Jul 29, 2007 11:44 Fiona Rae from the couch Really intrigued by this report that Keeley Hawes is going to star in a sequel to Life on Mars, in which she ends up in 1981 – era of big hair, scary pants and Adam Ant – and Gene Hunt ... More >>
Public Address 26/07/07 - Social Broadcasting
Sunday, 29 July 2007, 4:42 pm | Public Address
TV is social. Already | Jul 26, 2007 10:51 Russell Brown's Hard News This week's new Pew Survey on online video use is striking, if unsurprising: three quarters of people with broadband connections watch video on the internet. And more than half ... More >>
Public Address 25/07/07 - Phew, what a scorcher?
Sunday, 29 July 2007, 12:07 am | Public Address
Phew, what a scorcher? | Jul 25, 2007 11:21 Russell Brown's Hard News The British frequently seem unprepared for the weather. When I lived there, it seemed that every time it snowed, it was as if it hadn't happened since the Romans were in charge. ... More >>
Public Address 24/07/07 - Just Say No
Wednesday, 25 July 2007, 12:05 am | Public Address
Just Say No | Jul 23, 2007 15:36 David Slack on his own account Who Commits Setchell Harassment? The majority of people who commit Setchell harassment are Ministers and/or their staff. People who commit Setchell harassment are usually in a position of extreme ... More >>
Public Address 19/07/07 - Death Spiral!
Monday, 23 July 2007, 10:26 am | Public Address
Death Spiral! | Jul 19, 2007 11:19 Russell Brown's Hard News Amid the hue and cry at Michael Cullen's very pointed musing about over-riding the Reserve Bank's inflation targets, and Cato Institute economist Steve Henke declaring New Zealand to be in ... More >>
Public Address 18/07/07 - Leo TV
Wednesday, 18 July 2007, 5:35 pm | Public Address
Leo TV | Jul 18, 2007 09:44 Russell Brown's Hard News Dad's too busy to blog properly today, so he asked Leo to recommend some YouTube for Public Address readers. This is how your TV might look if it was programmed by an unusual 12 year-old who can't ... More >>
Public Address 18/07/07 - Leo TV
Wednesday, 18 July 2007, 11:37 am | Public Address
Dad's too busy to blog properly today, so he asked Leo to recommend some YouTube for Public Address readers. This is how your TV might look if it was programmed by an unusual 12 year-old who can't go to school. More >>
Public Address 17/07/07 - No Bills
Wednesday, 18 July 2007, 12:08 am | Public Address
No Bills | Jul 17, 2007 10:06 Russell Brown's Hard News When Tony Ryall and Sue Kedgley have finished gloating about the shelving of the Therapeutics Products and Medicines Bill perhaps they might care to think about how they will now approach ... More >>
Public Address 16/07/07 - Regarding Sicko
Monday, 16 July 2007, 8:24 pm | Public Address
Can somebody hook a brother up with some Twiglets? | Jul 16, 2007 09:20 Russell Brown's Hard News I've had Michael Moore's Sicko (friends in America version) for nearly two weeks and hadn't found the right time to watch it -- it's not exactly ... More >>
Public Address 12/07/07 - Just some links, really
Saturday, 14 July 2007, 8:38 pm | Public Address
Just some links, really | Jul 12, 2007 10:49 Russell Brown's Hard News Colin Espiner blogs the Labour caucus's annual press drinks, and includes the following tidbits: Prime Minister Helen Clark was there, too, circulating around the room. It's always ... More >>
Public Address 11/07/07 - the New Terror Threat
Saturday, 14 July 2007, 5:57 pm | Public Address
Russell Brown's Hard News Just when you think Fox News can't surprise you any more, they come up with National Healthcare: Breeding Ground for Terror? The interview at that link, in which National Review Online's Jerry Bowyer explains to Fox's Neil ... More >>
Public Address 10/07/07 - Transmogrithingy!
Tuesday, 10 July 2007, 12:34 am | Public Address
Transmogrithingy | Jul 10, 2007 10:08 Russell Brown's Hard News The Princeton WordNet search defines transmogrification as "the act of changing into a different form or appearance (especially a fantastic or grotesque one) 'the transmogrification of ... More >>
Public Address 09/07/07 - Bad journalism...
Monday, 9 July 2007, 9:17 pm | Public Address
PA Radio: Mr Brown on Mr Brown Russell Brown talks to Singapore's blogfather Mr Brown (aka Lee Kin Mun) about politics, podcasting and satire. Note: contains food metaphors. http://www.publicaddress.net/system/topic,560,pa_radio_mr_brown_on_mr_brown.sm More >>
Public Address 29/06/07 - Not off to bed
Monday, 9 July 2007, 6:15 pm | Public Address
Not off to bed | Jun 29, 2007 11:40 Russell Brown's Hard News Damian already has some thoughts on the party pills issue - including a very good taxi-driver story - so I won't give it too much space. But I'm not entirely surprised at the decision. ... More >>
PUBLIC ADDRESS 26/06/07 - Here and There
Wednesday, 27 June 2007, 11:19 am | Public Address
I had mixed feelings reading the Guardian's comprehensive coverage of Glastonbury Festival over the past few days: on one hand I lamented the fact that the whole thing has become so respectable - nearly $400 a ticket respectable - as to warrant blanket ... More >>
Public Address 25/06/06 - Go For The Doctor
Monday, 25 June 2007, 3:19 pm | Public Address
This morning at the gym a man collapsed and they called an ambulance. It occurred to me as I saw them go to work with the defibrillator that I hadn't seen one deployed in real life before. I have been prone alongside them, three times I've taken an ... More >>
Public Address 22/06/06 - Are you old enough?
Friday, 22 June 2007, 10:41 am | Public Address
Are you old enough? | Jun 22, 2007 09:29 David Slack on his own account More >>
Public Address 20/6/06 - Arrest them at the border
Wednesday, 20 June 2007, 12:51 am | Public Address
It's not often I wholeheartedly agree with Winston Peters, but he has my endorsement for his impassioned Parliamentary speech in the wake of Fay and Richwhite buying their way out of an insider trading investigation. The $20 million payment to end ... More >>
