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Feedback: Financial Wizardry
Wednesday, 11 July 2001, 10:36 am | Scoop Feedback
An article appearing in a local paper this morning with the heading "Cullen floats partnership idea" (11 July) raises a couple of questions regarding Dr Cullen's appreciation of the intelligence of the average citizen and his financial ... More >>
Feedback: A Benign Cancer No Less
Tuesday, 10 July 2001, 2:22 pm | Scoop Feedback
According to the Prime Minister, the future of the Asia-Pacific region (as articulated in the New Zealand Defence Review papers) is "incredibly benign". More >>
Feedback: Arafat Refuses To Arrest Terrorists
Tuesday, 10 July 2001, 2:20 pm | Scoop Feedback
At a news conference on June 29th in Ramallah Yassir Arafat said he refuses to arrest Hamas or Islamic Jihad members because , as he was quoted by the Associated Press, `We respect all parties'. More >>
Sludge Feedback: Shrinking Or What?
Friday, 29 June 2001, 3:26 pm | Scoop Feedback
Your analysis rightly shows exactly what is happening. We are working out at the gym and on a crash diet at the same time. More >>
Feedback: In Response To Berghan On Ms Prendergast
Friday, 29 June 2001, 3:08 pm | Scoop Feedback
I read Dayna Berghan's opinion piece on Ms Prendergast's unhelpful and politically inclined comments on women in inner Wellington City. In it she states a meeting should be held with men involved so that "we" can educate the community that rape ... More >>
Scoop Update #1: Our Day Of Reckoning Approaches
Friday, 29 June 2001, 8:24 am | The Scoop Team
This is the first message in what we expect will be a very occasional series of broadcast emails to you - the community of My Scoop subscribers. It is intended as update on where Scoop is at, where we have been and where we are going. More >>
Feedback: Police Set Up Demonstrators for Arrest
Thursday, 28 June 2001, 1:38 pm | Scoop Feedback
Internationally, journalists report that undercover police have been discovered at demonstrations throughout Europe smashing storefront windows and staging fights to incite protestors to riot. And that police have used this as the excuse to attack, ... More >>
Scoop Feedback: Governmental Bigotry Unleashed
Monday, 25 June 2001, 5:02 pm | Scoop Feedback
If only one quarter of the allegations voiced in the Employment Court by Michael Quigy in his opening statement and later by Christine Rankin are true, it just goes to show the depth of bigotry and overall absence of any sense of decency inherent ... More >>
Singapore Goes Pro-Active
Monday, 25 June 2001, 9:44 am | Scoop Feedback
While not wishing to reopen the seemingly "lost cause" debate on defence, recent purchases announced by "the tiny city-state of Singapore" must have our defence wizards wondering how they got it so wrong. More >>
Timothy McVeigh’s Departing Poem – “Invictus”
Tuesday, 12 June 2001, 9:01 am | The Scoop Editor
The poem Timothy McVeigh issued instead of making an oral statement before his execution this morning NZT. More >>
Sludge Feedback: Police Re: Steven Wallace
Friday, 8 June 2001, 2:09 pm | The Scoop Editor
An article published in Scoop, under the byline “Sludge”, purported to be “the real story behind the shooting of Wellington student Steven Wallace”. Unfortunately the story had little or no basis of fact to provide any further informed debate on what ... More >>
Sludge Feedback: Shades Of RSL In Hartner Decision
Friday, 8 June 2001, 12:54 am | The Scoop Editor
Your piece in today's "just politics" reminded me of the Security Commission's 1988 report to Geoffrey Palmer on my 1988 report on alleged widespread property frauds which led to the sudden collapse of the RSL and Landbase groups of companies. More >>
The Words Big Brother Longs To Hear...
Tuesday, 5 June 2001, 12:00 am | The Scoop Editor
This list of alleged Echelon 'filter' words has been circulating on the Internet. More >>
Scoop Images: Lightning Strike On Wellington CBD
Friday, 1 June 2001, 10:00 am | The Scoop Editor
The following picture was forwarded to Scoop by a reader with the caption. ”Ya can't beat wellington on a good day...!”. You sure can’t! More >>
Scoop Feedback: A Posting From A Nazi
Tuesday, 29 May 2001, 9:28 am | The Scoop Editor
-- From Scoop’s “why on earth did we receive this” mail file. The following email was received by Scoop on Saturday via the Scoop feedback form, before the race riots began in Oldham, Manchester. It appears to emanate from a member of a UK extreme ... More >>
Scoop Link: UK Shooting Mirrors Wallace Case
Thursday, 24 May 2001, 10:41 am | Scoop Link
James Ashley was killed in his Hastings flat in January 1998. The official version was that he was armed and dangerous; he was alleged to be a major drugs dealer, who was ready to kill. More >>
Feedback: Content Is King – Irrational Optimism
Wednesday, 23 May 2001, 10:31 am | Scoop Feedback
Your "Playing Monopoly" [ Sludge Report #67 – Playing Monopoly On The NZ Web ] was an excellent call. I've been net involved for as long as i can remember. I have had an Arpanet/Milnet address since my involvement in Honeywell in 1979 (grin). ... More >>
Scoop Feedback: Who Are True Public Servants?
Monday, 21 May 2001, 11:19 am | Scoop Feedback
The Casino Control Authority has recently indicated that it will be seeking $126,500 from a group who opposed the Riverside Casino in Hamilton. This group is made up 14 Hamilton citizens and organisations, including a few local churches. These people ... More >>
TheOneRing.net Takes Scoop To Cannes
Wednesday, 9 May 2001, 9:30 am | The Scoop Editor
Scoop is pleased to report that our content partner http://theonering.net has been invited by NewLine Cinema to Peter Jackson’s publicity fest for his Lord of The Rings trilogy in Cannes, France. More >>
Qantas New Zealand services grind to a halt
Saturday, 21 April 2001, 8:35 am | The Scoop Editor
Qantas New Zealand's operator Tasman Pacific has gone into receivership leaving the airline's fleet on the ground and passengers stranded as of today, 21 April. Earlier this month Qantas Airways Limited had entered discussions to purchase the franchise. More >>
