All sources on one page of the New Zealand Herald. Read it and vomit. It’s no coincidence that this cringing, dishonest shit is being peddled on this day, so close to the anniversary of the NY atrocity. And not one item about that.
‘Outcry follows Muslim gargoyle’
‘Tea Party’s Jihad against Muslims’
‘Student attacks Muslim taxi driver in hate crime’

‘EXCLUSIVE: After a Year of Setbacks, U.N. Looks to Take Charge of World’s Agenda

After a year of humiliating setbacks, United Nations Secretary General Ban ki-Moon and about 60 of his top lieutenants — the top brass of the entire U.N. system — spent their Labor Day weekend at a remote Austrian Alpine retreat, discussing ways to put their sprawling organization in charge of the world’s agenda.
Details concerning the two-day, closed-door sessions in the comfortable village of Alpbach were closely guarded. Nonetheless, position papers for the meeting obtained by Fox News indicate that the topics included:
— how to restore “climate change” as a top global priority after the fiasco of last year’s Copenhagen summit;
— how to continue to try to make global redistribution of wealth the real basis of that climate agenda, and widen the discussion further to encompass the idea of “global public goods”;
— how to keep growing U.N. peacekeeping efforts into missions involved in the police, courts, legal systems and other aspects of strife-torn countries;
— how to capitalize on the global tide of migrants from poor nations to rich ones, to encompass a new “international migration governance framework”;
— how to make “clever” use of new technologies to deepen direct ties with what the U.N. calls “civil society,” meaning novel ways to bypass its member nation states and deal directly with constituencies that support U.N. agendas.
………What is at stake, the papers make clear, is not only the alleged betterment of the world, but the U.N.’s soaring ambitions for itself — no matter what roadblocks national sovereignty may throw in its way. source

Gates of Vienna and a fascinating comments thread.

UPDATE: Wabbit intends to commemorate 9/11 in exactly the same way as this estimable gentleman.
UPDATE#2: Carol’s Blog has more.

‘…Since the election, secret talks and deals over the foreshore and seabed have been on-going between National and Maori. Mike Butler, in his Breaking Views blog Who’s Pandering to Whom describes the whole disgraceful process asking, “Who represented the non-iwi sector in Monday’s foreshore-seabed negotiation? (Notice that I wrote “non-iwi”, because this includes the bulk of the Maori population.) Prime Minister John Key was there, of course, with Attorney General Chris Finlayson, who has spent a significant part of his stellar career suing the government on behalf of Ngai Tahu. The Maori Party was there, of course, representing two percent of the party vote. The meeting included Mark Solomon, who is head of the Iwi Leadership Group and represents Ngai Tahu, the tribe that under the agreement could claim virtually the entire South Island foreshore and seabed.”
Who represents the majority of New Zealanders is indeed a very good question. We should have a champion representing us who is not afraid of limiting the influence of a politically powerful minority pressure group, by weighing up their demands against the costs to society as a whole. This role is probably meant to be that of the Attorney General. But how on earth can Chris Finlayson represent non-Maori when he is clearly promoting and representing Maori? The conflicts of interest are surely undeniable…’          source

UPDATE: “In addition, under the proposed law, Iwi will have the right to declare or extend marine reserves, marine mammal sanctuaries, and conservation protected area. They will be given the power to regulate concessions including marine mammal watching, as well as regulate, develop, and veto other business activities. In addition Maori coastal plans will be able to over-ride those of elected local authorities and government agencies.”  Muriel Newman

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And it’s a beauty!

“Greenpeace is known for breaking the law, trespassing, putting other people at risk, and chaining its members to drilling platforms to protest and, more importantly, to reap the capital of publicity. That’s one thing – but it’s quite another to recruit, psychologically manipulate, and exploit a child for the purpose waging psychological war on people who have different opinions. Greenpeace is ratcheting up the level of violence…” source

‘According to a Statistics New Zealand survey of salaries in December 2009, while the average hourly earnings of private sector employees was $23.48, the rate for public sector workers was 38 percent higher at $32.36! Further, the State Services Commission provides information on salary bands which shows that more than 4,700 public servants, who work in the core public service earn over $100,000, with the top salary in the range of $490,000 to $499,999. And when it comes to the 35 chief executives of the ministries and departments, all of them earn over $240,000, with the top earning between $550,000 and $559,000 – although when extras, like pension schemes and vehicles are added in, the top salary rises to a rate of between $600,000 and $609,999.’
Muriel Newman “FINANCIAL TREMORS”

PM of NZ has more on this   UPDATE: ‘The Veteran’ assures us that none of those things on the left hand side of the billboard will come to pass. Nossir. We’re just “scaremongering”.