I find it ironic that Mr Martyn Bradbury snivels about there being not enough Police on Queen Street.

He said that years ago police would be out in force dealing with anyone causing trouble.

“I used to watch the old school police coming in with the paddy wagon, the pushy-shove type of police. But in the last six months they’ve dissipated overnight.

“There are a lot of foot patrols during the day, but after 8pm you don’t see them like you used to.”

However, police say they are out in force and have dedicated significant resources to covering the worst areas in the CBD.

Is this the same snivelly Martyn Bradbury who constantly posts anti-police propaganda as represented in the image on the linked post?

Martyn “DBD” Bradbury better hope that the cops don’t remember his anti-police tirades and decided that wee Martyn can be left to his own devices when confronted with scum on Queen Street.

Readers will remember that Matt Blomfield laid a complaint with the Police alleging that I was in receipt of stolen property, and that related to a burglary and theft from his office around February 2010.

This morning I received an email request from Constable Marty Guest from North Shore CIU. He asked me to call him.

I did so and had a 30 minute conversation regarding the files I have. It transpired that the February 2010 burglary that Matt Blomfield told the Police was of his office was in fact a burglary of the office of Warren Powell located in the old AGC building in Victoria Street. and that it was Warren Powell who had laid the complaint with the Police, not Matt Blomfield.

Once again Matt Blomfield has lied. Once again he has been found out.

When I started pointing out the details of the items on the burglary report including specific items like the $17,000 Shag painting he soon realised that I knew an awful lot more about the case than he did, including what was actually stolen.

The conversation was pleasant and wide-ranging. But the bottom line was Matt Blomfield had fabricated a complaint and the poor Constable was now in the middle of it all.

Later this afternoon Constable Guest rang me back to tell me that this was really a civil matter and since the files I had were copies and that I didn’t have possession of the originals even though I know who does I was not doing anything illegal. As far as he was concerned and that of his superiors it was a civil matter.

He did warn me that I should not in any way agree to meet Matt Blomfield…I didn’t find this strange at all considering his previous record of violence and intimidation.

We discussed how I could arrange the return of some personal items that are unrelated to the investigation that I am conducting into the nefarious life of Matt Blomfield. I have agreed to courier those items to North Shore police. I have also agreed to provide a copy of some personal data if Matt Blomfield supplies a portable Hard Drive.

The bottom line is the Police do not believe that I have any stolen information and they consider this to be a civil matter.

No doubt the 142 emails that Matt Blomfield has previously sent to and mention North Shore Police that I discussed with Constable Guest may have given them an indication that Matt Blomfield has form when it comes to paying vexatious complaints with authorities.

Matt Blomfield however should not expect that to be the end of his dealings with the Police, as there is a small matter of conversion of a digger, truck & boat (still at large).

ᔥ CNN

There are giggles in the Middle East over the new French PM’s name. Apparently Monsieur Ayrault’s surname sounds a bit like the word for “penis”.

ᔥ Stuff.co.nz

The Bill Liu case is now before the courts and boy some intersting stuff is coming to light. It certainly looks like Bill Liu is throwing Shane Jones under the bus:

A Chinese millionaire on trial in the High Court at Auckland for fraud boasted to immigration officials that he had MP friends who would ensure he got citizenship.

The high-ranking officials were stunned when then Cabinet minister Shane Jones approved the application one day after getting his file. They were certain Yong Ming Yan, also known as Bill Liu, who had been red-flagged by Interpol, stood little chance.

But Yan leaned back in his chair, with his arms behind his head, and said he was 99 per cent confident he would get citizenship, the court was told yesterday.

“He said he had a lot of support from members of Parliament … he was going to take them to China,” Internal Affairs case officer Olele Johannes Gambo said.

If proven, the allegation of special treatment would be serious enough to warrant investigation by the police.

Yan was granted citizenship by Mr Jones in 2008, after officials repeatedly told him that Yan failed a required good character test, the court was told.

Mr Gambo said that when Yan was told he could not have citizenship, he said friends in Parliament would ensure he got it.

Mr Jones, who refused to comment on the allegations last night, was named in court with former Labour MP Dover Samuels.

The court was told Yan was sworn in as a citizen within a day of Mr Jones approving citizenship.

Yan had gained permanent residency and applied for citizenship in April 2008.

There was “a lot of pressure for us to complete the file”, Mr Gambo told the court.

It was clear Yan would fail the good character test. He was wanted on Interpol Red Notices based on arrest warrants issued in China.

The file went to Mr Jones on May 23, 2008. Yan was sworn in as a New Zealander the next day. “It is very unusual,” Mr Gambo said.

I’d say Shane jones is in an awful spot of bother, but so too will be a few other Labour MPs who were ministers at the time.

While the opposition moans about baskets of fruit it appears that the real corruption scandal is being read out in our courts right now.

Learning english and korean is so much fun.

ᔥ NZ Herald

Apparently J-lo is the world’s most powerful celebrity:

Jennifer Lopez is the world’s most powerful celebrity, according to Forbes magazine in a rankings based on a combination of earnings, press coverage and internet presence.

Lopez headed the 100-strong list, up from 50th last year, while her American Idol colleague Ryan Seacrest was 29th. Lady Gaga, the pop singer, came in at No. 5, toppled from her top perch last year.

Television presenter Oprah Winfrey was second, followed by teen heartthrob Justin Bieber at third and singer Rihanna at fourth.

Many on the list  showed business acumen as well as stage talent, Forbes said. For example, Bieber “is also a serious investor, with stakes in a dozen companies that appeal to his tech savvy, including a chunk of Spotify”.

Righto, let’s see her stare down the Iranians when they threaten to block the gulf and see how she gets on then int he power stakes.

ᔥ Sky News

No wonder Julia Gillard is getting pasted in the polls and looks likely to send a corrupt and inept Labor Party to the opposition benches for a long stretch.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard and union leaders have promised ACTU conference delegates they will rescue Australia’s shrinking, scandal-ridden trade union movement by enforcing zero tolerance for corrupt practices.

Unions are failing just like the churches are losing membership. Unions are corrupt. Churches cover up boy buggering. This is not the central problem, the central problem is many people in society no longer see a need for ideology at the expense of pragmatism.

Someone needs to get through to Julia her job is to lead Australia, not protect the corrupt union movement. If she really cared about the unions she would have sorted out Craig Thomson rather than keeping him in parliament to preserve her majority.

I don’t believe New Zealand unions are all law abiding, honest and abhor corruption either.  We will have our own union scandal, and it will be matched with a scandal that our lazy, bias mainstream media have not dug into obvious stories.  We have the Meatworkers who have hidden $4m per year from members and authorities and no one in the MSM has yet investigated “shed funds” which would be a good starting point for these guys.

ᔥ The Independent

About time someone held this eco-terrorist to account.

An anti-whaling activist, famed for televised confrontations with fishermen, has been arrested for allegedly attempting to use his boat to sink an illegal shark fishing vessel off the coast of Guatemala.

ᔥ Sydney Morning Herald

Bill Shorten, after recently denying his missus had done a runner due to a little problem with a secretary and an unplanned pregnancy, decided to raise a whole heap of money for Tony Abbott. Unfortunately for Bill he is on the other side to Tony, being a former union boss and a member of the Gillard cabinet.

The government has turned on the BHP Billiton chairman, Jac Nasser, suggesting he clean up his own backyard before blaming the workplace relations laws for the increase in industrial disputes in the mining sector.

The Workplace Relations Minister, Bill Shorten, said claims that killing Labor’s Fair Work Act, which replaced WorkChoices, would boost productivity and economic growth was ”a conservative fantasy”.

”That is a lie and should be called for the lie it is,” he said.

On Wednesday, Mr Nasser delivered a blistering attack on the government’s industrial relations and taxation policies, saying they were fuelling investment uncertainty.

Some friendly Liberal bag man will likely being having a word to BHP and Jac Nasser in the very near future.