Look at the citation on the right of the Copenhagen Diagnosis….see any familiar names…..liars to a man (excuse the pun) and still they lie. They are worse than Neville Chamberlain and his “Peace in our time” declaration
The idiot left, the government and our media are doing the equivalent of sticking their fingers in their ears and shouting lalalalalalalalalalalalalala
“The New Zealand dollar may trade in a range this week “
This is inspirational reporting. Next week, tune into the Fairfax Businesswire website to find out that gas stations may sell gas.
On another note, I note that Barry “Pay for my Content” Colman at the NBR has had his staff steal my image about Mark Hotchin.
I ran my image and their image through an online EXIF viewer. Here are the details for my image and the details for the image at NBR.
Got it, it is the same image.
I published it first. Days ago. See the little note at the bottom of the Gotcha! Site Bazza, That is a copyright notice. The invoice is in the mail for the use of my image, I expect it to be paid.
This is Rodney Hide’s speech on the CLIMATE CHANGE RESPONSE (MODERATED EMISSIONS TRADING) AMENDMENT BILL Second Reading, the bold parts are my edits
Hon RODNEY HIDE (Leader—ACT): Let me be clear about a number of things. First up we have a very, very good Government. Certainly, we have an excellent Government compared with* the Government that we had for the previous 9 years. But even a very good Government can make bad policy. Even a good Government can make bad policy, and with this Climate Change Response (Moderated Emissions Trading) Amendment Bill, we have a very good Government making atrocious policy. Not only do we have a very good Government making atrocious policy but also we have a good Government following an atrocious process. The Ministers of this Government who are voting for this bill and for this process have to accept that responsibility, and so does every member of Parliament who is voting for this legislation today and confirming the process that has been followed. Let me also make it plain that the ACT Party totally opposes having an emissions trading scheme for New Zealand. An emissions trading scheme for New Zealand will hike the costs to business, to farmers, and to hard-working New Zealanders right at the time when we can least afford it. There is no doubt about it, an emissions trading scheme will put up the cost of basic goods and services for ordinary New Zealand families. That is what this bill is doing to New Zealanders, that is what an emissions trading scheme will do, and that is why the ACT Party is the only party prepared to stand up in this House to oppose having an emissions trading scheme. Following the election we had a difficult situation with regard to the emissions trading scheme, because we had National committed to the emissions trading scheme and the ACT Party implacably opposed to it. We agreed to have a comprehensive review through a select committee. What we wanted, and what the select committee was supposed to do, was to do the rational thing for the country: to look at the options and to provide the costs and the benefits. It never happened. To this day this Parliament and the public of New Zealand still have no idea of the cost of this scheme. They have no idea of the cost of an alternative, such as a low-level carbon tax, or the cost of having a simple delay for a couple of years. They know nothing. Then we discovered that the Government had done a deal with the Māori Party in order to put through the select committee the changes that National wanted to make to Labour’s emissions trading scheme.
Charles Chauvel: Disgraceful.
Hon RODNEY HIDE: Well, that was not disgraceful; what was disgraceful was what happened next. That was the true disgrace. At that point, I said on behalf of the ACT Party to the Prime Minister and National that we understood that they did not have the Māori Party’s vote all the way through and that if there was any difficulty with the vote, then they should come and talk to the ACT Party. I said that we opposed the emissions trading scheme, but we were prepared to help the National Government for the good of the country and, indeed, we were prepared to swallow a dead rat. We were prepared to swallow a dead rat in order to get a better result for New Zealand. National never ever* came to the ACT Party in order to discuss the options for the reform or the delay of the emissions trading scheme. National made a decision to commit to the Māori Party and to lose any negotiating power that it might have had. I accept that it is the prerogative of Nick Smith and the Prime Minister to do that. They are the ones with the votes. They are the leaders of this Parliament and this Government, but I say that the result was bad policy. It was atrocious policy and an atrocious process, and New Zealanders were sold out. What have we discovered? We discovered that all of this had to be done in a great rush, ahead of the rest of the world, in order to be done before the talks in Copenhagen. We are ahead of every other country. We discovered today at question time that this deal with the Treaty clause in it was concluded, according to the Minister, only after 1 o’clock yesterday, which was a couple of hours before it was announced. We know from the Minister of Māori Affairs that the deal was concluded only at 12 minutes past 3—presumably, that was when he was told that it had been accepted at Cabinet—which was 18 minutes ahead of the deal being made public. The deal with these five iwi and with the Treaty clause will now be passed under urgency, with no proper parliamentary scrutiny and no public input. It was agreed to only yesterday and it will be passed into law today.
Hon Dr Nick Smit: Tomorrow.Hon RODNEY HIDE: Oh well, it will be passed into law tomorrow, but I say to Dr Smith that we are in urgency thanks to him. I will read this Treaty clause to members: “In order to recognise and respect the Crown’s responsibility to give effect to the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi.” I challenge the Minister for Climate Change Issues* and the Māori Party to stand up in this House and put on record in Parliament what the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi are. If we are to have Parliament giving effect to something, then I think it is quite reasonable to ask what we are giving to effect to in this Parliament. We are not giving effect to the Treaty—actually, if we were giving effect to the Treaty, then we would not be having an emissions trading scheme—but we are giving effect to the principles of the Treaty. I would remind the great National Party, our support party, of National’s position in 2005. It is our job to be remind National of its principles, its position, its philosophy, and its policy. Its policy in 2005 was that the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi were to be expunged from all legislation. Why? Because, according to Dr Don Brash, who was the National leader at the time, the principles of the Treaty were undefined and unnecessary. Here is what Don Brash said in 2005, an election year: “This process”—that is, the process of inserting the principles of the Treaty every which way—“is becoming deeply corrupt, with some requirements for consultation resulting in substantial payments in a system that looks like nothing other than stand-over tactics.” I am sorry to say this, but the National Government, the Prime Minister, and the Minister for Climate Change Issues have allowed themselves to sell out* their voters and their supporters, to insert in legislation the principles of the Treaty that they were opposed to, and to cobble together this deal in the last few minutes before going public. They are ramming through under urgency, with no parliamentary scrutiny or public input, a deal for consultation for the principles to be given effect to and for regulations down the track to be passed. I say that Don Brash was right when he said that this process is becoming deeply corrupt, with some requirements for consultation resulting in substantial payments in a system that looks like nothing other than stand-over tactics.
Rodney Hide should be given the order of New Zealand for that speech. I personally am disgusted by the ramming through of this legisaltion, especially in light of the growing controversy surrounding the manipulation by scientists of data, the lies and obfuscations of leading scientists and the sheer gall of Nick Smith. My straw poll of National MPs suggests that most are deeply uncomfortable with this bill, the process and even the now the science that this bill is supposed to address.
Cactus Kate has done a massive public service and nominated Lisa Lewis for the Veuve Clicquot Business Woman of the year award.
To my mind Lisa Lewis is a real contender rather than the usual set of patsy contestants.
As Cactus says;
Lisa Lewis a true New Zealand entrepreneurial online pioneer of a profession pre-dating that of Madame Clicquot herself.
Lisa can now add “Nominee for Veuve Clicquot Business Woman of the Year 2010″ to her extensive CV. Best of luck Lisa and I trust your adoring public will get in behind you to sway the judges of your mass appeal in not just positively promoting yourself through this event but the event itself with such a high profile figure nominated.
The Application is here in full with the reasons Lisa is deserving to win the award under the strict set criteria and was submitted to organisers last night with the names of two professional referees.
Accordingly a Facebook Group to support Lisa has been set up and you can read her nomination details here.
Ok so you all know that I am growing a moustache this year for Movember. I have decided to put down my razor for one month (November) and help raise awareness and funds for men’s health – specifically prostate cancer and depression in men.
What many people don’t appreciate is that close to 600 men die of prostate cancer each year in New Zealand and one in ten men will experience depression in their lifetime – many of whom don’t seek help. Facts like these as well as being a sufferer of major depressionhave convinced me I should get involved and I am hoping that you will support me.
To sponsor my Mo, you can either:
• Click this link http://nz.movember.com/mospace/17568/ and donate online using your credit card
• Write a cheque payable to ‘Movember’, referencing my Registration Number 17568 and mailing it to: Movember, PO Box 12 708, Wellington 6144
Remember, all donations over $5 are tax deductible.
To join my Movember team go to http://nz.movember.com/register/5840 and follow steps. Once registered you’ll be sent all the information you need to get donations and get growing as part of my Movember team.
Our Team which includes MP Aaron Gilmore is currently ranked #264 in the country. Let’s go for a top 50 finish. Come on loyal readers let’s have some Tory charity.
If you are interested in following the progress of my Mo, click here http://nz.movember.com/mospace/17568/. Also, http://nz.movember.com has heaps of useful information.
Thank you
This is from George Monbiot one biggest warmists.
It’s no use pretending that this isn’t a major blow. The emails extracted by a hacker from the climatic research unit at the University of East Anglia could scarcely be more damaging. I am now convinced that they are genuine, and I’m dismayed and deeply shaken by them.
Yes, the messages were obtained illegally. Yes, all of us say things in emails that would be excruciating if made public. Yes, some of the comments have been taken out of context. But there are some messages that require no spin to make them look bad. There appears to be evidence here of attempts to prevent scientific data from being released, and even to destroy material that was subject to a freedom of information request.
Worse still, some of the emails suggest efforts to prevent the publication of work by climate sceptics, or to keep it out of a report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. I believe that the head of the unit, Phil Jones, should now resign. Some of the data discussed in the emails should be re-analysed.
I apologise. I was too trusting of some of those who provided the evidence I championed. I would have been a better journalist if I had investigated their claims more closely.
The science is corrupted, it is far from settled. What’s the rush Nick and John? Pull back now.
Even warmist Tim Flannery who confronted on Lateline with the emails of the global warming conspiracy, concedes holes in the “science is settled” argument and admits to what he never has before:
We’re dealing with an incomplete understanding of the way the earth system works… When we come to the last few years when we haven’t seen a continuation of that (warming) trend we don’t understand all of the factors that create earth’s climate…We just don’t understand the way the whole system works… See, these people work with models, computer modelling. So when the computer modelling and the real world data disagree you’ve got a very interesting problem… Sure for the last 10 years we’ve gone through a slight cooling trend.
And on these now-admitted uncertainties we must impose massive new taxes, shut entire industries, hand billions to the Russians and Chinese and change the way we live?
The science isn’t settled.
As for the hacking explanation from the dodgy, cheating scientists. How about this then for an explanation? It meets Occam’s Razor perfectly.
Charles of WUWT offers a new and interesting theory of the file: that the file was not “stolen”, it was “found”. See
here. Charles’ epithet: “Never assume malice where stupidity will do”.Here’s his scenario.
The collation of files was made by the university in connection with the FOI appeal – an appeal that they were going to thoroughly document because of all the publicity during the summer. They then used the intranet server to share the file among interested parties for the FOI review on Nov 13.
And then between Nov 13 and Nov 17, someone came along and found this astonishing file sitting on the server. Sound impossible?
Read last summer’s posts on the “Mole” at CRU. Phil Jones had refused to provide station data claiming that it was covered by all sorts of confidentiality agreements (though he couldn’t find the agreements and couldn’t remember who they were with.
One day in late July, I discovered that they had left station data versions from 2003 and 1996 on their server – without webpage links but accessible all the same. They were stale versions of the requested data, but this data was supposedly hugely “confidential”. They were just sitting in cyberspace waiting for someone to download.
Charles hypothesizes that that’s what happened here. No hacker, no mole.
This theory could be disproved one way or another by the university’s FOI department. I’m sure that someone will ask them about their role, if any, in compiling the zip file.
Doesn’t anyone find it funny that those who posted copious extracts of Nicky Hagar’s book based on really stolen emails are now leaping to the defense of these hapless, cheating, lying scientists by denouncing the release of the documents as theft and citing privacy issues. There was no such defense when they published all the juicy details of Don Brash’s emails.
It was the missus’ birthday on Saturday. My mother is in Australia helping my sister after delivering my new nephew (ok his name is Cash…don’t go on about SFNS, I’ve already got a ticking off for that) and so she thought she would send a gift to the missus.
She called up Snob Designer Cupcakes and arranged for a dozen cupcakes to be delivered. The cupcakes look like this one at left with beautiful roses on the top that i think are a mock cream.
Well Mum thought that all was well and didn’t think too much more about it.
The courier however decided to be Mr Klutz and dropped the box. Knowing he had picked up the box from a cake shop he looked inside and saw the carnage. He then decided to take it back to the shop. The owner was beside herself. here was an order than a courier had rooted and it was for a birthday so not much use getting after the date. She was also busy organising her Cupcake Wedding bouquets for several weddings as well.
Still she took the time out to try to contact my father to explain what had happened and also had the foresight to call home, the delivery address she knew of course, and explain what had happened. She told Mrs Whaleoil that she could have a new batch made and delivered to her at 6pm if that was alright. Well we were booked to be out at dinner at that time but this did not deter Janine, the owner. She said they would be delivered to the restaurant if she could just have the address.
At a little after 6pm they were duly delivered and a more beautiful box of designer cupcakes you couldn’t imagine. Little did we know that it was Janine or her partner who had driven from the North Shore to Howick to drop them off. Janine had also left a message on Dad’s cellphone and once he managed to overcomethe technical difficulties of him clearling his own voicemails found that Janine had offered a credit as well as the second delivery.
Well today Dad phoned Janine and told her not to issue the credit note. She had delivered what was ordered on the day specified despite the shortcomings of the courier company.
This is customer service above and beyond the call of duty and Janine deserves to be recognised for that. Outstanding customer service. Other lesser beings might have just thought “oh fuck it” and issued a credit and done nothing else except say sorry and shrug, but not Janine, she thought about the occasion and how much that meant and met her customers requirements even if it meant extra work for her.
So dear readers, please support Janine in her business next time you want to send something special. Her business has the Whaleoil seal of approval.
Oh and Janine, get a new courier company.
That is the first of a set random impertinent questions that the media should be pursuing tonight. Some others would be;
The word from the spies of The Whale is that the Maori party is in deep trouble tonight. Remember that the Maori Party opposed an ETS, now with a few blankets and beads they have been bought off in one of New Zealand’s most outrageously corrupt manglings of our democracy. Thousands of forest owners have today had their wealth destroyed so that a few elite of the maoritocracy can brownmail the government.
I think the Maori Party is going to bust apart. It’s pretty much part of MMP isn’t it? The very same thing happened to the Alliance remember. Jim Anderton sold out the party and the ones with integrity left. Laila Harre, Matt McCarten walked rather than be bought off. The left splits faster than a banana when it comes to tough decisions.
This is a tough decision, one that if it goes through will see Hone Harawira and Rahui Katene essentially disenfranchise and impoverish their iwi forever. That is a decision too far I think for Hone Harawira. The question will be though is how many will split with Hone? The only two Maori party MPs that support the ETS now are Pita Sharples and Tariana Turia. Te Ururoa Flavell is said to be unconvinced.
Interesting times lie ahead, but I don’t think the Maori party can guarantee their 5 seats.
For the terminally stupid investors of Hanover Finance who last year voted in favour of a moratorium on the promise that they would get 100 cents in the dollar back on their investments here is a little lesson that will explain precisely why the moratorium was sought and why you are dumber than a sack of hammers.
The stage managed moratorium play wasn’t for the benefit of the investors, it was purely for the benefit of Mark Hotchin and Eric Watson so they could avoid prosecution. It seems that only Duncan Bridgman at the NBR has realised this;
Last December, Hanover’s 13,800 investors voted to allow the company to continue operating under a moratorium promising a drip-feed of their money over five years.
The deal meant Hanover would escape receivership and investors lost their right to sue the directors personally for any shortfall from sale of properties.
Secured investors were owed $462.5 million; while its main subsidiary United Finance has 2575 secured depositors owed $64.7 million.
Sparing the gory details (the numbers are not yet available) Hanover said yesterday that a “rapid deterioration” in the commercial property market and IFRS requirements had impacted heavily on the company’s result for the year to June 2009.
What! I hear you say. Well there is a two year time period on seeking to “get” Directors and recover inappropriately allocated Directors Fees and that time period is now passed thanks mainly to the moratorium. If the company had been put into receivership a year ago on the advice of many but mainly Bruce Sheppard then Hotchin and Watson may well have been pursued by the receivers to recover monies.
That will not happen now and Watson and Hotchin will most likely stitch up a cosy deal that makes sure they get paid for their shareholding in cash from Allied Farmers and that the investors roll the dice and take shares in the new company in the hope that they can sell and recoup their money. Any fool, though perhaps not the Hanover investors can see that there will be many more sellers than buyers and the likelihood of getting even 20c in the dollar remains remote. Even more likely is that Watson and Hotchin with their great wads of cash will buy up those impoverished investors shareholdings and be back in control within 24 hours of bailing out.
And to be perfectly honest I have little sympathy for the investors, they had the opportunity to realise as least something but they choked and voted for the moratorium. They now suffer their loss at their own hands rather than at the hands of Eric Watson and Mark Hotchin.
