Owen Glenn is looking pretty good these days. Looks like philanthropy is agreeing with him.
via: Google Search
Tell you what though, I’m not sure why my mates are getting all excited at the thought of rootin’ Nicky Watson. She’s lookin’ a bit rough.
HT: AliceBasil at Reddit
We started our Saturday by paying our respects to Norman Schwarzkopf Jr., the hard-charging US Army general whose forces smashed the Iraqi army in the 1991 Gulf War. He died aged 78. At The Standard 2012 Worst Political Blog Mike Smith is told some home truths about long term grass-roots Labour families heading for the Greens. A quick vid on how to put out a boat fire the Kiwi way is next, followed by a vote for Best Minister. The winner, at 52%, is Judith Collins. The Whale Week That Was summarised all the stories this blog covered in the previous seven days. A quite active Saturday Debate (for the time of year especially) led a post calling for nominations for Best Political Blog. Those who see WOBH as any sort of threat to them (and those that don’t too), should take heed of this Malcolm Tucker quote: “marshal all the media forces of Darkness to hound them to an assisted suicide”. A CNN piece showing Teachers in Utah taking a class on gun use shows some common sense around the gun debate. A reader has taken yesterday’s US Fiscal Cliff graphic and created one for New Zealand – great work. As Cameron Slater predicted from the outset, the Aussie Hoax DJs will not face charges. The NZ Herald continues to amuse – this time a car crashed into a poll. The blog then introduces us to two sexy taxidermists showing you don’t have to look like a front row forward to deal with dead animals. And you’d think we’re picking on an incompetent NZ Herald, and you would be right. This time they have Jesse Ryder beating himself at Eden Park in Wellington. Then a hilarious story about a Queensland woman who fell into the longdrop and was there for two hours before being discovered by her husband. Turns out that during the Falklands War the French tried to send missiles to Argentinia behind Margaret Thatcher‘s back. Commerce first eh? The last post of the day highlights a report of a man holding up a Countdown Supermarket with a hammer. Our readers get fired up about the idea of hammer banning.
Owen Glen used to be Labour’s go-to-guy when they wanted to win an election. That’s before they threw him under the bus. And if you think the above is a slight, check this out:
It’s that time again when having a Queen has some payback – the New Years honours list.
It’s nice to see Paul Holmes recognised for his services to Broadcasting and the Community. Not many would argue that’s undeserved.
Another one “long in the making” is Owen Glenn for putting his money where his mouth is. Shat on from a great height by the Labour party, this man was bigger than that and continues to put hard cash into New Zealand.
Apart from the obvious celebrities, it has someone on the list, without whom – in a matter of speaking – this blog would not exist.
Owen Glenn in setting up his foundation to combat child abuse has commissioned a truly independent inquiry to look into domestic violence.
He could have saved himself some coin and just picked up the phone and asked Mr B….followed up with a quick call to Tariana and Pita to ask about Maori child abuse:
Multi-millionaire Owen Glenn says he will launch an independent inquiry to establish why domestic violence and child abuse remain such major issues in New Zealand.
“The Glenn Inquiry” will be funded through the $80 million Mr Glenn pledged for his foundation in July to fight child abuse in New Zealand.
He said while the Government believes it is doing enough, he is alarmed at the growing statistics that show that there has not yet been any real change.
“This independent inquiry will not be limited to examining the problem and making recommendations for others to consider _ it will produce an evidence-based blueprint for the future, a model that, if adopted, could set New Zealand as a world leader in addressing child abuse and domestic violence.”
Word has it that Owen Glenn is throwing his money around at Lying Len’s Mayoresses ball. I’ve even been told it was that wily (and dangerous to the Right) James Bews-Hair that played matchmaker between his boss and Glenn. All pretty obvious… Len needs the money for next year.
I am guessing that Len must be pretty grumpy with the idiot advisor who thought a public display of cap in hand begging was a good idea. I mean really… what sort of advice is Len getting that it is a good idea to parade a wanabe donor.
With all the discussion around donations over the past few weeks you’d think it would be sensible politics to keep the wooing of Glenn behind closed doors… at least for now.
Now that Brian McClennan, has been sacked mutually agreed to leave the Warriors, we can only hope Owen Glenn chucks a suitcase full of cash at a decent coach.
Tip: Warriors to win this weekend, it always happens after they sack the coach!
During a Kim Hill interview, near the end Owen Glenn gets up Helen Clark and Winston Peters. He is dismissive of Clark and antagonistic towards Winston Peter.
Given the pariah treatment by the hypocrites Helen Clark, Trevor Mallard and Winston Peters – after they had picked his pockets – the big man keeps coming back and doing good things for New Zealand. He is certainly showing up Maori politicians who only ever moan about child abuse but do nothing:
Multimillionaire philanthropist Owen Glenn has committed $80 million to ending child violence and abuse in New Zealand.
Otara, one of the country’s poorest urban centres, will be used as the “pilot” community for the implementation of a series of programmes, and will immediately receive $8m from the Glenn Family Foundation.
John Key got in some good hits today:
