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Low-ball share buyer Bernard Whimp in action
This ‘operation’ falls into the same dubious half-light as the murky ‘Domain Registration’ scams where plausible-looking documents offering to register your domain for, er, let’s call it uncompetitive prices are sprayed around looking for suckers. Low-ball share buyer Bernard Whimp has made close to $300,000 through an offer made to Vector shareholders by his limited […]
Speaking what seems to be true re CNN & Tea Party Express
Impressive and worth watching — Rachel Maddow on CNN’s decision to air what they (CNN) described as the ‘OFFICIAL Tea Party response’ to Obama’s State of the Nation speech: CNN presented an alternate reality of their own making, one in which their debate partner officially speaks for the Tea Party and in which the Tea Party […]
The glitch
I mentioned in a comment the news that Rahm Emanuel’s bid for his ‘dream job’ of Mayor of Chicago had hit a snag. Of course the split decision by the Appellate Court to boot him off the ballot for the election is being appealed. (Who wouldn’t?) But now, it appears the narrative is undergoing a […]
NY Times: Dealing With Assange and the Secrets He Spilled
Very interesting article Dealing With Assange and the Secrets He Spilled by Bill Keller in the NY Times. The reporters had begun preliminary work on the Afghanistan field reports, using a large Excel spreadsheet to organize the material, then plugging in search terms and combing the documents for newsworthy content. They had run into a […]
Don McLean
There’s a very nice interview with singer-singwriter Don McLean over at the Sunday Star Times in the lead up to his NZ tour. I like what he says about not ‘explaining’ his lyrics after the fact… “Songwriters should make their statements and move on, maintaining a dignified silence.” I saw him in concert in Wellington […]
Nice bit of work. He shoots, he scores!
I’d heard that Fox News’s photogenic and intelligent host Megyn Kelly (who I have before observed deny reality) categorically denied that Fox News carries pundits and commentators using Nazi rhetoric to hammer political opponents (which we sometimes refer to here as Godwin’s Law). Maybe she’s talking about a different Fox News? Here’s Jon Stewart, playfully […]
A process
From one of my favourite, favourite people on the interwebs, Havi Brooks (theFluentSelf.com) recently: We all have our stuff. We’re all working on our stuff. It’s a process. *Sigh.* So true Havi. Thanks for the reminder. – P PS Havi’s list ‘Some things I have learned about sovereignty‘ is absolutely golden.
Great photo!
An interesting article about Mark Twain impersonators in the New York Times was illustrated with this fabulous photo by Candice Nyando: Read the article at NYTimes.com
Another genuine voice … on Shaun Stenning
More ‘comment’ about Shaun Stenning’s Twalk and the Asian ‘refund movement’ … Ru shares her five ‘lessons learned from his program’ … and asks a few questions which I think will be typical of people caught up in the Shaun Stenning roadshow. Here’s a sneak preview: Lesson 1: “…understand that there’s no such thing as […]
… including but not limited to internet blogs …
For what they’re worth: I make no claims whatsoever about the veracity of these clauses, which were sent to me as part of documentation supposedly prepared to settle the ‘refund movement‘ affecting Shaun Stenning‘s Twalk get-rich-quick-through-the-internet scheme in Indonesia. (Malaysia and Singapore are still in flux, I’ve been told.) The documents, while extraordinary as you’ll […]
Good grief. Like we care.
Sports broadcaster Martin Devlin has outed himself as the “celebrity” in the Auckland disorderly-behaviour name suppression case. I was happier ignorant, thanks stuff.co.nz Here’s a reality check; Devlin said he had been described in the media as a “household name”. “I think we all agree that description is totally inaccurate.” Yup. Much ado about nothing.
Ravenous predator
SURPRISE! Watch this video of Great White sharks using the element of surprise to catch hapless Cape Fur seals who are forced to cross a narrow strip of shark-infested water (literally) to go fishing for their own food. Amazing. (STUNNING 3 min video below the fold)
Goodbye from Keith Olbermann
I rate broadcaster Keith Olbermann highly, especially his eloquence and his passion and his willingness to face, call out and go after hypocrisy. From the New York Times 12:05 a.m. | Keith Olbermann, the highest-rated host on MSNBC, announced abruptly on the air Friday night that he was leaving his show, “Countdown,” immediately. The host, […]
Anonymous comment vs IMPERSONATION
Regular readers of thePaepae.com (and my occasional posts at the PropertyTalk forum) will, I hope, have absorbed my views regarding participation in internet discussions, viz: I believe in speaking in my own name. From my observation, in many cases it seems the anonymity of some commenters on the web seems to encourage them to make […]
CYBER CROOKS – unmasking the real criminals
There’s been considerable discussion recently here on thePaeape.com about so-called internet ‘scams’ and ‘bandits’ and ‘criminals’ … but let’s not lose perspective. The sort of stuff highlighted in today’s NZ Herald technology pages, this report from PandaLabs about selling stolen credit cards — well THAT’S clearly criminal stuff. WASHINGTON – Cyber criminals are selling stolen credit […]
