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‘Once Upon a Time in Russia’

Ben Mezrich’s racy story is sub-titled ‘The Rise of the Oligarchs and the Greatest Wealth in History’*. In very short … More

Alexander Litvinenko, Ben Mezrich, Boris Berezovsky, Roman Abramovich, Russian oligarchs, Vladimir Putin

Jab in the Anzus

After stuffing up vaccine supplies, PM (Pleased Minister) Scotty and his merry band have taken to imploring the US government, … More

ANZUS treaty, Pfizer vaccines, Scotty from Marketing

Makaha Mecca

At Makaha Beach on the west coast of Oahu (Hawaii) on December 4th 1969, board rider Greg Noll (Da Bull) … More

Alby Falzon, big wave riding, body surfing, Greg Noll, Makaha Beach Hawaii

Our Afghanistan: War Weary

The US announcement of its 11 September withdrawal of armed forces from Afghanistan was followed a few days later by … More

Afghanistan war, Chris Barrie, Henry Reynolds, Malalai Joya, Unnecessary Wars

Zero Emissions Net

As President Biden gets the USA set to re-join the Paris climate accords and declare a target of net zero … More

Paris climate accords, Scotty from Marketing, zero net emissions

Jumbo Jets Out

On 22 July the last Qantas Boeing 747-400 departed Sydney Airport on its final flight to retirement in the Mojave … More

Qantas 747-400, QF7474, Spirit of Australia

Facts & Science

The U.S. Buffoon-in-Chief said last Friday: “The facts are going to determine what I do”.  Such gross irony was apparently … More

Adani, Anthony Fauci, carbon pollution reduction, climate change, Dr Brendan Murphy, Scotty from Marketing, Trump

Republican Party Mea Culpa

Stuart Stevens is a Republican ‘consultant’, whose book about the Republican Party, It Was All a Lie, will be published … More

coronavirus, Republican Party, Stuart Stevens, The Washington Post

Planetary Health & Pandemic

A KC team recently travelled in the south of the North Island, blissfully ignorant like the NZ government, of the … More

COVID-19, New Zealand, pandemics, Planetary health

‘Sovietistan’

‘A Journey Through Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan’ The book by Erika Fatland was recently translated into English from … More

Erika Fatland, Kazakhstan, Kygyzstan, Samarkand, Sovietistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan

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