MAN OF THE YEAR

I suspect I speak for the majority of folk when I say the Nayland High (Nelson) School teacher surreptitiously filmed repeatedly telling his no-hoper students how “fucking useless” they were, should be declared Man of the Year, even should he lack the pre-requisite qualification of being either a maori, or more commonly, a pretend one. Not for a second do I doubt his explosion was totally justified, indeed in the circumstances arguably he was the voice of moderation. A more rational response would have been to pull out a machine gun and spray the room, which could be described as doing God’s work.

MODERN TIMES

The Dominion-Post recently ran a lengthy article about a young couple who’s little bloke is about to start school. The guts of the piece was the need to build a new school in their burgeoning suburb, their lad for example, having to be driven 3 ks to the nearest one.

THE TRUMP INDICTMENT

The New York state Trump indictment is a disgrace and simply a political beatup. Even the CNN commentary team said as much after his ludicrously over-publicised Court appearance this morning, Coneland time.

ON LANGUAGE

The word “capitalism” is arguably the most mis-used in the English language.

WORLD CLASS WETNESS TO LIGHTEN YOUR DAY

My company owning 21 prime location Wellington CBD office buildings, understandably includes among the circa 500 tenancies numerous government departments. With one particular Department which shall remain unnamed, a world-class wetness phenomenon has arisen, unique to Wellington.