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https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-police-knew-coercing-photographs.html No Right Turn: The police knew coercing photographs from kids was illegal In September last year, the Privacy Commissioner and Independent Police Conduct Authority issued a joint report on their investigation into... no right turnthe police https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2004/08/more-no-fly-madness.html No Right Turn: More "no-fly" madness Via CalPundit : More evidence that the Department of Homeland Security's "no-fly" list targets Greens and Democrats : The Senate Judicia... no right turnflymadness https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2012/03/institutionalised-misogyny-in-uk.html No Right Turn: Institutionalised misogyny in the UK On 28 November 2009, a UK woman was savagely raped by her husband. She called the police, and they arrested him. But before he was tried, ... no right turnin theinstitutionalisedmisogynyuk https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2015/02/sky-city-tried-to-cheat-us-right-from.html No Right Turn: Sky City tried to cheat us right from the beginning So, it turns out that Sky City's surprise "cost overrun" on their crony-deal convention centre was their plan all along, and that the govern... no right turnsky city https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2014/11/should-labour-really-chase-rich.html?m=1 No Right Turn: Should Labour really chase the rich? I've complained in the past about how National presents a distored picture of our society, talking of people on "modest" incomes of $100,000... no right turnlabourreallychaserich https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2004/10/tamihere.html No Right Turn: Tamihere What to say about John Tamihere's latest scandal? Firstly, the issue of tax may very well be a misunderstanding: Tamihere may have thought... no right turn https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2012/12/new-fisk.html?m=0 No Right Turn: New Fisk Both Arab and Jew lived in the original Palestine. Why, Moshe Dayan asks, can't they do so again? A historic triumph: Palestine is recognis... no right turnnewfisk https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2009/02/overseeing-police.html No Right Turn: Overseeing the police? In March 2007, the Commission of Inquiry into Police Conduct issued its final report into sexual assaults by police. In addition to makin... no right turnoverseeingpolice https://dmv-permit-test.com/wkkohrs/road-signs/no-right-turn-on-red-sign No Right Turn On Red Sign (Meaning, Color, Shape) Everything you need to know about the No Right Turn On Red traffic sign. What does it mean? Definition, type of sign, what to do and more. Take a free DMV... right turn on redsignmeaningcolorshape https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2008/01/climate-change-false-goal-of-emissions.html?m=0 No Right Turn: Climate change: the false goal of emissions intensity Over on PASystem, Don Christie asks the obvious question in response to our dismal progress on reducing emissions: "what about emissions int... no right turnclimate change https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2007/10/deferred.html?m=0 No Right Turn: Deferred Looking at the list of bills before select committees , it seems that Jeanette Fitzsimons' Resource Management (Climate Protection) Amendmen... no right turndeferred https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2007/09/closer-look-national-on-health.html No Right Turn: A closer look: National on health On Wednesday, the National Party released the first glimpse of its health policy, a discussion paper [PDF] promising "Better, Sooner, More ... no right turna closer looknationalhealth https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2013/07/members-day.html No Right Turn: Member's day After being delayed by urgency last week, today is a Member's day - and one that promises a few fireworks. After the committee stage of Mark... no right turnmemberday https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2006/02/labour-overspending.html No Right Turn: Labour overspending Oh dear. It seems that the Labour Party overspent its election budget, and has been referred to police . This is serious : s 214B (3) of t... no right turnlabouroverspending https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2005/01/alternative-vision.html?m=0 No Right Turn: An alternative vision Sock Thief links to an interesting article in the LA Weekly, A Vision of Our Own: Four ideas for the left to redefine itself , by John Powe... no right turnalternativevision https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2007/12/election-funding-nationals-fillibuster.html?m=0 No Right Turn: Election funding: National's fillibuster Earlier in the week, Bill English promised that National would not fillibuster the Electoral Finance Bill , but rather would be "constructiv... no right turnelection fundingnational https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2008/09/new-fisk_26.html?m=0 No Right Turn: New Fisk Six years in Guantanamo no right turnnewfisk https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2024/05/police-dont-fight-crime.html No Right Turn: Police don't fight crime What are police for? "Fighting crime" is the obvious answer. If there's a burglary, they should show up and investigate. Ditto if there's a ... no right turnpolicefightcrime https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2013/01/fiji-bad-sign.html?m=0 No Right Turn: Fiji: A bad sign For the past year, an independent Constitution Commission appointed by Fiji's military regime has been overseeing the drafting of a new cons... no right turnfijibadsign https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2025/09/a-clear-message.html No Right Turn: A clear message There's an election next year, and we're already seeing the usual posturing about who will work with who. Today it's Labour refusing to work... no right turnclearmessage https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2014/11/tonga-votes.html No Right Turn: Tonga votes Tongans went to the polls yesterday in their second election since the 2010 democratic reforms - and threw out most of their Parliament , r... no right turntongavotes https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2005/06/not-good-enough.html?m=1 No Right Turn: Not good enough Parliament's Standing Orders Committee has reported back on the Members of Parliament (Pecuniary Interests) Bill and confirmed that it will... no right turnnot goodenough https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2011/03/ignorant-redneck.html No Right Turn: An ignorant redneck That's the only way to describe ACT MP Hilary Calvert. Quite apart from her simply strange claim that Maori couldn't have any rights in the... no right turnignorantredneck https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2016/12/yaaarrrr.html No Right Turn: Yaaarrrr! Back in October, Iceland went to the polls in a snap-election, and elected the Pirate Party as its third-largest party. Now, they've been ... no right turn https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2021/12/the-police-kill-again.html No Right Turn: The police kill again On Monday, the Police put a man in a coma during an arrest . Today, he died . The cause? Earlier, police said the initial information indic... no right turnthe policekill https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2007/12/60-years-of-human-rights.html?m=0 No Right Turn: 60 years of human rights Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of... no right turnyearshumanrights https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2013/05/upwards-redistribution.html?m=0 No Right Turn: Upwards redistribution I've talked previously about privatisation as "upwards redistribution". What does that mean? To give a topical example, yesterday Mighty Ri... no right turnupwardsredistribution https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2011/09/breakthrough-for-pirate-party.html No Right Turn: A breakthrough for the Pirate Party? Berliners went to the polls on Sunday in state elections , and delivered the usual result for a state election in Germany at the moment: the... no right turnfor thebreakthroughpirateparty https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2007/04/new-part-kiwi-blog.html?m=1 No Right Turn: New part-kiwi blog Ethical Martini , by a pair of journalism lecturers, one in Auckland, one in Hobart. no right turnnewpartkiwiblog https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2008/06/berlusconi-strikes-again.html No Right Turn: Berlusconi strikes again Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has a problem: he's currently on trial for corruption in Milan for allegedly bribing a witness in a... no right turnberlusconistrikes https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2019/03/the-fear-of-good-example.html No Right Turn: The fear of a good example Over the Tasman, the racist One Nation has been caught soliciting donations from the US NRA . Naturally, they've complained to police and AS... no right turnthe feargoodexample https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2014/11/lying-their-way-to-crackdown.html No Right Turn: Lying their way to a crackdown Back in August, the government unveilled a crackdown on gangs , with new powers, dedicated taskforces and millions of dollars of extra fundi... no right turnto alyingwaycrackdown https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2006/08/contradiction.html?m=1 No Right Turn: Contradiction? The Herald is reporting that a letter from the Solicitor-General's office contradicts political parties' claims that political spending wa... no right turncontradiction https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-neazor-report.html?m=0 No Right Turn: The Neazor report The Neazor report into the GCSB's unlawful spying on Kim Dotcom has been released . You can read it here [PDF]. The short version? The G... no right turnreport https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2015/12/lying-aussies.html?m=0 No Right Turn: Lying Aussies Remember when John Key assured us that kiwis being detained in Australian gulags could safely return "home" to New Zealand and pursue their ... no right turnlyingaussies https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2009/11/new-zealand-looks-other-way-on-war.html No Right Turn: New Zealand looks the other way on war crimes in Gaza Back in September, the UN Human Rights Council's factfinding mission to Gaza found that both Israel and Palestinian militants committed war ... no right turn https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2014/12/new-fisk_30.html No Right Turn: New Fisk A timely reminder of the bloody anniversary we all forgot no right turnnewfisk https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2012/08/getting-out-of-afghanistan.html?m=1 No Right Turn: Getting out of Afghanistan So, its now official, New Zealand troops will be leaving Afghanistan in April 2013 : He also gave more details around the Government's lik... no right turngetting out ofafghanistan https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2014/11/new-fisk_13.html?m=1 No Right Turn: New Fisk Isis in Syria: In the shadow of death, a few thousand Christians remain to defy the militants no right turnnewfisk https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2005/01/seditious-question.html No Right Turn: A seditious question If Prince Harry excites disaffection against the royal family by behaving like an arse, is it sedition? no right turnseditiousquestion https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2015/06/no-press-freedom-in-turkey.html?m=1 No Right Turn: No press freedom in Turkey In the USA, if you blow the whistle on government lies and wrongdoing, they prosecute you as a spy. Sadly, it appears to be the same in Turk... no right turnpress freedomturkey https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2025/08/ No Right Turn: August 2025 Irredeemably Liberal no right turnaugust https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2013/06/muppets.html No Right Turn: Muppets So, it turns out that the GCSB can't even source a PDF correctly : the government decided to set up a special website for the New Zealand I... no right turnmuppets https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2008/09/banned.html No Right Turn: Banned Ricahrd Dawkins' website, richarddawkins.net , has been banned in Turkey . Why? Because he called a Turkish creationist's book "prepostero... no right turnbanned https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2010/06/prison-slave-labour-breaches.html No Right Turn: Prison slave labour breaches international law As part of its Inmate Employment program, the Corrections Department rents out prisoners to councils or private businesses to work outside p... no right turnslave labourprisonbreachesinternational https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2014/04/how-convenient.html?m=1 No Right Turn: How convenient A team of UN investigators has been refused permission to enter Nauru to investigate Australia's gulag there : The Nauru government has tol... no right turnconvenient https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2018/09/dishonest.html?m=1 No Right Turn: Dishonest Clare Curran quit today. But just this morning, the Prime Minister was knowingly lying to us about it on the radio : Jacinda Ardern insiste... no right turndishonest https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2017/09/nzdf-lied-to-us.html?m=0 No Right Turn: NZDF lied to us Stuff has a followup piece from The Valley , exposing the NZDF PR machine in action. Back in 2013, when they released the findings of their... no right turnnzdfliedus https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2005/12/no-life.html No Right Turn: No life With everybody else buggering off for the holidays, I'd just like to repeat what I said at this time last year: I am a sad bastard with ... no right turnlife https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2007/08/labour-is-two-faced-on-climate-change.html No Right Turn: Labour is two-faced on climate change Publicly, the New Zealand government is committed to action on climate change. After fifteen years of foot-dragging, they finally seem to b... no right turntwo facedlabourclimatechange https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2023/09/climate-change-auction-fails-again.html No Right Turn: Climate Change: The auction fails again! There was another ETS auction this morning, and like the other two this year, it failed to clear , with no bids above the confidential reser... no right turnclimate changethe auctionfails https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2010/09/rare-unity-indeed.html No Right Turn: Rare unity indeed Over on Red Alert, labour's Brendon Burns praises Parliament's "rare unity" in passing the Canterbury Earthquake Response and Recovery Act .... no right turnrareunityindeed https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2008/05/climate-change-greens-on-ets.html No Right Turn: Climate change: the Greens on the ETS Following the government's cowardly backdown on the climate change , the Greens made it clear that they would not support an environmentally... no right turnclimate changethe greensets https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2022/11/ No Right Turn: November 2022 Irredeemably Liberal no right turnnovember https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2005/07/acc-reaches-new-nadir.html No Right Turn: ACC reaches a new nadir The Accident Compensation Corporation is supposed to provide New Zealanders with public-funded insurance against accidents in the workplace ... no right turna newaccreachesnadir https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-same-problems-everywhere.html?m=0 No Right Turn: The same problems everywhere One of the problems exposed by the GCSB's illegal spying is that their "watchdog" - the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security - is ... no right turnthe sameproblemseverywhere https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2012/05/nationals-big-lie.html No Right Turn: National's Big Lie National's Big Lie since taking office has been to blame Labour (which consistently ran surpluses - a fact national complained loudly about ... no right turnnationalbiglie https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2024/07/climate-change-first-monitoring-report.html No Right Turn: Climate Change: The first monitoring report He Pou a Rangi has published its first annual monitoring report under the Zero Carbon Act . The report is part of the Act's accountability m... no right turnclimate changethe firstmonitoringreport https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2013/05/disproportionate-and-stupid.html?m=0 No Right Turn: Disproportionate and stupid So, the government has considered refusing to renew the passports of student loan debtors : Yesterday appearing before the finance and expe... no right turndisproportionatestupid https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2009/08/more-on-graham.html No Right Turn: More on Graham In the Herald this morning, former Cabinet Minister Doug Graham claimed that he left Parliament with "hardly any money" . So what was he e... no right turnmore ongraham https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2021/01/doing-minimum.html?m=0 No Right Turn: Doing the minimum The Climate Change Commission is due to release its draft budgets and emissions reduction plans on Monday Sunday , which will hopefully put... no right turnminimum https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2012/09/national-lied-to-us-over-westpac.html No Right Turn: National lied to us over Westpac corruption Last year, in the wake of pointed questions from the Greens about Ministers accepting corporate hospitality from Westpac , John Key promised... no right turnto usnationalliedwestpac https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2015/06/ No Right Turn: June 2015 Irredeemably Liberal no right turnjune https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2005/08/worse-and-worse.html No Right Turn: Worse and worse First we find out that the London Metropolitan Police lied to the public about the execution of Jean Charles de Menezes; now we discover th... no right turnworse https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2010/05/bruce-emery-redux.html?m=0 No Right Turn: Bruce Emery redux Two people deliberately arm themselves and go out on the streets. They come across a group of people who meet their definition of "enemy" a... no right turnbruceemeryredux https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2007/03/mauritania-votes.html No Right Turn: Mauritania votes Mauritania went to the polls yesterday in what are being billed as the first real elections since independence in 1960. There probably won... no right turnmauritaniavotes https://www.tenttablechair.com/equipment.asp?action=category&category=11&key=BARRISIGNR No right turn sign rentals Dallas TX | Where to rent no right turn sign in Dallas Texas, Fort... Looking for no right turn sign rentals in Dallas TX? Browse our extensive online rental catalog or call us now about our no right turn sign. | Tent Table Chair... no right turnwhere to rent https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2007/05/whos-next.html No Right Turn: Who's next? Yesterday saw some amusing snark from Peter Dunne over Gordon Copeland's leap of faith, with Dunne reminding people that Copeland - a self-... no right turnnext https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2017/11/more-good-riddance.html No Right Turn: More good riddance National's privacy-invading social investment approach is now "under review" : The big-data, intricate-detail approach to lifting vulnerabl... no right turngood https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2011/12/inconsistent.html?m=0 No Right Turn: Inconsistent Just before the election, in a fairly transparent display of kicking criminals for votes , the government introduced the Prisoners' and Vict... no right turninconsistent https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2012/03/more-information-thuggery.html No Right Turn: More information thuggery Today in Parliament, Labour MP Lianne Dalziel asked some questions about the fairness of the government's bailout for red zone property-own... no right turnmore informationthuggery https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-cost-of-irrigation.html No Right Turn: The cost of irrigation At the moment, the government is pushing irrigation and water storage as a way of increasing milk production and boosting the economy. Criti... no right turnthe costirrigation https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2005/01/trigger-happy.html No Right Turn: Trigger-happy Another day, another group of innocent Iraqis dead, killed by trigger-happy US soldiers who seem to regard any Iraqi near the site of a road... no right turntriggerhappy https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2014/09/another-reason-to-support-scottish.html?m=0 No Right Turn: Another reason to support Scottish independence UK Prime Minister David Cameron has denied (for a second time) that he will resign if Scotland votes for independence : Asked on BBC Radio ... no right turnto supportanotherreasonscottish https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2005/11/reducing-transport-emissions.html No Right Turn: Reducing transport emissions As has been pointed out before, policy towards reducing our greenhouse gas emissions has to aim at basically two areas: cars and cows . Of t... no right turnreducingtransportemissions https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2013/01/not-so-neutral-after-all-ii.html No Right Turn: Not so "neutral" after all II One of the great myths of the UK's (and our) constitutional system is that the monarchy is "neutral" and does not involve itself in politics... no right turnnot soafter allneutralii https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2013/05/a-conflict-of-interest.html?m=0 No Right Turn: A conflict of interest One of the core requirements on New Zealand public servants is political neutrality. Public servants must be impartial in enacting the polic... no right turna conflictinterest https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2004/11/new-kiwi-blog_09.html No Right Turn: New kiwi blog no right turnnew kiwiblog https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2012/12/new-fisk_17.html?m=0 No Right Turn: New Fisk Finucane, Sami al-Saadi and Khaled el-Musri: will we once again just 'move on' from the murky conduct of MI6 and the CIA? no right turnnewfisk https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2012/01/pure-greed.html No Right Turn: Pure greed Another day, another excessive local body payrise, this time for Kapiti Coast District Council CEO Pat Dougherty, who scores himself an extr... no right turnpuregreed https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2013/05/foodbanks-are-symptom-of-social-disease.html?m=0 No Right Turn: Foodbanks are a symptom of social disease The Guardian reports that foodbanks now feed half a million people in the UK . Its a shocking indictement on their welfare "reforms", which... no right turnfoodbankssymptomsocialdisease https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2021/06/climate-change-scammed.html?m=0 No Right Turn: Climate Change: Scammed Reading the Climate Change Commission's final advice , the obvious question is why their budgets are so much higher than those proposed in t... no right turnclimate changescammed https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2008/03/so-much-for-never-again.html No Right Turn: So much for "never again" Today, Palestinian militants in the Gaza strip launched rockets at Ashkelon in an indiscriminate campaign against civilians. In response, I... no right turnso muchnever https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2015/06/selling-for-sake-of-selling.html?m=1 No Right Turn: Selling for the sake of selling National wants to sell our state housing stock to Australians : The Government is not ruling out selling a stake in the country's state hou... no right turnfor thesellingsake https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2012/08/numbers-out-of-his-arse.html?m=1 No Right Turn: Numbers out of his arse Remember when the opposition challenged the government on its plans to bribe the rich with taxpayers' money via an asset sales "bonus sche... no right turnout ofnumbersarse https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2022/07/?m=0 No Right Turn: July 2022 Irredeemably Liberal no right turnjuly https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2014/09/a-success-for-advance-voting.html?m=0 No Right Turn: A success for advance voting Back in 2010, Parliament changed the law around advance voting . Where previously you had to make a statutory declaration that you would be ... no right turna successadvancevoting https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2010/12/danger-in-tonga.html?m=0 No Right Turn: Danger in Tonga Things seem to be going off the rails already in Tonga. Last week, the people voted overwhelmingly in favour of the Democratic Party, givin... no right turndangertonga https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2016/07/new-fisk_12.html No Right Turn: New Fisk Rif Aleppo: the decisive battlefield in the Syrian civil war no right turnnewfisk https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2020/07/all-milk-should-be-carbon-neutral.html?m=0 No Right Turn: All milk should be carbon neutral With carbon prices rising, farmers have been squealing about farmland being converted (or rather, restored ) to forest for carbon farming. A... no right turnshould bemilkcarbonneutral https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2006/10/?m=0 No Right Turn: October 2006 Irredeemably Liberal no right turnoctober https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2005/07/augmenting-hansard.html No Right Turn: Augmenting Hansard A reader has pointed me at their Firefox greasemonkey script to augment Hansard . Basically, it sits on top of Firefox and adds photos and ... no right turnaugmentinghansard https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2005/02/not-entirely-fair.html?m=0 No Right Turn: Not entirely fair ObservatioNZ describes the present National party as "Muldoon with monetarism" . WHile I think this is a perfect description of Brash - his... no right turnentirelyfair https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2012/08/?m=0 No Right Turn: August 2012 Irredeemably Liberal no right turnaugust https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2016/09/you-shouldnt-have-to-go-to-court-to-get.html No Right Turn: You shouldn't have to go to court to get the law enforced Two years ago, the Manawatu-Whanganui Regional Council finally approved its "One Plan" after a 10 year struggle . The new regional plan impo... no right turn https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2006/09/terrorists-under-bed.html No Right Turn: Terrorists under the bed Since September 11th, 2002, US government officials have constantly been warning of terror attacks on US soil - particularly around election... no right turnunder theterroristsbed https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2005/06/prosecuting-for-rendition.html?m=0 No Right Turn: Prosecuting for rendition Coverage of extraordinary rendition - the American practice of transfering suspected terrorists to despotic regimes so they can be tortured... no right turnrendition https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2010/01/mlk-day.html No Right Turn: MLK Day Today (American time) is Martin Luther King day , a public holiday to celebrate the life and achievements of the great civil rights leader .... no right turnmlkday https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2007/12/overturning-coup-at-ballot-box.html?m=0 No Right Turn: Overturning a coup at the ballot box Thailand went to the polls today in general elections aimed at restoring democracy in the wake of last year's military coup, and from exit ... no right turna coupat theoverturningballot https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2017/05/labours-list.html No Right Turn: Labour's list After yesterday's clusterfuck, the Labour Party has finally released its list . The most obvious feature is the generational shift within La... no right turnlabourlist