The Forrester Gallery, Oamaru
By NZB3
Oamaru’s art gallary, The Forrester Gallery, is yet another of New Zealand’s cultural sites that has been mothballed recently. I wont try to figure out what’s going on now but will collect a few newsclippings while they’re still online. “The Forrester Gallery is housed in a spectacular neo-classical building originally constructed in 1884 for the […]
Read more..July 15, 2019
No Culture: The Return of the Primitive
By NZB3
Dan McGlashan (writes for VJM, thus Anarkiwi) makes sage pronouncements from time to time. Yesterday, this: “One man’s ferality is another man’s natural vigour.” I don’t accept that wholesome vigour is the same as feral urges, that it’s just a matter of one or another man’s point of view. But how do we tell one […]
Read more..July 12, 2019
Is gender voluntary or involuntary?
By NZB3
Open Question: Is gender voluntary or involuntary? Well, you know I’m a radical libertarian so you must know I place a very high premium on personal responsibility. To Anarchists a person is held responsible for their own choices and that includes their personality. None of this ‘the devil made me do it’ or ‘I’m not […]
Read more..July 11, 2019
3-Year Ghost Hunt Ends in Kaiapoi
By NZB3
Well I hope these studious and thorough consultants didn’t get paid too much. And, that they at least made some pretence of walking around with survey equipment to earn this pay cheque. An ongoing headache for residents living in Kaiapoi’s Silverstream development is finally over after the Waimakariri District Council confirmed their houses are protected from flooding […]
Read more..July 4, 2019
A Woman’s Privilege to Avoid Prison
By NZB3
Government Ministry for Children Specialist unrepentant about her sexual assault on another woman last year. The female social worker was able to use her woman’s privilege before the law to avoid being imprisoned as a sex criminal. “Judge says a man who committed the same crime would probably have gone to prison.” Tell me more […]
Read more..July 2, 2019
Toy Story 4
By NZB3
No spoiler warnings; That was your spoiler warning. Toy Story 4 did not make my young alibi happy. A sophisticated kid, he blames the director and the writers for the choice to break up the gang. Woody the cowboy toy does something he is not happy with. As for me, I respect the choice. Woody […]
Read more..June 30, 2019
See-through wheelie bins
By NZB3
The secrets to the state of our culture, and that of Australia’s, are clear to see in this story about rubbish. Two City of Adelaide Councillors (both career bureaucrats) are pushing for transparent recycling bins for their city.. “.. a plan to enforce better practices on residents by making them feel embarrassed.” “…effect of making […]
Read more..June 22, 2019
Haeata Community College
By NZB3
Would you let your child (or even your pig) go to a Government School? Haeata Community College in Christchurch is their flagship. News digest… “The opening of Haeata Community College…signposted a new era for schooling in the east. It’s a poster child for big-box classrooms, catering for up to 200 kids in one space.” “It […]
Read more..June 22, 2019
Wont Get Fooled Again
By NZB3
I talked to me about the social reasons for this meme format being prominent at the moment. See here.. Victimhood Culture’s Escalation In this case there are some clear political implications. Trying to sell another war by the usual means (making up lies) but The State is hitting this wall of scepticism. They’re running low […]
Read more..June 17, 2019
Warrant of Fitness
By NZB3
Open Question from Offshore: What jurisdiction requires mechanical testing? Glad that’s not a thing where I’m from… Answer: Yeah, it’s a Regulatory Capture extortion game on the part of the warlords who rule my particular islands down here in the South Pacific. Along with this revenue stream they also collect a permission fee for me […]
Read more..June 5, 2019
