Author: IdiotSavant

I voted today

From No Right Turn – New Zealand’s liberal blog: Today I voted in the New Zealand general election.  I did not have to queue.  Instead, the whole process took less than five minutes: walk in, present my...

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North Korea wants to conduct a nuclear test

Promoted by Steven D, with added excerpt from BBC story linked at No Right Turn. From No Right Turn – New Zealand’s liberal blog: Great. Just when America is gearing up to bomb Iran, North Korea pops up and announces...

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A "please explain" on torture

From No Right Turn – New Zealand’s liberal blog: As a civilised country, the US is a party to the Convention Against Torture. In addition to not torturing people or subjecting them to cruel, inhuman or degrading...

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Cowardly in the extreme

From No Right Turn – New Zealand’s liberal blog: In May this year, the Uzbek government massacred 700 demonstrators in the town of Andijan.  Following the massacre, the EU imposed “smart sanctions”...

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Getting away with murder

From No Right Turn – New Zealand’s liberal blog. Mark Swanner is a murderer.  In 2003, the CIA interrogator tortured an Iraqi prisoner to death in Abu Ghraib prison.  And yet he continues to walk free,...

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