Archive for September, 2008

Welfare and Violence: The Elephant In The Room

Posted by Luke H on September 28th, 2008

PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Law and Order
Welfare and Violence: The Elephant In The Room

“The headlines in recent days say it all: ‘Stabbing In Central Auckland’ - ‘30 police hunt Wanganui man’s killers’ - ‘Fatal Stabbing In Invercargill’. Horrific violent crimes are shattering the lives of ordinary New Zealanders,” laments Libertarianz spokesman Luke Howison. “According […]

Luke and Libz In The Herald

Posted by Luke H on September 24th, 2008

The article as it appeared in the Herald today (click for larger version).
Yesterday I talked to Craig, a reporter from the Herald, who noticed a Libertarianz sign on Quay St (Well done, Auckland Libz!) with the “As Demanded by Helen Clark, 4 Cromwell Street, Mt Eden, Auckland” label. It was this label that he […]

Part Two: Bottling

Posted by Luke H on September 23rd, 2008

In the previous post, we made full-mash homebrew beer.
Two weeks later, our fermenters have stopped bubbling, and they are full of sweet, sweet beer.

Unfortunately, the beer is flat and warm. What can we do to rectify this unfortunate situation?
Ah yes, we can bottle the beer.

Full-Mash Brewing, Part One

Posted by Luke H on September 21st, 2008

About a year ago I put up a post explaining how to make homebrew beer, the kit way.  Making beer from kits is easy and fast, and you don’t need much equipment.  The beer, however, while easily equal to Tui, Heineken and the like, fails to measure up to the real beers like Duvel and […]

In the line of duty - and fire

Posted by Phil on September 14th, 2008

The police officers killed by Stan Graham in 1941, in the deadliest incident in the history of the New Zealand Police Force.
Last week Sergeant Don Wilkinson, of a secret police unit involved in surveillance of drug manufacturers, was shot dead on a South Auckland street. This was an awful tragedy for the New Zealand police. […]

Election Announced: November 8

Posted by Luke H on September 12th, 2008

Kiwiblog reports that Helen Clark has just announced the election is to be held on November 8.
That gives us eight weeks.
It’s enough to make you vote Libertarianz!

Heroes

Posted by Luke H on September 6th, 2008

This is a cross-post from a thread about heroism at SOLO Passion (Sense of Life Objectivism), an Objectivist forum. I do not identify myself as an Objectivist, merely a libertarian who found Atlas Shrugged inspiring.
I think there are at least two kinds of heroes promoted here: Heroes of talent, who have pushed their […]