From Beau Bo D’Or a suitable comment to mark 40th anniversary of The Sun.

Nancy Franklin , of The New Yorker, takes a look at Glenn Beck.

The opening gives the flavour:-

If you sensed something of a quiet spell about ten days ago, a lull in the usual media storm, it may have been owing to the fact that Glenn Beck, the energetically hateful, truth-twisting radio and Fox News Channel talk-show host, was absent from the airwaves for a week, to have his appendix removed.

Throughout the year, Beck has gone after Administration officials, repeatedly showing irresponsibly edited video clips, in which they say things that make them easy marks. Sometimes, though, the clips really do raise questions about someone’s judgment or self-awareness, even when you hear a longer version of the comments

So take a look, personally Adam thinks Beck is a ranter saying little worth hearing.

The deal between Hanover and Allied announced this week is extremely complex and will require considerable analysis to understand the impact on the various parties who stand to be affected. These are Allied, Hanover shareholders (Eric Watson and Mark Hotchin) and Hanover debt holders.

Bruce Sheppard – writing yesterday in his blog.

“New Zealand’s largely unexplored petroleum resource could be one of the country’s most significant economic opportunities,” Mr Brownlee said. “The industry has been neglected by successive governments for far too long, and when you see the potential that’s there it’s sort of a little bit of a surprise.”

Report in The Dominion Post. If we followed Noraway’s example and put the money into a sovereign wealth fund, just think what we could do.

If anyone can get this mangy three-legged dog of a law through Parliament it’s National’s Excitable Boy, but I’m starting to wonder whether even Smith himself wishes National hadn’t opposed Labour’s earlier plan of a simple carbon tax quite so vehemently

Colin Espiner blogging at Stuff on the ETS

All entries gratefully welcomed.

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Was that a trougher flying past? No, just another pig, looking for a hidey hole!