Lord Sutch

Comedy fest review: Tim Batt in Tim Batt saves Planet Earth

Lord Sutch
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Posted on April 30, 2014

I have always had a soft spot for Tim Batt’s comedy. Early on in his career he was compared to me and this made him really upset so he quit comedy for a while.

News

This post will not restore your faith in humanity: Redux

Lord Sutch
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Posted on April 28, 2014

Right back at the beginning of 2014 I wrote an angry post on how Buzzfeed, Cracked and Upworthy were destroying us with ridiculous headlines.

Politics

National’s latest campaign ad

Lord Sutch
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Posted on April 28, 2014

With the announcement of not one, but TWO former tobacco lobbyists as National’s electorate candidates, National has updated its advertising to reflect its priorities.

Humour

Wellington Raw Comedy Quest final: tonight

Tonight at the San Francisco Bath House in Wellington it’s the final of the Wellington Raw Comedy Quest.

Politics

We talked about Kevin

It was a dark and stormy night. The wind was blowing, rain was pouring and I was going to see Kevin Hague.

Writers

Lord Sutch is the founder of the Ruminator.

General

Today is our first birthday so there’s nothing serious to say

What you get today is things that amuse me. Because fuck you, it’s our birthday. I mean I love you all

Young people’s Jewish problem

I’m sure there’s a perfectly reasonable explanation for this, but crikey. Sort it out young people. This is from the recent Young Nats Ball.

Politics, Rights

Hey MSD, stopped being dicks

**UPDATE 2** After my gentle provision of another chance for them to reconsider, MSD has decided that they will play nice.

Tech

A custodial investor: Rod and me

Rod Drury is an entrepreneur. Entrepreneur is a funny old word. It gets bandied around a lot. “Oh if only New Zealand had more…entrepreneurs”. I’m not even sure what it really means.

Humour

Why the Jewish God was a dick and yet so much cooler

I’m of Jewish heritage but I’m not a very good Jew. I eat bacon. Never had a bar mitzvah and I’ve got a foreskin. That’s a terrible way to begin a post, with a reference to my genitals.

General

Ruminator Live?

So a friend of mine who’s a bit of a doyen talked to me about an idea he had for a live show.

Politics

We’re a big fan of Minister Collins. She was the first MP to support us. She wrote the first MP’s guest post for us (get one, get them all!) and though we don’t agree with her politically, she’s always been ready to engage online.