Ian Wishart's Blog / en-US Fri, 12 Oct 2018 01:23:53 -0700 60 Ian Wishart's Blog / 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg /author_blog_posts/17136275-the-emperor-s-new-bugs-the-dirty-secret-of-reusable-supermarket-bags Wed, 01 Aug 2018 23:02:53 -0700 <![CDATA[The Emperor’s new bugs: the dirty secret of reusable supermarket bags]]> /author_blog_posts/17136275-the-emperor-s-new-bugs-the-dirty-secret-of-reusable-supermarket-bags By Ian Wishart Australia and New Zealand are trying to lead the world in banning so-called ‘single use� plastic bags. The problem is, it’s a feelgood dumb idea. In NZ the supermarket chains are offering

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posted by Ian Wishart on October, 12 ]]> /author_blog_posts/16566361-big-us-crime-podcast-series-investigates-scott-watson-case Thu, 22 Mar 2018 13:28:44 -0700 <![CDATA[Big US crime podcast series investigates Scott Watson case]]> /author_blog_posts/16566361-big-us-crime-podcast-series-investigates-scott-watson-case A popular American crime podcast has turned its sights on New Zealand’s most perplexing double murder � the Scott Watson case. The Generation Why Podcast this week published its conclusions on the disappearance of Marlborough

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posted by Ian Wishart on July, 03 ]]> /author_blog_posts/16422324-prayer-and-politics-abandon-it-at-your-peril Tue, 20 Feb 2018 01:26:18 -0800 <![CDATA[Prayer and politics: abandon it at your peril]]> /author_blog_posts/16422324-prayer-and-politics-abandon-it-at-your-peril By Ian Wishart Andrew Dickens had a fascinating segment on Church and State on Newstalk ZB today, as various lobbyists push for an end to prayer at parliament and council meetings. The average atheist thinks

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posted by Ian Wishart on July, 23 ]]> /author_blog_posts/16238289-fatal-blow-to-scott-watson-doubt-docudrama-angry-mystery-ketch-own Thu, 04 Jan 2018 12:30:56 -0800 <![CDATA[Fatal blow to Scott Watson ‘Doubt� docudrama � angry ‘mystery ketch� owners come forward]]> /author_blog_posts/16238289-fatal-blow-to-scott-watson-doubt-docudrama-angry-mystery-ketch-own The host of the dishonest million dollar TV docudrama “Doubt�, law lecturer Chris Gallavin, has been labelled “disgraceful� by the families that owned the so-called mystery ketch targeted by the show The mystery ketch sightings

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posted by Ian Wishart on July, 01 ]]> /author_blog_posts/16218458-guy-wallace-names-scott-watson-as-mystery-man-in-shock-development Sun, 31 Dec 2017 23:45:41 -0800 <![CDATA[Guy Wallace names Scott Watson as mystery man in shock development]]> /author_blog_posts/16218458-guy-wallace-names-scott-watson-as-mystery-man-in-shock-development [SEE ALSO: free book on case released online, ‘damning evidence’] There’s been a bombshell development in the Scott Watson murder case on the 20th anniversary of the disappearance of Ben Smart and Olivia Hope. Water

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posted by Ian Wishart on July, 03 ]]> /author_blog_posts/16218459-new-evidence-in-scott-watson-case-released-by-investigative-journalist Sun, 31 Dec 2017 20:31:02 -0800 <![CDATA[New evidence in Scott Watson case released by investigative journalist]]> /author_blog_posts/16218459-new-evidence-in-scott-watson-case-released-by-investigative-journalist Journalist and author Ian Wishart has released what he calls ‘damning evidence� against convicted murderer Scott Watson, in a new book on the case published free online to mark the 20th anniversary of the killings.

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posted by Ian Wishart on July, 29 ]]> /author_blog_posts/16214521-the-scott-watson-case-what-really-happened-to-ben-and-olivia Sun, 31 Dec 2017 02:56:54 -0800 <![CDATA[The Scott Watson Case: What Really Happened to Ben and Olivia?]]> /author_blog_posts/16214521-the-scott-watson-case-what-really-happened-to-ben-and-olivia By Ian Wishart Two years ago I wrote the book that blew open the Scott Watson/Ben & Olivia murder case, “Elementary: What Haven’t They Told You?�. Twenty years ago tonight, Ben Smart and Olivia Hope

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posted by Ian Wishart on May, 08 ]]> /author_blog_posts/16094970-consumer-sunscreen-tests-misleading-and-dangerous-warns-researcher Sun, 03 Dec 2017 12:46:33 -0800 <![CDATA[Consumer sunscreen tests ‘misleading and dangerous� warns researcher]]> /author_blog_posts/16094970-consumer-sunscreen-tests-misleading-and-dangerous-warns-researcher A Consumer NZ test of kiwi sunscreen brands is misleading and dangerous, warns a Vitamin D researcher and author, because it ignores an elephant in the room � there’s growing evidence sunscreens don’t actually protect

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posted by Ian Wishart on June, 28 ]]> /author_blog_posts/15988881-israeli-astrophysicist-sums-up-climate-change-evidence Fri, 10 Nov 2017 03:04:25 -0800 <![CDATA[Israeli astrophysicist sums up climate change evidence]]> /author_blog_posts/15988881-israeli-astrophysicist-sums-up-climate-change-evidence Dr. Nir Shaviv’s Scientific Summary for his Cambridge Union debate:  Dr. Shaviv: Let me begin by asking you a question. What is the evidence that people, like the proponents here, use to prove that we humans are

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posted by Ian Wishart on January, 20 ]]> /author_blog_posts/15978901-creating-fakenews-how-news-editors-are-the-harvey-weinsteins-of-climat Wed, 08 Nov 2017 20:59:05 -0800 <![CDATA[Creating #FakeNews: how news editors are the Harvey Weinsteins of Climate Porn]]> /author_blog_posts/15978901-creating-fakenews-how-news-editors-are-the-harvey-weinsteins-of-climat By Ian Wishart We all know about the Hollywood casting couch; well, the news business has one of its own. Young naive ignorant junior journalists are invited in, plied with freebies and told to bend

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