Hard News: The Disingenuous Press
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I can testify that it was met in Italy by a chorus of "and they should know".
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See also here, where JR Pereira claims to have a "government mandate" to represent the PI community in the Super City transition, and gives unusual accounts of his dealings with govt ministers.
Fiery stuff and great to see a writer laying out so fully her own connection to the story. Regarding the central clash of stories she notes, we now know that "the Minister" the PEDA folk met with was English not Te Heuheu.
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Is this Family Fist's latest promotional video?
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But on a serious note (even though it's Friday)
This take from Tagatapasifika
And this from Pacific Eye Witness......it is strongly supported by the Ministry of Pacific Islands Affairs. So why are Pacific officials from MPIA and the Pacific Affairs Minister all taking their time answering questions on it? What on earth is going on there and since when did they have a right to remain silent?
Why are none of them screaming out in support of this limited liability company? Only the Pacific Affairs Minister is.
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English claims the money was generally for economic development, not just PEDA. Idiot/Savant has a snapshot of the relevant Budget line to show that's a bald-faced lie.
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Idiot/Savant has a snapshot of the relevant Budget line to show that's a bald-faced lie.
Except that that snapshot accounts for $1m, not $4.8m. Where's the other $3.8m gone, exactly? It's not in that picture. I would be very, very hesitant to say that English is lying, or corrupt, or even incompetent, when a significant portion of the disputed sum is not demonstrated as being allocated to PEDA.
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Except that that snapshot accounts for $1m, not $4.8m. Where's the other $3.8m gone, exactly? It's not in that picture.
It's the part that says the funding commitment lasts until the 2013-14 Budget.
This is from the media release from Budget day:
The Budget provides $4.8 million in operating funding over the next four years for the Pacific Economic Development Agency (PEDA), which will significantly improve the economic wellbeing of Pacific people in Auckland.
PEDA helps people develop their business and entrepreneurship skills and is based in Auckland – the world’s largest Polynesian city with two-thirds of New Zealand Pacific Island people.
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Ah. Now it makes sense. That is rather an oversight on B'lingish's part. Shame the media's still all occupied with credit cards and ham sandwiches.
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"oversight" is what they most fear
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Speaking of which, Manukau City Council's policy committee rejects attempted censure motion 13 votes to 2 and rounds on accusers, reports Manukau Courier.
Deputy mayor Gary Troup says the attempts to discredit the integrity of the mayor and council staff are dragging Manukau into the "political gutter".
"We wouldn't be here today if two of our councillors hadn't declared their loyalty to Citizens & Ratepayers and the polls didn't show Len Brown leading by a country mile."
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Councillor David Collings told his eastern suburbs colleagues to stop "making a mountain out of a molehill".
If the Pcard spending was "so serious" why had Mr Ross failed to take any action during his nearly three years as chairman of council's performance and accountability committee, he says.
An "extremely disappointed" audit and risk chairwoman Maggie Burrill asked why Mr Ross had also never raised any concerns as a member of her committee which gets regular reports on Pcard spending.
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Seem the yellow media's feeding frenzy has started to blow back on them. Where's Bob Jones when you need him?
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Seem the yellow media's feeding frenzy has started to blow back on them.
Do hope Mister Speaker is going to be equally hard-arsed with Xi Jinping's "entourage", and make a public statement that nobody has the power to assault New Zealand citizens going about their lawful and legitimate in the grounds of Parliament.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/3825646/MPs-Tibet-protest-flag-removed
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ITA, Craig. As important as China is to us as a trading partner, the fawning and pandering to their sensitivities really does get rather much to bear. At least this wasn't the locals interfering with legitimate protest, unlike APEC, but that doesn't make it any better. If anything it's worse, because it demonstrates a disdain for local laws and customs.
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WTF?
Metaphor. Being figurative. Or is that against your rulebook too Craig?
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Metaphor. Being figurative. Or is that against your rulebook too Craig?
I know exactly what a metaphor is -- just through that one is rather unfortunate and so disproportionate as to be rather tasteless. Your mileage, of course, may vary.
If anything it's worse, because it demonstrates a disdain for local laws and customs.
Not only that, but if DPS officer or official travelling with Key in Beijing has treated a Chinese citizen -- let alone a senior Party member -- like that, the political and media blowback wouldn't be hard to imagine. Doesn't matter who you are, or where, that kind of shit is just not done.
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Oh, but we're very relaxed about it - and the press coverage continues to talk about it as if Norman initiated the "scuffle" and boldly thrust his hand under the boots of Chinese security. Apparently video footage is "insufficient evidence" for the police these days - bit of a waste of time installing all those CCTV cameras then.
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"At the end of the day we will need to reflect on that situation and I guess in future ensure that both the New Zealander's right to express their view and protest is preserved but the dignitary involved doesn't feel their safety and security is compromised," he said.
It's only Chinese pride that was being compromised. You don't deploy an *umbrella* on a genuine security threat, do you?
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And I come that much closer to leaving my party vote blank...
One or two points for the Prime Minister:
1) The Diplomatic Protection Squad and Parliamentary Security are more than competent to address any legitimate "safety and security" concerns in Parliament's grounds on the part of visitors.
We also give the Speaker of the House. not the "entourages" of visiting politicians, the ultimate authority to sanction breeches of the rules in Parliament.
2) Unless Russell Norman has been keeping his mad Jedi ninja skillz under wraps, there's no rational way you could consider his treatment a proportional response to a clear and present danger.
3) And Sacha's right -- the only that was wounded was the pride of a man from a political and social context that regards protesters as an impertinent threat to social and political order.
Well, in this country, we take a slightly different view. The New Zealand Government also expects its legislators, diplomats and civil servants to be absolutely respectful of the laws, protocols and social customs of sovereign nations where they are guests. Think China still has a lot of work to do on the notion that that respect is a two-way street.
4) And last, but not least, I'd like everyone's Prime Minister to take a zero tolerance line on common assault -- no matter who the perpetrator and victim is, no matter where, no matter when or why.
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Meanwhile, the usual suspects in the Kiwibog sewer are entirely predictable.
Fuck Laura Norder -- that stupid Commie Russell Norman deserved everything he got from his comrades, and more. Common assault is A-OK as long as you think the person on the receiving end is a cunt.
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It's not necessarily a minority opinion that Norman "went too far". Says something of our national expectations about hopsitality and the shape of legitimate resistance.
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Oh, and I'm loving DPF's disingenuous (and half-hearted) spin cycle:
The Chinese officials should still have not touched Norman’s flag or person, but you do wonder if Norman was trying to get them to do exactly that by advancing on the Vice-President.
I thought Parliament abolished the provocation defence, but who knew a mouthy ginga with a scrap of fabric could be so damn scary...
It's not necessarily a minority opinion that Norman "went too far". Says something of our national expectations about hopsitality and the shape of legitimate resistance.
@Sacha: Probably got a point there, but I have to wonder if the tide of public opinion/media coverage would be flowing another way if this happened while Hillary Clinton was in town.
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4) And last, but not least, I'd like everyone's Prime Minister to take a zero tolerance line on common assault -- no matter who the perpetrator and victim is, no matter where, no matter when or why.
Hear hear! If only we had a different PM. :)
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Hear hear! If only we had a different PM. :)
Heh... I don't know if the sight of Phil Goff performing trade-based anilingus would be much of an improvement.
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What I saw in the raw footage linked above was Norman "advancing" only to get out from behind the people trying to block him in. Do wonder what might have happened if he had stood still.
You'd think if the Chinese security were working properly with the local DPS, that they would all have been informed who Norman was and what he was likely to do. Presumably he followed protocol and registered his intent to protest with the Speaker's office?
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Where was Keith Locke? Thought he'd be there.
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