Posts by Ian Dalziel
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Hard News: The scandal that keeps on giving, in reply to Bart Janssen,
Cultural change does happen even such an unlikely change as people doing what is right rather than what is profitable.
So there is hope for a Labour win then...
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Hard News: The scandal that keeps on giving, in reply to nzlemming,
The woodwork teacher panels a room...
...to cover Brownlee's (and Ryall and the Cabinet) appointment process rogering...
I posted this on the Press's comments today:
"I've found to date, speaking personally, it's taken me hours rather than days to do what's been put in front of us so far."
The article does not define what constitutes a day - is it in 8 hour blocks, or if they do some work on a day is that therefore a day's pay, I'd also like to know if there are any other "expenses" added to this per diem rate, ie: meals, travel, accommodation - are they all based in Christchurch? and all instantly available to sign off on things so Roger Sutton can get his demanding job done efficiently. Brownlee's blithe disclaimer that "Exceptional times require exceptional measures – this is the largest natural disaster New Zealand has ever faced." is an affront, his cavalier approach possibly constitutes the second largest National disaster. Exceptional measures in this case seem to be more in the order of - "give 'em an inch and they'll take a mile." -
OnPoint: Easy as 1, 2, 22.8 billion, in reply to Steve Barnes,
server chewed...
grits teeth more in frustration than anger
Why, you sir, should just be thankful
that you are endentured...
:- )<aside> has anyone else noticed that National Radio seems to have been replaced by The Breeze this afternoon? </aside>
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Hard News: The scandal that keeps on giving, in reply to 3410,
Currently, the prime minister says that it's "not in the National interest" to talk about the police-central-server-illicit-data-capture scandal, but the Israeli ambassador has just been summoned to appear on Nine To Noon.
And I thought Key had a "no surprises" agreement with all his coalition partners...
...and in case folk are wondering what the jump from News Corp to Israeli intelligence is - see today's Press (also and irrelevantly, formerly a Rupert Murdoch paper) I'm loving the Israeli ambassador's outraged rebuttal - I bet that butter is still solid in his mouth. -
Hard News: Angry and thrilled about Arie, in reply to Islander,
Slightly OT but entirely relevant
and in the same vein, I'm reading a novel by Elizabeth Moon - Speed of Dark - which credits Temple Grandin for insights. With my limited knowledge on the subject of autism/aspergers it seems to give a credible viewpoint - passages like this make think of Arie's view of things:
The policeman who visited our class in high school said the police were there to help us and only people who had done wrong would be scared of them. Jen Brouchard said what I was thinking, that it was hard not to be scared of people who yelled at you and threatened you and could make you lie face-down on the ground, That having a big man waving a gun at you would scare anyone. The policeman got red in the face and said that attitude didn't help. Neither his, I thought, but I knew better than to say so."
Ok so no guns in NZ, I'm finding Lou Arrendale an interesting and engaging character...
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Hard News: The scandal that keeps on giving, in reply to Geoff Lealand,
In terms of cosy relationships....
...and then catching up with his old banking days pals at The Fed, and probably Obama will do the whole "Buddy can you spare a dime" routine...
As Russell points out, his clammy fingers have reached as far as NZ, with the sweet ride Sky have had here,
initially I read this as "...his calumny fingers" which works just as well, now I think about it....
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OnPoint: Easy as 1, 2, 22.8 billion, in reply to Joe Wylie,
...once known in the trade
as the Hillman Hump....that's a super snipe!
;- )<edit> I see Islander has already introduced the car version - I love those early 1938-40 models remind me of an old Rover 12 I used to have, running boards and wind out front windows and everything - spent much of my sixth form year cruising round the summit road and peninsula when we shoulda been in class - I thought I was in Class...
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Hard News: The scandal that keeps on giving, in reply to Grant McDougall,
Murdochs’ and Brooks will probably have been tutored by PR trouts in how to handle and fob off any tough questions, unfortunately.
I hope the MPs grilling them are hard-arse, long-term MPs, not just a bunch of newbie back-benchers.Hmmm - grilled trout, yum!
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The Hatchback of Notre Dame...
My sons names are Morris Oxford
and Austin Cambridge.Dexter, good sturdy names - I'd probably lean towards Riley Elf & Wolseley Hornet, myself
- if my genome were to be driving forward in another vehicle... -
Ruddy hellion...
I think everyone is being mean to Rebekah Brooks because she has red hair.
With her close affiliation to Cameron and political tinkering, perhaps she could be described as a Ginger Groupie...