Posts by Ian Dalziel
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Baby of the house on board...
...is taking a looong time to flatten out his stressful 'steep learning curve' it seems...
from May 11 2015:National's youngest MP is steering clear of social media for a while.
Clutha-Southland MP Todd Barclay, 24, has had a steep learning curve since he arrived in Parliament six months ago.
But perhaps the biggest lesson came when he posted a comment on his Facebook page, appearing to ridicule current affairs show Campbell Live.
.... Barclay posted on Facebook: "No surprises that it's only Labour Party MPs scrambling to keep Campbell Live running ... #goodjobmikehosking."
He later took the post down, replacing it with an apology: "I stand corrected, Campbell Live does have a lot of supporters. I guess it's down to personal preference etc."and so on in the same 'vain'
One of his first thoughts was of the impact on his family members, and what they would think.
The incident was representative of the imposition into his private life that had come with being an MP.
..."I think the personal sacrifice is probably the hardest thing, you know, if you've got a mate that's having a flatwarming or something like that and you've got something else on then you can't just say you want to go to the party." -
Hard News: Barclay and arrogance, in reply to linger,
funky...
skunky scungy
dusky musky
right-of-centre scent of
… Lusk. Get Lusky!...or
'Join the Civet Service
and see the whirled....' -
crazy!
Things are looking gnarly for Barclays all over it seems...
http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/world/93900575/british-bank-barclays-criminally-charged-over-21b-qatar-fundraising -
Hard News: Barclay and arrogance, in reply to Russell Brown,
His diction flattens right out when he’s fibbing.
Just heard him (English) saying that 'the police fully investigated it and it was completed' - you can almost hear the 'air quotes' on "completed".
More convenient semantics...
a regular Roget's Gallery! -
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Todd's on his tod now I reckon!
- Barclay has tried to be too clever by half!
...how dare someone with experience criticise him!
He was mentored well in Big Baccy and Bellamy's,
Then he lawyered up early (or at least threatened too).
...and his careful Trumpian 'truthy' answers
along the lines of 'I did not tap that phone'
- and as no one asked if there'd been a dictaphone left on,
he gets away with it... for a while... -
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N27 - living in an antediluvian era?
and what's with all the 'infinity symbols' or are they the moebius strips that define Auckland traffic - once on that road you can never get off...
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You don't need to be a weather man
to know which way the wind blows...... and this site here really does help with that!
It has a neat interface with the whole planet as it is right now!Menu directed overlays for wind, temperature, chemicals, ocean movements.
Zoom in, zoom out, spin around - change the time...Antarctica is a massive generator - endlessly fascinating - as any good planet should be!
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I heard from Paul that the DJ (Killing Capitalism with Kindness) in Berlin played one of Blair Parkes’ early recorded tracks – ’Holding Tide’ from his All Fall Down days – before The Bats played the other night – International proof that good songs never disappear!
It looks like The Bats are having a stonking tour, well received and in full houses!
https://www.facebook.com/thebats.co.nz/ – at the Paradiso in Amsterdam at the moment, Paris, Lille, Leeds, London and Glasgow to go – The Bats Live at Leeds! Oh, how I wish I was there.
