Posts by Ian Dalziel
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Best names in Cricket?
lest we forget the greats...
"The batsman's Holding,
the bowler's Willey..."Perhaps Paul Henry will resurface
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Tony "education is bad for the taxpayer" Ryall
gotta say Ryall on the telly tonight, made me rather angry (chatting with an interviewer in a matching suit) spouting words to the effect that the 220 school boards, parents, etc refusing to implement National Standards were doing so for political reasons...
Jeez, Tony it's not all about you, they are motivated by procedural concerns and by wanting the Ministry of Education to stop making it a political issue and stop acting
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a well read Herring aide...?
No. You're a good fish, a champion swimmer, and I am your grateful and humble disciple (can't think of a fishy substitute...
Never one to shilly-shally Sally,
I'll rise to your alluring bait...Despite the fact that Trout is an anagram
of Tutor, I don't think that they school like
other fish.
The same goes for the Grouper
(though they do keep harems!)I have to admit I am Floundering for a
simply Brill substitute, so all I've got are
these Crappie puns......it's a hard Roe to ho ho ho ho
;- )
PS: I'd keep your serious (Uppercase Sally) comments coming as well... -
Yes, Jimmy Mason -- the child beater's poster boy -- has had his conviction quashed...
[from Scoop] The Supreme Court has allowed his appeal against conviction because of a misdirection by the trial Judge.
Someone should give that Judge
a good clip around the ears!
Or is it just a Masonic conspiracy.... -
I just heard that Rand Paul just won his seat...
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Scrubbers...
... two hours later the neighbour was dead
Aha! That would explain Keith Richards
longevity then......a Rolling Stone gathers no moss!
ps:...as fit as a trout!
he was possibly fishing for a compliment...
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Enter the Kill-dozer...
It is able to monitor the entire globe and is (I argue) an example of ‘dual-use’ technology, that is, technology that can be used to serve both peaceful and military ends.
Maybe it is more "duel-use" as those ends seem oxymoronic - and with global corporations the profit tends to cloud
other concerns...
Is your dissertation available on line or elsewhere, I'd be interested to read it.Article 1 of the Antarctic Treaty pretty well covers the role the military arm of any country can play down there, but there doesn't seem to be any recognition of the footholds of corporations and their obligations.
I note that during the investigation into the death (by methanol poisoning) of the Australian Astrophysicist, Rodney Marks, at the South Pole base in 2000 - the police detective in charge of the investigation criticized the National Science Foundation and contractor Raytheon for failing to co-operate with the investigation. link - which kinda mocks articles 3 and 4 of the Treaty - it would seem that Raytheon and the US National Science Foundation were exercising some aspects of sovereignty by not co-operating...
...coupled with the fact that the US is more and more like a corporation these days, and is becoming beholden to whoever is funding their parlous financial state, are they the right country to be the Depositary Nation...
The Forever Declaration signed last year at the 50th anniversary of the Treaty does reassure that the Treaty will endure - but the rejection of the Convention on the Regulation of Antarctic Mineral Resource Activities (1988) is worrying , while the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty "prohibits all activities relating to mineral resources except scientific", that last caveat could open the door for the mining equivalent of Japan's "Scientific Whaling" programme...
...and heck having yer own satellites to monitor terrestrial resources would be a great foot in the door, jus' sayin...
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Dozer the breaks...
If you open your front door you'll find me asleep on the mat.
I'm just going to get the male,
i hope you're okay with beer
and crisps for breakfast?
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Misery loves company...
No reviving this... (a shameless plug)
Auckland artist, Misery, is auctioning off items from her past on Nov 4 at Shed 2, in Auckland.Plugging on...
Bill Direen (& the Bilders) has his 'Mean Time' release gig scheduled for the Kings Arms on Sunday the 7th November at 3pm!! - with Sandra Bell, Surf Friends and other Powertool Records acts......meanwhile back in a certain alley in Chch:
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Anyone notice that Jonathan King has never returned since asking for the access to The Thread of Doooom?
- Did I hear my name mentioned?The Return of the King, hmmm... *
that's got a Ring to it!
;- Dps: anyone interested in my Hitchhikers Guide... sequel pitch - The Two Towels
*[edit] dang! beaten to the punchline by my betters!
It was the Golden Apples that slowed me down, honest...