Posts by stephen clover
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Hard News: Dirty Politics, in reply to Joe Wylie,
If he’s doing it to seek some kind of absolution then he has a way to go.
Yep, from what I have heard and the comments there, as well as this linked blogpost, that particular story is a long way from finished.
Edit: and, durn it, as an alleged military imposter (!?) potentially not the most credible witness for the defence...
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From the "really didn't see that coming" files, Rob Gilchrist On Nicky Hager:
It may come as a surprise but I have the utmost respect for Mr Hager, He doesn’t write ’baseless allegations’, ’what-ifs and fanciful speculation’ Mr Hager is also not a ‘conspiracy theorist‘, he’s just extremely good at finding conspiracies.
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Hard News: Dirty Politics, in reply to Matthew Littlewood,
In fact, the chapter that was most surprising (and disturbing) for me isn’t so much the alleged shenanigans of Slater, Lusk et al- it’s awful, but you wouldn’t expect anything less of them.
Perhaps not. However I can’t understand how they get away with some of it. How, for example, were they able to manoeuvre their guy Mark Mitchell into position as candidate for the Rodney seat? Through publication of complete and utter falsehoods they systematically destroyed the other hopefuls. Why didn’t the party tell them to fuck off and stop corrupting the process!?
Simon Sjorn
Are journalists afraid?
Quite possibly. At 0:37 does John Key basically threaten Patrick Gower that someone has something on him?
You know, if nothing else happens, a great outcome from all this for me would be that Hooton, Farrar, Stephen Franks, Jordan Williams, and anyone else of their ilk never, ever, appear again on RNZ* as “political commentators.” Or in print anywhere. That of course extends to anyone else operating in a similar manner and aligned to, for example, the Labour Party. Probably a pipe dream though, ay?
* And additionally that Jim Mora and his producer(s) are seriously scrutinised since as far as I can remember they first started appearing in that kind of role on The Panel.
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Hard News: Dirty Politics, in reply to nzlemming,
Ok so it seems I may have been a little less than clear with my thoughts last night. I was trying to reason my way to a position where Slater is not a worthless p.o.s. As everything I have ever read and had reported about his behaviour doesn't really align with what I know about clinical depression, and as someone who's suffered at the wrong end of a misdiagnosis in the past, my logic lead me to a speculation that he's misdiagnosed and mis-medicated and that his life may see significant benefit from seeing a different doctor -- and all that that brings.
Can we leave the psychiatry to professionals please?
But yes, it was more-or-less idle speculation and I should have refrained. Apologies to anyone I upset :/
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Hard News: Dirty Politics, in reply to Alfie,
I can't locate that in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
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It is because he is clinically depressed
I really question that diagnosis.
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John Armstrong:
Key, meanwhile, is placing himself at considerable risk. It only requires someone connected with one of the incidents in the book to dispute and disprove the Prime Minister's assertion that it all has "nothing to do with National" for Key to be in serious trouble credibility wise.
David Cunliffe: like this? The Labour Party has released documents it says proves its website was hacked by people working for the National Party. (earlier this afternoon)
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Hard News: Dirty Politics, in reply to Russell Brown,
I had typed a long response but I subsequently deleted that in favour of a simple:
+1
Thanks, Russell.
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Hard News: Dirty Politics, in reply to Kumara Republic,
...shoot that’s probably not allowed...
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Hard News: Dirty Politics, in reply to Dylan Reeve,
unless he were actually named in the book.
* checks index *
Nope ;)