Posts by Ian Dalziel
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Reorientation and Chinese whipsters, pt II
Colin Espiner comes down on the side of Russel Norman being out of line.
Colin Espiner's sanctimonious twaddlle yesterday is out of step with the Press Editorial today which backs Russel Norman's right to protest, and that the Chinese were in the wrong (and therefore, I assume, so was Key in his grovelling phone call and McCully with his unhelpful input):
... But these economic ties must not obscure the fact that there are differences between us and one of these is New Zealand's strong commitment to human rights, including freedom of speech and the right to protest peacefully.
Instead of berating those who, like Norman, exercise these rights, New Zealand ministers should have firmly reminded the Chinese that in this country, unlike their own nation, these rights are sacrosanct and must be respected by foreign guests.
so I guess Colin will be called to the boardroom, to explain why he is off-song with his masters...
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Tuber or not tuber...
People used to hate and fear potatoes
I am wary of the way their nightshaded eyes follow ya round the room, those evil underground tuber stations...
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Gene Genius...
And to think all that wonderful internal creativity happened without a profit motive
I guess the parasitic economy gene/virus/bacteria was spliced in (or absorbed) much later... yet it may still kill the host - some party, huh!?
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Colin Espiner comes down on the side of Russel Norman being out of line.
in which he says...
The late Rod Donald maintained a silent but dignified protest against the Chinese when he held a Tibetan flag aloft at Parliament. He didn't make a scene.
well that's what Russel Norman was doing, too, until a flying phalanx of Chinese persons got all over him and pushed him back, creating a scene - Espiner seems to have signed up to the Key/McCully "China - Good, Kiwi rights - Bad" school of thought. shame on him and his Fearfacts masters, too...
and he should maybe realise that humour is not his strong suit:
I know it's fashionable to hate the Chinese, and everyone wants a free Tibet.
So much so you'd think they were handing them out in Weetbix packets.WTF!!??
Can't say I agree with his take on "its not appropriate for a politician to be a protester" either - I wonder what did Espiner had to say about the Gaza blockade busting attempt...
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Righto, Grandma.
your monkey's paw is in the post, use it wisely...
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Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully was critical of Dr Norman's action and last night told The New Zealand Herald that Mr Key had telephoned the most senior minister in the visiting Chinese delegation to apologise on Friday night.
He "conveyed his regret that there had been this encounter and expressed the hope that it had not unduly affected what has been a very positive visit," Mr McCully said.The two so-called New Zealanders (aka Gutless Fucks!) mentioned above (Key and McCully) do in no way represent the New Zealand I know or want to live in...
Was there fine print in that "Free Trade" deal we should know about? Obviously not the free and frank exchange of ideas between equals.
Shame on both of them (and English) for their siding with the Chinese - I have no respect for any of them and will actively engage to oust them from power at the next free and democratic (hopefully) election...
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letters salad?
BTA* = Bullshit Detection Ability
Surely BDA - Bad acronym fail?
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The first one in particular is all about luxuriating in the toned, aching body of Bruce W. I suppose you could call it homoerotic, but it seems simpler to just call it erotic.
or maybe homo-erratic
or even homo-operatic... -
. End of the day, my conclusion here is that nature is, indeed, an amazing and awesome thing, for discovering such an efficient optimization algorithm. But humans can improve on it enormously.
is it just me? that final sentence
sends a shiver down my spine!be careful what you wish for...
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ruthless chlorophyllistines...
...You don't really buy those plants, you lease them... Plants get pruned, really there's not much of an argument there...
our li'l green slave leaves...
in the grip of evil salad tongsand Autumn...
ask those leaves
they'll all tell ya,
"I didn't fall,
I wus pushed!"...
making organic plant versions
is wetware - making life (choices)
self powering (solar energy sources & husbandry)taking seed/cuttings
is shareware - making meals
fuel (chemystery energy)making digital versions
is software - making code (instructions)
write & retrieve (consume proprietary
device & power)taking dodgy copies
is wolfware - making money
take, take - (parasitic, karma-draining)
...follow the positive energy transfer...