Posts by merc
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Parliamentary reform + meteor strikes Auckland this afternoon = John Key
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Heh, seriously I don't think Der Kommissar is actually allowed to talk to, write to, or otherwise communicate with the Queen.
Mr Key did and was told to sort out Her Cathedral in Christchurch, which he has promptly done. She is after all the head of the Church Of England.
Funny how protocols work eh? Our Parliament is a sham. The day we are allowed to call liar! in Parliament is the day we are free. -
Gerry serves at the behest of the Queen, as do they all. They swear no allegiance to the voters, none at all. Secretly the coalition govt. is trying to behave so terribly that a Republic seems inevitable.
Then, Brownlee for President.
Footnote, would love to join the dots on this deal, http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10820433
Solid Energy is of course, up for sale. -
Hard News: The not-so-Evil Empire, in reply to Steve Ballantyne,
That's been my experience as well since using Macs since '86.
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Interesting,
Under proposals announced by Rupert Murdoch News Corporation is to be split into two operations.
One will be focused on newspapers and one on entertainment.http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10817689
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And subject to NZ On Air approval it will be nearly all taxpayer funded. Isn't it a little weird for TVNZ to be making public service shows for Sky? Or am I being too cynical?
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10817689
Strange Days indeed. And because it's Friday, -
Hard News: Who'd have thought?, in reply to Martin Lindberg,
Good point, the NZ Herald veers towards otherfying* - the old, you are either with us or you are against us, thing. They must think it works, but for whom?
* a trademark of this coalition Govt. as well.
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Hard News: Who'd have thought?, in reply to Lucy Stewart,
A trend in this anonymous NZ Herald writer to be inhumane. (Amended to "this anonymous NZ Herald writer" on afterthought).
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Hard News: Higgs Live!, in reply to Tom Beard,
Billions of dollars but no money for the Technical Writer, ;-) ever the same.
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Hard News: Higgs Live!, in reply to Sacha,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuneiform and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equation
Portable and lasting, unlike our web. /gets esoteric/ ;-)