Posts by linger
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Up Front: What if We Held an Election…, in reply to Bart Janssen,
would that stop the "Battle of the Babes" nonsense?
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The next time Key talks about having a "mandate",
could someone please remind him
that his only mandate on record
= John Banks, a cuppa, and a microphone? -
For comparison – the best result I’ve had from a disposable so far:
Iwadono temple, Saitama, November 2008.Hm. Seems not to have attached. That was a .jpg ...
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Capture: Capture One, in reply to Morgan Nichol,
Haven’t used nondisposable cameras for a while
so = surprised to learn that nowthey all seem to have orientation sensors
set to fabulous?
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Hard News: The perils of political confidence, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
Doubtless :-)
It is perhaps part of the job description that a politician will sometimes be a liar and/or a bullshitter. (To be honest, I don't think that's an overly cynical position.)
But if we accept that, then the only thing we have left by which to distinguish the various lying bastards is – how willing are they to acknowledge the truth when they have to? -
not Stop People Acronyming?
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Hard News: The perils of political confidence, in reply to 3410,
it would be fair to call Key a stone cold liar
except it is difficult to remain stone cold while spinning so fast.
The only way Craig's point here might apply to Key is if we are trying to distinguish between a liar (someone who knows the truth, and deliberately distorts it) and a bullshitter (someone who has no idea what the truth is, and just makes shit up). -
One problem with the Brain Grain graphs is that the “half-pie charts” for individual countries’ departures and arrivals show numbers of individuals using, not area, but radius, which is visually quite misleading: a “half-pie” representing twice the number looks four times larger.
(The line plot also available provides a better scaling of that data.) -
Hard News: A week being a long time in politics, in reply to Sacha,
“but you/ your party did too” = the tu quoque fallacy.
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Hard News: The perils of political confidence, in reply to DexterX,
neither Labour nor National have a plan
If that’s how you really see it, then vote for one of the minor parties instead – but please do vote. The default result otherwise is a Parliament in which the major parties are not challenged either to produce a plan, or to adapt their policies to reality.