Posts by mark taslov
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In agreement with Rich, people here have pretty much unrestricted access to $2 57% spirits without turning into a nation of pissheads. Capitalism is too restricted in New Zealand wherever you look, and the alcohol issues in New Zealand are nothing to do with price or availability and solely the result of socialization.
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Why feel the shame? It's not so much the sustenance from his daughter's mouth you would have been brandishing as that of one of his soon to be former employee's. Essentially you'd be giving him a fairer indication of what really goes on and better competitive grasp of market realities, which I guess you are doing writing about this here...
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is it just or me or are motorways and roads in general so 20th C? Surely all the selling out the New Zealand government has done since Lange's Labour in privatizing the telecom network, the power grid, various banks, the floating of the dollar, the support in Iraq 1, Afghanistan, tacit support of Iraq 2, the copyright laws, the anti terrorism laws, they've surely by now earned enough brownie points to get a sizeable enough loan to build a decent subway system in Auckland and shake the wheels off the internal combustion engine industry.
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Experts warned the virus could mutate and come back with a vengeance.
Because it could.
"with a vengeance". That's a little more personification than I can take with my morning coffee.
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the noise noticeably interrupted by the video entitled "Are our roads killing fields" detailing the deaths of 15 road deaths in NZ alone in the last 3 days. Simultaneously the media seem to be having a field day punning on the Field trial. This thread has been an often hilarious read. Most interestingly with official death toll now at 19, there are 19 posts for each for individually officially dead. And if you're still unconvinceable as to the panic Giovanni, here's a quote from AP
Experts warned the virus could mutate and come back with a vengeance.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gzz357patY4-QaJFvo9O95zMM_EQD97UGQTG0
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Could somebody kindly point me to panic in the media? Over the last twelve hours I've followed TV One, the radio, the Herald and the DomPost, and they've all been pretty measured and informative. They have a legitimate story to tell and seem to me to be largely on top of it. Or am I missing something?
Perhaps missing the overkill/underkill factor. No less than 20 videos on Stuff.co.nz video page are swine flu related. the number of videos surpassing the current official death toll by one.
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full praise to the irony;
There's an extra bonus for our household: our older boy, who turned 18 earlier this year, gets to vote for the first time in his life. That's more important to me than a Wellington gotcha.
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ok, thanks Eddie and Deep Red.
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How slow is the internet in New Zealand? who is this for apart from gamers?