Posts by Russell Brown
Last ←Newer Page 1 2 3 4 5 Older→ First
-
All right. This same pillow talk stuff comes up periodically and I don't believe anything new is being said. I'm not comfortable with people's personal lives being repeatedly discussed this way. Stop it. And Craig, you'd better be bloody sure of what you're saying.
-
Change the subject. This is getting tacky.
-
I'm all in favour of those at the coalface (in this case the judiciary who will have to action this proposed law change) having an input but surely it is up to the Govt to set the law?
It wasn't a government bill. It was a NZ First bill supported by the government as far as select committee as part of the coalition agreement.
I guess you have to feel some sympathy for them drafting a bill like this without the expert advice that the government gets (I assume) but for Becroft and Kiro to slate it in the terms they did, it must be quite a shambles.
-
Here's a question: where's the American anguish about their plummeting exchange rate?
In a massively importing economy, shouldn't households be feeling the squeeze? Yet I can't recall reading any commentary of that nature.
-
Pegging against the US dollar? But that's the half of the problem that people are steadfastly ignoring. Yes, we do have a nasty positive feedback loop between interest rates and the exchange rate. But if you look at the cross rates, we're not appreciating much against e.g. the $AU - it's all about the $US. Why? Because the $US is currently weakening against all other currencies due to Bush's poor economic policies. And that is not something our reserve bank can do anything at all about.
Surely not. After all, William Kristol's column in Time last week said:
We've had 5 1/2 years of robust economic growth, low unemployment and a stock-market recovery ... It may well be that no other country has ever been stronger than the U.S. today--and it may well be that no other people in human history have ever had it quite so good.
His next published work was a WaPo column headed Why Bush Will Be A Winner.
Gotta love those neocons.
-
__A wolf in Little Brother clothing?__
That's genius.
-
Andrew Moore, producer of the New Zealand skateboarding history No More Heroes, put together this clip of his son Tobin tearing it up for a new generation.
-
Auckland regional councillor Joel Cayford discusses his concerns about the official plan for Wynyard Point --- the "tank farm" part of Auckland's waterfront -- and suggests some better options.
-
I'm not sure I'm thrilled with a regulatory body which would likely be dominated by a country who sold it's independence in medical matters ...
I know what you're saying, but I really don't think the point should be overplayed. We already operate joint food standards with Australia, and that seems largely to operate uncontroversially.
OTOH, if we had to sign up to their copyright law ...
-
Dad's too busy to blog properly today, so he asked Leo to recommend some YouTube for Public Address readers. This is how your TV might look if it was programmed by an unusual 12 year-old who can't go to school.
Calls for Cthulhu - They gave him a talkshow. And it's pretty damn funny.
Calls for Cthulhu - Ep1
Calls for Cthulhu - Ep2
Calls for Cthulhu - Ep3
Calls for Cthulhu - Ep4
Calls for Cthulhu - Ep5
Calls for Cthulhu - Ep6
Talking Cats - Now they're singing - Remix
Daily Lolcats at:
http://www.icanhascheezburger.comNobody's watching - Diet coke & mentos. And more...
Nodody's watching - 4th experiment (see above^)
Playing with dolls goes a bit far - troll goes on rampage with she-ra
Spiders on Drugs?
Stick Figures... On crack!
- Ep1
- Ep2
- Ep3
Last ←Newer Page 1 … 2118 2119 2120 2121 2122 … 2279 Older→ First