Posts by nzlemming
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Hard News: For the kids, if nothing else, in reply to Rich of Observationz,
Yeah, all they have to do is find the file called SecretListOfAllTheWorldsTerrorists.doc and go nail the bad guys. Easy
Well, I guess you'd be surprised at how much intelligence can be gained from even the deleted sectors of those hard drives. Try not to be too much of an idiot, Rich.
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Hard News: For the kids, if nothing else, in reply to BenWilson,
Gawd, from the maturity of your writing I'd always picked that you were in your 30s
I thought that when she was 14! O_o
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Hard News: You know what ..., in reply to Islander,
Yes. And, if the videos of combat (who knew SEALS come with vidcams in their helmets?!) and disposal of body are seriously required, they’ll be out there-
Oh but they could all be filmed on the same set where "They" faked the moon landing.
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Thank you, Jolisa. Well blogged.
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Hard News: Any excuse for a party, in reply to Rich of Observationz,
The G-G can be fired by the Prime Minister at any time, without cause.
Not without cause. Read the legislation, Rich.
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Hard News: Any excuse for a party, in reply to chris,
Were New Zealand already a republic, for better or for worse such an avenue wouldn’t have been available to Bain.
That avenue was only available to Bain because his original trial fell within a timeframe where the Privy Council was still the top level of appeal. See Wikipedia
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Hard News: Any excuse for a party, in reply to chris,
I don’t think I know better than anyone here Islander. Perhaps I’m wrong, I simply worry that over 37% of New Zealanders want the treaty removed from New Zealand law, that if this number were to increase significantly, then the Governor General and the British system itself could be the last recourse of mediation in such an instance.
You are wrong, as we don't have any recourse to a British system any more. Which renders all of your points rather pointless.
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Hard News: Any excuse for a party, in reply to Graeme Edgeler,
John Key let us down too. You don't get many occasions to dress up really fancy, and he declined to take it up
One has become accustomed to being let down by JohnKey
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Hard News: The file-sharing bill, in reply to Matthew Poole,
Not convinced that that’s completely off the agenda, though. It was also 18 months ago, and the “Our way or the highway” attitude has become a lot more obvious in the intervening period.
Their way IS the highway, according to RadioNZ this morning.
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Seeing as this is the nearest to a copyright thread we have at present, here's a tidbit that's just been unearthed by Jamie Love at Knowledge Ecology International:
Homeland Security's 2008 letter to USTR: ACTA is a threat to national securityIn 2008, DHS was concerned that:
"some possible outcome of the ACTA negotiations may harm national security and the ability of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to exercise managerial discretion in setting priorities for intellectual property right (IPR) enforcement."As Love notes:
The 2008 DHS concerns about ACTA are relevant today, both as regards ACTA, and as regards the new proposals on the same issues presented in the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement, which is designed as a binding enforceable agreement.