Posts by Rich of Observationz
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On the Bell case, when Bell was released from his original 5 year sentence, he had completed the (at that time) statutory 2/3 of his sentence. So there was no discretion in giving him parole, though he could be recalled.
I don't quite see how his being allowed to do liquor license training resulted in the RSA shootings. If he'd gone to work in a supermarket or factory, he might have robbed that and killed the people working there.
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Just in, I notice that John key, in rejecting the idea of a shorter working week, states:
"It is not my ambition to turn New Zealand into France,"
I don't see why not? Contrary to one of the big lies of the right, France is a wealthy country with good wages, working conditions and welfare benefits. Not to mention taking less of a hit from the crash than the Anglo-Saxon economies.
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Guardian provides API to open up its content for re-use.
Like, for instance, adding a killfile facility to Comment Is Free?
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What Tom said.
Phil Goff largely agrees with Key. He is the right of the labour party and has a lot of baggage. And since everyone knows he is just an interim leader, he has trouble being regarded as fresh or interesting.
Any idea when we might get a non-interim Labour leader? Or is the plan to shadow national policy, wait 9 years and hope the electorate will decide it's "time for a change"?
The media are not interested in what Labour has to say
That's at least partly because they're in the pocket of the National Party. The left needs a strategy that sets an agenda, rather than letting the media do it. Direct action protests would seem to be a start - if we dump a tonne of recycling in John Key's garden, maybe it'll get on the news and put National's scrapping of recycle bins (for instance) on the agenda?
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interesting how the best private sector firms don't stuff around with all that
Who are these "best private sector firms" of which you speak, earthling?
In my experience the private sector consists of:
- Established quoted companies, keen on following the latest fads, like outsourcing, mission statements, accountability, blah, blah (while still behaving much as they did 30 years ago in reality).- Venture capital funded startups (not too many of these around now). Also fad-driven, but also under pressure from the VC firm to grow at an unsustainable rate in order that they come back for more dollars.
- Privately held small business. Every dollar of investment has to compete with the owners boat/bach/new kitchen. Usually don't grow at all and eventually fade away after all concerned lose interest.
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I guess one option if (like me) you dislike networking with a passion is to find somebody who enjoys schmoozing to front. That's what I did last time.
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I certainly won't be watching the racist twat.
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Cracking party, that Welly beerfest. SJD played a great set, as did the Tuts.
For some reason particles of mud and grass are still on my ski jacket after a run through the washing machine.
Do you have any pictures of the stage area?
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Let me google that for you ....
Ah, so a film produced by a large American (I'm so not using that wig-like word now) Big Media conglomerate.
Am I the only one who finds it ironic that whilst the "geek" community is so affronted by the actions of Big Media in attacking Internet freedom, when said Big Media releases a sci-fi movie, the same people are happy to line up at stupid-o-clock and pay out $30 to watch that movie.
Is the version shown at midnight better and more interesting that the one that will be shown for the following month?
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What is, or are, "Watchmen"?