Posts by Kumara Republic
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Did I hear Rodney Hide on Morning Report say that Aucklanders are "sick of local government?" I think I did, and I felt a chill, and I thought of Brownshirts, so he must have said it.
Hmmm... more like Pinochet-ism minus the shooting.
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Like Copeland and Timothy McVeigh, it's statistically likely they'll come from the Whale Oil end of the spectrum.
You can also add Eric Rudolph and Scott Roeder to the list.
Closer to home, there was the Graeme White affair, although thankfully he was caught napping.
Even the NF didn't want these two in their ranks.
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Regarding the LOTR racial politics hoopla, the Warcraft universe does a decent job of muddying the waters of traditional Tolkiendom.
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APN's decision to starve local government rounds of staff and resources, while confusing what Alison Mau does with her twat in private with consenting adults (who may or may not be of the same gender) with actual news?
It speaks volumes that it's all happening without the influence of Rupert Murdoch or Conrad Black.
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It is consistent with the new Orwellian approach to the world, where a CCO is any organisation that is 'owned' but not controlled by a council.
And not to mention the Ministry of Truth is trying to feed us bread and circuses to distract us from knowing too much.
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Well, given that the top speed of a Skyhawk was only 100 km/h higher than the top speed of a 737, and the Skyhawk would have to scramble from Ohakea to Auckland or Wellington, it seems unlikely it could even do that.
And even if it could, shooting down the flour-bombing plane would have caused too much collateral damage.
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I agree that everything is always full of shit in all sorts of ways.
All shit is equal. But some shit is more equal than other shit.
Seriously though, when DFC went under, nothing ever came close to replacing it. Not even the VIF or the most ardent angel investors.
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The thing Eden Park is in the biggest danger of being targeted for is jokes. It's wide open. We had our chance to fix that one, but we blew it.
One of the biggest post-9/11 gems was when Richard Prebble compared flying passenger jets into skyscrapers with this...
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Banks seem to suffer from the 'DFC disease' - after DFC's bankruptcy in the late 1980s nearly took the BNZ with it, the other banks went twice shy. To this day, these attitudes haven't changed much.
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Most gamers will be happy to see any reduction in latency to international serves, though.
Especially those training their bows and blades toward Icecrown Citadel.
And speaking of the cable proposal itself, it'll be even better if it's run from Kapiti. In the unlikely event of Deathwing making his presence felt up north.