Posts by Kumara Republic
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Still I'm tired of how"" sex is going to destroy us" stories. Can't we all just have another film night.
Anyone hazard a guess to the next societal scapegoat? I'm picking either abortion politics or video game politics.
Still, what does that matter? Let's all come join the fun.
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Last time I looked (which, to be fair, was in about 1997) the press had an exemption.
If that's the case, then the law doesn't seem to have caught up with trends in media ownership consolidation. Or should that be media cartelisation?
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Buying the herald is a traitorous act to the city of auckland (and of course it's free online).
It's even more free by activating your browser's ad-blocker.
The problem is that the damage is already. It might be worth taking a complaint to the Press Council but, in my experience, it is rather a toothless old dog.
Don't waste your time with the Press Council. I'd say the only avenue left is the Commerce Commission.
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Heaps. Usually media organisations will ring the Ministry to check figures and facts. If they don't a retraction or correction can be written. Beyond that, it could become a legal ...um...thing (Graeme, help!).
I'm no tin foil hatter, but is there a covert plot to boost shares in metal detector manufacturers and bodyguard companies?
If it's all a waste of time complaining to the Press Council, why not take the matter to the Commerce Commission instead?
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And it turned out a lot of the names on the Generation Lost advert were unsolicited. Jeremy Punnett, a Kiwi living in London, ran a website (sadly expired) for the express purpose of countering the misinformation.
As for me, I'm not a Gen-X'er. I'm a member of Generation 8-bit.
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As it happens, I caught up with Grant just recently and he made the point that having said they'd be no cut front-line services, that's exactly what's happened with, for instance, the TEC!
Why not filibuster the process via the Employment Court?
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And Brie held in the same cell for exposing itself. Not to mention that Roquefort has been investigated by the CIA for sabotaging trade talks.
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It appears my day of reckoning is at hand. Man, I wish that was done on IRC the mods would totally kick him for a threat like that.
*Wanders off to find a longer stick to poke the SST with*
We at PAS regret to inform that all diplomatic avenues have been exhausted.</publicserviceannouncement>
Do we just accept that lies travel halfway round the globe before the truth types in its username & passsword? Do we have to wait until a Reeves County erupts? Or for Judges Ciavarella & Conahan to trump up charges for cash? Or an Amadou Diallo?
I sure as fuck hope not. This is a call to arms, if we can find any.
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Direct action protests would seem to be a start
A number of unions, most notably Unite, have already established a 'Rat Patrol' to name and shame any abusers of the 90-day probation bill.
But dealing with a real issue like the environment, even if the Government accepted it as real, would be perilous, since it might result in bad press.
Like for instance, if President Obama & Ron Kirk agree to an FTA with NZ, on the condition that NZ sings up to an ETS. Would the usual USNZFTA advocates still be enthusiastic as they were before? And what if the ELF was to set up shop in NZ and monkeywrench Marsden B?
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A bit of that, and a whole lot of this methinks.
Here's Bill Ralston's take below. In my view, it probably be more than just a leak, it'll probably be a burst info main or even Operation Chastise.
Meanwhile, the Government's plans to "cap the public service" or "cut the public service", depending on your political persuasion, gives some light relief.
Pressed as to what constitutes the "core public service", which the Government is pledging not to cut, Gerry Brownlee defined it as 'That bit of the bureaucracy that is not being cut".
That is funny. Unless you are a public servant.
Actually the Government needs to be a bit cautious of when good public servants go bad. When threatened or cornered the public service can bite.
The financial squeeze is going on the departments, no new spending will be approved and, realistically, most face budget cuts of 10% or more. That means jobs lost and as it's impossible to define any government department as an "iconic New Zealand business" they cannot expect any bailouts.
Ministers will have to watch what they say in briefings with officials, treat emails to departments like they are unexploded bombs and generally expect to keep no secrets because a disaffected public service leaks like a drain.
All of which bodes well for us journalists. Either the ministers are forced into a position of hitherto unexperienced open government or we will be deluged with juicy leaks.
Maybe Key & Co should remember the wise words of (I think it was) Geoffrey Palmer who once said governments should have few secrets and guard them closely.