Posts by Ian Dalziel
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Hard News: Towards the Truth, in reply to Hilary Stace,
The Corrections...
Nicky Hagar
Hagar is the Horrible cartoon character...
Nicky Hager is the fine investigative journalist...
just for the sake of future web searchers
- best to keep the spelling correct and constant...
:- )I agree a tiny response space is in no way equal to the detractors column acreage - at least this overview by Rod Oram is constructive...
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Hard News: Towards the Truth, in reply to 3410,
What would they call it; AUS or USA?
ANUS (Australia Needs United States)
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US Exceptionalism.
Exceptions can always be made ...
an exceptional case of the "right angle" in the news... -
Another dropped ball...
McCully clammed up for a few days until he delivered his fait accompli. Hopefully people still pay attention to character in electing leaders.
A reminder of McCully's ineffectuality on the world stage - hark back to this editorial from 2010 trumpeting his signing of the Wellington Declaration with Hillary Clinton - this was touted as:
The clear intent is that the Wellington Declaration serves as a symbolic fullstop to the Anzus rift, something that can be pointed to as hard evidence that the relationship has moved on, and that even if differences remain they are scarcely worth mentioning.
Looks like the "scarcely worth mentioning" part is McCully's legacy!
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ANZUS - what does the NZ stand for again?
They say it's our birthday - But NZ is the off Anzus party list ...
...and the Sydney Morning Herald reports on even closer military relations between Australia and the USA - time to scan the really fine print in the TPPA methinks, It wouldn't surprise me if Key and Kronies aren't planning on selling 49% of our army and facilities to the Americans.... there's muck in top-brass......and here's a fun game from the BBC Muck and Brass in which you too can run a Supercity, tough decisions and all!
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Riding on the City of Auckland...*
ex-Stalin era rolling stock
more "laughing stock" methinks...
and best be careful we don't wander into Raybon Kan's
quicksand territory...*Arlo, arlo...
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Rail politik...
The Herald reports:There was such a drop-off in passengers, Rugby World Cup minister Murray McCully travelled almost alone in a carriage when he went by train to watch Australia take on Ireland.
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a nice picture of “Murray the McMicroManager”
prior to dropping the ball and with every
cell in his body back-pedalling furiously… -
Speaker: Party Central, structures and silos, in reply to Kumara Republic,
Cosy fans tooting...
We've seen what happens when media and politicos can get a bit too intimate.
well at least Jane Clifton is now listed as Murray McCully's "former partner" on Facebook and Wikipedia - so that'll free her up to write truth to power, right?
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Speaker: Party Central, structures and silos, in reply to DexterX,
Peter Principle personified...
What we are experiencing is the pain of Key growing up in public.
Just so long as he is meeting all the National Standards marks...
...what could possibly go wrong?