Posts by Ana Simkiss
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Speaking of lazy op eds, anyone have the fortitude to read all of Bob Jones' epistle in the herald ? The headline "it's retarded and gay not to see funny side of life." hear that everyone? If you don't think Bob is funny you're retarded and gay. Or something.
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slightly o/t but for a really toxic media environment you can't beat the Daily Mail. Here is a very thorough explanation of why
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Speaker: Dreams Do Come True, in reply to izogi,
I strongly suspect that the reification of the constitution is a reason why wholesale electoral reform seems to be off the table.
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Tracey you were super in the TV3 election coverage - very well done. But as to your central thesis, as long as people are voting for racist reasons, the election and the electorate are not colour blind.
It cannot be doubted that there were some votes cast against Obama because of pure old fashioned racism. I don't know if those remnants will ever be gotten rid of. Happily, the ones that are not prejudiced on race appear to now have a small majority and gaining. That is definitely something to celebrate.
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There's still time to change the road you're on, though
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Do we all get the threat to local self determination posed by the recent Nat reform of the legislation? As in, local government has no role in social issues?
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I was worried there might be a cleanout of senior (expensive) writers when they freshened up the herald, but it appears not. I hope.
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Hard News: Friday music: Worst DJ ever, in reply to Mike O'Connell,
the Only Ones' classic Another Girl, Another Planet - but how many of the audience would have got that?
Everyone - it's been used for a mobile network ad in the UK for years. Just as long as they didn't get the actual band to perform it - I saw them attempt it and it's just tragic. Drugs are bad mmkay?
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Hard News: Living with the psychopath, in reply to Matthew Poole,
Or it is sufficiently confined to justify retrospective law? As a servant of the law myself I don't favour that approach, but perhaps in this very limited case?
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Hard News: Music: Radio is still relevant, in reply to Sacha,
It goes "noodle noodley noodley". The sound of self indulgence completing a journey up it's own arse.