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  • Hard News: Arrest the bastards at the border,

    That's a great link that Brilsen has provided above. And even tho' Gaynor is scathing about FR he only goes into the business dealings. He doesn't even touch on the ethics of FR acting on behalf of the Govt in preparing NZ Rail and Telecom for privatisation and then also being allowed to buy those same assets!
    Just how dumb were the Labour Govt at that time? And me, for voting for them at that time?

    Since Jun 2007 • 909 posts Report Reply

  • Island Life: An appetite for scandal,

    Ralston got his butt kicked when he went after the Winston Peters Scampi story ... hence no-one bothers anymore ...

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  • Hard News: Arrest the bastards at the border,

    when The Free Market Revolution comes!
    I thought it came around the same time as the start of the Lange government ... and ran right up until the sharemarket crash of 1987 ....

    Since Jun 2007 • 909 posts Report Reply

  • Island Life: An appetite for scandal,

    I don't believe enough news happens in NZ to fill an hour, so the space has to be stuffed with trivia and beatups.
    You don't really mean that do you? What you [perhaps] mean is that TV1 & TV3 don't have enough resources/commitment to go out and get the news/stories. I'm sure they could fill an hour if they really tried.
    I've taken to watching Al Jazeera on Triangle, it really is quite amazing. Kind of like BBC World but from another perspective.
    Why does Freeview have so few channels RB? Is there are limit to capacity? Surely not? Sky and overseas set top boxes have 100+ channels. Why don't they show Triangle or Al Jazeera on Freeview?

    Since Jun 2007 • 909 posts Report Reply

  • Island Life: An appetite for scandal,

    TV3 already made the comparison on Monday night! Tied Paris, Britney, et al into the 'trend' of 'today's young women' going wild n crazy. Even had a local private Rehab say half their clients of late were young women on P.

    NZ 20/20 are working on a piece about the 'pressure' on young 'tweens' to be thin and sexy. 10 years of saucy music vids are to blame evidently, and the teen magazines. So this Millie thing must be a godsend to them. I wonder how they'll try and make it 'relevant' (since it isn't) to their story - or maybe they'll just shoe-horn it in.

    Since Jun 2007 • 909 posts Report Reply

  • Island Life: An appetite for scandal,

    After reading some of this I finally got annoyed with the "Paul Holmes's daughter!" angle, and looked for a story focusing on her mum. I didn't find any
    Mark my words, there will be plenty of stories about Mum in the coming weeks. Mostly tabloid 'questions' asking "did Hine 'abandon' her daughter to Paul Holmes?" "where has Hine been since she divorced Paul?" etc etc.
    The same source who told me of Minnie's alleged P problem two weeks ago also told me that since the divorce Hine has been largely absent from Millie's life. Time (or the tabloids) will tell us if that is true or not.
    If it is true then we can also expect to see Paul Holmes (Millie's adoptive, not birth, father) anointed/positioned as SuperDad by the tabloids/weeklies.

    Since Jun 2007 • 909 posts Report Reply

  • Island Life: An appetite for scandal,

    I cannot fathom how people can even mention crystal methamphetamine and MDMA in the same sentence.

    I know what you mean ... but ... I know at least a half dozen people who caned it every weekend FOR YEARS on E without any problem. They remained (by and large) fully functioning adults. Three months on P and they were munted (and not in a good way).

    My point was that P is a completely different drug, but unfortunately some people think a drug is a drug and if they are 'smart' enough to handle one they can handle the other. They foolishly think they won't be addicted. Yikes, I'm sermonising again </backsoff>

    Since Jun 2007 • 909 posts Report Reply

  • Hard News: Dinner in District 2,

    but back to topic: that link you gave to the Guardian story is excellent. So much I could mention but I'll just highlight this:

    A stark picture emerges of Bush making promises and giving assurances to Blair which were not delivered because Iraq was being run by Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney, neither of whom was very interested in listening to their junior British ally.

    So, our worst fears are confirmed (no surprise really). Any chance this doco will screen in NZ?

    Since Jun 2007 • 909 posts Report Reply

  • Hard News: Dinner in District 2,

    A pity you couldn't wangle a mention of Millie Holmes into your paragraph about drugs in Vietnam, Russell!! I note 4 responses, 358 views for this blog; compared with 59 responses, 1314 views for David Slack's piece on Millie's arrest. Kinda puts it in perspective, eh? PA readers say they want 'Hard News' but they are still drawn to 'Hot Gossip'.
    Heh heh heh.
    Since I enjoy a bit of tattle (but don't claim otherwise) maybe you could consider doing a HuffPo and adding an 'Entertainment' (a.k.a. tabloid) section to PA in the future?

    Since Jun 2007 • 909 posts Report Reply

  • Island Life: An appetite for scandal,

    What I found interesting in the Herald this morning was that they named Millie but not the other woman also arrested. She didn't appear to have name suppression so they obviously chose not to publish her name because she wasn't famous.
    Other points of interest: On Sunday the TV3 website said Millie was charged with possession for supply, but by Monday in court she was only charged with possession and receiving stolen property. I wonder what she received the $18k Plasma TV for then? Since her lawyer says they will be defending the charges ("at this time") I can only assume she was storing the TV at her flat for a friend.
    The good thing about this is that it will wake up the middle class to the scourge of P. Hitherto it's only been those nasty social welfare recipients who did it.
    Afraid not folks, it's endemic in the middle/rich classes - the difference being that they don't have to rob the local suprette to pay for their supply. I know of one top Auckland real estate agent who is out of business due to his P habit getting waay out of hand. But so what, there are a hundred stories like his. P is highly addictive, so even if you had many happy years on E you're advised to steer well clear.
    Here endeth the sermon (which you may have found redundant, but I'm still surprised at its growth)

    Since Jun 2007 • 909 posts Report Reply

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