Hard News: Dirty Politics
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mpledger, in reply to
It works the other way as well. Two of my workmates (one Maori, one Pacific) were mistaken for Mexican when they visited Los Angeles (separately). One was by a Mexican American who spoke to her in Spanish and then got mad at her for not being able to speak the language back.
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nzlemming, in reply to
One was by a Mexican American who spoke to her in Spanish and then got mad at her for not being able to speak the language back.
Did she have a cellphone?
</coat'n'hat>
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What I ind funny here is that "Dirty Politics: has now become a meme of the right
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The Police have decided that was "no evidence of criminal offending" when Slater and Ede accessed Labour Party info. The comprehensive Police report manages to incorrectly spell both Hager (Hagar) and Tim Barnett's (Barnnet) names.
Attention to detail... fail.
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Something to do in Chchch on Monday night...
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Sacha, in reply to
can't control something unless you colonise it.
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Stephen Judd, in reply to
And I will give a brief address on behalf of the NZ Council for Civil Liberties. Should be an interesting event.
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Good grief. Now Jordan Williams is suing Colin Craig and three other members of the Conservative Party for defamation. Williams is quoted as saying...
Ongoing public smears left unchallenged can gain currency even if they have low credibility.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but weren't ongoing public smears the main identifying feature of the Dirty Politics brigade in the first place?
Rearrange these words into a logical order:
black pot kettleSomewhere in Auckland, groups of lawyers must be rubbing their hands in glee.
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Ian Dalziel, in reply to
Dairy me...
...groups of lawyers must be rubbing their hands in glee.
I initially read that as
"lawyers ...rubbing their hands in ghee."
Quite the picture it summoned!
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Alfie, in reply to
Are you trying to butter me up Ian?
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Ian Dalziel, in reply to
Whey leggo...
...are you calling me a 'churnalist'?
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Alfie, in reply to
Nope. Just spreading the word.
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Ian Dalziel, in reply to
Jammin'...
'E came at me with a knife m'Lud.I knew I was toast!
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I see Mediaworks have announced their new "joint venture" with Rachel Glucina... a site called 'Scout' which I won't bother linking to. It's as if her role in Dirty Politics and her unethical behaviour towards Amanda Bailey never happened. And yet further proof that Mediaworks sees its target demographic as PL minus -- (slightly below pond life).
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Ian Dalziel, in reply to
Scout’s honour?*
Mediaworks… new “joint venture” with Rachel Glucina…
a site called ‘Scout’I read that as Scut
which I thought was pretty apt all round:Scut: a person perceived as foolish, contemptible, or objectionable.
which pretty much sums up Wretched Glaucoma I feel…
Scut work is also the domain of over-worked hospital interns – reassuring!but, no, I see it is Scout
- they’ll ‘do their best’ I’m sure
Camping it up when possible…
sigh…
ps: though I note the 2nd meaning of Scout is:reject (a proposal or idea) with scorn.
I also note Rachel means ‘Ewe’
or perhaps more authentically – ‘Eew!’* "used to indicate that one has the same honourable standards associated with Scouts and so will stand by a promise or tell the truth.”
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Sofie Bribiesca, in reply to
I also note Rachel means ‘Ewe’
or perhaps more authentically – ‘Eew!I tried to locate a pic of an Ewe for you but found it too insulting to the Ewe ,then I thought what other creature would be her equivalent and no, that was too insulting to all animals and insects I had pics of, then it popped on my screen so I think a fly's arse is about as good as she can get. :)
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Kumara Republic, in reply to
I see Mediaworks have announced their new “joint venture” with Rachel Glucina… a site called ‘Scout’ which I won’t bother linking to. It’s as if her role in Dirty Politics and her unethical behaviour towards Amanda Bailey never happened. And yet further proof that Mediaworks sees its target demographic as PL minus – (slightly below pond life).
Seems the News of the World didn't shut down, it just emigrated to NZ with a new identity.
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Sacha, in reply to
they’ll ‘do their best’ I’m sure
dob dob
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From Stuff 45 minutes ago: John Key cleared over deleted Cameron Slater texts
Prime Minister John Key broke no rules in deleting text messages, the guardian of the country’s public records says. Chief Archivist Marilyn Little has published a review of Key’s record keeping. She began the probe in November after Key revealed he binned texts from Dirty Politics blogger Cameron Slater. Little says Key received poor advice from officials. But his practice of routinely deleting messages for “security purposes” is “pragmatic” and unlikely to break laws surrounding public records.
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But Little did not directly address the destroyed messages between Key and Slater.
She recommends text messages to and from ministers in their “official capacity” should be treated as a public record. If it is “of short term value” then can be disposed of. But if the contents need action or are of “long-term” value then it must be retained and transferred to support staff for archiving.
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Rob Stowell, in reply to
John Key broke no rules in deleting text messages
No worries. I think we all know Cammo kept copies.
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Sacha, in reply to
John Key cleared
more teflon #grrr
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izogi, in reply to
I've only skimmed it, but as far as I can gather:
* The Chief Archivist (76) clarifies that text messages don't require retention if the content is transitory or of short term value, but retention is required for anything potentially of long term value or requiring action.
* The Prime Minister says (56) he receives large volumes of text messages which are routinely deleted for security. He says it's only minor matters, anything significant references material elsewhere which will be considered on its merits for record keeping, and he doesn't conduct substantive Ministerial business by text message.
* The Chief Archivist determines (57) that the Prime Minister is not fully aware of recordkeeping responsibilities, because messages should be disposed of with a record keeping mindset rather than a security mindset, but also determines based on available evidence (apparently being the Prime Minister's statement for the investigation) that there's no wilful negligence. It's someone else's fault for not giving adequate advice.
* Furthermore (57), it's likely that deletion is compliant because based on available evidence (again being the Prime Minister's statement for the investigation) the only messages being deleted (all of them?) are transitory and so likely authorised for disposal.
So, the conclusion of the Chief Archivist seems to be based on what the Prime Minister says he does, and appears to assume that there's nothing intentionally malicious going on which wouldn't have been made clear in the statement given for evidence. It doesn't specifically consider at the Cameron Slater allegations, and is based entirely on what the PM states his record keeping practices are.
That's probably fine if you trust what the PM says about what he's been doing, but as there's no verification of whether the Prime Minister was being honest in his statement, it's unlikely to do anything to satisfy anyone who doesn't trust him. Based on what I/S posted today, I hear gallery media's not allowed to reflect on the character or conduct of MPs because according to traditional wisdom they're so important that they couldn't possibly act corruptly in their roles, or something like that. Problem solved!
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Slater has been found guilty of contempt of court after publishing confidential information relating to a settlement with Matthew Blomfield on the Whaleshit blog. The fine looks like a mere slap on the hand.
Despite Blomfield's claim that Slater had "backers" with access to funds, Justice Asher said he would treat Slater has if he had "relatively modest means" instead.
He didn't agree with Blomfield's suggestion of imprisonment, because the contempts weren't of a serious nature.
He ordered Slater to pay a $1500 fine, half of which would be paid to Blomfield.
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Former Treasurer of the Tory Party Lord Ashcroft has published an unauthorised biography in which he claims that conservative leader David Cameron stuck his willy in a pig's mouth. He claims that there is photographic evidence, though that hasn't emerged yet. If it's true, this surely makes Ponytailgate seem almost innocuous.
Twitter is alive with David Hameron puns and Charlie Brooker denies any prior knowledge of the incident when he wrote a Black Mirror episode with an eerily similar plotline.
O'K... to be fair I know this has nothing to do with Key's Dirty Politics, but I can see a loose connection, even if it's only wondering how Crosby Textor will try to spin this one. Maybe they'll claim that someone is telling porkies?
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Russell Brown, in reply to
O'K... to be fair I know this has nothing to do with Key's Dirty Politics, but I can see a loose connection, even if it's only wondering how Crosby Textor will try to spin this one. Maybe they'll claim that someone is telling porkies?
The same lot of reporting includes the claim that Lynton Crosby thinks Cameron is a prick ...
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