Hard News: Vision and dumbassery
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Dismal Soyanz, in reply to
Just about everyone who works for government handles sensitive information at some point during their working day.
I'm not convinced that his move to the private sector changes anything. If it were applicable, wouldn't privacy apply to staff whether current or former? (But then again Judith kinda trashed that one.)
So privacy makes some sense but not the other stuff it was wrapped in.
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Ian Dalziel, in reply to
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Not sure for the conclusion if no coherent sentence can be formed.
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Over the last week or so I've been gradually growing a Greasemonkey script that adds a little "Ignore" button next to posts. When you click the button, it hides all other posts by that user afterwards, as well as any direct replies to them. Hidden posts are collapsed to one line and can be shown by clicking a "Reveal" button. Perhaps some others will also find it useful for retaining their peace of mind: PAS Ignore.
You will need Greasemonkey for Firefox or Tampermonkey for Chrome to use it.
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Steve Barnes, in reply to
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We have a parliamentary democracy – we don’t vote for the PM – we vote for parties who in turn choose their PM and cabinet –
Which is why I have been so incensed at the concept of "Team Key".
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Trevor Nicholls, in reply to
the concept of "Team Key"
All the literature that has made it to my letterbox in the last month looks like it has been through a "s/National/John Key's National/g" script.
John Key's National Government. John Key's National-led. John Key's National Party. The John Key's National policies.
They threw every single egg into the same basket, that's fo' sho'.
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Ian Dalziel, in reply to
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Gold, myrrh and frank...
...incensed at the concept of “Team Key”
I liked that Glenn Greenwald at the 'Event' only called him
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Steve Barnes, in reply to
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They threw every single egg into the same basket,
My Granny always said that was the best thing to do, saved having two baskets to carry. She also said "Everybody loves a smart arse" and "When in Rome.... fiddle" she would have loved John Key.
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nzlemming, in reply to
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Is it just me or was that a total non sequiter?
Par for the (golf) course on Planet Key
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Sofie Bribiesca, in reply to
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Yes that’s a bit of a bummer about kelvin Davis. I am going to vote for IM anyway. Bugger the polsters.
You rebel you ;). T'was up in the big K the other day, so was John Campbell TV crew doing their lolly poll for Te Tai Tokerau (sp ?))seat. the lolly jar on Hones was spilling all over the table kelvin had a few. When it was reported a couple of days later,there was no indication of what I saw to be true. Don't give up yet . IM are very popular in Kaitaia.
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Oh the irony.
Vote for a Labour candidate in TeTaiTokerau to kill IM and boost the chances of a coalition of the right.
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Ian Dalziel, in reply to
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the bogey man…
Par for the (golf) course on Planet Key
…that’ll be the Stableford he’s playing.
Stableford can have the added benefit of speeding up the pace of play, as once it is no longer possible to score a point, a player does not have to complete the hole but can simply pick up the ball and proceed to the next hole.
It is a popular form of the game, especially at club level as it is still possible to record a competitive score despite having the occasional bad hole.Gotta watch that Bunker Mentality though…
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Joe Wylie, in reply to
Over the last week or so I’ve been gradually growing a Greasemonkey script that adds a little “Ignore” button next to posts. When you click the button, it hides all other posts by that user afterwards, as well as any direct replies to them.
How about that, it's just like the little pest had been whacked with a concrete jandal, as they say in Samoa.You have my heartfelt gratitude.
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stephen clover, in reply to
In relation to this, I’d contend that John Key isn’t leading National at all, at least in a traditional way. Sure, he’s the party leader and the PM, but his main criteria for selection has been as a marketing figurehead to sit in front.
Exactly. He’s basically a very powerful mascot. I for one am rather looking forward to the entertainment when he becomes a liability and gets thrown under the bus.
This thread has some incredibly good writing in it; congrats all round & keep it up! I would also add: I suspect the most effective way of dealing with a troll of “Jake Starrow”’s* persistence is literally to ignore him. He will eventually literally go away.
*I’m sure I detect David Farrar’s cadences in some of his utterances, but that could be wishful thinking and an over-eager imagination.
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stephen clover, in reply to
Michael, I love you :)
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So Key didn't publish the name of his staffer who passed the SIS emails to (spit) Slater ... because he wanted to protect his privacy .... the rest of us apparently don't deserve privacy, on planet key it's apparently only available to National party toadies
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BenWilson, in reply to
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Yes that’s a bit of a bummer about kelvin Davis. I am going to vote for IM anyway. Bugger the polsters.
Good call. It's still a signal, even it if doesn't result in political power.
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Michael Savidge, in reply to
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Nice one Richard.
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steven crawford, in reply to
Good call. It’s still a signal, even it if doesn’t result in political power.
I don’t personally need any more power. I have two 8v-92 Detroit engines, capable of producing almost 500 horse power each.
I do respect the environment, I voted Greens right at the start when we didn’t know if they where going to get the coromandel seat. And I am swapping out those engines for 6-72s which can more comfortably burn recycled oil. I could even burn old whales oil, if doc and local iwi approve… No, ditch that idea, it’s probably not socially well adjusted behavior anyway.
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Get the feeling that Australians are extremely grateful that comprehensive surveillance has resulted in a handful of crazed jihadists being apprehended today, allegedly planning to behead somebody.
Surveillance is there to catch baddies, not goodies.
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Dismal Soyanz, in reply to
I could even burn old whales oil
Nah, the filthy contaminants would foul up everything.
This from wiki seemed on the money:
Whale oil was used as a cheap illuminant, though it gave off a strong odor when burnt and was not very popular.
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Rich of Observationz, in reply to
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Or, they caught a few loonies who shouted a lot about it whilst giving many innocent muslim kids a genuine grievance.. Some of those might not talk about it, they'll just do it.
I think most people here would rather live (as we do) in a society where people get on and don't want to kill each other, as opposed to a prison state where people only don't kill you because the guards are watching.
Obviously you don't, but consider how easy it would be for some kid who hates the world (but hasn't exposed that fact) to get a job in an arm of the State and gather a fairly comprehensive list of rightbloggers and their home addreses.
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Rich of Observationz, in reply to
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Brilliant. Can I have a copy.
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Joe Wylie, in reply to
See Michael Homer's links, around 19 posts upthread.
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Do we have to pick a side: surveillance is here and it's a bad thing (IMP), surveillance is a really good thing but we don't do it here, oh no (JK).
The Jakes of this world act as though they don't know what's going on, don't need to know what's going on, but they're all for it anyway. Well Jake et al., that's the very opposite of an "informed decision".
People who make uninformed decisions are, not to put too fine a point on it, dangerous.
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Awesome, even if it also eats my riposte?
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