Hard News: Word of the Year 2014: #dirtypolitics
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Sacha, in reply to
I wouldn't make you go there
surpising sewerblog follow-up - Redbaiter:
Farrar is an idiot for letting his blog be used for this depravity. Its not free speech, its ugly and repugnant cowardice.
the natives are revolting
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So many are fobidden here (warning: kiwibog)
if they want to be seen as credible political forums rather than controlled circle jerks they should have the guts to debate without resorting to a hovering ban button.
however all is not rosy elsewhere either
Driven by an over the top reaction to partisan left wing criticism, DPF has allowed moderation on his blog to fall into the hands of a group of deranged nutcases.
will someone think of the children?
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Russell Brown, in reply to
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OMG the Pete George discussion! I'm actually warming to that Kimbo chap. Pete's an unstoppable zombie.
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Grant McDougall, in reply to
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#dirtypolitic’s legacy...
At the end of the day
Ho-ho, very clever !
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BenWilson, in reply to
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How long was it ever going to be before they'd turn on each other when others began to ignore them? It's the ACT party of blogs.
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DeepRed, in reply to
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Why don't they just settle it with a pistol duel already? With live bullets too.
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Ian Dalziel, in reply to
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Jeremiah was a bullhorn…
OMG the Pete George discussion!
I admit it, I went and had a read, I almost signed up just so I could try and explain the one underpinning / overarching PA ethos – Don’t be a dick – which was (IIRC) the real reason PG was ostracized, actually ostracized is too strong, there was no real persecution – maybe the ‘ostra-’ bit implies a ‘head in the sand’ …
and he really did like PA’s sandpit, for whatever reasons, he obviously misses it.
But what is it about ‘doesn’t play well with others’ that those ‘players’ can’t understand?
Hell is other people, eh…
The inability to put ‘two and too together to get to therefore’ must be a rising evolutionary meme it is so prevalent these days…. -
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Gorge us....
Ya learn something every day!
I never knew that a carnivorously edible fowl-based equivalent of Matryoshka dolls existed - perhaps a name change is in order - Nested MeatRusky Dollops - covers it nicely, it doesn't quite roll off the tongue as well though I guess?Though I do remember Tremalchio's ultimate stuff up!
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Joe Wylie, in reply to
he really did like PA’s sandpit, for whatever reasons, he obviously misses it.
But what is it about ‘doesn’t play well with others’ that those ‘players’ can’t understand?
Hell is other people, eh…Perhaps he still misses the DimPost, where his stultifyingly stolid antics once clogged the place like a rampant quagga mussel infestation. While it doesn't take a qualified professional to spot that something's amiss in the cognitive department, he's now village idiot in absentia at disability-friendly PAS.
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steven crawford, in reply to
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I see what you mean when you use the quagga mussel analogy.
"The quagga mussel's faeces provides food for other invasive organisms..."
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For the bird within a bird enthusiasts, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall has some helpful boning tips...http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2005/dec/11/foodanddrink.recipes
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This just in: Rodney MP Mark Mitchell wants to sue Nicky Hager for defamation. With friends like Mitchell, the #dirtypolitics guilty parties don't need enemies.
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Sacha, in reply to
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from August. Not a peep since. Another blowhard.
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BenWilson, in reply to
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Not a peep since.
Someone probably explained to him that it's not defamation if it's true.
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I found this not so pultry lambpigcow.
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giovanni tiso, in reply to
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Someone probably explained to him that it's not defamation if it's true
They're terrified of discovery.
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James Keating, also won a hamper by having his name drawn from the list of Word of the Year voters.
Recount...
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WOTY ... I do like a silly acronym.
Thanks for being a beacon of sanity in an essentially mental year Russell. Too often PAS was the only place I could go that felt like home :-)
So what are readers predictions for the year ahead? Surely there's something in the Whaleoil, John Key, Judith Collins turduken we haven't seen the last of?
Or some new scandal - Bill English invested us in heavily roubles on the recommendation of a mate down the pub?
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mark taslov, in reply to
It is our dearest wish that 2015 will see the global adoption of one very logical universal shoe size system.
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Russell Brown, in reply to
Recount…
Take it up with http://www.random.org/ , Public Address’s chosen provider of true randomness :-)
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Russell Brown, in reply to
from August. Not a peep since. Another blowhard.
Yes. That's a deafening silence right there.
A defamation action would inevitably lead to a discovery process and that could/would get very, very messy.
It still might be fun for a journalist to ask him about it though.
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This is appalling. Andrew Little comes out swinging. Admits he is a hacker behind John Key.
"I'm a hacker."
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Craig Ranapia, in reply to
Yes. That’s a deafening silence right there.
A defamation action would inevitably lead to a discovery process and that could/would get very, very messy.
To be fair, Russell, it's also entirely possible that someone calmed Mitchell down and reminded him of the rather sad case of David Lange who got rather litigious towards the end. If you're going to be spraying around defamation suits, it helps if your pockets are as a deep as Colin Craig's not a backbench MPs.
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Sacha, in reply to
or you could tap whichever sympathetic donor paid for Slater's QC.
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Craig Ranapia, in reply to
or you could tap whichever sympathetic donor paid for Slater’s QC.
Or I guess you could have duelling Kickstarter pages with Hager, and you know what? I think the commie pinko tool would win that one and keep winning it for as long as it would take.
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