Posts by nzlemming
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Hard News: Dirty Politics, in reply to Steve Barnes,
at least, in the past they weren’t.
I seem to remember it was a screw up at CNN that set the current standard.
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Just finished reading the Bhatnagar/Slater text. Yes, there's personal stuff in there that should have been redacted and I started to do that, to put out a clean copy, but found myself in a quandry - where do you stop? Because politics is personal to Slater. The over-riding theme is one of revenge and putting one over on someone else. If you want to put him in a frenzy, tell him Hamish Price is a nice guy, or that Michelle Boag was a great party president - he takes these things very personally. So I gave up. Sorry.
One thing I would note is that Bhatnagar initiated every exchange between them. Slater is very self-focused. And, when read in conjunction with the Lusk texts, Bhatnagar was a much better friend to Slater than the other way around.
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Hard News: Dirty Politics, in reply to Steve Barnes,
The Blue of the right is representative of the blue blood of the Royals and those that believe that they deserve the right to rule, the Red of the Left as in the Tooth and Claw of nature where the fight is to survive rather than to acquire, the fight to live rather than rule.
That's some freaky mixed messaging, Steve. And what about the US, where the Republicans are red and the Democrats are blue?
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Hard News: Dirty Politics, in reply to Alfie,
The Isrealis need all the friends they can buy.
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Hard News: Never mind the quality ..., in reply to Sacha,
Goodbye
applause
+100
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Hard News: Never mind the quality ..., in reply to Craig Ranapia,
This isn’t just about Cameron Slater and Simon Lusk, or David Farrar and Nicky Hagar. There are human beings here who deserve better.
Point. And taken. Have a good holiday, Craig.
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Hard News: Never mind the quality ..., in reply to Steve Barnes,
For Pete’s sake, a little humanity goes a long way.
Nice pun, but it goes both ways.
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Hard News: Never mind the quality ..., in reply to Pete George,
I guess it depends on what you value in your discussions. But that’s a pretty sad (albeit not unusual) sort of comment for a political forum.
I'm sure it's one you're used to seeing.
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Hard News: Never mind the quality ..., in reply to Russell Brown,
I think we’re done.
I think we are. It's not often I recommend dumping someone from PAS but does Pete George really add any value to the discussions?
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Hard News: Never mind the quality ..., in reply to Pete George,
That shows that they discussed doing it, nothing more. Hide has said it didn’t happen and there are no facts to indicate that it did actually happen is there?
And, if you'd read the book, you'd know that Hager didn't say they blackmailed Hide but that they discussed doing it and planned for it. And noted that Hide resigned at about the same time as this is recorded as occurring.