Posts by nzlemming
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In trying to explain the baffling complexity of the US position over Syria to someone over dinner tonight, having already waxed poetical over the NSA, It occurred to me that Syria may be misdirection for the NSA releases.
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Hard News: Jonesing, in reply to Russell Brown,
And Guyon Espiner has responded to the criticism
National fears Jones because he could take votes off them by moving Labour to the centre.
How much closer to the centre does Espiner think it can get?
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OnPoint: BTW, the NZ Police can use…, in reply to BenWilson,
I may have paid off the mortgage on my 1/4 acre and 1970s assortment of sticks and jib, too, which will be worth approximately 50 million dollars.
Don't worry, you'll still have your student loan to keep you warm. Even if you never took one out...
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OnPoint: BTW, the NZ Police can use…, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
and maybe it could retain a Welsh connection
by renaming it, er, Jonestown…As long as there's no Kool-aid...
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Hard News: This time it's Syria, in reply to Chris Waugh,
78 miles. That map is way too small and clicking on the most accurate spot you can way too fiddly.
See zoom response above. I managed to nuke Aleppo, but that's 178 miles away.
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Hard News: This time it's Syria, in reply to Rich of Observationz,
So the UK parliament has refused to assent to UK miitary action. That’s pretty unprecedented.
First time since Crimea, apparently.
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Hard News: This time it's Syria, in reply to Russell Brown,
I was 64 miles away, which I thought was okay on such a small map.
You can zoom in a bit but that's sort of cheating ;-) I'm still wondering how someone thought it was in Greenland...
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Hard News: In the red zone, in reply to Hebe,
“Christchurch: Done Over and Dusted’ to replace the Garden City slogan?
I think Gerry has in mind: "Christchurch: yo mah li'l puppy dawg now!"
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Hard News: In the red zone, in reply to Lilith __,
I understand you think this is ridiculous. But in post-quake, post-democracy Chch, it’s really not funny.
One laughs in order not to cry, Lilith. We are all Christchurch now, as far as post-democracy goes. You were the pilot site.
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Hard News: In the red zone, in reply to Lilith __,
I was speaking broadly. They serve the people of New Zealand.
In that case I return to pointing and laughing.