Posts by nzlemming
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Capture: Howling at the Moon, in reply to Russell Brown,
To be fair, Alex, you did make it hard for them to acknowledge your authorship by not, so far as I can see, letting anyone know your real name. So the only condition they needed to meet under the stated licence -- attribution -- was arguably not possible.
To be fairer, Russ, if you click on that username it takes you to the profile of partyzane which reads:
Alexander Efimov (partyzane). DOB 5 October, 1978. Student, photographer. New ZealandIt's not rocket surgery...
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Hard News: The Great Unwinding, in reply to Steve Withers,
Pretty much right on the ownership. The Companies Office reports Sky Network Television Limited's shareholdings as:
Total Number of Shares: 389139785
NEWS LIMITED
43.65% 169854716
TODD COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED
11.11% 43220277
HSBC NOMINEES (NEW ZEALAND) LIMITED
3.15% 12259317
NATIONAL NOMINEES NEW ZEALAND LIMITED
2.94% 11436132
Accident Compensation Corporation
2.66% 10356379
J P MORGAN NOMINEES AUSTRALIA LIMITED
2.42% 9409124
NEW ZEALAND SUPERANNUATION FUND NOMINEES LIMITED
2.35% 9160800
Cogent Nominees Pty Limited
2.31% 8986576
NATIONAL NOMINEES LIMITED
2.11% 8217018
T.E.A.CUSTODIANS LIMITED
2.08% 8095633
HSBC CUSTODY NOMINEES (AUSTRALIA) LIMITED
1.53% 5945859
Citicorp Nominees Pty Limited
0.65% 2522474
PREMIER NOMINEES LIMITED
0.17% 664388
Unknown
22.87% 89011092though those nominee companies could be hiding anyone ;-)
Just because Murdoch is an arsehole, though, doesn't mean the Nats are actually in bed with him. They can just as easily take advantage of the climate he creates.
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Hard News: The Great Unwinding, in reply to Russell Brown,
No, they’re complaining about our programme to the New Zealand BSA (or not -- it's unclear whether it's a formal complaint or a defamation threat
Oh, I misread, sorry.
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SBS are complaining about a programme they broadcast? Wow. That's fucked up.
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You really can't make this shit up. And I see McCully's had to backtrack on MFAT reform as well.
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Hard News: #JohnDotBanks and all, in reply to Kumara Republic,
That link now says:
The ACT Party's president says he was mistaken to confirm John Banks suggested to internet millionaire Kim Dotcom to split a $50,000 donation into two lots of $25,000.
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Thing I can't understand: The cheques were made out to "Team Banksey" and drawn on Dotcom's account. They had to be deposited by someone - who was that? If they went through Boag's hands (as campaign manager) she had to know who they were from. Is Banks allowed to say that, because he didn't personally see the cheques, they were thus anonymous? Surely the candidate is responsible for everything that occurs during his campaign?
Perhaps Boag has given Banks a message along the lines of "If you throw me under a bus, it will be the last thing you ever do?" because her role in this has been remarkably quiet.
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Hard News: The Base, in reply to Kumara Republic,
That's because Key's brand of smarmy is aimed at taking the piss out of people who are successful at things other than taking money from suckers.
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Hard News: The Base, in reply to Deborah,
Good point.
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Umm, I have a cold, so that may be altering my perception, but has someone changed the base font (like for the "First Older Page 1 2 Newer Last")? And is Typekit being really slow to respond for anyone else?