Posts by Sacha
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In the 60s they burnt US flags; in the 70s they burnt bras; and in the 90s, in Dunedin, they started burning couches.
A rebellion against their home-decorating obsessed parents, perhaps. Too much reality tv about real estate. And too fecking cold.
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I really appreciate how our crowdsourcing of good knowledge works here too. Betterer than Google.
For the keen, Women's Health Action are advertising a "Cartwright Comes of Age" seminar on 6 November in Auckland - links from their main page, or direct to the PDF flyer and registration form. May see you there.
I just had to edit that. Cos.
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I think it's a feature of the bell curve, which pre-dates MMP by some time. Though I do wish that politicians would spend more time trying to move the curve in their direction, rather than letting it rule their lives.
And I want decision-makers to get that all points on the curve are "normal" in the way most of us use the term, not just the lump in the middle.
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I can see how soft-pedalling on forestry and fisheries helps iwi with big investments in those industries, but what do Urban Maori representatives think?
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Goff can "stand for something" as Fitzsimons challenges without Labour sounding like a clone of either the Greens or the Nats. MMP means they do not have to cover off the entire spectrum.
However, as Scott says it's pretty clear where most of the voters are from any 'side'. Perhaps Craig's "mindless populism" is a half-arsed attempt to connect with them, though I'm not convinced it implies contempt. Fearful lack of understanding, perhaps, but that's not the preserve of any partiicular party or even of politics.
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That article by David Skegg (a lead expert adviser at the inquiry) explains the value of cervical screening including projected numbers saved, after this denunciation of Bryder's bias:
A social historian can hardly be blamed for misunderstanding scientific evidence, but her book's factual errors and selective quotations make it seem more like an exercise in polemic than academic scholarship.
Dr Herbert Green was a strident opponent of cervical screening, even after it had been shown to be beneficial. Given Professor Bryder's eagerness to defend all of Green's positions, it was unsurprising that Kim Hill (on Radio NZ) kept asking her a question about our national cervical screening programme: "Is there any evidence that it is actually saving lives?"
In case anyone's still concerned about credibility, the Herald's "about the author" para notes:
Sir David Skegg is the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Otago. He is an adviser to the World Health Organisation on reproductive health and research.
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More (thanks George) of Jeanette Fitzsimons taking Goff to task for undermining efforts against climate change by stupidly repeating Nact attack lines.
Your government never proposed restricting people’s showers or forcing them to use a particular type of light. You probably never understood that – certainly your minister for Building and Housing didn’t, and ran for cover rather than explain to the media that Nick Smith was lying.
...The proposed standard for hot water use is the same as has been done for years in the Building Code for home heating. We are used to not being allowed to build houses with no insulation. Everyone supports that, it is a no-brainer. No-one describes that as nanny-state.
...Phil, a lot hangs on you if we are to prevent a second term of this government. Get some PR advice and stand for something. Have a good conference.
Ouch.
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The centre is just a concept that was thought up to sell newspapers.
Sure it's not a feature of MMP?
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Patrick Smellie shows good foresight in his recent column about the motivations for the ETS report delay, before it was released. Among a range of suggestions:
Did the Maori Party perhaps decide to have another crack at cutting a forestry deal with National to support their ETS, having reportedly failed with Labour in a similar negotiation before it opposed Labour's ETS?
He has a follow-up story today. And Idiot/Savant has a graph.
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Wishart is an argument.
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