Posts by Russell Brown
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I'm sorry, Russell, but if the vile Penny Blight is whipping up the outrage, I really hope you can live with that.
Is there a bunker I can hide in?
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Well, with all due respect to your traps Geoff, around mine there's a woman more worried about staying the fuck away from her abusive husband for good, this time. People unsure whether they're going to have jobs this time next year, etc. All that boring shit you can't wring a pointless live cross out of.
You could say the same about any news in any week. I don't think that invalidates Geoff's observation that there has been a great deal of discussion about these issues this week. If you're going to use the phrase "with all due respect" you should sound like you mean it.
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Also, even if Lee is coming off uninformed or unpleasant, I have a feeling she has more foreign policy experience than Sarah Palin, and even knows the name of the newspapers she reads.
Interesting pick.
From Sunday's Q+A:
PAUL Okay, and so when you're not spending time with your child what would you like to do? Do you read women's magazines?
MELISSA I don’t have a heck of a lot of time left now that I'm in parliament.
PAUL No, what magazines do you read?
MELISSA Not many magazines, I seem to be reading a lot of select committee papers on law and order issues as well
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PAUL What magazines do you read?
DAVID The Economist, I'm sorry it's a boring ….
PAUL Boring, grey, university educated white man.
DAVID I'm very interested in international affairs so I actually do pick up a lot of that sort of thing.
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I agree with simon. This cluster of issues is going to run and run and run.
Next week's announcement of the five businessmen appointed to run Auckland on the ATA will fuel a fresh round of outrage. And justifiably so.
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To set the record straight, I intended my comments in a political context, not a sexual one. Something got lost in translation.
It could certainly have been better phrased.
Clearly, DeepRed's comment wasn't directed at Tze Ming, but it didn't read well anyway.
Perhaps we can all move on calmly now.
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Also, how do you commercialise a GM crop when a large chunk of our customers reject GM food?
Although it's worth noting that they're probably wearing GM cotton.
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Jesus, Audrey... and you were doing do well. Cameron actually had a pretty good week, all things considered, but don't let that get in the way.
True. My impression is that Cameron fronted in a way that made Brown look leaden-footed.
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Audrey Young chimes in:
Dear oh dear oh dear. Can things get any worse for National this week? There have been so many cock-ups it's hard to know where to start.
It's as though the Government training manual only lasted to the end of April.
Prime Minister John Key's announcement today that his Govt will spend $50 million over the next three years on the cycleway completely contradicts what Finance Minister Bill English said on national television on April 5.
"We won't be spending $50 million on it this year or next year or the year after," English said at the time.
Key said this morning: "It is my great pleasure to announce today that the Budget will allocate $50 million over three years for the New Zealand cycleway project...."
Little wonder English resorted to humour yesterday when he said: "In the next few days, the Prime Minister will show exactly who is boss."
She's right, but I find it interesting that Key has directly contradicted English (or vice versa) several times this year, and it's largely been let go by the gallery. I wonder if the vibe has changed.
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I think your suggestion to use an angle grinder to get into the petrol tank is quite irresponsible
That's the sort of PC nonsense that's ruining this country of ours. I bet you're the sort of mollycoddling fool who doesn't let his kids play with corrosive liquids. Pah.
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Did y'all know that Keith Ng is a Vulcan? Tze Ming told me.
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