Posts by Russell Brown
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About as churlish as Phil Goff pretending not to remember Norman's name?
The only reports I've seen depicted it as Goff suffering an embarrassing brainfade in the house, rather than an evil plot to "pretend" he didn't know Norman's surname. Do you know something different, Craig?
And I'm sorry if it wounds Shearer's ego, but most of us aren't familiar with the upper echelons of the UN peacekeeping apparatus.
And it is part of Shearer's role in presenting himself to the electorate to explain where he's been and what he's done these past few years. I can't see the point of your snark at all. It seems evident that Shearer has been involved in challenging and important humanitarian work in some very nasty places.
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I see problems with Labour's (Goff's?) strategy in ignoring local party stalwarts in favour of someone who could be seen to be "the boss's man".
I'm not sure that's the case. The following (copied and pasted from a thread on The Standard) suggested that the local party has the advantage on candidate selection:
246. The Selection Committee shall consist of:
i. three members appointed by and on behalf of the New Zealand Council, at least one of whom shall be a woman, and in the case of the Maori Constituency seats at least two of whom shall be Maori; one of whom shall be a woman.
ii. two local LEC representatives elected by the LEC, at least one of whom shall be a woman; There shall be two representatives.
.iii. one local Party members’ representative elected by and from local Party members present at the selection meeting entitled to take part in the floor ballot, elected before the nominees presentations;
iv. one vote for the preferred nominee selected by preferential ballot by eligible Party members present at the selection meeting.
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Russel Norman is, as a politician, entitled to take advantage of this perception, but we're also entitled to call him to account for it.
Quite. I've had this conversation with an antsy Green supporter over on The Standard. I think people are allowed to express an opinion on the words Norman has chosen to use.
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And Russel Norman kicks off hostilities. I can't help but think it's churlish to call someone who has spent years running humanitarian operations in the worst places in the world "a grey man".
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That PNC video:
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I think you've put your finger on the thing that was non-specifically bugging me. It looks far more like some boy's fantasy than a party anyone has ever really thrown.
OTOH, in the context of painfully limited world of hip-hop party videos, it's almost cinema verité.
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I am still no better informed.
A booty clap is when a lady wearing a g-string claps. With her bottom.
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Oh. I've just noticed that I typed "booty camps". I meant "booty claps ".
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Meh. I've been wondering how long it'll take the 'I have a sniffle' panic crowd to die down at the doctor's.
Goodness Emma, that's a bit callous. But I suppose if they're going to die, then down at the doctor's is as a good a place as any.
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Can one of the comp savy out there help a computer nub as to the likely cause? I did an internet search but didnt find anything, but perhaps I need a few better key terms.
It'll be our Flash player, which now supports a bunch of other video streaming services in addition to YouTube (just paste in the URLs, folks) but clearly breaks with your particular configuration.
I'll mention it to the guys.
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