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  • Hard News: The Voyage of a Lifetime,

    Since Dec 2006 • 2471 posts Report

  • OnPoint: Student Loans are Loans (Duh.), in reply to Matthew Poole,

    The whole gig with denusion based economies is to, well...denude.

    Since Dec 2006 • 2471 posts Report

  • OnPoint: Student Loans are Loans (Duh.), in reply to Kumara Republic,

    No, they are quite transparent about it. Bill's houses, John's not knowing which house he lives in and so on. They trade on our good will, no need for uzi's.
    Even the other John will skip lightly away from the mismatch between his stating he did not know Dotcom, to apparently not declaring a 1000.00 gift from him.
    And on the list goes. Meantime I goog moral equivalence, 'cause you know...

    Since Dec 2006 • 2471 posts Report

  • Hard News: Disrupting the Television, in reply to Matthew Poole,

    revealing the inner workings of a coven of devious bastards.

    Who had and still do not have any recourse to us, protected as they are by being unhinged from the taxpayer by their quasi-corporate status. Duopoly anyone?
    It grates, you know, when the Crown pees on your back and tells you it's raining...again and again and again and again...

    Since Dec 2006 • 2471 posts Report

  • Capture: Two Tales of a City, in reply to Ian Dalziel,

    Awe, that's the best 500k+ that we have ever spent, hopefully there are bonus and performance expectations defined, otherwise you know, we might not know exactly what this person is expected to do...oh right I see here, for 500+k, said person is to,

    ...keep an eye on the rebuild.

    How quaint, and how fortunate for the people of Christchurch.

    Since Dec 2006 • 2471 posts Report

  • OnPoint: Student Loans are Loans (Duh.), in reply to chris,

    This is The Model for everything now. Welfare included. Needless to repeat. Welfare and education are not, nor should they ever be stated in the same breath as bloody R.O.I. ACC is in there too now, must perform like an insurance company, newly appointed czar from said industry. 500k+ salaries are a growth industry here.
    There is a NZ Herald article that I cannot find that baldly states the fact that the latest welfare quango is to look to R.O.I.
    Everybody must perform to nebulous R.O.I now (never defined!), except our dear leaders, who sup in glass houses watching the window cleaners fall.

    Since Dec 2006 • 2471 posts Report

  • OnPoint: Student Loans are Loans (Duh.), in reply to Sacha,

    I do not know.

    Since Dec 2006 • 2471 posts Report

  • Hard News: Disrupting the Television,

    Theresa Gattung, on receiving her golden parachute payment, approximately 5m, stated with bare honesty she had advocated the use of deception in their advertising campaigns in order to achieve market gains.
    The people I knew who shouted most loudly as to Telecom's success were those who had shares in the monopoly.

    Since Dec 2006 • 2471 posts Report

  • OnPoint: Student Loans are Loans (Duh.), in reply to Ian Dalziel,

    Sadly, Joyce was the author!

    Awe, straight to print, well done NZ Herald.

    Since Dec 2006 • 2471 posts Report

  • OnPoint: Student Loans are Loans (Duh.), in reply to Ian Dalziel,

    I read somewhere...that ant colonies are the most similar in most ways to human colonies, I could google, but I wont.
    Ben, love your work.
    Joyce, I thought that piece needed to be aired because it shows a huge lack of empathy, equally so in the reporter, it's just plain obvious that there is out there a very scary psychotic shift (it is the term) when it comes to market driven ideology versus the people it is supposed to be aiding.
    I am concerned.

    Since Dec 2006 • 2471 posts Report

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