Posts by Che Tibby
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it's always when you don't go to the pub that they win... probably a photo of the year though. will discuss all this sports more on the podcast
as for secularism, i think christians sometimes need to be reminded that the separation of church and state was put in place to stop christians being persecuted... by other christians.
the rule of law basically says that the tamaki's of this world don't get to call the shots. the majority does, via parliament, and "regulated" by the courts (to put it in plain english).
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bet it was andrew llewellyn.
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matt, no worries. my main concern was the size of the image. shouldn't matter given the cropping tool, but still wondered.
thanks.
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Won't someone think of the children and carbo-neutrality!
most children these days are sequestering large, voluminous asses of carbo-neutrality.
"fat kids: good for the planet"
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would you also consider it likely that new zealand could lead in the 'biofuels as a by-product of 'normal' agriculture' sciences?
if so, that's the kind of smart+exportable stuff they like hearing about here in the capital.
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deforestation diesel...
yeah, but if it ain't diesel, they'll deforest for the hardwoods or other trees for pulp.i remember examining case studies of the malay cutting down forests in borneo to make chopsticks when i was a wee first year student, 1990.
one way or another, those forests are sunk.
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i read my linked article more closely, and saw the issue is the US limiting corn imports because of domestic demand for ethanol. but you get the picture all the same.
PS. matt, when does my gravatar start showing up?
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david,
but what about countries that already grow foods that are bought up at higher prices by developed nations wanting ethanol for their cars?
mexico for example?
(he says, playing devil's advocate)
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The Rugby Union has made $20 million + surpluses the last couple of years. It is a profitable franchise
forgive me if i'm wring, but i'm lead to understand the NZRFU to be a non-profit organisation. in fact, i'm pretty certain that's it's tax-exempt (barring GST).
consequently, there is no 'profit' per se.
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tom, with stephen on this one. i'm actually surprised that your author didn't assert...
Every word of this is pure English, save only for the final French trumpet peel of [cheese-eating] surrender [monkey]
[consults concise oxford dictionary...] even 'beach' has a dubious origin. the concise oxford says it's origin is "16th century, origin unknown". another source says it's first apparent use was 1840(!?).
that suggests there's a good chance the word was adopted from another langauge, or is an adaption of one.