Posts by Rob Stowell
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P J Harvey - two shows in NZ. (Nothing in Chch :()
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And on the other hand, I know I wasn’t the only one who had qualms about both the TPP and some of the crankery and conspiracy theorising in the broader campaign against it.
Can be a very awkward place. On the one hand, you don’t want to antagonise allies or get involved in internecine warfare. On the other hand – puh-leez! I mean – you actually believe that?!
I get that politically. Overall the Green Party’s policy probably comes closest to what I’d like to see for Aotearoa. I’ve voted Green more than once (and probably will again.) But I spray weeds and I’m not blanket opposed to GMOs and all the kids have had their shots – so there are times when I just don’t feel like one of the club. -
The WORD thing looked great. And a good after party it seems :)
I'm a bit conflicted about King Loser. Some glorious music, but the personal toll has been tough. Will listen with interest. -
Isn’t this just another way of outsourcing? ‘Education is a service – let’s put it out for tender.’ Charter schools were a start, but haven’t really done the biz yet.
It has the additional benefit to Hekia of letting teachers' unions know they are still in the cross-hairs. And it puts the correspondence school on notice that private provision is just around the corner. -
Polity: Why did the TPP fail?, in reply to Tinakori,
the economic zombie fallacy that there has to be reciprocity for the benefits to be realised.
Hey ho. Maybe you can explain the benefits to NZ of one-sided ISDs and 70-year copyright.
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What happens to all the legislative change we have in the pipeline so TPP can swing into effect? 70 years of bloody copyright - what a joke.
Knowing this lot, we will pass it all anyway, just to be ahead of the game - so later on we have nothing left to bargain with ... -
Legal Beagle: The law to make it easier…, in reply to Tim Darlington,
Well, zero is a number…
Is it? Or is it the absence of a number? The Rt Hon Bridges must clarify immediately!
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Hard News: Stop acting like the law is…, in reply to bob daktari,
Labour's stance of the past week only has one face palming
I sometimes feel Little is the kind of guy who would call the bomb-squad to blow up his own birthday presents.
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Via a mate on facebook – Boys don’t cry? who commented that boys tend not to get sympathy when they show weakness and this can lead to emotional ‘hardness’ and lack of reciprocal empathy.
(Which is just to say, ‘man up’ isn’t a great message – no intention to excuse vile behaviour.) -
Great work Russell.