Posts by Russell Brown
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What's Key's policy on the weather anyway?
It depends on what you mean by "weather" ...
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It's also worth pointing out that alongside "welfare reform" (which is now having a fairly nasty impact, judging by the new "food security" statistics) - the Clinton policy the Hayekians always argue for - Clinton raised the minimum wage in the 1990s.
Whether or not you want to draw a causal link, the US subsequently enjoyed a notable period of prosperity. At the very least, it didn't hurt.
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I agree entirely. The age-old 'a minimum wage prevents [insert unskilled minority here] getting a foot-hold in the labour maket' fallacy was expertly rebutted by Laila.
Yeah, that was the one. She pointed out that the minimum-wage jobs overwhelmingly aren't entry-level ones - they're service jobs, like cleaning hospitals, that aren't generally filled by new entrants to the workforce. Roger essentially didn't have an answer.
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His account may have been deleted, but the photos still remain up on MySpace (at least for now)
Oooh - I totally bow to your MySpace ninja-ing ...
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I can't wait until you get convicted of a crime, Russell, so that newspapers can pick apart your Public Address posts.
"Sponsored by a whiskey company and a coffee brand? That's practically home-made P if you put them together..."
Heh.
I just think it's fascinating that these people - it was the same with the supposed JonBenet killer - leave traces in this way. It's becoming a standard line of journalistic inquiry. "They've charged a man with murder!" "Quick - check if he's on MySpace!"
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The MySpace link for the arrested Ipswich murders suspect is now dead. "This user has cancelled the account or had it removed etc.."
It's quite strange that I managed to get it this morning, after all the news reports were already saying it had been cancelled.
This Guardian story has the details.
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If the book is reliable on this matter, it would seem that the quality of Ansell's creative output is a little inconsistent. Some of it sounded to lack the deft touch of the Iwi/Kiwi series.
The poetry, you mean? Dreadful.
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But Sam Neill remains a superior cultural emissary for the Land of the Long White Cloud.
I'm sorry, but WTF?
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Sup homie boi... sheeyaz, residizzle apahmins fo blinged honkies?
My point was that crash pads for rich folks don't exactly represent or facilitate a diverse and vibrant street life. Case in point: the stone-dead streets around the old vege market, by the Viaduct.
And your ebonics is terrible ...
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