Posts by Steve Barnes
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Hard News: Again: Is everyone okay?, in reply to recordari,
Of course if he stayed in Wellington and sent someone else, you’d be complaining too.
Not if he'd sent Paula Bennet, you know, the Welfare Minister. Would have shown "good delegation skills" but hey...
I'm not telling you what to think, just telling you how I feel. -
Hard News: Again: Is everyone okay?, in reply to Paul Williams,
I do think the PM ought to be there if only to make sure any necessary administrative decisions are quickly expedited.
Indeed, just like last time...
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Sorry if I offend anyone but the anger stops me crying.
Paula Bennet was, today, going to explain to the House why we need breast feeding Mothers to clean corporate toilets to pay for tax cuts for those poor souls we bailed out when their investments backfired.
The House suspended its sitting in view of the Christchurch Disaster... -
Hard News: Again: Is everyone okay?, in reply to Sacha,
Visible leadership on the ground is important to reassure people. It’s only human.
Yes, well it worked for Bob Parker.
Will our Prim Minister be wearing his sleeves rolled up?
Sorry but I just hate the hypocrisy. -
Hard News: Again: Is everyone okay?, in reply to Paul Williams,
let’s give him the benefit of the doubt for the moment
Oh, ok then...
hope he can live up to the occassion.
Yes... let's hope...
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Hard News: Again: Is everyone okay?, in reply to giovanni tiso,
Don’t be silly people. The Prime Minister needs to be there.
I would have thought the Prime Minister would be better off being somewhere with intact communications systems rather than campaigning...
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4.25pm
Prime Minister John Key is set to land on an Air Force plane in Christchurch about 5pm, where he will address media.It was really important to get him there quickly because...
1.09pm:
Tweet from Phil Goff in Christchurch:
Big #eqnz in Chch - glasses & plates smashing, we've just been evacuated from Chch airport.Christchurch needs more "Celebrity" press conferences...
Meanwhile Paula Benefit is spitting tacks...4.44 pm: The government is working as rapidly as it can to get welfare centres established.
Oh the irony.
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BTW, anyone have some geekery on why the internet is still working but it’s basically impossible to make cell or land line calls
Well, you can thank Hedy Lamarr
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Muse: Shelf Life: The Dying Elephant in…, in reply to Jackie Clark,
words – those teensy soundbitish things that when carved/scrawled/painted/whispered/ shouted/sung/droned/exactly written
say
I am a human being
I think this-
I hoped that-
I was here-And sometimes but not always-
The meaning is received as meant-
And when not, is discussed
And misunderstood...
Sometimes I like to ignore the words and just feel it instead.
Sometimes, in that dark nothingness, I can feel it all,
Sometimes, I just know. -
You’re right about the first statement, wrong about the second.
Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica. was written by Isaac Newton and I hold that Messrs. Whitehead and Russell are sailing close to the wind on the plagiarism front when it comes to coining a striking title for ones book. Propositional logic? pah..
"Mr Brown is a farmer, farmers keep cows therefore Mrs Brown is a kept woman"