Posts by Lyndon Hood
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he'd justified his personal behaviour in going AWOL (including lying to his party leader and the Speaker) on the basis of colonial wrongdoing
That's pretty much my whole beef with the post-Paris side of the business.
[Though re: the being-sick thing he said that was a misunderstanding. I don't know if that's true; but it's not covered by the 'justification' or the 'apology']
He sounded pretty sorry for what he apologised for. But it's fair to say he didn't wallow in humility.
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There's a reason why people interviewed at the airport today were still happy to jump on those Fiji-bound flights.
They did that again? I remember thinking last time - if you ask people going to Fiji whether they have a problem with people going to Fiji, what do you expect?
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I think the commissioning rule one went through. But the parody and satire discussion paper never happened.
... without meaning to suggest I don't see what you did there.
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ACTA Copyright Treaty Leaks: It Really Is That Bad
I release there is another thread this could go on, but...
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I wrote this for Werewolf V (out now!).
Libz not happy, though that in itself is not unusual.
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Actually, I'd only really read that quote in the Q&A transcript, but the whole thing if full of Lose.
She says we take the DNA samples before arresting people because if we do the DNA test first there'll be fewer false arrests.
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Holmes: … so you’re no longer innocent until you’re proven guilty.
Collins: It’s fantastic, isn’t it?
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the only commentator in the country to declare himself "in awe" of Anne Tolley's performance as Education minister
Does thinking she's awful count?
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I'm going to go with 'don't use the phone in the car'.
Science Media Centre: Hands-free calling in cars almost as dangerous
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DPF is running a poll on his blog about when one would support police taking DNA samples. He says he put 'at birth' in as a joke. Currently 78/510 voted 'at birth'.
Yet in the thread on the poll my comment has 6 up-votes and no down. Mind you, I suspect there's been more than one instance of missed sarcasm i that thread.