Posts by giovanni tiso

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  • Hard News: A revolting piece of shit,

    (emphasis added)

    (desk banged with head)

    Wellington • Since Jun 2007 • 7473 posts Report

  • Up Front: Who's Dreaming Now?,

    Combine getting people off the DPB with "surgical mining" techniques.
    Issue one shovel and a bucket to each the nation's solo mothers.
    Problem solved ;)

    Tzk. That's job creation. National is into getting people out of jobs.

    Wellington • Since Jun 2007 • 7473 posts Report

  • Up Front: Who's Dreaming Now?,

    Some good news in amongst the doom. Can-this-Brain-Eating-Zombie-get-more-fans-than-Roger-Douglas in Facebook is only a few fans away now.

    I don't join that group because it's such an unsporting comparison. Can smallpox get more fans than Roger Douglas? Now that would be a race worth watching.

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  • Field Theory: A post about art (sort of),

    and Gio in a comfortable last place, which in postmodernist terms, means Gio is in the lead.

    Do I tell you often enough that I love you, I wonder?

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  • Up Front: Who's Dreaming Now?,

    You totally deserve it. We really must have breakfast together again in future.

    I'd love to... but where are the juvenile jokes about us having breakfast together the first time around? Is everyone feeling okay today?

    Wellington • Since Jun 2007 • 7473 posts Report

  • Hard News: A revolting piece of shit,

    In the interest of full disclosure, however, I did find the second half of Studio 60 indescribably creepy.

    Wellington • Since Jun 2007 • 7473 posts Report

  • Hard News: A revolting piece of shit,

    I don't know - I watched yesterday and I wish that Russell had got to it first so I didn't have to.

    Wellington • Since Jun 2007 • 7473 posts Report

  • Up Front: Who's Dreaming Now?,

    I'm going to quietly bookmark this page for future pick-me-up purposes.

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  • Up Front: Who's Dreaming Now?,

    Awww, you.

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  • Up Front: Who's Dreaming Now?,

    Did Haywood put you up to this?

    Why, do you think it's a joke?

    After observing that elderly people are treated very generously in New Zealand - something that obviously needs to be put a stop to - the first 2025 Taskforce report commissioned by our esteemed government and released last year offered the following:

    Changes to New Zealand Superannuation are vital and are already well overdue. Changes would not be expected to generate material short-term fiscal savings. But over the medium-term the amounts involved are very substantial. These savings take various forms:
    - Lower spending on superannuation itself.
    - Higher tax revenue from increased participation of older people in the labour force.
    - Modestly reduced health spending (it is well-established that if people remain active longer they also tend to keep in better health). (p. 90)

    Also, this is not quite the Onion article I have in mind, but close.

    Wellington • Since Jun 2007 • 7473 posts Report

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