Posts by Rich of Observationz
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I'm fairly convinced that it's a bad idea to call for any change or tweaks to the system, because that will just open the way for Nats and Labour to move back to an unfair voting system designed to enable them to alternate power. Look at the UK, where the parties are pretty much identical and "democracy" is just a matter of tone and personality.
However, if I was going to suggest a fairly minor change, I'd suggest removing vote splitting and having party votes allotted to the party of the chosen electorate candidate. That would reduce some of the perceived unfairness.
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wanting to enter Parliament is a sign that you're not entirely sane
Yeah, but not as bad as wanting to marry into the British Royal Family..
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It's interesting how often the words "former ACT MP" correlate with "mad as a bag of kittens with serious psychiatric issues".
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a vulgar tacky piece of shite
So out of keeping with Auckland how, exactly?
(Just keeping the Auckland / Welly thing going. It's like LA/SF. Or Melbourne/Sydney - although those two are much more alike than the inhabitants care to admit).
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Douglas Bader had no legs. And yet still managed to kick arse in the battle of britain as a fighter pilot.
Also, he (possibly apocryphally) gave the prizegiving speech at a posh girls school in England, which included the following exchange:
Bader: So we had four of the fuckers on my tail with another two of the fuckers off to the left...
Headmistress (interrupting): Girls, a Fokker was a type of German aeroplane.
Bader: Don't know about that, these fuckers were flying Messerschmidts -
I'd suggest a cheaper way. Remove three private transport lanes from the clipons, creating a dedicated busway and a bike/walking lane.
Manage the traffic with a variable congestion charge (like air fares). On busy days, the charge goes up to whatever level makes people get out of their cars and use the park and ride.
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If the text is provided explicitly for reuse, like a press release or wire story, are journos supposed to attribute it?
I'm guessing the global warming deniers *want* their drivel repeated and don't care about attribution.
That'd be my line if I was Garf's employment lawyer, anyway.
I reckon he won't be even slowed down by this. Silver stakes and crossroads at midnight would be more the mark, really.
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Apparently Dollywood takes on casual people to work there over summers
Tempting, but I've got my heart set on a job at DobbynWorld when it opens.
Ideally, on the yacht racing ride (NZ *always* wins) or the Flood Rescue.
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the UK court system apparently cares little for open justice.
Maybe, but they don't have anything like the number of cases where name suppression is granted because the defendant is an All Black / National MP / TV presenter.
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[Quibbles....]
just post in the naked URL of the clip, folks
Can you put that in the instructions, please? Just coz it's hard to remember.
Also, how about image embedding? How hard can it be? (Ok, so it disrupts the look of the site? Maybe just on some posts?)