Posts by Rich of Observationz
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Don't make me get out the Italian stereotype bingo card, 'kay?
You'll be telling us you don't like techno next..
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our precious social security system, something my parents and grandparents built with the sweat of their brows, would be unlikely to survive the strains of an encounter with mass migration
Complete and utter crap. New migrants (because they are generally younger and better skilled than average) lower the mean age of the population and increase the number of net contributors vs net beneficiaries.
Migration is one of the few ways open to us to get production to the levels needed to support peoples retirement. (One alternative would be to cede Tauranga).
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I can't think of any British migrants I've met who don't scoff at "how we give it all away to the Maoris" and no longer feel at home in the UK.
You obviously haven't met me.
Also, I can't parse your double (triple?) negative. Do you mean that *all* the UK migrants you've met no longer feel at home in the UK, that *none* of said UK migrants feel at home there, or that you personally don't feel at home there?
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Meanwhile the Guardian reports on draconian new powers for next year's UK olympics. Not only police, butr also IOC agents will be able to smash their way into homes (using "reasonable force" - e.g. beating up anyone who gets in their way) to confiscate anything used in producing unauthorised advertising. This needn't just be flyers for Coke when Pepsi are the sponsor - it could be a server for a website protesting against Nike's sweatshops.
That's the essence of Big Sport - no different to oil companies or arms manufacturers - except that nobody puts their tribal loyalties behind Shell or British Aerospace.
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APs and Reuters do in this new world?
I believe that Reuters makes nearly all its revenue from finance professionals paying thousands a month for their market news/data service. The media wire, though a visible public face, is a bit of a sideline, commercially.
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Can I barter it for advice on how to get your WiFi to connect?
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he entertained some profoundly politically incorrect opinions
Like, being an actual Nazi
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what does a discussion topic called "TSUNAMI!!!!!!!!!" suggest?
OMG they've just told us to evacuate to higher ground but if I do that I'll miss that auction for a 3G iPhone power supply...
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Um, wouldn't false representation/passing off require that a reasonable person could be misled?
For instance, if I made leaflets that looked like electoral office ones and stated that the upcoing referendum had been cancelled, that would reasonably be actionable.
An obvious parody wouldn't.
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My parents (I'm away in the UK) were full of "there's been an earthquake and tsunami in NZ".