Posts by Che Tibby
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Hard News: The Wellington Cables, in reply to Don Christie,
You know, the only person I have seen using the word "scandalous" with the International Visitor programme is you Russell.
i have a vague suspicion Rb would like to be taken on that trip.
look out for seed pods man...
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Hard News: The Wellington Cables, in reply to giovanni tiso,
Incredibly in my research (and yes, I'm an Eng-Lit major) it is possible to get funding from the US Defence Department, they're quite happy to listen
that's because sometimes with weapons it's the cultural imagination that counts, not the original purpose.
who ever thought "bells + gunpowder = cannon"? not the chinese.
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Hard News: The Wellington Cables, in reply to Simon Grigg,
You can almost see the smoke rising from Washington.
nice to see the rule of law working in some countries though.
although, The Guardian has him still in the slammer after the Swedes appealled.
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Eve Online. Only the Icelanders could come up with something that looks so nice, but is so unbelievably boring.
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Hard News: The Wellington Cables, in reply to giovanni tiso,
I looked for you but didn't think of actually looking up at your office window... some doctor, eh?
i think the doctor would term that a house call.
congrats Gio.
that bit of paper is really good for covering the cracks in the plaster you can't afford to mend...
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Hard News: The Wellington Cables, in reply to Russell Brown,
But the fact that nearly half of the entire budget of the World Food Programme comes from the US is quite remarkable.
but... they're the world's biggest economy. in 2009 they spend almost five times as much - $US16b* - subsidizing food production. money that prevents farmers like ours sending food to them, let alone the world's poorest countries.
russell, you haven't fallen asleep while any large, green "pods" sat in the garage have you?
*can't attest the accuracy of that link
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Hard News: The Wellington Cables, in reply to Hilary Stace,
whaaaat? he getting ANOTHER one of those things.
man is a machine.
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Hard News: The Wellington Cables, in reply to Russell Brown,
But the contention was that they do nothing good in the world, which is false
accepted. also goes a long way to explaining the scholarship programs IMHO - buying positive press.
worked for me, if i'd not been an exchange student there i'd probably freaking hate the place.
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Hard News: The Wellington Cables, in reply to BenWilson,
Could have been a test.
i think Joe is lucky he didn't try AI him. damn cow-cockies.
@RB. i get that USA does a lot of good things. the trouble is the perception they like to sell of themselves - the one where they could all be crew off USS Enterprise, saving the universe and all that. and that people continuously buy that shit.
when in fact, as wikileaks is showing us, they're just the same as everyone else.
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Hard News: The Wellington Cables, in reply to giovanni tiso,
I'm going flambé myself some bananas
we're seriously considering building a big conservatory on the front of the house.