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Maybe Big Booze and Big Pharma can't stand competition? And long before it was picked up by the counterculture community, weed was Mexophobia-fied by the Hearst media barony.
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@Craig R: And the late, great Phil Warren was a rare creature - a successful concert promoter & card-carrying CitRat who genuinely bridged political divides.
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It's pretty appalling too that far too many media outlets have been sucked in and believe that Jim Anderton actually said "Only an earthquake could stop me from winning".
The Listener ran it in Jane Clifton's page last week, others ran it as well.
However, as RNZ's Media Watch pointed out yesterday, Anderton was actually discussing his leaving the Labour Party in the late '80s and the quote was selctively edited to make it seem as if he was talking about the Chch earthquake.
If I was him, I'd be seeking apologies from those who printed and broadcast it.
Political mashups are one thing. Attempting to pass them off as fact is quite another.
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@Ian D: the big difference is Beyer told the whole story about her past to begin with. And more importantly, she didn't pontificate like Garrett or the Sensibles.
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And this is the same Mr Lhaws who wants to do a Jack Thompson in NZ. And I'm not referring to the good Jack Thompson. By the logic in the Sunday paper article, will he be calling for Rev Capill to be paroled as well?
If Winston & Lhaws do a Le Pen/Haider/Hanson/Buchanan, that'll get them votes all right. But would NZ necessarily be better off for it?
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Is there actually more to the Newmarket Biz Assoc than just Cameron Brewer?
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Whale Oil Beef Hooked will star in his own telly show soon. TVNZ are negotiating the rights at the moment.
It'll tie in nicely with the New Zealand edition of The Running Man. A leaked memo has just revealed that snuff TV has effectively been legalised in a secret deal with the Department of Corrections.
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False ID can be used for a lot more than just travelling to Bail incognito.
Often considered the best form of id for all manner of situations from mortgages to credit cards to licences to car finance to... I could go on.
And of course, blowing shit up in crowded areas.
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Everyone has a second chance. But some have more of a second chance than others.
It seems Mr Garrett has a mild case of Capill's Disease - do as he says, not as he does.
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