Posts by Ian Dalziel
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Hard News: SpinCity, in reply to Russell Brown,
appall hangs over this…
“I’ll give you a theoretical example.”
He actually said ‘hypothetical’ – but I spat my tea across the room nonetheless.
(Joyce is strong on hype but weak on theory...)
Listen here: Steven Joyce puts the boot into Ak Rail Loop and Greens, just because he can – while avoiding answering question – text book stuff for these cowboys…A fine example of dodgy Gov’t (or SOE) dealings with the private sector, would be the sell back / leasing of the South Island power grid to foreign interests for 100 years
I’d also like to know a little more about those SOE power company asset swaps a few years back – now that a MRP is only half owned by the Country yet it has assets from other power SOEs for at least 15 years… will they give them back? And who was stocking MRP’s larder before selling it off?
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Hard News: SpinCity, in reply to Richard Aston,
New Zealand Foist...
I think there is a need for a large convention centre. I went to a conference recently , 400 people from NZ , Sky City was the only conference center in NZ they could get that could deal with that number.
3,500 is a looong way from 400, though... how often are they going to use the full capacity, or will it mostly be sitting idle...
Meanwhile their licence to operate a casino has had 24 odd years added to it, what revenue does the Government make from the operation annually - just tax on profits? Or is there some other levy that makes them a worthwhile industry to foist on the populace?
Better than fully owning good earning power companies say.... -
House that!
So how has it affected the conduct of the House and the behaviour of MPs?
aaah, well, it still seems to be a spotlit sandpit to me, and it seems to encourage amateur stand-up routines of little legislative purpose - sure parliament is about speaking, but to an end, not just 'filler bluster' as it were...
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What lies bequeath...
I too wonder how the confusion could have got that far along.
If you have a list of incoming money, each entry would have to be reconciled against some heading or other, be it Contribution or Donation - it's clearly not earnings of any sort, what else is there... Magic, maybe?Are there any tax obligations (for either receiver and giver) on donations and bequests?
Song of the Bulgar Vote-men...
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Hard News: Friday Music: A lovely…, in reply to Mike O'Connell,
David Kilgour & The Heavy 8’s
Free gig in a small room! tonight (sat 11th), sometime...
The Bats were great last night, full house of appreciative fans, the support act The Salad Boys were a revelation too...
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Hard News: Friday Music: A lovely…, in reply to Mike O'Connell,
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Capture: Autumn lite, in reply to Nora Leggs,
He’s back
Not the Sir Dove-Myer Robinson statue then?
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remembrance of things parsed...
Please note that the credit for that original photo of The Clean in the bath should go to Carol Tippet, without whom there would be few early F Nun and Toy Love pix....
...and how embarrassing to see a coupla pages of my old crappy doodles in that 'boodle, boodle, boodle comic' - along with gems by The Clean members, Hamish, David, Bob and also Martin Phillipps and Chris Knox...
PS: - from the other Fridy Thread:
The Bats play Chchch Friday 10th May -Today!!
- lunchtime concert in Restart Mall (weather permitting)
- the Brougham (Waltham Arms) doors open 8pm -
in case ya missed the publicity
The Bats play Chchch Friday 10th May
- lunchtime concert in Restart Mall (weather permitting)
- the Brougham (Waltham Arms) doors open 8pm -
Hard News: Competing for Auckland, in reply to Kumara Republic,
Capital investment...
the ‘dying city’ remarks
made by a prime minister and tourist minister !!
Gawd, save us from those ostensibly in positions
to help the country...
hmmm is Mark Ford spread a bit thin too (SCIRT, Solid Energy, Watercare...) If he and Steven Joyce left the country who would be left to run anything?