Posts by BlairMacca
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Hard News: The Base, in reply to Sofie Bribiesca,
A case of " better the devil you know etc" for many I am sure.
He's a thief. But he's our thief godammit!
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Hard News: It's Choice, bro, in reply to 3410,
This is true, I only found out we could pick that up a few weeks ago. Champions league free to air is a good addition!
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Unfortunaltely it's not on satelitte, so we can't pick it up
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Woah changing to the Yankees is like changing to supporting Man U. You could at least do what I did and change from the Yankees to the Red Sox...!
I was never a big baseball fan (except the playoffs), but watching the in depth Baseball doco from PBS got me more into it to hear the history and love that people in the States have for it. Recommended for any sports fan
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"type of event – rap draws on a certain group within society which cause problems for the community as a whole"
Wow, I didn't realise we were still living in the 1980's/90's
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Obviously the Olympics organisers are planning something bigger than holograms
http://www.avclub.com/articles/keith-moon-refuses-to-play-london-olympics-closing,72434/ -
I know its just pop, but man, does it have to be so contrived? I guess I am still waiting for the next coming to blow the doors off, ala Nirvana and the Sex Pistols... Still waiting. Or is that it? Did PR win?
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The reality is, and some people here might find this painful, but Labour needs to reclaim middle New Zealand. That means focusing on the main issue these people care about, which is, put simply, gaining a better life for themselves.
Some people might go on about social legislation, but at this present time, thats not the focus, people who are worried about getting a job or retaining their job simply don't care about these things. As Shearer said this evening, they need to find out why labour supporters have deserted them. My father works at a hotel with a lot of young people who work split shifts and horrendous hours for minimum wage. They don't vote. If it wasn't for my father (bless him) they wouldn't know that people used to get overtime and extra allowances for working split shifts. They don't realise that there is an another way.
Labour needs to reach these people and show them that other way.
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OnPoint: Dear Labour Caucus, in reply to Sacha,
The new Labour leader should insist on some quick resignations to get better candidates like Nash or Davis back in off the list. Not holding my breath.
Depends on who goes. If they are electorate MP's (which many of the old guard are) that would require a by-election. Not such an easy task.
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Hard News: Democracy Night, in reply to Stephen Hill,
All the talk about ‘huge majorities’ is making me wonder whether I can’t see the numbers on my screen properly. A quick analogy – Key scores 48 points for his side (Nat, Act, UF) to take them to a total of 49.7 points (51 if you add in the Maori Party) while the other team (Everyone else) scored 50.3 (or 49). That’s great individual result for Key but …
Im not making excuses, my guys got routed. But, the government as a whole, actually lost seats. National gained 2 seats, Maori lost one (two if you count Hone), Act lost 4. Thats a net loss for the government of 4 seats. Plus on specials National, after all that could only gain 1 seat.
The difference being this time is the wasted vote is very small with NZ First being back. Sure its a strong government, but if National drops back over the next term (very likely) things will get whole lot harder for them.