Posts by Kumara Republic
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Funny thing is, horror films have always bored me. If any films do make me jump, they'd probably be political dystopia films such as Sleeping Dogs or V for Vendetta.
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And here's my effort to preserve history:
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Also, I wonder how many wingnuts are on the US no-fly list? My guess would be zero, despite their proven tendency to terrorism.
The only one that comes to mind is Tim McVeigh, and he's been lethally injected since.
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Remember when Jeanette called for a Royal Commission on genetic engineering, and when the conclusions didn't suit her, she rather churlishly disowned it.
Mr Hide comes across as about to repeat the same mistake with Greater Auckland. If it ultimately ends up in a 'Community Charge', we all know the shark will have jumped.
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My lazy $50 bucks says No, anyway its all the fault of doctors
Reminds me of just after the Dunblane massacre, when Prince Philip remarked that cricket bats can kill people too so he asked if they would be outlawed as well.
Use a gun in the proper manner, and it will kill its target. Use a cricket bat in the proper manner, and it won't.
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I get the feeling that they don't care. "It's only television". I also get the feeling that some of them are trying to get the Government to shut them down, in the interests of public safety, so they can cry out about being suppressed.
If the nutbars really want to practise what they preach, they might as well form a militia along the lines of Timothy McVeigh, and then the BATF will have an excuse to do a Waco on them.
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Rodney vs Every Mayor But Banks is shaping up as ye olde clusterfuck.
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The only other candidates I can think of who can challenge Banksie - and didn't even get a mention by the Granny - are Alex Swney and Richard Simpson. Swney seems to have the money & profile but maybe less so the charisma, and Simpson seems to have multi-partisan appeal but limited finances.
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Just on the Auckland Supercity question one thing, (well many things) but this will do for starters, if Auckland has all these problems why do people continue to live there / corporates continue to (re-)locate there? - Is it just the International airport?
In large part, yes. AIA is reputedly worth over 11% of NZ's GDP alone. Before jetliners displaced boats as the main method of international travel, the other metros had a more even share of the nation's international passengers and cargo.
And according to an article in the DomPost:
Wellington Central MP Grant Robertson says the corporate shift out of Wellington is not just about Auckland and is not likely to change in a hurry.
"We're fighting a global trend to centralising Asia-Pacific operations in the likes of Hong Kong, Sydney if you are lucky, Auckland if you are really lucky, and Wellington if you have a real commitment."
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But since the power of existing councils will be constrained during the transition period, I doubt they would be permitted by Wellington to reintroduce some democracy into their plan.
The obvious solution - a Ken Livingtone for Greater Auckland!