Posts by Steve Barnes
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Hard News: Masters of Reality, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
But I'm getting just a wee bit impatient with folks elsewhere saying it isn't a legit story at all. It actually is a useful thing when journalists point out when our political lords and masters don't quite practice what they preach -- and legislate.
In my experience it tends to be "Business" people that keep you waiting for payment.
The worst ones that have affected me were almost always in Epsom. That would make me suspect that there are likely to be more members of the National party who are guilty of such behaviour than Labour. -
Hard News: Masters of Reality, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
I was thinking of a sack of hammers...
:- )I was thinking "A barrel of laughs".
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I just relised I had said... "who would they like to put up and is he a better choice that Shearer?"
I meant to say "who would they like to put up and are they a better choice that Shearer?"
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Hard News: When the fast track seems a…, in reply to Stephen Judd,
He was introduced as Herr Professor Doktor Doktor Soundso. Nobody but me found this funny.
That would be a "Pair a Docs"
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Hard News: Masters of Reality, in reply to Joe Wylie,
I believe they had Metiria Turei in mind. $2000 jacket vs $50,000 forgotten bank account.
She must have some unpaid parking fines or something? no doubt National will tell us at some point.
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Speaker: Women, science and superheroes, in reply to ,
My daughter has a pair of periodic table, basket ball boots, which tend to force conversations.
My daughter was with me on a shopping trip, buying electronic components for a control system. The shop we were in didn't have all the gear I needed and the assistant said "Oh, try Element... ah 44 I think they are called. " Quick as a flash Jessie said... "That would be Element 14... Silicon"
She is now studying psychology, bloody smart arse that girl. I wonder where she gets it from?.I would like to see more women in Engineering, they tend to be more committed. Most of the guys I know that work as engineers never finished their degree, just got a Summer job with an engineering firm and never went back. Saved on the student loan and paid off what was left quite quickly. Others I know qualified and can't get a job because the firms already have someone "good enough".
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Hard News: Masters of Reality, in reply to Sacha,
I guess to some voters/party members it looks 'tough' and 'manly'.
The lack of support for Labour from the Greens has been growing since before the last election and the snide attacks from their supporters do nothing to heal that rift.
I wouldn't consider a snub from Labour as being "tough and manly" more a "you really aren't helping". Do the Greens think they could get control of the treasury benches without Labour?.
The Greens may not be as far to the left as some in Labour would like but the fact remains that their philosophy is more in favour of people and the environment rather than Big Business and the desire for the mighty dollar so their natural ally would be Labour rather than National. In this particular case I would consider Shearer to be the best man for the job and if the Greens think otherwise then that should be the point of discussion rather than complaining about feeling "left out", who would they like to put up and is he a better choice that Shearer? and that.... should be a private matter between the parties.
If anyone other than the rabid right are to have any say in the running of this country then the bickering must stop, we have a common enemy and that should be reason enough to pull ourselves together. -
It would be a shame if that's because the government doesn't entirely like the results of its own reform.
I have no doubt the Road Transport lobbyists will be gnashing their collective teeth and calling for heads to roll. For once, the unintended consequences work against their creators methinks.
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Hard News: When the fast track seems a…, in reply to David Haywood,
Interestingly,, in Germany, they are ranked above saints and only slightly below the trinity.
And almost on a par with Engineers, an attitude that would be good to see in this country.
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Hard News: Masters of Reality, in reply to Kumara Republic,
The knockout blow came when Wishart drank the fundy Kool-Aid around 15 years ago
Yes, a shame because up until that point he was an atheist and a damned good investigative journalist, if a little prone to subjecivism. He seemed to change when he met his current wife while researching a book on a bloke called God.