Posts by simon g
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Legal Beagle: Election 2014: The Special…, in reply to Raymond A Francis,
let us as a country get moving, there is plenty to do
Like, making the trains run on time?
"Snark", "dissent" ... tomato, tomato.
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Hard News: The sole party of government, in reply to Farmer Green,
By your analysis, parties should not promise to move on superannuation, or property bubbles, or environmental protection, or anything that might need to be addressed.
Were you a big fan of Muldoon's economic management?
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Hard News: The sole party of government, in reply to Jack Harrison,
Yes, Labour only need to learn one lesson at this stage. The rest can wait.
Lesson being ... immediate post-election resignations didn't work in 2008 or 2011. Leave Cunliffe in place while the party has an honest and far-reaching inquest (I'm not confident that they can, but I know they should).
If Labour MPs had spent the last 6 years at the beach, the party vote wouldn't have been any worse. Take a long break from Gower-itis ("I want answers and I want them now! Gimme the drug!"), start again in 2015, after the summer.
I have my doubts about Cunliffe's ability to be a caretaker while the bigger, deeper issues are addressed, but if he cares for his party and people, that's what should do.
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Hard News: Dirty Politics, in reply to Katharine Moody,
And it is 100% certain the whistle-blower's life is being investigated as we speak, by the Nationa ... sorry, by "forces of nature" who have nothing to do with the PM, no sir.
Attack post on Kiwi-Oil coming in 3, 2, 1 ...
Repeated uncritically by favoured media outlets in 5,4,3 ...
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Hard News: Vision and dumbassery, in reply to Dismal Soyanz,
Stuff has the full quote:
"The only reason we didn't name names is simply because these people handle sensitive information and in the case of Phil de Joux he now works in the private sector, so it's really just a privacy matter, but it's no big deal one way or the other."
I think we've reached the stage where Key just presses the random bullshit button, and relies on half the public not caring.
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It's been linked to on another thread, but it's worth adding here, because this kind of real news is exactly WHY Key and his trolls try to divert and distract:
http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/auckland/news/798623855-ombudsman-overrules-key-over-naming-of-staffer
That is huge news, it goes to the very core of the Prime Minister's personal integrity, but the clock is being run down and the news will barely register before polling day.
The battle for our democratic heart doesn't end on Sept 21. It starts.
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Hard News: Vision and dumbassery, in reply to Richard Aston,
His game is keepy-uppy ... with Key's ever-changing story.
Sunday: No middle ground, no ambiguity, I'm right, he's wrong.
Today: Well, that was then, this is now ...
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11326387
Be gentle with Jake, it's hard to run spin lines if you have to defend constantly changing positions. New day, new memo.
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Hard News: Vision and dumbassery, in reply to Sofie Bribiesca,
How could you even listen to that shite?
1) I don't control everything on the radio in all environments I spend time in, and 2) not knowing where many people get their "news" is exactly why the liberal-left are shocked by opinion polls.
Also, I'm not the Armstrong/Amsterdam post upthread. Not a biggie, just FYI.
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FACT: The All Blacks have never won the Rugby World Cup. They are liars and frauds.
If they have, why isn't their name on it? It says "New Zealand".
#Leightonsmithfacts
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And in the last few minutes, a bunch of people on Twitter have parroted the Smith-Slater line. So determined not to know, they can't even get to page one of Google.
This is my favourite ...
https://twitter.com/sharonthekiwi/status/511991999256207361
Which, by the bye, happens to be true if you really want to parse that particular folicle -- but I think my "source" trumps Smith's.
My mum told me the sun rises in the east and sets in the west. She lied - it doesn't move. You can't trust anyone these days.