Posts by Lyndon Hood
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The latest Borowitz Report closes with:
Elsewhere, a carjacker in Los Angeles stole a tank of gas but left the Mercedes.
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Discussing Winston, bear in mind that all the spending was retrospectively legalised by parliament. There was an 'expectation' that everyone would pay it back but I don't think Winston every accepted it.
So we're talking about a moral and political issue.
OTOH seems most people don't seem to follow that.
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And of course if tax cuts AND expenditure count, then the person with the lowest pork-ometer rating - gah! - runs the biggest surplus.
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When I looked for the photo of the girls selling lemonade from that National leaflet I was somewhat bemused to find it was actually local.
(While I'm self-linking: lemonade satire, lemonade parody. Ta.)
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And I thought I was paying attention because I knew one thing the bill contained other than the depositions stuff...
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The interweb is a marvelous resource if you've got the nous for Google.
Have you seen the website? I mean, that dining room isn't exactly the langham.
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Just for clarity, it's still a hoodie if it's got a zipper right? It's not just a cotton anorack?
Cos if so someone at the next table where I was having lunch had had a hoodie. With, like, "Royal NZ Ballet China Tour 2007" written on the back. I considered being intimidated, but it didn't work out.
Actually, considering it was at the Hare Krishna's, my leather jacket was probably more of a problem.
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I heard a story once that a government department costed a conference and worked out it would be cheaper to send everyone to fiji.
They couldn't possibly send everyone to Fiji, so they called off the conference.
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Could someone enlighten me as to whether our legal system has anything akin to Double Jeopardy?
Google says there have been previous attempts to shuffle exemptions into the double jeopardy rule but I don't know what happened to them. Currently - The Press:
the Government [have] had legislation before Parliament to modify the double-jeopardy rule for more than a year.
"It is in the Criminal Procedure Bill, which has been having trouble getting a majority," she said.
"It does provide for the waiving of double jeopardy where there is what is called a tainted acquittal. Then the High Court could order a retrial.
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nor approached to facilitate the purchase of recreational pharmaceuticals
I have a hat that got me offered more drugs than any hoodies I've ever worn. Mind you, that was in Portugal.