Posts by Carol Stewart
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And why is it an issue that former jury members attend a party hosted by someone who is guilty of no crime?
To state the obvious, Brickley, it's an issue because it raises doubts about the impartiality of these jury members.
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This is my Mum's pre-metric tamarillo chutney recipe that is pretty hard to beat:
4 lbs tamarillos
1 lb onions
1 tbsp salt
1-2 tsp cayenne pepper ('careful!' says my Mum)
1/2 lb raisins
1 lb green apples
2 lbs brown sugar
1 pint vinegar
2-4 tsp mixed pickling spices (chillis, pepper, cloves, allspice, nutmeg) in muslin bag.Soak tamarillos in boiling water then peel skins off. Dice tamarillos, apples and onions. Gently boil all ingredients until soft (1 1/2 - 2 hours) then put in hot, clean jars.
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In Owhiro Bay in Wellington, there's a house clinging to the side of Happy Valley made of three containers stacked vertically. I've always been fascinated by it.
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Rachel, I agree with you. But in this case it's not so much a matter of not liking the options as the entire premise being dodgy. A bit like the firefighters' CIR, in which case the dodgy premise manifested itself in a very low turnout.
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As Linley Boniface noted in her column in the DomPost, an anti-science agenda appears to underlie all this weirdness:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/opinion/2501133/The-great-swine-flu-conspiracy
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It's amazing to me - though it probably shouldn't be - that the same folks who are very fearful of well-tested vaccines are advocating this hugely risky strategy (swine flu parties).
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At least it makes a change from the other popular theme on the Herald RV, that swine flu has been foisted on us by evil pharmaceutical companies to get us to buy their expired stocks of Tamiflu.
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Chris da Vinci of New South Wales, in the Herald's Readers Views, has nailed it:
Multiple globally disparate h1n1 strains combining in the 1 place is extremely unlikely to be a natural occurrence. The same group that orchestrated 911 and the credit crisis are responsible. There is documented proof of their plan.
Standard protocols and procedures make this impossible unless intentional. Why would they do this you ask? They believe they need to reduce the world's population as the growth is economically unsustainable, they consolidate their resources by grabbing oil in Iraq, stealing money in the credit crisis, weakening nations in the process to create less resistance to the transition.
Then comes swine flu,quarantining and martial law will cement their control and grant them sweeping powers taking away our freedoms. 911 is now proven to be an inside job, it provides proof of what they're prepared to do to achieve their ends. Don't be sheeple!
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Back to swine flu for a moment ..
I never thought I'd find myself saying this, but I think Tony Ryall is doing very well as minister of health.
Mind you, there is some irony in the fact that our relative advanced pandemic preparations are due to the efforts of the same backroom bureaucrats that he was so keen to get rid of while in Opposition. -
Much as I don't like to make assumptions we can only assume the facts behind this particular scenerio.
Steve, there aren't too many assumptions here. The facts are that Bain said clearly and repeatedly in his 111 call that the family were 'all dead' -- but subsequently told police that he didn't go into any of his siblings' rooms. Then at some later point he changed his story, claiming to have recovered the memory that actually he did go into their rooms.
Anyway I know I am harping on this point so now I'll shut up.