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Hard News: Briefing, blaming, backing down, in reply to merc,
I am totally against compulsory voting as I am against compulsory working.
The right not to work is a powerful one. The right not to vote as well. Registration by all means compulsory, voting no.Tautoko!
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One of the things about the drug alcohol (which I dearly love, whether single malts,
champane (not a spelling error – I dont especially relish champagne) or good ANZ whites- is – it’s a pain killer also!
I have osteoarthritis and *very bad (as in ‘broken & decayed’) teeth* – pain is a constantancy. I react badly to any opiate and stuff like paracetamol. So – I drink-
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Capture: Going Walkabout in Sydney, in reply to Chris Waugh,
E Chris – that upper bird looks almost exactly like one of our kites! (the human-made kind.)
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Capture: Two Tales of a City, in reply to Nora Leggs,
Ah! The golden-trod surprise path! Around a full moon, happens- joyous- THANKS NORA!
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Speaker: The Voyage: Dutch Disease –…, in reply to Sam M,
Maybe I live in too simple a world, but I reckon there is a good way to identify the 1%. They own all the land.
Nope. Kai Tahu *as an iwi* own a lot of South Island land - but we are many.
We sure as shit arnt any part of the "1 percent"- -
Speaker: The Voyage: On Interpreting and…, in reply to Chris Waugh,
So, nice little red herring you’ve got there.
HOWEVER
back here in ANZ
buying a property(landed means something ENTIRELY DIFFERENT here)
is a vastly different matter from buying a property in China - and comes with a whole set of prohibitions of use and committments towards community than a possible Chinese owner (Corporation or set of individuals) might know about- mahi loana n/nKeri -
O! birds, birds & flowery things that could be bird appurtanances... er, something-
spurwing plovers self-introduced into southern ANZ in the 1940s as did other OZ birds earlier- kotuku in the 18th century; tauhou/waxeyes in the late 1890s; sulphur-crested cockatoos in the 1950s...
storms mainly bring them over- like the moths I noccucaisionally find, storm-wrecked against my windows-
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Speaker: The Voyage: The Engine Room…, in reply to jb,
You are lucky.
I have a $100 worth of coins that I can probably turn into shot- -
Speaker: All aboard: The choice for…, in reply to Joe Wylie,
According to the ploddingly goofy Tahu Potiki,
Tahu Potiki- bearer of an exceedingly illustrious name within Kai Tahu - has been a source of contention for some years. He's like Tipene - wealthy, with considerable clout historically, and - like Tipene - being withdrawn from, by the aunties.
I'm one of the aunties now - and I do not support fuckwits. -
Speaker: All aboard: The choice for…, in reply to Lucy Stewart,
Go fer-!
I have invested everything I own & have thing - here.
So be it.