Posts by Steve Barnes
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Hard News: The Letter, in reply to Joe Wylie,
You appear to have overlooked
Hei Hei, I missed that. :-)
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Hard News: The Letter, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
it’s … Auckwood
’Tell you come from Cripescrutch
Up here we call our supburps by their proper names…
Moaningsnide,
Manurewa (pronounced Manure waa)
Poncybay
As for your burbs…Merisnail
Papanubie
Ricecarton
Fondalton
Bumside
Bryndwr (thats Welsh for “itsquitenicehereomasunnydayyoucanseethehillsanshit”
Belfarts (ding dung)
New Brighton, a place without pier.
Avonside (now partly known as Underavon)
Mairehau (and how)
Shirley (might as well call it Brian)
Edgewhere?
Burntwood
Heathcliffe (not far from Wuthering heights I guess)
Hoon Hay needs no change whatsoever…
Halswell, that ends well?
Horny
Spreydon (see Hoon Hay)
Cashmore
Addledtown
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Oh, sorry Steven, I meand Trhaed.
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You mean This mean machine?
HP plans to launch memristor, silicon photonic computer within the decade. Electrons, photons, and ions will work together to revolutionize computing.
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Hard News: The Letter, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
“bugger the pollsters with a well-lubricated horse cock, we’re in this to win it.”
I was almost with you up until that last bit, Craig, you worry me sometimes but then I remember you are a National supporter so...
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Hard News: The Letter, in reply to Chris Waugh,
You wrote “the polls are rigged to make us look good”, which implies that somebody is deliberately designing them in such a way that they overstate National support.
Yes I did and yes it does.
I may, of course, be mistaken but that is a rare occurrence. I will never forget the time when I thought I had made a mistake and realised that I hadn't and had to admit that I was wrong, a humbling experience. -
Hard News: Labour's Fiscal Plan:…, in reply to ,
just realized I was derailing this thread.
I see what you did there. ;-)
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Hard News: Labour's Fiscal Plan:…, in reply to Swan,
If you only tax realised gains, then you are basically advantaging people who choose not to sell, and distort the market accordingly.
Nobody but the scaremongers are talking about taxing unrealised gains, the same scaremongers who complain about increased top tier taxation as if it applied to every cent earned (or not earned if you include capital gains). So, if you don't sell your asset then you neither loose or gain, if you borrow against it then the lender takes a gamble on future value, that is how it should work and does work if you are honest about how you use your assets and manage them.
Your argument on labour income is also flawed as, traditionally "unearned" income was taxed at the top rate so as to not disadvantage actual workers who incur expenses in travel, clothing and tools which were not claimed against tax by employees and sole traders until very late in the 20th century.
If citations are needed then feel free to find them as it is my day off and I doubt very much if you are prepared to pay my fee, especially at double time.. -
Hard News: The Letter, in reply to Chris Waugh,
if slightly less conspiratorial sounding.
Yes, it doesn't pay to mention conspiracy, you get labeled as a "theorist" and these days any theory is dismissed as unfounded rubbish.
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Hard News: The Letter, in reply to Chris Waugh,
I do think we could do worse than have a serious discussion about the roll polling, especially the reporting of polls, plays in our political culture.
Indeed, it all seems a bit chicken and egg don't it?
But here is a thing...Mr Joyce urged delegates to take no comfort from recent polls showing National with a strong lead over other parties.
He said comparing the average of the main opinion polls now with 84 days out from the last election, National is now running about two points behind.Its almost like he is saying "The polls are rigged to make us look good, don't believe it" something I have suspected for years but if Steven Joyce says so then...