Posts by Paul Litterick
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The Wee Man is a Ned - a Scottish subculture whose members are identifiable by their Burberry caps (always pointing upwards) and tracksuits. The bottle that the Wee Man carries is Buckfast Tonic Wine, known as the "commotion lotion."
You can learn more about Ned culture here
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Just pointing out that some who criticise his actions today are of the same ilk that tried to prevent Death on the Rock being screened. When that failed they set up a system that could remove the license of an independent station to broadcast.
¿Eh?
Let's make a syllogism
1.Thatcher closed down the station which had criticised her.
2. Chavez closed down the station which had criticised him.
3. Therefore, the critics of Chavez are like Thatcher.Something is not right here.
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Crap. The Government first tried to suppress the program and failed. Then they changed the rules for bidding for licenses and put in a closed system for bids in which the criteria for "wining were obtuse to say the least. Thames didn't stand a chance.
Evidence please, and try laying off the abuse while you are at it. You don't win arguments that way. The rules for bidding were changed but why should that have had anything to do with Thames? That is an inference you have drawn, not a fact supported by evidence.
Second, and more important, what has this to do with Venezuela?
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If RCTV really supported the coup, then I am sure the government would have closed it down and imprisoned its directors for treason back then. Instead, they wait until its licence comes up for renewal, refuse the application and replace it with a government channel. According to the BBC
"The new state-sponsored channel TVES launched with programmes that Mr Chavez said would better reflect society, including a film about independence hero Simon Bolivar."
I expect they will also have martial music and scenes of happy peasants in the communal farms singing folk songs praising the President.
Meanwhile, Chavez is threatening a second TV channel which dared to show pictures of the protests about RCTV:
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Mrs. Thatcher effectively shut down the independent Thames TV by refusing to renew there license.
The licensing process was in the hands of the Independent Broadcasting Authority, not the Government. This story is a media myth with no evidence to support it.
In any case, what of it? In what way could it be relevant even if it were true? The fact is that Chavez is closing down a TV station which disagrees with him. Rather than protest against this censorship and oppression, people of the left are rushing to find excuses for him. Nothing new there, of course: we have been ignoring Castro's oppression of his critics for years.
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Maybe they smile because they know that these photos will be used in the media and could influence the jury. Maybe these crims have foresight: project a good image in the mugshot and it might help later.
Or maybe they are just egotists who cannot resist a camera.
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Look, Russell, mate, doing this research thing and finding facts to support your argument may win you a Quantas Award for best blog, but real journalism is about getting the opinions of an ex-All Black. Everyone knows that ex-All Blacks have experience and wisdom; after all, they are Role Models.
Norm Hewitt has experience of drinking binges and ranch-slider management issues, so obviously he is qualified to talk about boy racers. You can't argue with that.
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And while "alliance" is moot, "united" is close to deceptive advertising
For that matter, so is "future."
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a welfare state is one that gives you money to raise your children, a Nanny state is one that tells you how to raise your children
So New Zealand became a Nanny State in 1877 with the passing of the Education Act, making children's education compulsory.
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Curses, I wasn't first and I didnt get that People's Choice Award. Well done, Russell.
A range of blog awards would be no bad thing. It is odd that one of the most important parts of Internet should be represented by one award, while there are legions of sponsored awards for sites that don't really matter, of the Best Lifestyle Real Estate Site in the Western Bay of Plenty kind.