Posts by nzlemming
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Hard News: 2014: The Meth Election, in reply to Trevor Nicholls,
incredible, now you’re channelling “ugly truth”
Surprise surprise.
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Hard News: 2014: The Meth Election, in reply to Joe Wylie,
They were all over the Dimpost for a while there. They start out expecting to gorge on the imagined low-hanging fruit Slater’s assured them was out there, before squealing foul and retiring in high victim mode. And yeah, they’re all hes.
Russell, might be worth comparing IP addresses with Danyl.
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Hard News: 2014: The Meth Election, in reply to Danielle,
I’m not as green as I am cabbage-looking
Watch out for boats, you don't want to bump into the banks...
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Hard News: Dirty Politics, in reply to Alfie,
The two companies have since signed up for GCSB cyber-protection, which is a two stage process that requires a warrant to look at emails, Mr Key said.
"Nice little company ya got here. Be a shame if somethin' were to happen to it, eh, Muggsy?"
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Hard News: 2014: The Meth Election, in reply to izogi,
Funny you should say that. One part of my view of John Key is that he’s leading a Cabinet which is more interested in operating government as if it’s a business whose sole purpose is to get done what it decides needs doing, instead of a government which is meant to do those things on behalf of the people it represents – not just those who voted for it. Only it’s not constrained by the inability to change rules and laws which typically govern corporations.
Precisely this!
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Is it my imagination or have we seen an influx of bad faith fanbois derailing conversations on PAS since Dirty Politics was released? It's almost like there was a deliberate campaign...
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Hard News: 2014: The Meth Election, in reply to James George,
So in case anyone is interested in this stuff this is a link to the Amsterdam interview
Thanks for that. Smart man, and a point well made that lawyers would advise KDC to keep his head down.
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Hard News: Dirty Politics, in reply to Sacha,
yet they’re faithfully including it in stories.
Yes, but they're usually following it with "Pulitzer-prize winning journalist", which they wouldn't have bothered with before. So, that's something.
Another thing I noticed last night was both the newsreader and Gower referred to the plain "Key", rather than "Mr Key" or "the Prime Minister", which is always indicative that the gloss is off.
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The "Dotcom's little henchman" line doesn't seem to be going over well with the media either.
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There may be a deeper game here (I admit this occurred to me in the shower so, it's a little slippery). What if Key, knowing he can't declassify and release (technical point - it's the Director who classifies or declassifies, not the Minister), says beforehand that he will and then says, after he knows what Greenwald has on him, that the law won't permit it this close to an election so we'll just have to trust him, akshully?