Hard News: Dirty Politics
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mark taslov, in reply to
ha! and HA! I’m always amazed how you see so far Ian. Magic. I should probably rattle me daggs, I don’t want to burst too many bubbles and although this year’s jamboree has been an absolute binder, it’s obviously left me with a lot to think about, things which I can do nothing about here.
Thanks for not banning me Russell and the best of luck to everyone, if I stepped on your toes with this exercise in free speech, get real. And for any of you who might be on the cusp of adulthood and feeling kind of daunted about the future in this brave new world, (I know there’s one or two of you) one last special song from a kinder simpler time to get your twerk on to.
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krothville, in reply to
Thanks for not banning me Russell and the best of luck to everyone, if I stepped on your toes with this exercise in free speech, get real.
I actually enjoyed your posts. But then again, I really like discussions on PA, because mostly everyone argues cleanly, and backs their opinions up.
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Sofie Bribiesca, in reply to
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Me too. I think it's perfectly understandable why Taslov feels so passionate about all the discoveries over the past year and to see it's conclusion where it would seem the majority of New Zealanders find it perfectly acceptable is abominable and I think that also. we have now just told the National Party, anything goes. we may as well sing God save New Zealand and watch some rugby eh?
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Dr Jarrod Gilbert: Proof of David Farrar’s deception: my own experience of Dirty Politics
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Jarrod Gilbert outlines his #dirtypolitics experience with Farrar
[edit] hah! Should have refreshed before I posted. :-)
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Sofie Bribiesca, in reply to
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Read that earlier. Why am I not surprised. There's much more in the neighbourhood. Everyone lives in a neighbourhood.
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If anyone is interested, the good folks over at actionstation have set up a petition calling for a Royal Commission into Dirty Politics.
For me, in the current context, signing felt like an incredibly... small act, but I did so because I very much share the sentiment expressed in the e-mail they sent me yesterday; it is no longer sufficient just to stay as informed as possible and to exercise my democratic right every three years. Time to get off the proverbial arse. (I realise that signing an e-petiton is not technically getting off my arse, but it's the first example of putting into action a new conviction to take every opportunity to make a contribution.)
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Sofie Bribiesca, in reply to
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Good on you.
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Jack Harrison, in reply to
Take a break, re-access,it's a shame that you care about politics, but you do. Not many can write about it. Take a good rest, come back.
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stephen clover, in reply to
David Fisher: Minister based policy to tackle gang problem on incorrect figures, say police
No mention of the Farrar angle -- though in fairness that's likely to at least be due to the difference between journalism and speculation.
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Brent Jackson, in reply to
The Farrar angle is there now, under the heading 'Dirty Politics'.
Interesting that the heading includes single quote marks. Is that because it is quoting somebody (ie it is in speech marks), or is this a use of scare quotes.
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A Twitter compilation of the Dirty Politics guilty parties, courtesy of Scott Milne.
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The Herald's "Who do you believe - John Key or Kim Dotcom? poll has been closed after ten days. Maybe because one of the subjects was leaping way too far into the lead?
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Jarrod Gilbert: Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean the government isn’t playing dirty.
Ten minutes or so before I posted my blog yesterday proving the Police and Corrections Minister had used dodgy gang numbers, David Farrar wrote something akin to an apology on Kiwiblog for attacking me for exposing the truth. He was getting the jump on criticism coming his way.
Was this a coincidence? Of course not. He was tipped off by the Minister’s office…
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nzlemming, in reply to
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The Farrar angle is there now, under the heading ‘Dirty Politics’.
It's entirely possible that 'the Fish' (as Russell called him) was alerted to it after the initial report, perhaps through these very pages ;-)
Interesting that the heading includes single quote marks. Is that because it is quoting somebody (ie it is in speech marks), or is this a use of scare quotes.
Not scare quotes as much as lack of proper style options in composing headlines. Single quotes are often used to denote book titles, as is underlining (but on the web that would look like a link). Double quotes are used to indicate someone else's words, rather than the reporter's.
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nzlemming, in reply to
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A Twitter compilation of the Dirty Politics guilty parties, courtesy of Scott Milne.
Soooo pleased I am not following any of those people.
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Kumara Republic, in reply to
Soooo pleased I am not following any of those people.
Notice the Oily One now refers to himself as 'Sir'?
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Sacha, in reply to
he'll be Bishop next :)
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Sacha, in reply to
'the Fish'
just 'Fish'
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Holy Mackerel!or are we talking an 'old folks only' reference to Abe Vigoda ?
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CJM,
'Fish' or 'Foul'?
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Slater has decided to drop his bid to get his emails back and might yet face costs.
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Sacha, in reply to
worth every cent some right-leaning donor paid for keeping the topic out of the media so effectively.
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yes it sharply cut off rawshark's ongoing dribble of dirty politics evidence in time before the election, no point in spending any more money on it now ... back to business as usual
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Joe Wylie, in reply to
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