Posts by Sacha
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Hard News: Victoria Crone and what…, in reply to
I’ve never voted for him, mostly because he shows no sign of understanding what council actually does or wanting to learn
= Penny Bright
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Great to see media finally realising that being on heavy dialysis might impinge on your earnings, despite superstar credibility as one of the greatest sportspeople of all time, in any sport. Antidote to all those "doesn't stop her" stories they love peddling.
Yet let's not hold our breath they will stop holding disabled people accountable for systemic failures to serve our needs. It's a natural human failing to blame the individual.
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Speaker: The Spirit Level, in reply to
Nothng new about 'the deserving poor' as a notion - and Hilary can probably supply references. :)
There is a huge historic moral underpinning to the distinction between people born disabled or who joined in later, especially by 'accident'. Across cultures, even.
Also between those who have never had socially-sanctioned 'success' and those who have had it then lost it.
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Hard News: Victoria Crone and what…, in reply to
a Tongan church
and there are some quite right-wing values in the more traditional parts of Pasifika and Maori communities. Hence the Nats testing the waters with Lotu-Iiga, Ngaro and gagging for Michael Jones to join their team.
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Hard News: Victoria Crone and what…, in reply to
This follow-up from Rudman's article:
I'm guessing Ms Crone didn't sell herself to Contact Energy shareholders last week by proudly declaring her ignorance of the ways of the business world. Yet here we have her seeking support to become mayor of the Auckland Super City, the home of a third of New Zealanders, by bragging about her political inexperience.
Yet I guess Boag will be hoping for a re-run of Key being marketed as a 'non-politician' with corporate experience.
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Vote over here.
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I'm glad people are passionate enough to put themselves forward, but the political skills required to lead this region do not come from being an executive. Goff's to lose.
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Hard News: Art with a job to do, in reply to
I understand that you also need to number the ones you dislike, under that voting mechanism.
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Hard News: Change for the Better, in reply to
ah, you mean attacking her as opposed to standing for election against her? #asyouwere
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Mr Buchanan adds a mass privacy breach of air travellers to the litany of the hunt for Rawshark. He also notes Police started acting immediately after Slater emailed the Assistant Commissioner directly, not when he lodged a formal complaint almost a week later. Buddies?
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