Posts by Idiot Savant

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  • What Happens: The Sequel!,

    Looks like I had the bitter Opal Nera of Senate defeat too early then.

    (I am saving the sweet peach schnapps of House victory for later)

    Palmerston North • Since Nov 2006 • 1717 posts Report Reply

  • What Happens: The Sequel!,

    Danyl: well, I'll certainly be pleased to see "man on dog" Santorum go...

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  • So what happens this time?,

    Exit polls for key Senate races from Political Animal:

    Virginia: D 52 R 47
    Montana: D 53 R 46
    Missouri: D 50 R 48
    Tennessee: D 48 R 51

    Missouri is too narrow, but its not looking too bad so far.

    Salon has a guide to watching (webbing?) the elections here.

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  • Depravity, anyone?,

    I can see it now: "Wonks", in which a band of heroic Wellington policy analysts... analyse policy. While drinking that good Wellington coffee. Lots of sweeping shots of Parliament (even though they all work in anonymous office buildings in Molesworth St and on the Terrace), and of people walking meaningfully down corridors (even though NZ buildings aren't really big on corridors; we prefer open plan), and of the protagonists yelling at one another across a desk. Problems will be solved by the end of the episode and come from across the entire sphere of government, even though things are handled by seperate ministries. Antagonists will include Treasury, who don't solve problems, only apply their free market ideological blinkers (and are better paid for it), and a mysterious caped supervillan (with cat) known only as "the perkbuster".

    Maybe if it was done as a variant of "survivor"...?

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  • Depravity, anyone?,

    Speaking of The Wire, why the hell do they screen it so late at night? It's easily the best police procedural on television, so you'd expect it to get a better slot.

    BTW, Gary, you forgot "The Shield" - which is the only police drama I'm watching ATM.

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  • The NZ Web's greatest hits (and misses),

    Definitely Scoop - its irreplacable now as a way of getting direct, unmediated news. I also have a soft spot for Aardvark, though I no longer follow it.

    I think the new parliament.govt.nz site is something we'll appreciate more over time. OK, so its audience is really limited to total political junkies, but its about as good as it can be for what it is - and in Te Reo too.

    Idiot/Savant

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