Posts by Joe Wylie
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Hard News: Time to move on, in reply to
the avowedly (and still) Leftist, Bomber Bradbury was on record saying something like, "the moment you pick up a gun, you're no longer a peace activist."
I'm amazed that Bradbury has enjoyed any credibility since his claim back in 2007 to be down with the activists while simultaneously channeling the anxieties of middle NZ. I'm also mildly surprised that he wasn't rounded up at the time on the strength of his dopey nickname.
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Cracker: Monday Lovin' (includes FREE CD!), in reply to
Though I'd have expected a University Lecturer to play, not drums, but the 'tenure sax'...
:- )Though for a pun like that you'd need a drum-roll.
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Hard News: The Vision Thing, in reply to
It's his job to argue on behalf of local government on matters like that . . .
Make that 'argue on behalf of those that local government represent' and I'm with you. From Yule's track record he's seemed more interested in protecting the dysfunctional status quo than in promoting accountability. As Smith's 'reforms' don't threaten the kind of local government faux-corporate largesse that Yule has previously defended, right now he's able to play the people's champion.
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. . . Bob Charles (magnetic mattresses) . . . urge us to buy products whose real health benefits are very questionable indeed.
Bob's easily confused:
After the tournament, golfing legend Sir Bob Charles won a driver in a draw, which he gave to Tony Marryatt.Charles - who had no use for the right-handed club, being a left-hander - said he wanted to give the driver to someone who had done good work for the quake-hit city.
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Hard News: The Vision Thing, in reply to
And as Lawrence Yule mentions, they end up funding or delivering some that neither government nor private sector have the stones to honour.
Sounds good, but given Yule's role as apologist for council CEO lotto, he's probably just contextualising.
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Capture: Two Tripods, One Night, in reply to
It's like there's a light source inside every column; every brick.
Alex's HDR is stunning. It's a tricky technique that all too often seems to get the better of those who attempt it.
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Capture: Two Tripods, One Night, in reply to
Wellington Railway Station
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Been around a while now, but still a fave. -
Capture: EQNZ Remembrance, in reply to
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Capture: Two Tripods, One Night, in reply to
Great little series DR. Cheers.
Love the palm tree & pushchair. And of course the bubbles.