Posts by Blake Monkley

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  • OnPoint: Iraq, from the air,

    Isn't that one way they recruit them these days?

    They built this for kids to come and get a taste of the army experience

    Auckland • Since Jul 2008 • 215 posts Report Reply

  • OnPoint: Iraq, from the air,

    After watching the video, I am starting to feel uneasy that some in the military may think they are playing a video game.

    Auckland • Since Jul 2008 • 215 posts Report Reply

  • Hard News: Sweet Rocksteady,

    Sunday sessions....

    ...where's the lighter gone.

    Auckland • Since Jul 2008 • 215 posts Report Reply

  • Hard News: Good Newsing,

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  • Hard News: Good Newsing,

    Kim and I got on to the subject of mining at one stage; she had met some people Monday who were enthusiastic about the idea of mining. They thought that they were not rich enough and mining was the answer. They owned Range Rovers and they were bitching, generally believed that the environment was only a minor issue to deal with. They obviously did not understand the Pixies or the lyrics to "This monkey's gone to heaven" to even get on that subject or that most people from where she was from, were miners, still dirt fucking poor and staring at a shitty landscape. We had a small laugh and I explained that most Kiwis were not that greedy, stupid or naïve….she was pleased.

    Oh, Monkley. Bastard. I couldn't even get tickets.

    One, very, lucky bastard!

    Auckland • Since Jul 2008 • 215 posts Report Reply

  • Hard News: The Exploding Banana Scandal,

    Meanwhile another shark story on page 3 at the Weekend herald. <yawn>.

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  • Hard News: Good Newsing,

    I feel so, so jammy for making it to both shows.

    Lucky you, the stage looked pretty neat.

    My luck for the week was taking Kim Deal sailing Wednesday, and after the show Thursday I got to have a glass of wine and talk with Charles in the backroom. I know I'm bragging but WTF it was the Pixies.

    Auckland • Since Jul 2008 • 215 posts Report Reply

  • Hard News: Good Newsing,

    Vector Arena...

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  • Hard News: Good Newsing,

    The Pixies at the Powerstation was one seriously tight band. A night full of positive energy and a older crowd. I was grinning from ear to ear just like Kim Deal on bass.

    Auckland • Since Jul 2008 • 215 posts Report Reply

  • OnPoint: Lies, damn lies, adjectives,

    Steve Keen posted a graph showing the cost of housing.

    He also made the comment below which every politician should think hard about.

    If a house is to be a “Money Tree”–a source of unearned income–then there are two sources of that unearned income:
    (1) Somebody else’s income; or
    (2) An increase in debt.

    If everyone in the country is trying to exploit the same money tree–and that is the consequence of everyone expecting house prices to rise faster than incomes forever–then that narrows it down a bit. The sources that make that possible are then:

    (1) Overseas income; or
    (2) An increase in debt.

    Auckland • Since Jul 2008 • 215 posts Report Reply

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