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Jeremy Andrew

Fri, 22 Dec 2006 08:09:56 +1300

I suspect that unlike our local constabulary (cf. the Kahui case), the UK plod prefer the "arrest 'em all & sort 'em out down the nick" technique.

Muriel Lockheed

Thu, 21 Dec 2006 23:51:44 +1300

I find it even more intriguing that the police are not ruling out more arrests in this case..........other than the two already arrested and being questioned..........WTF?

Marcelo Rodriguez Ferrere

Wed, 20 Dec 2006 13:45:44 +1300

For me the debate is: of those affected how big is the impact of those that fall into 1)?

The answer is simple: the impact will be neglible, but more importantly, it is deserved.

As both Harre and Conway pointed out, New Zealand has had steady and high economic growth…

andrew llewellyn

Wed, 20 Dec 2006 08:48:00 +1300

I'm assuming no, otherwise the link would be up here already.

Jeremy Andrew

Wed, 20 Dec 2006 08:35:40 +1300

More importantly, does this guy have a myspace page?

andrew llewellyn

Wed, 20 Dec 2006 08:27:04 +1300

So what does it mean? Are they arresting all men who were clients of all 5?

Matt Jeffs

Wed, 20 Dec 2006 03:51:31 +1300

Yeah the Suffolk Police have arrested a 2nd bloke ...... see attached link.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/suffolk/6192085.stm

Robyn Gallagher

Wed, 20 Dec 2006 02:08:10 +1300

Oooh – I totally bow to your MySpace ninja-ing ...

It happened that last night I pasted the links (and made bad jokes about the photos) to a friend who didn't have a MySpace account (and is therefore probably not a killer). So fortunately that left me with a nice…

Yamis

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 22:47:07 +1300

Apparently a second male has been arrested.

The plot sickens?

Juha Saarinen

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 20:41:21 +1300

Soup pics and other good food illustrated here.

dylan

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 18:38:50 +1300

But the thing I don't understand is this...

A whole bunch of people will be getting something they weren't before. They are not getting it because they are suddenly adding more value, so they must be getting it from someone else. So where from? As far as I can tell,…

Russell Brown

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 17:24:43 +1300

It's also worth pointing out that alongside "welfare reform" (which is now having a fairly nasty impact, judging by the new "food security" statistics) – the Clinton policy the Hayekians always argue for – Clinton raised the minimum wage in the 1990s.

Whether or not you want to draw a…

Russell Brown

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 17:21:35 +1300

I agree entirely. The age-old 'a minimum wage prevents [insert unskilled minority here] getting a foot-hold in the labour maket' fallacy was expertly rebutted by Laila.

Yeah, that was the one. She pointed out that the minimum-wage jobs overwhelmingly aren't entry-level ones – they're service jobs, like cleaning hospitals, that…

andrew llewellyn

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 16:44:20 +1300

Say Juha, it said I'm not authorised to view that soup...

dylan

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 16:35:10 +1300

Laila didn't convince me (although she did seem better informed than Roger). After all do we really think that the flexible and cheap labour in NZ hasn't contributed to the low unemployment?

But probably the thing that bugs me most in her interview (and the guy from the CTU's) was…

Juha Saarinen

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 16:15:57 +1300

The soup looked a little bit like this....

Juha Saarinen

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 16:02:56 +1300

It's a little hard to comment on things in a multi-category blog entry without risking the appearance of being uncaring or something but cordyceps... when I was in Malaysia, one of my favourite medicinal soups was made with black chicken and cordyceps. Good for you, and I don't mind the…

Mat Wiseman

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 16:00:14 +1300

Oh no. I hope that loveable pooch – Hong Kong Phooey – doesn't get dirt swung his way for being an influence.

David Slack

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 15:28:45 +1300

he IS the spitting image of the guy who's been painting the neighbour's house for the last 3 years

Run Skippy, run!

Marcelo Rodriguez Ferrere

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 15:23:36 +1300

Laila Harre had Roger Kerr for breakfast, lunch and dinner on the minimum wage issue on Morning Report today.

I agree entirely. The age-old 'a minimum wage prevents [insert unskilled minority here] getting a foot-hold in the labour maket' fallacy was expertly rebutted by Laila. Peter Conway, chief economist from…

andrew llewellyn

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 15:14:27 +1300

Also... have you guys seen this? It's a "Rich individual..."

andrew llewellyn

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 15:10:59 +1300

David, while Manson (he doesn't seem to have aged that much or is that old?) doesn't look like my neighbour, he IS the spitting image of the guy who's been painting the neighbour's house for the last 3 years (presume the neighbour isn't paying by the hour).

Russell Brown

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 14:18:26 +1300

His account may have been deleted, but the photos still remain up on MySpace (at least for now)

Oooh – I totally bow to your MySpace ninja-ing ...

David Slack

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 13:50:04 +1300

If you prefer your notorious murderers to look a little less like the neighbour, check out this interview with Charles Manson.

Danyl Mclauchlan

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 13:46:48 +1300

Readers of Alan Moore's 'From Hell' will not be surprised to see that the police investigator in charge of the case is a DCS Gull . . .

Robyn Gallagher

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 13:30:33 +1300

I was looking at Stephens' MySpace page last night. It's easy to think of serial killers as being subhuman, evil creatures, but when you see a basic, neglected (not updated since October) MySpace page with a few photos and bits and pieces, it makes it all seem so shockingly ordinary.…

hudsie

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 12:36:05 +1300

But having read the Telegraph article and seen the photos he doesn't exactly come over as Hannibal Lechter either.
It is curious how in the light of suspicion everything seems dodgy.

The other thing interesting is that he stopped posting on My Space on October 27th. If he is the…

Joanna

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 12:34:37 +1300

This- from the Telegraph- indicates maybe the myspace photos were already just a bit... wierd!

Yeah but what's the point of having a myspace account if you don't put weird photos on it?

"Joanna McLeod displayed pictures of herself in a wedding dress despite having never been married and in…

Rob Stowell

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 12:25:12 +1300

This- from the Telegraph- indicates maybe the myspace photos were already just a bit... wierd!

>>A suspect arrested in connection with the murder of five women in Suffolk has posted bizarre photographs of himself on an internet blog site, where he calls himself "The Bishop".

Mr Stephens, 37, was arrested…

andrew llewellyn

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 11:49:59 +1300

It's becoming a standard line of journalistic inquiry. "They've charged a man with murder!" "Quick – check if he's on MySpace!

it's a very convenient way to get a photo & put a face to a name. A photo that hasn't been touched up in anyway to make them look really…

Neil Morrison

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 11:46:13 +1300

Is the John McCain piece by the same Paul Joseph Watson who thinks that 911 was an inside job?

The infowars site has an interesing resource page
on 911 including the obligatory THEY knew.

andrew llewellyn

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 11:46:07 +1300

Oh dear... I do hope they have the right guy after all that. Certainly looks like he's been on the suspect shortlist for a while.

So... will the murders now cease?

Russell Brown

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 11:42:49 +1300

I can't wait until you get convicted of a crime, Russell, so that newspapers can pick apart your Public Address posts.
"Sponsored by a whiskey company and a coffee brand? That's practically home-made P if you put them together..."

Heh.

I just think it's fascinating that these people – it…

Craig Ranapia

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 11:42:15 +1300

Laila Harre had Roger Kerr for breakfast, lunch and dinner on the minimum wage issue on Morning Report today.

Good to see she's eating something, because after yesterday's more than usually stupid performance with Hooters I thought those two really shouldn't hit the Xmas party trail (specifically the open bar)…

sunil w

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 11:41:32 +1300

Fantastic footage of the crodyceps fungus.
Cordyceps Sinensis affects catepillars, forcing them to commit siucide by falling from height to their deaths.

The mushrooms from sinensis have been harvested from central asia by the chinese, who use them for increasing yang.
Enough is harvested to stuff into a duck, which…

Russell Brown

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 11:39:18 +1300

The MySpace link for the arrested Ipswich murders suspect is now dead. "This user has cancelled the account or had it removed etc.."

It's quite strange that I managed to get it this morning, after all the news reports were already saying it had been cancelled.

This Guardian story has…

Joanna

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 11:29:51 +1300

I can't wait until you get convicted of a crime, Russell, so that newspapers can pick apart your Public Address posts.

"Sponsored by a whiskey company and a coffee brand? That's practically home-made P if you put them together..."

Evan Yates

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 11:24:37 +1300

The MySpace link for the arrested Ipswich murders suspect is now dead. "This user has cancelled the account or had it removed etc.."

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Tue, 19 Dec 2006 11:24:37 +1300

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