Hard News: The March for Democracy
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I heartily recommend the hard to find Peter Cook movie the Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer from 1970here's two snippets...
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not an actual quote. but people talking about where the money came from
Didn't some intrepid soul discover that Focus on the Family / Family First / someone got funded biggish bucks from a US group? Did that come out via the Charities Commission?
Could more come out re the source/s of the $450k?
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Is it that the Demo-Crazys only know "As Advertised on TV" Music?. I wonder who else they asked?
Did Paul Holmes ever do a live gig? I mean, that'd be rather appropriate for the demographic in question.
Edit: I was Googling his CD to try and see the track listing, and came across this comment from a seller on Trademe: "CD in excellent conditon, an unwanted gift, played once. "
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Just curious, has anyone else started hunting through the Companies Office for background on Colin Craig? I'm waiting on the emailed results of a directors' register search as I type.
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Has any reporter ever questioned the "half a million" budget?
No. They're too busy investigating a bloody chicken.
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the "talent" selected for the march consisted of
christians
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Assuming that he's the same Colin Graeme Craig who resides at 5 Triton Drive, Albany, he's the director of five active companies:
1110716−Managers’ Apartments Limited
526401−Shore Bins Limited
1622321−Centurion Utilities Limited
817427−Centurion Management Services Limited
893043−Centurion House LimitedI'd say it's probably the correct person, with company names like those.
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This symbol has been used for both the left and right over time, from the Romans to the New Zealand Municipalities Co-operative Insurance Company Limited, later Civic Insurance. The Fascio adorns the old Municipal Buiding in Auckland City.
And we have them in our Parliament - IIRC they have some as wall decorations in the old Legislative Council chamber.
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doubly so when the Prime Minister is of Jewish heritage.
But his mother was an atheist and so is he.
And that's where, I think, some risk to civil society lies. It's right and good to protest, but when public servants know they will cop it simply for taking seriously their responsibilities, and the Prime Minister is compared to Hitler, the wrong signals are being sent.
Could you elaborate?
Do you know Angus wouldn't accept the job because he knows whackos are going to criticise him or is that conjecture? And even if it isn't conjecture, who cares? Shouldn't public servants cop it all the time from everyone? Craig's quote on Angus that you provided was actually pretty level, too.
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No. They're too busy investigating a bloody chicken.
I did like this "comment"
John Key: I haven't had any advice on that but I'm pretty relaxed about it crossing the road.
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he's the director of five active companies:
1110716−Managers’ Apartments Limited
526401−Shore Bins Limited
1622321−Centurion Utilities Limited
817427−Centurion Management Services Limited
893043−Centurion House LimitedI wonder which of those is a LACQ (loss attributing qualifying company) that will show a $450,000.00 loss against Tax next year?.
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I wonder which of those is an LAQC that will show a $450,000.00 loss against Tax next year?
It's only $90k per company, if they're all LAQCs. But we'll never know, given that it's a criminal offence for IRD staff or any other person who's acting as the taxpayer's agent to disclose tax information except in specific circumstances relating to the operation of the tax or criminal justice systems.
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he's the director of five active companies:
1110716−Managers’ Apartments Limited
526401−Shore Bins Limited
1622321−Centurion Utilities Limited
817427−Centurion Management Services Limited
893043−Centurion House LimitedProbably not connected to the Centurion Men's Sauna though.
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So. At the same time that a few thousand confused angry people were steaming up Queen St, roughly the same number of people were packing out the athletics stadium at Mt Smart in order to hang out in the sunshine, play their ukuleles and have a nice day out.
That seems to have garnered only a 30 second spot at the end of the TV1 news and absolutely no coverage at all on NZH or Stuff (not counting the press releases from before the event). Not even a column from Tapu Misa about how minorities were particularly well represented and everybody had a good time.
I know which event I'd rather have been at. Fortunately, I was.
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But his mother was an atheist and so is he.
Brickley: I don't really want to derail the thread into a definition-fu about who counts as a Jew and who is just Jew-ish, but could you grant that Ruth Key (nee Lazar) had pretty sound reasons to believe that the Anschluss Österreichs would ultimately prove to be fatally injurious to her health? The Nuremberg Laws -- and the deportation orders -- didn't draw distinctions between devout and secular.
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Probably not connected to the Centurion Men's Sauna though
steaming up Queen St
But on the other hand, maybe they were....?
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Bah ha ha...
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doubly so when the Prime Minister is of Jewish heritage.
But his mother was an atheist and so is he.
Depends on which interview you look at it. But that's irrelevant. It's offensive and stupid political hyperbole from people who wouldn't know perspective if it bit them on the ass.
Could you elaborate?
Do you know Angus wouldn't accept the job because he knows whackos are going to criticise him or is that conjecture? And even if it isn't conjecture, who cares?
If you're not just being disingenuous as usual, I presume you're not familiar with the degree of personal vilification endured by Kiro. The job is a long-term (five year, I think) appointment and yet Paula Bennett was obliged to appoint Angus to fill in for six months:
"I have decided to make an interim appointment to allow time to find the right permanent appointee for this important position," Ms Bennett said. "I am grateful that we have someone of Mr Angus' ability and standing available while we work to fill the role long-term."
They knew Kiro was leaving ages ago, but they're still "working" to find someone to take the job.
And now, Angus, the least provocative candidate you could imagine, is copping it -- although I presume he'll be spared the racist and sexist abuse.
Shouldn't public servants cop it all the time from everyone?
Uh, okay, if that's the world you want to live in. But, of course, you're really just trolling from the safety of your pseudonym.
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But his mother was an atheist and so is he.
Agnostic surely
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And relaxed about it.
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To be honest, if I said what I really thought about either of those men I would be inviting legal action.
You got the memo then. Good.
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He needs to wake up and realise that 87.4 percent of New Zealander voters have enough common sense to know he is wrong
Maybe if Craig had been flogged at school every time he made a grammatical error, he'd be able to write correct English. It's "New Zealand voters" and "know that he is wrong".
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Centurian (various companies)- if that was me - my mates would all know it's about BattleStar Galactica.
He's setting himself up for the great fall from grace. Centurian (various companies), Christian standard bearer for pro-smacking, ... I'm assuming he's married?
The delicious part of course is his marginal political campaign for reduced representation.
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I don't know if this got linked to while I was off having my hair professionally ruined, but here's a nice photoset from the march.
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I don't know if this got linked to while I was off having my hair professionally ruined, but here's a nice photoset from the march
I'm starting to think some folks weren't taking this whole "march for democracy" thing terribly seriously.
EDIT: a couple more favourites:
Nice Father Ted reference
My thoughts exactly
Right
True Bliss strikes again!
I feel bad for laughing at this one
Well, at least it's a specific request...
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