Posts by Peter Martin
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blithering wing-man
That almost should be in capitals, like Speaker of the House.
*laff*
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I still think Auckland should have a working port, especially if the alternative is yet more luxury apartments.
A recent article in Salon...'That dock would make a great park. The water view is perfect for a new loft. Will gentrification kill shipping?'
http://www.salon.com/2012/03/10/on_the_waterfront_the_battle_rages_on/singleton/
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when well-established english words are sommersaulted into a non-sense meaning of what they are universally understood to mean , you have to wonder what is going on…
The normal wax and wane that is the idiom. It's neither good nor bad. Permanent or transitory. It is just what ya use now. :)
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Heh Tom Scott has a say...
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anyone tried finding a teacher or community classes to learn signing ?
My son has lessons from The Robbie White Trust in Dunedin . The signer takes a lesson at school so that the whole class and teacher gets to learn it as well. If Parliamentary Services have any loot left over , I know of a Trust it could go to...
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This is not a partisan issue, it’s a parliamentary services issue – it just so happens that the speaker is a Nat.
I have to wonder if a deal of the 'she/the Greens knew about the deafness before she was elected thus it's up to her' is because she is a Green...
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The Pirate party's Rick Falkvinge also expresses some dismay.
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I doubt there is anything on the tape.
As TV3 has a copy of the tape and its reporters are asking rather pointed questions about Brash's security as ACT Leader and Banks' loyalty to Brash, I rather think it is reasonably obvious that a coup was mentioned.
This would also tie in with the HoS Editor and his 'gamechanging' comments. An assumption that it would be to the detriment of ACT when it comes to votes could well be wrong. -
But have we been had? Will folk now be more inclined to vote for a Banks led ACT?
heh.
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Hard News: The perils of political confidence, in reply to Russell Brown,
Indeed. And Banks put on the spot. How sad...