Posts by Sacha
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Hard News: The Thread, It Is Open, in reply to Steve Parks,
Maybe he’s not “trolling”. Maybe he’s just a fuckwit.
On reflection, I'd say you're right he was genuine in his fuckwittery
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Hard News: The Thread, It Is Open, in reply to nzlemming,
you need to learn when not to engage personally, buddy
noted. thanks
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For the techies, was Brett Roberts unpleasant when he was managing Microsoft NZ? Being a right obnoxious Twitter troll tonight.
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Hard News: Again: Is everyone okay?, in reply to stephen walker,
Seen images of Sendai Airport completely swamped by tsunami
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Gordon Campbell links two current failures of government leadership.
Pike River's contractors being gypped:
The bills owed to local contractors when the mine exploded amounted to $7 million – and the support package promised in December was always expected to include a cash element to help meet those unpaid bills.
Now according to papers released under the OIA to Radio New Zealand, there doesn’t seem to be a ‘ stimulus package” at all.
...One can only contrast the approach to the mere $7 million owed to the Pike River contractors with the way the government rushed in last year to pay out $1.8 billion to the speculators left high and dry by the collapse of South Canterbury Finance.
And the RWC games that never had the slightest real chance of being played in Chch:
At Pike River, the authorities left families in limbo, to gradually infer that the miners were probably dead. If this was meant to be an act of kindness – a letting down of people easily – it plainly didn’t work. The families were merely encouraged to cling to hope and then had it dashed, in an agonizing fashion.
Much the same reluctance to front up and prepare for the likely outcome now marks the decision over the RWC games set down for Christchurch. It will be left to the International Rugby Board next week to play the heavy and state the bleedingly obvious – that the stadium, the training facilities, the accommodation resources and the public transport system in Christchurch cannot sustain the influx of 40,000 plus visitors for a world class international event. Especially when the aftershocks keep on coming.
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Wouldn’t it be better if our political leaders had shown some leadership and helped prepare people for the inevitable outcome? Instead, the politics of ‘good news’ governance mean that the Prime Minister has so far expressed only his preference that the games be played in Christchurch – just as I’m sure he will express his sympathy afterwards when the decision to shift the games is finally announced.
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How was the selection at Foo this year?
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I think it's more a case of having lost the way for many of our established pollies. Some of the fresher ones are more impressive. I believe none of them take on a job that difficult for trivial reasons whether those tend towards service or power.
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Hard News: About Arie, in reply to Russell Brown,
Ideal response from any leader really.
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Hard News: About Arie, in reply to 3410,
I saw the army out in the street and I thought court martial, firing squads
First time I've seen the statement - but if accurately transcribed, isn't "thought" a little different than actually saying it out loud to the guy he was visiting?
Not that I'm disagreeing with the comments above about a moral compass impaired from years of politics (and some sadly ineffective advisors right now, one suspects).
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Hard News: The Thread, It Is Open, in reply to Julian Melville,
Written by a teetotaller or lifted from some out of date marketing bumph - either way, #fail