Posts by Sacha
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Thanks, Simon. That's a great roundup from a current conflict that as you note our media have downplayed in favour of an event of little impact for us.
Provincial editorial perspectives and the pull of mother Europe's heartstrings still reign in some circles it seems. Sooner they die out the better.
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Get to 8 posts at once and then we'll talk..
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Mainstream coverage about the ethics of the arseholes who are ultimately responsible - keeping innocent prisoners locked up to avoid losing face or momentum (h/t Juha).
George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld covered up that hundreds of innocent men were sent to the Guantánamo Bay prison camp because they feared that releasing them would harm the push for war in Iraq and the broader War on Terror, according to a new document obtained by The Times.
The accusations were made by Lawrence Wilkerson, a top aide to Colin Powell, the former Republican Secretary of State, in a signed declaration to support a lawsuit filed by a Guantánamo detainee.
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I believe there is a value in having public holidays (secular ones if you will) that we can all share.
Agree - like Waitangi Day. Others seem to rely on everyone "sharing" the same preferences and cultures.
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I reckon many people would still congregate around certain dates, just less so than now. You would still expect cultural festivals and religious services to be organised for followers on certain meaningful days of the year.
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being 'led astray' by some kind of Nancy Spungen figure
Simon Cowell in ripped tights
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Love driving around (there goes my green cred) but usually do have a destination in mind. Don't know if it's Auckland's mannerless traffic, but I found my bus and train trips yesterday more relaxing and a great way to appreciate the city and its people.
I really like Ben's idea that everyone gets an allowance of stat days that they can use throughout the year as they please - with the proviso that they are strictly not tradable for pay. Especially in the Auckland region with our high migrant numbers, it seems silly that eveyone has to work around one religion's dictates about which days are special.
one of those timetable fascists who loved to turn up at work at 5am, and gave huge kudos to everyone else who turned up early.
I'm sure we've discussed this somewhere else a while back, but I find the socially sanctioned moralising about early risers being somehow better people just offensive. Sooner it dies out the better.
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Verily
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Man he must have loved seeing how online channels gave fans stronger voices over the last decade.
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I'd put money on "more" and "less" being the only pair standing in a matter of years. Especially when "fewer" takes up more space in print headlines.