Posts by Sacha
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the PI audience is comfortable with this behaviour and wouldn't appreciate their "leaders" coming under scrutiny.
I believe that only applies to those of established standing doesn't it?
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I was impressed by Point Break - thought it was very under-rated at the time. Didn't pay much attention to the camera caressing either Keanu or Patrick Swayze, though like any 'surfing' movie it's entirely possible.
Strange Days I found a bit disjointed, but again it's been a while.
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Having said which, I enjoyed last night's match far more now that my expectations about the game have been adjusted.
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I wish that clip were less accurate. Who decided that drama queens improved the game? And would they put quite so much effort in that direction if the rules were changed so they could focus on, oh I don't know, scoring fecking goals perhaps.
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Nicely tied together, Russell.
They better deliver better than what we presently receive
And there's a story there too if media can be bothered.
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It's common assault, not attempted murder
That it happened on Parliament's grounds against a serving Member "complicates things".
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the little-sister-victim-being-taken-care-of-by-big-brother
misreading the power of that character for starters
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the king of the fake tanned fucktards
now *that's* poetry
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Hah, brilliant follow-up from Danyl:
Foreign Minister Murray McCully has been severely reprimanded by Chinese Ambassador Zhang Limin for exercising poor judgement when using his Ministerial credit card, the Chinese Embassy announced today.
Previously Prime Minister John Key has defended McCully’s $2000 laundry bill and high alcohol expenditure but the Chinese Ambassador has overruled Key’s position, calling McCully’s spending ‘unseemly and non-magnificent’, and issuing a formal reprimand of the Foreign Minister.
‘We feel the Minister’s level of decadence is inappropriate and counter-revolutionary,’ the Ambassador announced. ‘This behaviour is not acceptable from Party functionaries and will not be tolerated.’
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The Standard has the official Chinese media release and transcripts of McCully from this morning's Q& A - worth a read if you want to see what craven toadying looks like.
When the delegation arrived at the entrance of the parliament building in Wellington Friday noon, it was hostilely harassed by a New Zealand demonstrator within close distance.
The demonstrator’s behavior posed a threat to the security and dignity of the delegation, and far exceeded the boundaries of the freedom of speech and freedom of assembly.
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MURRAY Well look I've only seen the media reports of it, but I find it massively disappointing. Of course we have freedom of speech in New Zealand, but that doesn’t mean we have to use that freedom of speech to cause offence to people, particularly to overseas visitors. It seemed to me that what Dr Norman was doing was calculated to give offence to the Chinese Vice President who's an important overseas visitor. It seemed to me that he abused parliamentary privilege, because he was in a situation where no member of the public could have placed themselves, and so it was only his role as a Member of Parliament that enabled him to do so. When we have differences of views with other countries, and we do frequently, I think it's important that we express those views in a way that is respectful and courteous. That’s what we do on a regular basis. The other political parties in our parliament do understand this, we work together to promote New Zealand's interests internationally, and particularly in the area of trade.
GUYON Sure but is it okay Minister for a Chinese security guard to manhandle a New Zealand parliamentarian on the forecourt of parliament?
MURRAY Yeah I'm not gonna buy into what actually happened there, because as I say I've only seen the media reports and there's a process I guess under way in New Zealand involving the police and others to ascertain who was to blame for that. What I'm saying is that Dr Norman shouldn’t have actually been in that situation in the first place, if he'd have shown good judgement, and if he'd have put New Zealand's interests to the fore.