Posts by Sacha
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Funny how we've created a food chain that has us at the top of it, rather than bacteria
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Hard News: New Old Left?, in reply to Just thinking,
Did Lockwood Smith try to change the Travel Perk rules to stop the actions of Pansy Wong coming to public notice?
Yes, the timing seemed interesting though travel-independent disgruntlement likely had a part to play in Hodgson’s papertrail ending up in his hands. I wouldn’t be surprised if Auckland’s Chinese business community knew details some time ago too.
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Hard News: New Old Left?, in reply to Cecelia,
oops - duplicate (inadvertent double click)
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Hard News: New Old Left?, in reply to Cecelia,
And why does there have to be a dominant male presenter and a softer, even ditzy, female co-presenter?
.. because producers believe (and ratings reinforce) that some audiences want their stereotypes reinforced over the cornflakes.
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Cracker: Gone Fushin’, in reply to Jackie Clark,
The parallels with a certain discussion about family size are intriguing..
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Busytown: A Classical Education: Chapter…, in reply to sally jones,
Sacha is apparently a Eastern European diminutive for Alexander – so it’s like Jamie for James in English. Chosen for other reasons I’m told.
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This discussion about font design for dyslexia has some useful links.
snap – it’s about Delicious, and has a sample at the top
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Bryce Edwards rounds up cartoon coverage of Te Hobbit dispute.
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Hard News: New Old Left?, in reply to Brendon Mills,
Thanks, Brendon. I agree that appealing to voters in a more than academic way is a challenge.
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You all seem like good people so I’m hoping trust and good feeling is restored over the coming while