Posts by Sacha
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Ali Ikram's brief interview with Numan (2 min clip) was interesting, mentioned his Aspieness.
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OnPoint: Budget 2011: Now with 70% less wordiness!, in reply to 81stcolumn,
I believe it is still used for bailing out broken banks and financiers.
touche
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OnPoint: Budget 2011: Now with 70% less wordiness!, in reply to giovanni tiso,
There are about a thousand discrete steps
Thank goodness for MMP
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OnPoint: Budget 2011: Now with 70% less wordiness!, in reply to giovanni tiso,
I'm not expecting socialism any time soon
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OnPoint: Budget 2011: Now with 70% less wordiness!, in reply to giovanni tiso,
So long as the other major party in Parliament fails to come up with coherent and recognisably different policies from National's
That seems to be changing, at last - posted on t'other Budget thread.
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There's also plenty of room before the election for Labour to empahsise their difference from National by reflecting Auckland voters' preferences in transport policy (link to Auckland Council's Plan at bottom of post).
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For the keen, politcal studies lecturer Bryce Edwards has a comprehensive list of Budget coverage (though he doesn not note that some of the linked NBR articles require a subscription).
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I'm heartened by Labour's response (link to Goff's full speech at bottom of post; read comments at own risk):
- Increase research and development.
- Pay for that by restoring 2013 as the start date for the agriculture sector paying some of its ETS costs rather than all taxpayers doing it for them.
- Hike the minimum wage to $15 an hour, effectively a progressive income boost but out of employers' pockets.
- Ditch the holiday highway project and expensive naval missiles.
The difference in framing of the two 6pm news shows is revealing:
- TV3 is a bit light on detail but largely conveys the announcement as presented and leads with the minimum wage increase. (2 min clip)
- TV1 immediately wheel out National's line about the effect being an increase in dairy product prices - yes, more fecking blocks of cheese. (2min clip)
Federated Farmers is appalled, talking of this as "emasculation" and saying that farmers should be "revered" (for their 25% share of NZ's export revenues presumably) rather than asked to pay even a fraction of their 50% share of the nation's total carbon emissions (see TV3 clip). I kid you not.
Unsurprisingly, Kiwibog is also not amused (same warning about comments and your sanity applies).
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Hard News: Friday Fever, in reply to Simon Grigg,
The story of that record
Great story. More, more!
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Hard News: Friday Fever, in reply to Jackie Clark,
my DOG JUST DIED
Someone better qualified can suggest a suitable country track.