Posts by Sacha
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Hard News: An open thread while I'm down…, in reply to Joe Wylie,
we've chosen the narrative that tends to flatter our own vanity
Quite. The alternatives can be a tad uncomfortable.
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Hard News: Science: it's complicated, in reply to Kumara Republic,
doubleplusgood
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Hard News: Science: it's complicated, in reply to Hilary Stace,
I wasn't going to bother responding to that until after the quarter-finals.
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Hard News: An open thread while I'm down…, in reply to Richard Grevers,
I bow to your evidence, sir.
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Hard News: Science: it's complicated, in reply to Katie R,
the relative safety of the MMR vaccine which when asked alongside the risk of getting the measles probably changes the answer for some people
Much like the harms vs benefits for current prostate testing.
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Hard News: Science: it's complicated, in reply to Katie R,
I’m guessing the voting forms were not pinned on the Warehouse noticeboards
I reckon you might be underestimating the public. And most people have a powerful and primal connection with the food they feed themselves and their children.
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Hard News: An open thread while I'm down…, in reply to Hilary Stace,
Robert Martin
An amazing man and forever the first intellectually-impaired person to address the United Nations.
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Hard News: An open thread while I'm down…, in reply to Richard Grevers,
if the predicted late 2011 oil price spike and associated recession hits pre-election
You reckon the big pre-borrowing by govt wasn't timed around the election cycle? High currency suppresses imported oil prices nicely.
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Hard News: An open thread while I'm down…, in reply to Hilary Stace,
There was a ghetto of disabled people at Levin for many decades
Sshh. You weren't meant to make the connection.
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Hard News: An open thread while I'm down…, in reply to giovanni tiso,
Very true, if we're going to successfully relocate all the disabled folk to Levin yet preserve their excellent access to responsive govt decision-makers. And to think some would call it a ghetto.