Posts by Sacha
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Hard News: The Golden Mile, in reply to Ana Simkiss,
The nooks and crannies and back streets of a city are generally the bits where cool things happen anyway
Melbourne's laneways seem to bear that out.
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Hard News: Reputation and remuneration, in reply to Steve Barnes,
The question was not about the Auckland Region, it was about Sky City
And the answer was about the region. Up to journalists and others like us to make the distinction clear when politicians can be trusted to mislead..
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Hard News: Belief Media, in reply to Ross Mason,
Just accept that you are just a temporary collection of atoms gathered in one place in the form of you. Relax. Enjoy it.
that's one form of understanding, yes.
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Hard News: Belief Media, in reply to BenWilson,
not think at all, and just look
branches of spiritual practice are dedicated to that goal.
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Hard News: Belief Media, in reply to BenWilson,
What's the desired output of biology?
continuation
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Hard News: Belief Media, in reply to Bart Janssen,
I'm fascinated by the implications for understandings of disability. We should talk.
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Hard News: Belief Media, in reply to Chris Waugh,
There's no need to take any of these old beliefs as being literally true, but it is worth remembering that there is a lot of wisdom encoded in what seems to modern, rational, scientific eyes as irrational superstition
+1
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Patrick Gower explains why the govt won't allow a conscience vote on this matter.
Once MPs started canvassing their communities they would find most places are trying to get rid of pokies rather than put them back in.
All the MPs would be hit up by local licensing trusts complaining that pokie machine profits were being sucked out of communities and into the pockets of SkyCity's shareholders.
There would be a stream of people from community organisations complaining about potential funding losses.
Because SkyCity is already on a sweetheart deal - it pays just 2.5% of pokie takings into community grants, the other trusts are whacked with 37%.
And that's even before the people with issues about problem gambling come through the door.
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Hard News: Reputation and remuneration, in reply to Steve Barnes,
John Key said in parliament yesterday that there will, in fact, be less pokie machines in Sky City.
Less across the whole Auckland region, due to long-standing Council policies to reduce numbers in venues other than SkyCity. More in SkyCity.
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Hard News: Reputation and remuneration, in reply to Steve Barnes,
it works all too well given the ideology of the current mob of loons. Only 1% of the population would take it seriously.