Posts by Russell Brown
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Hard News: The silence of the public square, in reply to Chris Waugh,
So how’s about everybody calms down. No more of this “Jewish Prime Minister” talk, and no more muttering “Nazi” every time Kim Dotcom farts. Let’s please get back to talking sensibly about things that actually matter.
I cannot endorse this strongly enough. This is an irrelevant line of discussion.
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Hard News: The silence of the public square, in reply to ,
Mr Barnes, you are on the money.
Steven, the picture is unverified and it’s from the website of an anti-semitic group called the Anti Zionist League. I realise you probably posted it without realising that, but I’ve deleted it and you are not to try and post it again.
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Hard News: Friday Music: Grey Fucking Area, in reply to Geoff Lealand,
Well, that was a once-in-a-lifetime experience: Bob Dylan singing an encore of All Along the Watchtower and Blowin’ in the Wind, in waltz time, as an encore to a great concert 5 minutes down the road from our house.
I trust you invited everyone back to yours afterwards :-)
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Guys! The Act Party press release declaring Whyte the winner of the minor party leaders' debate is totally awesome.
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Hard News: Friday Music: Grey Fucking Area, in reply to Geoff Lealand,
I have the windows open and the music paying loud, just in case he wanders by.
This seems eminently sensible.
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Oh, and non-Twitter users may not have seen this awesome image from this week's Shihad interview rounds.
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Hard News: Friday Music: Grey Fucking Area, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
…it’s so hard to keep up!
Fair point, sir. By that phrase, I meant that I placed my shiny new compact disc in an optical drive attached to my computer and clicked the button to import the songs on it, having previously set my iTunes software to use the Apple Lossless Audio Codec, which reduces the file size without the loss of any of the original awesomeness.
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Went and got the Shihad album today, ripped it to lossless and have been playing it. It is thunder.
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Hard News: The silence of the public square, in reply to Jarno van der Linden,
He is more substantive during the current roadtrip (or at least he was in Nelson), talking about technology infrastructure, tertiary education, and moving the economy away from its dependence on traditional primary produce. He also took part in answering many of the questions from the audience about the party and its policies.
Also: he has apparently gone well at a series of Mana-organised meetings in Te Tai Tokerau and elsewhere, an environment where getting it wrong wouldn't be forgotten. Taking the Party Party out of context and presenting it as a typical rally is banal and stupid -- and exactly what TV news did.
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Bryce Edwards has a good roundup of it all.
