Posts by George Darroch
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Look up here, I’m in heaven.
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Ain’t it just like me?This stunning album deserves repetition. We’ll remember him for everything else, and we’ll remember him for this.
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Hard News: Footpaths, not manifest destiny, in reply to Ben Ross,
Three Wards for Russell and Simon to watch
Albany
Waitemata
Manurewa-PapakuraThe competition for wards is far more interesting. I know that the left is very interested in getting Krum out and will want to stand someone capable of knocking her out. I don't think that Quax is standing for re-election either, but if he does put himself forward his seat is fairly safe. I don't expect that any of Auckland's seats will be uncontested this time around, even if they're filled by paper candidates.
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Hard News: Kia kaha, Helen Kelly, in reply to Russell Brown,
“We’re talking here about medicinal products that have to be properly tested, properly regulated, the dosage assured so that people aren’t being exposed to risk.”
Dunne said the Government’s focus would remain on clinically tested and approved medicines that were safe for use, while continuing to allow applications for exemptions.
Dunne's managerialism here is rather pointy. People are being exposed to very high levels of pain, which is a negative outcome, losing the ability to live functional and independent lives, and are being dosed on debilitating opoids. It's disappointing, but this appears to be where the bright line is.
Key is very much a follower, and if Jerry and Molly or whoever on commercial radio are asking him lots of questions about it he'll answer along the lines of "we'll consider it", poll it heavily for downside, and then make the safest possible decision for his party.
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Hard News: Kia kaha, Helen Kelly, in reply to Alfie,
I’d like to think that the numerous positive stories coming out of Colorado, and more importantly the total lack of negative reports, are having an impact on public perception here.
I think we may eventually be in the position of having the experience of legalisation and decriminalisation in the United States showing New Zealand the possibilities for doing things here.
Which is very different to how I would have imagined things fifteen or even ten years ago.
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Hard News: Kia kaha, Helen Kelly, in reply to George Darroch,
“Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne has said the Government will not be swayed by “emotional nonsense” colouring calls for wider access to medicinal cannabis.”
Link.
Okay.
I can only hope that his comments are taken out of context here.
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“I don’t drink milk. And I never will. You arseholes.”
An out-take from a Finnish milk commercial shot a month or so ago.
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She's a good woman.
If the holdup isn't the Minister (let's assume that for a second), is it the Ministry, or interference from other parts of the government? I don't want to presume anything here, but it seems that someone is managing risk (to the government, not to the public) in a way that is rather callous.
As for the idea that people would illicitly use Sativex when perfectly good recreational cannabis is widely available - it would be just as ridiculous as banning cough medicines because they contain alcohol.
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Hard News: PAWOTY: We are all quaxing now, in reply to B Jones,
Getting trolleyed, surely.
There has been a rise in the number of places with electronically locked wheels, and I don't blame them. All except the chronically transport-deprived will rejoice.
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The degree of enterprise required to stay airborne in this new world really bears noting. I met Peter Haynes, producer of the gaming web series AFK at a party last week, and the stuff he does just to keep getting noticed is remarkable.
It used to be that whatever was in front of you was your world. I remember finishing school about 15 years ago, and it was whatever came across the radio or you could pick up in Real Groovy.
It's now all accessible, and that is a very good thing. But we're still taken by the things that feel fresh, and come back to the places that feel like home and which sound like us.
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Hard News: PAWOTY: We are all quaxing now, in reply to David Hood,
The 'Gram gives quaxing a nice leisurely workout.