Posts by Tom Semmens
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I see our very own Cactus Kate is offering electoral reform - take away the vote from anyone who disagrees with the Tories.
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Mssrs. Hunt and Shirtcliffe must be finding the current British FPP election an absolute nightmare.
All MMP supporters have to do is point at the outcome of that democratic farce - no matter who actually wins - and the argument is over.
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I couldn't believe that plonker Sean Plunkett interviewed someone from the Torygraph for a view on the british election.
Mind you my Scottish work colleague informed me yesterday that the BBC did a piece on NZ on how we handle "hung" parliaments and they interviewed that tower of considered opinion Rodney Hide, so I guess that evens the score in terms of both countries being grossly misinformed with the views of right wing halfwits.
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Curiouser and curiouser. As Bomber Bradbury pointed out, these asset seziure laws were sold to public as getting tough on the gangs. However, It seems a pattern is quickly emerging of the police using them instead to target businesses whose activities they don't approve of.
Coming soon: Shutting down nightclubs and pubs that have a history of not toeing the police line after an undercover officer allegedly buys a point from the bartender?
Golly, the police abusing new powers in a way the cavalier lawmakers never intended. Who would have thought that could have happened??
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The two girls who stole his hat at the airport are students of my beloved. As Josephine said, she didn't know whether to laugh or cry--especially as they were bunking off school to engineer the hat theft.
I would compliment them on their considerable dash and enterprise together with their mature assessment of the post-hiest threat environment. I would encourage them to make these qualities the subject of the essay they will be writing during their detention.
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I constantly remind people who dump on Britney
You don't have to be a certain demographic to recognise that Britney made some absolutely classic pop tunes. Anyone who can't see that is just a moron.
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As far as I can see, the best talent on Justin Bieber's videos is black.
Which is not to say that seeing a bit of teeny girl hysteria ("We ran until I died of exhaustion!" made me smile) isn't refreshingly sweet - Justin Bieber is almost (but OMG!!! just that bit older ) their age and his delivery is pitch perfect to his demographic. he is a youtube discovery, and the fact he he came to NZ shows someone is milking young Mr. Beiber's fifteen minutes for every dollar they can get. My 14 year old niece certainly thinks he is a total dish.People who dismiss him may need reminding that they are not the intended audience.
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I used to use Firefox with a bunch of nifty extensions. It lead to questions of how I could view pages that others in the office couldn't.
The old "IT use a proxy for IE, but FF goes through directly so they've no idea how much, where or what I do on the internet" discovery...
Next: How to install a firewall on your local machine so they can't probe to see what non-standard apps you have installed...
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After work you could, oh read a good book, write a good book, go for a run, cycle, aerobics class, enjoy a hobby, have fun with the family, chat to people online. Any number of things that are more life affirming than mind altering substances (alcohol included).
All those things they say about Dunedin really are true.
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I get mightily grumpy at the constant reference to Spain and Italy as having some sort of mythical, fabulous, laid back Latin culture. I've been on the sauce with many a Spaniard, and believe me - they can put the liquor away with the best of them.
The biggest drinker of Grappa I've ever seen was a Italian monk. He loved it so much he bootlegged it out of a ruined monastery near Belluno (true story).