Posts by Ian Dalziel
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I was most surprised to see this headline in The Independent last week (March 15):
New Zealanders want to give everyone a 'citizen's wage' and scrap benefits
New Zealand could become one of the first developed countries to scrap benefits and introduce a basic citizens’ income.
Leader of the opposition Andrew Little said his Labour party was considering the idea as part of proposals to combat the "possibility of higher structural unemployment".
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"We are keen to have that debate about whether the time has arrived for us to have a system that is seamless, easy to pass through, [with a] guaranteed basic income and [where] you can move in and out of work on a regular basis."
The debate does not mean the policy will be included in the party’s manifesto at the next general election - which is likely to take place next year - or that the ruling National party will consider the proposals.Much ado about nothing, then?
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more stuff - ups...
"But it doesn't stop there. The Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC) has established the Greater Christchurch Group, which will take over Cera's responsibility for monitoring the recovery and provide policy advice to ministers and Government departments.
On top of DMPC there will be other relevant ..."Good that they spelt out what DPMC stands for,
shame that the new Australian subs can't hold that piece of information in their heads from one paragraph to the next!
A minor cavil I know - but just one of far too many - One has to ask if Fairfax and their readers are being well served by these cost cutting 'improvements'? -
Hard News: Dirty Politics, in reply to Alfie,
Are we to presume that Key has paid Ambrose to make this one go away?
The obligatory coupla bottles of Pinot Noir from his winery seems to be the going rate for Key's cafe gaffes...
Her account included a photo of two bottles of JK 2012 PM's Pinot Noir which she says he gave her in apology after she confronted him over his actions.
"At that point I realised she had actually taken offence cause it was all in the context of a bit of banter that was going on and so I obviously immediately apologised for that, gave her some wine," Mr Key added.
"She thanked me for that said 'that's all fine, no drama'." -
Dux Redux!
My end of an era comment about the closing of Dux Live in a recent music post may have been a premature extrapolation!
I see a letter from owner Richard Sinke in Saturday's Press basically saying the Addington iteration was only ever a temporary thing and they would like to be back in town but like everything else to do with progress in the inner city, those plans are on hold.Dux plans on hold.
I would like to correct the impression that may have been left on your readers regarding the sale of our business Dux Live (March 16).
We sold the business because the plan for Dux Live was four years in Addington and by then the CBD would be back in operation and we would move to town.
Accordingly we took only a four-year lease which was expiring in mid-December. We did not wish to renew in that location as the council has signalled a changing hospitality landscape with its stalled, badly thought out LAP (Local Alcohol Policy). To reopen Dux Live in town we would need clear signals from the council on its plans. At present our plans are on hold. A minor part of the decision to close was due to lack of local bands that could play and draw a crowd of more than 200 people to make it viable. The younger market follows DJs. Smaller venues can barely survive on the live music market.
Richard Sinke.So there's hope, but like everything else in Chchch it's SNAFU....
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Speaker: Are we seeing the end of MSM,…, in reply to linger,
a merkinism for the act of rendering someone impotent
OIC CIA
or were you looking for Pubic Add-dress?;- )
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Does anyone know if there is any way to retrieve earlier iterations of Stuff and Herald stories that have been updated over the day?
I'd like to get screen shots of the first appearance of a story that started today.Either post here or email me via the wee envelope above.
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Polity: Global behemoths and tax, in reply to Rich of Observationz,
We could just leave it in the ground to appreciate in value.
True 'nuff! - after all...
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forthcoming new Underworld album…
..doesn’t sound a million miles removed from The Fall to me
I am Kurious Oranj comes to mind -
the one that got away...
speaking of 'lost records' - this story in The Guardian was interesting:Lost HP Lovecraft work commissioned by Houdini escapes shackles of history.
Manuscript for The Cancer of Superstition, requested shortly before escapologist’s death, is discovered in memorabilia collectiondig this...
And I'm holding great hopes that the hidden rooms in King Tutankhamun's tomb might really be the lost Hall of Records buried by Thoth/Hermes - I greatly enjoyed Graham Hancock's new book Magicians of the Gods which mentions it in passing while presenting some fine reasoning for a pre-neolithic lost civilisation
see: https://grahamhancock.com/magicians/
The stuff on Gobekli Tepe is fascinating, and now that so called legendary cities of India have now been discovered off shore it seems time to cast aside preconceptions and re-examine the genesis of places like Pumapunku, etc... -
Plastic Zapper & The Mothers of Inscryption*
the ‘HD Vinyl’ process involves 3D-based topographical mapping combined with laser inscription technology to more quickly generate a far superior product.
Aha, so it cuts out the mother and goes straight to the stamper of biscuits! (those vinyl patties always looked like dog turds to me...)
Wonder how many pressings they'll get from each stamper - used to be about a 1000 - 1500.Background reading:
http://www.recordingmag.com/resources/resourceDetail/113.html
and lets not forget NZ's own lathe wizard:
http://peterkinglathecutrecords.co.nz/
and the rest of the world's access to the vinyl solution:
https://vinyl-pressing-plants.com/all-vinyl-pressing-plants-list/
*Inscryption: Be nice to use this spelling to make spies nervous and people think it's somehow digital - when it's really just good vibrations!:- )