Posts by Tom Semmens
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Goodness me, Mr. Wishart has "responded" to Gareth Renowden with a rambling, sneering monologue on his website that reads like it was recorded for him by Traudl Junge.
His followers, reassured with the knowledge that Wenck's 12th army is indeed coming the rescue, have of course declared victory. -
The Maori Party is all about being a victim.
I've seen a lot of the Sri Lankan protests, and I've seen the harrowing images. But the LTTE are a savagely brutal and fanatical organisation who have forfeited all claim to being a desirable addition to the world community.
Sometimes, just sometimes, there is no option other than hoping one side will achieve a decisive battlefield victory that will at least stop the killing.
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Just remember: like President Schwarzenegger, Paula was elected to lead, not to read.
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1/ No. In fact, those tub thumpers of the hysterical "what do we want? Tax cuts! When do we want them? NOW" media campaign on the Herald editorial board and Mr. Richard Long over at Stuff are flying the kite of tax HIKES - only on GST though you understand, because tax cuts are only good if they disproportionately favour rich people.
Since last October everyone, except the Kiwi battlers that the PR wide boys of National and their corporate media cheerleaders knowingly lied to with contempt, knew the tax cuts were unaffordable. Now National are in power they can dispense with them.
The same corporate media commentators who screamed for tax cuts will nod sagely, say the government had no choice but to be fiscally responsible in this recession, and stoutly refuse to countenance that they have been beautifully manipulated into towing whatever line the National Party has fed them.
2/ Under the lack-of-leadership of that nice man John "Dubya" Key this administration will create its own reality. Paula will stay on the Prozac and Bill English will make sure the right advisors are on hand to tell her what he needs to hear.
3/ We will end up with a sign at Cape Reianga saying "Cycleway (Proposed) --->".
4/ Let's no mention the candyman, do it three times and he might turn up.
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The whole point of Farrar's dredging up of an eleven year old academic paper from Shearer is to get a smear hit on the guy before he is even the accepted candidate.
Having being widely credited with seeing off Phil Twyford with his picking up and running with the dog whistling misogynistic hate campaign against Tizard from Slater and the KBR commentators, he is now moving on to the most likely next candidate. And so far, he has got everyone talking about it - the fact DPF has even posted TWICE in this thread when he barely ever posts on this site shows you are all being played as suckers and singing to his agenda on this matter.
Slater is the muck racker, DPF is the moderate commentator on the muck, his wingnut followers then frame the debate back in the terms Slater and the National Party filth unit want and all the journalists in town interview kiwiblog for their stories - voila - topic de jour? An eleven year old academic paper.
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Spotted this on biggie, thought you might like it here...
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Great. First a depression, then a pandemic. I wonder when the Aliens will attack.
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Just back to Susan Boyle for a moment - she has recorded in the past. here is a track she made in 1999 for a charity CD.
WHAT A VOICE!
Given that she recorded this jolly track ten years ago when recording companies still had squillions of A&R people, it makes you wonder why she wasn't spotted then...
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P.S. I thought a "Kveitch" was a Jewish sailing vessel????
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Now, putting on my evil Murdoch hat, I would have thought publishing something in my paper/magazine that was SURE to atttract a law suit from Mr. Veitch's trigger happy lawyers would guarantee several new rounds of high-selling headlines as the public right to know was defended from the evil lawyers...