Posts by Ian MacKay
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Stephen I thought that David's crones were clones of Medussa?
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Isn't there something in Greek mythology whereby the hero used a polished shield as a mirror?
David, limbs trembling with outrage, stepped up, thrust his mirror at the screaming crones and instantly with their faces frozen in perpetuity, silence descended. Even the Moro wrapper stilled in mid-flight. David breathed mist over his trusty mirror, turned to his admiring son Bob, and uttered the immortal words, "............... -
Craig: Bile is a zero sum game? :-)
More like the bile is not as plentiful as it used to be. Bugger.
Was that a deliberate misprint. Did you mean that: the Bible is a zero sum game?
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Just thinking wrote:"I'm very happy no-one was imprisoned in that manslaughter case and hope non-custodial sentencing become the norm where there is no risk to the wider community."
Consistency would be needed. But that would take a whole new look at Crime and Punishment, against the power of the "popular" Sensible Sentencing lobby. Politically its easier to just throw away the key - except in this case they key was not thrown.
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And I see that Sir Peter Gluckman on the task of being the PM's chief science advisor, is on Nine to Noon 10am Tuesday.
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It seems to me that even if there was not a man-made climate warming, there is a really good case to clean up and do those good things with water and resources and over-population. If not, why not? Does Mr Wishart and ilk resist such intentions? Will God fix it all?
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Each ballot paper has a consecutive number repeated on the foil/butt. Both numbers are covered with a black sticker. Your personal page and line number is recorded on the foil. (To find out what you had voted I would have to undo countless black stickers to try and find yours.)
Weeks after the election every sticker is removed by officials.
Every Roll is inspected to make sure that each person has voted only once. If duplicated then there is a knock on doors to find out who if any voted more than once. -
Does it seem strange to anyone else that Bill can reclaim the high ground as a decent bloke by paying back part of the money BUT only after days of fending off questions and six months of spending? As that all that you have to do? Say "Sorry." and give some of the money back? Must try that on my good wife!
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I have no problem with Adam's historical reminder of the growth of Parliamentary system. Interesting. Pleased to be in a country that does a pretty good job of running democracy. However Mark then makes the jump at the end which says to me that I should be grateful enough to ignore discrepencies. What was the saying about "eternal vigilance" ?
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Did Adam Hunt write this or was it Bill English?