Posts by Sofie Bribiesca
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Southerly: Gerry Brownlee: “I Like To…, in reply to David Haywood,
Of course, if you have TWO Paslodes then you can lend one to your son so that he can build shelves for your shed.
And, how good are those wee boys for getting up those chimneys. And they don't even cost nuffing or anyfing. :)
Those guns are fun not matter the age. -
Capture: Spring is Like a Perhaps Hand, in reply to Nora Leggs,
Calendula and exaggerated sunset
Beautiful!
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Hard News: Calling the race before it's over, in reply to BlairMacca,
and thinking this is a way to show you are ‘relaxed’, probably isn’t going to appeal to the wider public. If anything it makes you look like a bit of a dick
If perception is 9/10ths of the appeal , the beach image is not a "prospective serious Prime Minister" image leading all NZ out of depression.
I found this article from Matt McCartenThe original Ponsonby cafe interview venue was changed because the subject didn't want his potential blue collar supporters to think he was some latte-sipping w***** swanning around Auckland's liberal ghetto. The fact he lives a stone's throw from Ponsonby Rd (miles away from his New Lynn electorate) reveals more.
Cunliffe's angst with his interviewer about where he should be photographed was plain narcissism. Not at the beach as he could be lampooned as if his career were drowning; not on a lawn or he could described as a snake in the grass.
A satire scriptwriter high on cocaine couldn't make this stuff up.
The point I'm making is that obsessing about managing superficiality in the media shouldn't be prioritised over character.
in his weekend column illustrates this quite well.
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Southerly: Gerry Brownlee: “I Like To…, in reply to David Haywood,
Sadly my eyes have gone bung, and I can’t read my computer screen anymore.
And you have the nail gun? Step away from the nail gun and get to the optometrist. Excellent coffee break read David. I have been sending vibes to receive word from the Hay Haywood site, words and building progress. But , STEP AWAY FROM THAT PASLODE MAN!!! You have a family to think of. ;)
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Hard News: Calling the race before it's over, in reply to BlairMacca,
lol
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Hard News: Why did Stephen die?, in reply to greenlove33,
Fingers crossed!! #peace
Hey no need to apologise , we are all put in categories and class is just one but I do agree prejudice is rife amongst our blue Brigade and I even have an ex cop mate who makes me cringe and argue with him because of such things like the Dawn raids for instance. And yes as soon as you are no longer under their radar, the load feels lighter and we get by without the angst. Unfortunately our civil and human rights are being slowly chipped away under this Government and sadly with a majority in the House there is bugger all we can do about it for now. That's why I hassle the opposition by email to keep on whilst their vote is fruitless but only for now eh? ;) and yessiree world peace !
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Hard News: Calling the race before it's over, in reply to Russell Brown,
but planning to “discipline” Cunliffe is unhelpful.
Depends also. Discipline may come in many forms and to suggest it is just Cunliffe may be assuming unless you believe everything the likes of Trevett write because so much has come from her in the Herald over the weekend thus strengthening the speculation.So many of her articles were updates on old stuff with one sentence added and a different title.It could be that the entire caucus is to be disciplined on their agreement to stand unified.
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Hard News: Calling the race before it's over, in reply to Stephen Judd,
Ian: we’d love to, but a) electorate boundaries for the next election are up in the air and b) candidate selection processes are all going to change next year. So any announcement of a new candidate would be moot at best.
Thanks Stephen. such a logical response and informative. See, that's soo much better than speculation. :)
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Hard News: Calling the race before it's over, in reply to Bart Janssen,
I don’t know if it is him or if it is the producers demanding a different style.
It all feels so Rupert Murdoch Foxy style, and Gower probably aspires to be just like Duncan Garner. I jus want the fax man! Give me some real info about the conference. I dont tweet,or friend face. It's ridiculous our countries biggest paper only cared about speculation.
The only thing I see when watching Parliament tv Question Time is National doing it's finest . Belittling the opposition through obfuscation and questioning Shearer and Cunliffe based on whether or not Cunliffe is growing his beard. It's pathetic niggling. Keeping the story alive as it were. Shearer appears to want to stop it once and for all because it's nothing but distracting from absolutely everything that the National Government are doing to us. National are not accountable for any of the debacle we are in, when the main news is Shearer and Cunliffe. How's those asset sales progressing quietly?
What Shearer is going to achieve is that everyone will know whether or not it is he, Shearer, that can get Labour to a victory if we actually concentrated on our countries problems instead of speculation every day. He needs to know this for himself. -
Hard News: Why did Stephen die?, in reply to greenlove33,
Pot is treated as a joke and almost de facto decriminalised for the middle class. But it is used as a bludgeon on the working class as Sophie notes above.
Did I? My info was about a very middle class person. Plus I guess because I hang around here ,I am supposed to be as well, but brown, I'll give ya that.
Many years ago I was raided at my wee bedsit in Remuera, the Police found nothing (their informants were obviously unreliable) except a joint. The drug squad guy (Brazier I think) stuck it in his top pocket and smiled.
