Posts by Paul Williams
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Teh funny from No Right Turn:
Shorter Michael Bassett
David Lange was an empty vessel with no ideas of his own, so we gave him some and used him to sell Rogernomics to an unsuspecting people. Then someone else gave him some other ideas and stole our puppet. This was evil and wrong.
That's a piece of genius!
I'll admit to be fond of Lange for personal and political reasons so that certainly colours my perspective, but why has Bassett been on at Lange for so long? I suspect he might have waited until Lange died to publish this, which shows a measure of regard, but he's nevertheless regularly sniped away at him since being dumped from Cabinet. Christ, even Douglas and Lange made-up. The personalities of the 4th Labour government all too often obscure the policies.
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Peter Cullen hey; smart, smart lawyer. Does he do work for AUS? He was scorned by some in the unions as he did some work for employers - Telecom perhaps? I also used to have a bit to do with him through the NZUSA network plus he also advised my wife who was appallingly badly treated by a government agency (so appallingly badly treated in fact that the Secretary - I wish I could name him because he was/is a class act but I'll resist - actively encouraged her to lodge a claim).
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Given the fate of Joel Hayward, I think Mr. Clydesdale's should fall on his knees and thank God he still has job, especially as his work is more explicitly political than Mr. Hayward's work.
Couldn't agree more. There's too much noise in the Clydesdale story. The issue is simple. He did shoddy work, didn't get it peer reviewed and then whored it to the media. He's bloody lucky to still have a job. I can't think of many employers, public or private, who'd tolerate this (and the "PC" counter-narrative is complete BS).
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and let's not to forget their able application of that great leveller of complex ideas, "the wedge".
"iwi - kiwi" was particularly despicable.
I agree. Although all parties, Labour included, are guilty of similar sins, I find the Ansell approach particularly worrying (living in Australia however, it's instantly recognisable however). All spin and no substance, designed to polarise and certainly not to inform.
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Even if they'd swallowed hard and paid him an exit fee, it could have saved a lot of blood and money.
<horribleirony>But at what price their moral authority?</horribleirony>
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Anyway, some time back I did have a Pro Vice Chancellor who fitted the profile perfectly (for obvious legal reasons, I won't name him). The man was a genial, colourless idiot with a permanent air of self-congratulation which is pretty much expected of anyway who is supposed to embody the amorphous qualities of the executive.
There's no chance you could defame any senior University academic with that description as possibly 50 per cent of them, on both sides of the Tasman, cohere with it (sadly).
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As sympathetic as I feel for Brash as an individual, I feel little sympathy for him as a politician. The story that he's a principled man is increasingly unbelievable. Though it might not count as highly for others, his criticism of Clark's marriage and his comment that Labour supporters weren't mainstream NZers were particularly revealing. I didn't agree with his politics, but his hypocrasy and small mindedness was what most offended me.
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I buy soy milk from Aldi at $1.49 per litre, and So Good is $2.35 at my local IGA, so I'm sure it doesn't have to be that expensive.
Locally, I pay at least $2.50 (also IGA) but it's for a litre you're right - I looked at the packet again this AM.
Thanks for the links too - I'll follow this up.
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Not being a cow, and only having one stomach, and also not having the ability to produce milk, I suspect my body wouldn't work so well in this regard.
Do you think the providers of the container load of spinach I just bought might call you tomorrow; I might need some support canceling the deal...?
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And kids get their lifelong food habits from their parents - start them young on a fresh, healthy and ethical diet and they'll thank you one day
Michael, for ethical, dietary and health reasons, I both agree and mostly follow this basic approach. This doesn't mean a vegetarian diet, IMO, but it does mean seasonal, fresh and local produce wherever possible. My point was that for kids, calcium (and surely other nutrients etc) are essential and it's not always easy to substitute - not just 'cause of cost but also 'cause of kids preferences; 7pm on a weeknight is not when I want to undertake a significant palette re-education project.
I also suspect the cost of dairy might be overstated in its importance.
Hey Sofie, for what it's worth, my best wishes for the chemo (I've got a friend going through chemo at present and I know from them how tough it is).