Posts by Ian Dalziel
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Interesting to note there is evidence of a blood clotting problems with Covid-19, so anything that was aimed at a Haemorrhagic virus like Ebola might not work so well…
I still can’t get my head around what the endgame of a virus is – seemingly it is just ‘code’ that hijacks an actual living cell to make duplicates of itself, in a parasitic way, but overwhelming the host seems counterproductive unless it has a purely disruptive intent – kind of like ‘Stuxnet’
Bart can probably clear this up for me – he must have looked into Mosaic and other planet viruses.Nice to hear you on The Panel Russell, presenting some sanity to that strange little sonic opinion bubble…
<aside> I heard Mai Chen the other day – and I’d always thought she was waay smarter than Kellyanne Conway, but she trotted out that "This is Covid-19, not Covid 1" line – sigh…
( I am always stunned by the stuff Wallace Chapman has no idea about as well) </aside> -
Capture: Well spaced out, in reply to Alfie,
Dashboard Jesus making a media appearance.
"I'm ready for my close-up Mr DeMille..."
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Hard News: Together Alone, in reply to Simon Armstrong,
(C.K.) Steady as she goes department...
...timely Sleeping Dogs reference
For the younger readers...
a reference to explain the reference removed
a reference of frames, the stirrings of a nascent industry...<side trip>
https://www.audioculture.co.nz/scenes/new-zealand-popular-music-at-the-movies-1964-to-2014 -
Marc Reilly’s Show (my lifeline) on Radio 6 seems subdued with no live music.
We can all hear Marc Riley’s shows here
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Hard News: Together Alone, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
Let’s see what happens…
De-Doctored!!
Now if we can just get a business editor into the Jane Bowron aisle:
There's nothing super about these markets that are taking our money overseas
She seems to think all our supermarkets are Australian-owned, when NZ-owned Foodstuffs has about 53% of the duopoly.It's easy to see how 'false facts' can easily bed in to the public psyche...
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Speaking of 'slow TV' - It is worth doing a 7-day free trial on Amazon-Prime TV just to watch Tales from the Loop (8 episodes)
based on the Norman Rockwell meets Space Junk art of Simon Stålenhag
with a Wes Anderson meets Ray Bradbury sensibility.
Music by Philip Glass and Paul Leonard-Morgan!Picking up the pace a bit The Expanse and Good Omens are good fun too...
Indulging my 'Report on Probability A' fetish I keep this live cam in Venice on.
...and often watch some of the great walking and train trip videos available on You Tube as well - walking around Tokyo, Venice, New York, etc... with the stereo soundtrack it is almost augmented reality...
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I see another grumpy skeptic weighing in on Stuff today - I had to write and get them to reconsider his given name:
Folks
this 'piece' of posturing - https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/news/120993729/coronavirus-springtime-in-paris-is-eerily-empty-due-to-the-covid19-lockdown - is attributed to a Dr Theodore Dalrymple - no such legitimate doctor exists.
Theodore Dalrymple is the pseudonym of an Anthony Malcolm Daniels, who did qualify as a legitimate doctor in 1974 - but this credential honorific does not extend to the fictitious Dr Theodore Dalrymple.
Using such a 'title' as Dr gives his jaundiced views some unwarranted 'cachet' and 'respectability' - let him use his real name if he wants to espouse his 'credentialled' viewpoint. His books and most of his articles merely say Theodore Dalrymple and I strongly suggest you remove the Dr in the interests of truth and transparency.Peace
Ian Dalziel
The Pedant PatrolLet's see what happens...
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Hard News: Together Alone, in reply to Alfie,
Now there’s a word you don’t hear very often
‘Tumbrels’ may make a comeback too…
…I wonder if Trump ever takes a bath?
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Hard News: Together Alone, in reply to Alfie,
Surely Thornley was discredited the last time he opened his mouth?
He was being given oxygen on Morning Report t0day – I damn near defenestrated the radio!
He seems to think 540-odd recovered people gives NZ communities herd immunity.
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Sadly John Prine succumbed to complications of Covid-19
