Posts by david kinniburgh
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Hard News: Housing: the Feudal Model, in reply to Socraates,
Hi Socrates:
. What some object to (as do I, and I do not even own property there) – is a complete Council fiasco in the implementation of a modern sewerage system.
It’s actually a bloody good example of a quasi PPP gone very bad, to the detriment of the local residents.The link below, from the irrepressible Matt Taibbi, shows how its done in the land of the free...
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-scam-wall-street-learned-from-the-mafia-20120620
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Up Front: Professional Counsel, in reply to Jackie Clark,
Long shot; long bow. And might be totally inappropriate. But theres a book called "A Course in Miracles" which might be of use to you (or it might not ) If you are interested, I can get a copy to you without cost (davidknz at clear dot net dot nz). Apologies in advance if I've spoken out of turn ;-)
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One for the Fossils :-)
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Hard News: Narcissists and bullies, in reply to MrHoward,
Morpheus: The Matrix is a system, Neo. That system is our enemy. But when you're inside, you look around, what do you see? Businessmen, teachers, lawyers, carpenters. The very minds of the people we are trying to save. But until we do, these people are still a part of that system and that makes them our enemy. You have to understand, most of these people are not ready to be unplugged. And many of them are so inured, so hopelessly dependent on the system, that they will fight to protect it.
[Neo's eyes suddenly wander towards a woman in a red dress]
Morpheus: Were you listening to me, Neo? Or were you looking at the woman in the red dress?
Neo: I was...
Morpheus: [gestures with one hand] Look again.
[the woman in the red dress is now Agent Smith, pointing a gun at Neo's head; Neo ducks]
Morpheus: Freeze it.
[Everybody and everything besides Neo and Morpheus freezes in time]
Neo: This... this isn't the Matrix?
Morpheus: No. It is another training program designed to teach you one thing: if you are not one of us, you are one of them.
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Police are hunting for a man who attacked and sexually violated an 87-year-old Hastings pensioner in her home yesterday. ..The Horrid : 10:03 AM Friday Nov 8 -
Well spotted.. both of those fine upstanding God Fearing men seem to have the same messiaic delusions.. that they unquestionably know whats best for the world in general and you and I in particular. And thus the ends justify the means... Oh well I guess its all part of life's learning curve... "Bloody internet ???".. its now a UN basic human right...which makes the US trawling of ALL internet communications so interesting.. track an individuals communications and you define that individual ... apropos of this: an example of good internet journalism here:
Be nice if NZ could present to that standard :-)
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Interesting.. in the latest on this ongoing drama ( the gift that keeps on giving) TV3's comment sections are liberally filled with judgmental "Look at Len"s . A bit of checking shows that many of those contributors also inhabit the Whaleoil site - the very one that engineered the story. The very one that talks about "the whale army". Looks like a concerted effort by a blog site to organise <<media saturation>> and sway public opinion in the desired direction. A first?? or have I just been asleep under a rock for too long??
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Hard News: Moving right along?, in reply to simon g,
Made a big mistake this PM - sneaked a look at WOBF .. where our hero is now frenetic with his attacks to ensure that Len Brown resign. Anything and everything. It rare in my experience to see such unveiled hatred clothed in such moral self righteousness.
Contrast that with the hapless Kent Parker who made much milder remarks about Joe Karam and ended up being savaged by the theatrical Micheal Reid QC in the High Court.
I am starting to wonder if there is something badly wrong with our so called 'free press'
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Hard News: Moving right along?, in reply to Russell Brown,
Slater nails his colours to the mast :-)
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Seen on a street in Auckland
