Posts by Heather Gaye
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I doubt he'd view those as mutually exclusive motivations. And my one word to add is "eyeliner".
I'll see you that "eyeliner" and raise you a... aww, good call. I fold.
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You should check out the Te Karere report from last night.
That's a great clip, thanks! Complete with fighting words from Hekia Parata! "He needs to grow up".
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I just mean to say that it was kind of a distraction from the central point that Laws scored an epic fail in Level 1 Acting Like An Adult.
Yeah, I understand. Actually, I figure there are enough people on Lhaws' case, and I'd like to extend some credit to Ngarui and her classmates. They've got me inspired to chase up on those maori lessons again.
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...hence my parting paragraph. I'm not trying to excuse Lhaws' actions by any stretch. Just I found the letter really interesting.
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Apropos of nothing but the post's last paragraph: The internet (both content- and home-connection-wise) finally caught up with one of my lifechanging TV experiences... my favourite ad ever ever ever of all time ever, and a decent-quality version too. Don't bother with youtube.
Unfortunately the site's of the pretty-but-ungoogleable persuasion. Ad agencies love flash for the first attribute, web developers hate it for the second. Also, if your internet connection's not all that, it's VERY IMPORTANT to let the whole vid load before watching it. Mid-stream pause is untenable.
http://gorgeous.co.uk/main.php
click on the kitty named frank
click on the ad labelled "Bet On Black"Bonus: the "Tag" ad is also really cool.
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roarprawn's translation
I think that's a great letter! It's exactly the kind of letter I can imagine an 11-year-old thinking up in the context of their project. I love the end:
So, the challenge has been made - respond!
And I imagine it's more interesting & appropriate in maori than in english. From what little I know, maori grammar lends some valuable nuance that doesn't carry into english very well.
I'm gobsmacked at Lhaws' response, natch. The only motivation I can think of outside "overt racism" is grandstanding.
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Although I think in the early 80s it was Roger Gasgoine (sp?) who hosted it? Or was it a Leishman?
Oooohh, possibly; I remember Jay Laga'aia much later on, but couldn't for the life of me remember who preceded him. Even now both of the aforesaid sound like good candidates (Phillip Leishman in particular), but I still can't picture 'em.
Dammit, I hate it that my childhood predates the internet by so many years that noone's thought to write it up yet.
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OMG this takes me back to a time before YouTube, when "I Like That One 2" was a vital resource... to re-watch any snippet of a program, you had to write a letter to Jay Laga'aia. Lots of Billy T clips.
For some reason the title "frontline" keeps popping into my head, but it just sounds wrong?
Frontline was an Australian mockumentary about a current affairs program, but I also remember an actual current affairs show of the same name around the same time, and thinking "sucks for them". Strangely I also have that association with Ian Fraser.
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It's rather like telling a crap karaoke performer not to give up their day job. It doesn't mean anything more sinister than "Your singing is crap".
Kong, what is it exactly that makes you presume Keisha Castle-Hughes doesn't know what she's talking about? How would you know unless you're willing to engage?
As for JK, I don't really mind if he gave KC-H the brush-off (as per someone else's comment that he's not obliged to have a tete-a-tete with any old person that requests one), but he was pretty rude. The thing that grates most is that this is just another (granted, rather innocuous) example of a trend that I'm increasingly unhappy about. They've been using this "urgency" thing to pass unpopular (or downright inexplicable) bills, some MPs have delivered personal attacks against people that have publically criticised policy decisions; JK stated they'd ignore the outcome of the (granted, ludicrous) referendum before it was even mailed out. They seem to be labouring under the misapprehension that when the country voted labour out, they willingly offered the national caucus carte blanche to do whatever the hell they want. Maybe all govts feel that sense of entitlement, but they could at least *try* be more discreet.
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Firstly: everything Stephen Judd said.
Also, would like to reiterate that the presumption of this article is that the "best" people for the job are already highly paid.
4. PAYMENT OF MEMBERS, thus enabling an honest tradesman, working man, or other person, to serve a constituency, when taken from his business to attend to the interests of the Country.
I prefer to vote for former teachers, GPs, academics, protesters & union reps over businessmen & bankers.
I'm fine with MPs & ministers getting a healthy remuneration for their hard work, but this whole accommodation expenses thing seems to have been set up to address a *need*, rather than counting as an entitlement for the the hard work of a minister. This is how National have been defending it. Kinda fair enough, but creative accounting is the issue in the cases in question - pretending a need where none exists. Therefore, the whole "corruption" thing can be easily resolved by establishing the accom expense account as a perq of a difficult job - eliminate the distinction of those who "need" to support a second home & just give every MP & every minister the same accommodation expenses, regardless of where they live.