Posts by nzlemming
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Hard News: The scandal that keeps on giving, in reply to Paul Campbell,
some people come by them naturally - my dual citizen kids have NZ and US ones and (like JK) could probably apply for Israeli ones if they wanted to
And there are places where it is still safer to not travel on an Israeli or US passport if you can manage it. I know a number of people who have had business dealings all over the Middle East who legitimately have Irish or NZ passports (for example) as well as their 'native' passport so as not to stir up prejudice at border crossings, or to present when entering countries that would take exception to their land of birth.
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Up Front: How About Now?, in reply to BenWilson,
I’ve personally had quite a high failure rate with condoms.
If you buy a smaller size, they don't slip off so easily.
I'm told.
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Up Front: How About Now?, in reply to Sacha,
It was a hasty exit, not a well-formed one.
Besides, the coat was covering the body :-)
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Up Front: How About Now?, in reply to Russell Brown,
but you get an iPad in the end.
Just been thinking about this and that's a really bad place to put an iPad...
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Hard News: The scandal that keeps on giving, in reply to Sacha,
What makes you think they weren't going to bury it there anyway?
True, but I do wonder about the timing of this SIS "leak" - I mean, when have you ever heard of the SIS leaking anything? They don't talk to each other about what they're doing, let alone the meeja. (and, yes, I do have personal, professional experience of what I'm talking about, thanks, before anyone asks).
As for the ComPost, sure, they were likely to bury it somewhere but they weren't going to be able to stop people talking about it - unless they had something bigger to talk about. Classic diversion tactic - no, don't look at the hand with the rabbit, look over here!
And, Craig, if you can't keep the Cabal straight in your head, that's not my issue, but for the record, I was casting aspersion on whoever is in charge of the SIS this week (English, as acting PM, I think) for releasing this information to cover Brownlee's (and Ryall and the Cabinet) appointment process rogering, with a side dish of opprobrium for the lap dog Dominion Post editor for taking that ball and running with it. It's really not the way grown-up countries deal with suspected espionage and potential international incidents.
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Hard News: The scandal that keeps on giving, in reply to Sacha,
Yes, well. Quite surreal to go from watching Murdoch’s wife volleyball spike the pie-thrower live on telly to reading that this morning. And we know it’s true because of the wording of Key’s refusal to talk about it
And so aptly timed to spray all over newspaper front pages, and so relegate Brownlee's bodgied appointment process to page 8 (in the DomPost, anyway)
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Hard News: The scandal that keeps on giving, in reply to Sacha,
Fucking thing only seems to play in IE.
ETA Bah, I'll pick it up tomorrow
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Hard News: The scandal that keeps on giving, in reply to Kumara Republic,
Nonetheless, Fox News has a presence on SKY Digital…
So is CNN, BBC, Bloomberg and TVNZ7 #whatsyerpoint
ETA: Snap, Craig
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Up Front: How About Now?, in reply to Russell Brown,
Clearly, it is time to deploy Phase 2 of the Homosexual Agenda.
Oh, good. I need a new toaster oven.
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Hard News: A nation bullied, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
Yeah but the game ain't over yet. Jude Law is suing the Sun - all it will take is someone going after her for personal damages and that 3.5 mill won't go very far.