Posts by Lilith __
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I grok that the govt wants to protect the "rights" of property investors, but I still can't fathom how the provision of more emergency housing will hurt them. Rental accommodation is full, the remainder of the displaced population has to live somewhere. And they need housing RIGHT NOW, not after land has been newly subdivided and built on. This is an actual emergency.
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I can't understand why Brownlee and CERA don't use their extraordinary powers to deal with the rental housing shortage. They got the new rugby stadium built in 100 days, which must be very cheering for the families made homeless by the earthquakes who are receiving no official help at all.
Why can't CERA prioritise more emergency housing? Why do they exist if not to alleviate the worst effects of the disaster?
And why is EQC making people move out of their homes for cosmetic repairs to the interiors? This is putting strain on the rental housing that is available, and that housing is desperately needed by people whose homes are actually uninhabitable.
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And because I can't bear not to share this:
It made me cry...from laughing too much.
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Capture: Cats Love Cameras, in reply to Islander,
onwards! To Moeraki & a Main Coon – and chooks! – and, I hope, pikkies thereof….
Hurrah!! Good luck.
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Hard News: Belief Media, in reply to Emma Hart,
old enough to remember The Herd
I remember watching that as a kid. I have no memory at all of the content except for an interview with Rob Muldoon on the Bible!! I remember him being uncharacteristically affable....
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Capture: Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day, in reply to Jackie Clark,
Where you may hear the lovely Jackson’s mellifluous tones.
Yay Jackson! And looking very fine, too :-P
Here's a little bit of photographic fooling around on an aeroplane.
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Capture: Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day, in reply to JacksonP,
Also I’m being interviewed on 95bFM tomorrow morning during breakfast about Capture and the Pinhole Workshop. That should be… terrifying.
Famous!! Good luck. :-)
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It is a queer thing: when opposing party leaders agree, when lefties are on the same page asTreasury, when the numbers so clearly say we cannot keep doing what we are doing, the loudest and most numerous voices in the news still say we should do the same, only harder.
Being "tough on crime" is such a vote-winner. It sounds so strong and active and simple. I wish more people could see what the reality was like: the backgrounds and circumstances of those who end up in prison, what prison life is like, and what happens to prisoners on their release.
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Capture: Two Tripods, One Night, in reply to Gudrun Gisela,
Moon wins every time.
Hurrah!! :-) A lovely shot.
(I’ll leave Ian to his Koalas.)
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Hard News: Belief Media, in reply to Joe Wylie,
When it’s presumed to be the same guy who describes the Jesus of revelations got up in a shirt red with the blood of his enemies, gentle Jesus meek ’n mild is just the entree
That's just craziness.
Revelation is a throwback to some of the most bloodthirsty parts of the Old Testament with OTT creepiness added in. It's impossible to square it with the other gospels.
What would heavy metal lyrics be, without the Book of Revelation, though?