Posts by Danyl Mclauchlan
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none of the accompanying journalists did their reporting beyond the arranged interview opportunities, or spoke to the locals.
Maggie talked to some of the locals - I don't think any of the stories she wrote about it got picked up by the papers. She also bought rugs off the locals. They're in our lounge.
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While most of us live near the shoreline, and treasure that fact, very few New Zealanders will ever venture to Te Urewera.
The Lake Waikarimoana(sp?) track sees a lot of action. I walked it again in the summer - almost as many Kiwis as Germans.
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Imagine drinking wine, that has no labels; Wine from a brown paper bag.
Felix Salmon often links to studies of wine blind test tastes. They generally find:
1. When you get above ~$50 a bottle there is no link between cost and appreciation.
2. But the more you think a wine costs, the more you appreciate it.
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For those of you saying that Cannabis is a victimless crime... please prove this
Can you prove that eating a sandwich is a victimless crime?
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Sickness beneficiaries up 26,000 in the ten years to Dec 09. Invalids up 33,000. Unemployment down 95,000
A relative of mine suffering from severe schizophrenia was on the dole for years during the 90s, faithfully attending workshops on CV writing and applying for jobs although she was totally unemployable. In the early 2000s she was transfered to the invalids benefit. I have a hypothesis that our welfare system was really badly run for a very long time (this would correspond to the period Christine Rankin was CEO) and incorrectly classed people who were incapable of working as 'seeking employment', so that when some sanity returned to the organisation and people were classified correctly it looked like a suspicious boost in the numbers.
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I'm already looking forward to next week's show, which takes the 40th anniversary of the publication of The Female Eunuch as a kick-off point. We have Marilyn Waring and Gemma Gracewood with one more panellist tbc
Garth George! Garth George! Garth George!
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On the subject of Pakeha who don't see race, I heartily commend Reading the Maps' latest.
And if I read this I'll learn how to 'see race' in the Wellywood sign? I just want to know before I commit.
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Maybe Danyl would have preferred if I'd, like, footnoted it.
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The voters in the AMPAS are mostly elderly and actors are wildly overrepresented. Their decisions tend to make sense if you keep this in mind.
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is it me or the title implies that there is an alternative to Fabianism?
There certainly is! A revolutionary vanguard that smashes the state and imposes a dictatorship of the proletariat! Who's with me comrades?