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All Hail Me!
(from page 3):
I predict she'll 'sin bin' him by taking his beloved RWC and Sports Portfolios off him
Not so sure 'bout Clayton Cosgrove as the Sub, but that could just be my hair bias.
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So Helen is omnipotent - Great.
Maybe she should cut back on the Viagra?
(aw c'mon, don't hate me - that joke wrote itself!)
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http://www.newscientist.com/channel/being-human/drugs-alcohol/mg15721220.200 I just came across this again tonight, had forgotten about it.
Nice link Paula but I think you're not seeing the big picture. Take a look again, and see if you can spot what you missed:
21 February 1998
HEALTH officials in Geneva have suppressed the publication of a politically sensitive analysis that confirms what ageing hippies have known for decades: cannabis is safer than alcohol or tobacco.Do you see it now? That report was dated 1998. That's pre-9/11. The world's a different place now. I think we all now recognise that evil forces are at work and the global drug trade is directly funding global terrorism. Which makes the Liquor and Tobacco Companies look positively benign - they pay huge taxes, which alleviates the burden on the rest of us.
Think about that next time you catch little Johnny smoking behind the bike sheds at school. Would you rather he was smoking Tuhoe Thunder, and funding the Seperatists? Or would you rather he was smoking B&H, which means more Hip Replacement Surgery for those that need it without draining the public purse.
I think maybe some of us owe 'Big Bad' Tobacco an apology ...? -
Obligatory public health warning:
Please note that the NOS in cars is not suitable for human consumption, it contains additives that make it very dangerous. It is also explosive in the wrong circumstances
You're just saying that so you can keep all the good stuff for yerself, eh MikeE? I'm off to Repco right now to get some -- and if I die it's all PAS's fault (esp RB's).
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The logical conclusion of your perspective is that as soon as an MP smears the personal life of another MP, then the first MP has to now STFU while all and sundry have carte blanche to make any kind of salacious insinuation, including inaccurate or patently false ones. ... Have you really thought this through ?
Wow! Did your mother ever teach you that people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones? Of course I've thought this through - and I still think Mallard is hipocrytical to get upset at Tau doing to him what he did to Brash. But Andy Milne (above) has stolen my thunder so I'll STFU.
Although [Henare] has pointedly refused to apologise for his own conduct ...
Heh heh. Has Mallard actually sought an apology? Of course not. That really would be the pot calling the kettle back.
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And if everybody else's media jumped off a cliff, you'd expect our media to as well?
Heh heh, well yes, actually. And on the way down you'd hear them asking eachother: "Where's the storeyyyyyyyyy???"
Your points are correct but nostalgic. The media have already gone to hell in a handbasket, and are wondering if the temperature has anything to do with global warming.
Talkin' bout MSM of course, which is why internetting is now so popular.
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__ Er, this is the same Trevor Mallard who baited Don Brash in the House ad nauseum about Don's marital woes???__
Are you saying he's lost all right of reply when his personal life is being (from his perspective, unfairly) smeared across the House?
In a nutshell: yes.
Also, I recall Henare himself at one point describing the blow he received as "a tap on the jaw" rather than "a closed fist to the head."
Yes, it's a trait particular to men. (or is it?) When punched, claim it was just "a tap on the jaw". And if the assailant has scarpered try "if you think this is bad, you should see the other guy"
I wasn't there, and neither were you, but it seems possible they're both dicks.
In a nutshell: yes.
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Why blame the media for labeling them as they have when...
Er, I've been painting myself into a bit of a pedantic corner tonight. What I meant to say was that whilst I don't at all condone the media calling people terrorists (before conviction), I wonder why the focus is on the media when it's the Police who are talking about possible charges under the Terrorism Act.
Our media are only doing what other media (particularly the US) have done when presented with easy copy by 'the Authorities'. It's almost Pavlovian. -
I firmly believe that personal life and whanau are completely off limits. So I can understand Mallard's reaction to Henare's baiting
Er, this is the same Trevor Mallard who baited Don Brash in the House ad nauseum about Don's marital woes???
(FYI this is why I think Mallard is a hypocrite. He can dish it out but can't take it)
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You can't call someone a "terror accused" unless and until they've actually been accused of terrorism charges. The Herald just did anyway. ...
I'd be interested to know whether the police themselves have called any of those arrested "terrorists". I rather strongly suspect they haven't, but I could be wrong.I get that everyone is innocent until/unless proven guilty, and that they haven't (yet) been charged under the Terrorism Act but ...
Why blame the media for labelling them as they have when clearly the Police said from the outset that we've arrested these people on Firearms charges, and we're going to put our evidence in front of the AG to see if further charges under the Terrorism Act can be laid. The Police often arrest ppl on lesser charges before charging them with higher crimes.
But as I said many pages ago: I think there will much egg on the Police's face and at best we'll see 4 ppl convicted of firearms offences - and that's it.