Posts by Steve Barnes
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Legal Beagle: The Teapot Moan Scandal…, in reply to
Eminem’s lawyers and who’ll pay the damages
The Taxpayer…. of course...
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Hard News: More than a bang on the head, in reply to
The construction industry has the same toll, in terms of bad backs and fucked hips and forestry takes its toll too and let's not forget the other industries that value their profits above the welfare of their workers. Do I have to list them?.
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Hard News: More than a bang on the head, in reply to
The left have always preferred League, it is about winning, not beating....
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Money is "Their" idea... works for "them"
I say... If you want us to play the "Game" then divide the cards equally and we will play a fair game. Problem is that we don't all equate money to success... The greedy will always win the game of greed.
I am all in favour of inventors getting fair recompense but when you invent something that makes people redundant and wish to retain a fair and just society then there is a price to pay... -
There are two sides to a frond...
Perhaps this will be his Pinnatimate action....
Penultimate sounds so last year...
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"If the flag changes as a result of the referendum tomorrow…with the greatest of respect, I don’t think many people will remember I was prime minister at the time.
Like I said…
WE shall see….
Personally I hope he will be a forgotten PM but after the amount of damage he has done to OUR democracy I doubt whether we shall ever forget the Banker… -
Key is claiming the referendum is a success because so many people have responded.
John Key on flag referendum: Nation has voted in 'extremely high' numbers
But..
John Key: vote against Silver Fern flag in referendum won't damage my legacy
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Here's the thing. After reading all the posts I get the impression that what we need is a Ministry of Information Technology and employ our brightest and best engineers to come up with a National standard for Government information systems, that is scale-able to local needs, that just talk to each other. They could work as one to alleviate all our concerns in this area.
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$4000 each?
So....None of the other 300 flags around the country are the wrong colour, the spokeswoman said.
but still $4000 each?
Now that's... err 4 times 3 add some zeros.... 1.2 mililon.Yeah.... I know... but....
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Legal Beagle: The flag referendum:…, in reply to
I think messy societies are better than neat and tidy ones.
I suspect you are thinking of places and possessions rather than people, those inconvenient things that societies are built from.
Beings tend to need a semblance of order so as to understand the accepted reality of their culture, chaos, that messy stuff, only favors the sly, through confusion.
In May 2006, Theresa Gattung told a group of analysts:
“Think about pricing. What has every Telco in the world done in the past? It’s used confusion as its chief marketing tool, and that’s fine.