Posts by giovanni tiso
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Capture: From the Road, in reply to Hilary Stace,
The Moeraki boulders are not accessible via wheelchair - just saying.
Are you sure? I thought the beach was accessible from the carpark (but not from the cafè directly above).
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Hard News: Word of the Year 2014: #dirtypolitics, in reply to Sacha,
And #dirtypolitics has eaten itself, with Slater now delivering homilies about ethics.
What is "pink cocktail drinker" supposed to mean? Some sort of homophobic slur?
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Busytown: Tell You What: A Nonfiction Giveaway!, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
Sorry for forgetting to say this before, but could you take me out of the draw
Same, happy owner of both books...
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It's also more valuable than any amount of tub-thumping and armchair political generalising.
Big-picture, robust, historicised political criticism is easy to ridicule but it's absolutely vital for a society. It's also one of the areas in which our media fail to deliver most spectacularly.
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Hard News: Word of the Year 2014: #dirtypolitics, in reply to BenWilson,
Someone probably explained to him that it's not defamation if it's true
They're terrified of discovery.
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Stephanie de Montalk's How Does It Hurt, Tragedy at Pike River, the amazing Once in a Lifetime by Freerange Press. And well, yes, Nicky's book.
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Hard News: Word of the Year 2014: #dirtypolitics, in reply to Sue,
This makes me VERY HAPPY!
You're lovely, you are.
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Hard News: Word of the Year 2014: #dirtypolitics, in reply to Russell Brown,
Truth is, I finally had to ban Pete on account of him being a tendentious windbag apparently immune to reason.
Asking sponsors if they intend to continue supporting a radio show is like sexual assault. #neverforget
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Hard News: Word of the Year 2014: #dirtypolitics, in reply to Hebe,
Dangle a tinned duck in front of a comrade and they always cross over.
As Greta Garbo says in Ninotchka, we have the strong ideals, Paris has the lovely climate. Or words to that effect.
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Hard News: Word of the Year 2014: #dirtypolitics, in reply to Hebe,
being a Marxist and wanting to redistribute everything
Suddenly I see a massive flaw in the doctrine.