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Capture: Laneway 2014 + Lorde, in reply to Russell Brown,
I didn’t want to be the one who made “vomit” the word of the evening :-)
“V-bomb”? ;-)
If it’s true, she’s even more of a trouper than we thought.
For those who haven’t seen it, there’s an appreciative and atmospheric review here . Conveys the same joyful vibe I was feeling on Twitter last night.
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Capture: Laneway 2014 + Lorde, in reply to JacksonP,
more photos
Heaps of great shots, well done!
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According to this more recent Herald report, Lorde was late on stage because she was sick and vomiting.
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Hard News: All John's Friends, in reply to Hebe,
More of note than what JK is saying is the way he's framing it: Green as radical left, Labour as Left, National as centre. That line clearly shows the results of their recent polling and the strategy this year.
That's such BS, though. Labour slid towards the right in the 1980s and remains uneasy about its unionist origins; National has continued to drift rightwards towards wingnut ACT territory. The Greens in general occupy the left where Labour used to be.
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Hard not to see both ACT and the Maori Party as dead ducks. The Maori Party has made such compromises in order to be in government that it's alienated many supporters. John Banks is standing down regardless of the outcome of his court case; it remains to be seen if ACT can find an electable replacement.
No wonder Key's making overtures to Peters and Dunne.
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Hard News: Climate, money and risk, in reply to Chris Waugh,
Thanks for this interesting and informative post Chris.
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Hard News: Climate, money and risk, in reply to Farmer Green,
being associated with an industry that is seen by many as totally irresponsible and greedy in its pollution of air and water. In the minds of many , the dairy industry, in particular, seems to be engaged in some sort of environmental vandalism , while claiming to be one of the economic saviours of the NZ lifestyle.
A good summary.
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Hard News: Making it up on smacking, in reply to Chris Waugh,
Widely spoken in Britain before England existed?
:-)
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Hard News: Making it up on smacking, in reply to Chris Waugh,
Another reminder to never post precaffeination.
You're quite right, of course! Just I take issue with the whole "corruption of language" thing. Looked at another way, Latin outside of the church evolved and blossomed into the Romance languages. And (indirectly) gave us the richness and depth of vocabulary that English now has.
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Hard News: Making it up on smacking, in reply to Chris Waugh,
Vulgar Latin!?
Yes, Vulgar Latin.
I was attempting to be humourous. Obvs not very successfully. ;-)