Posts by Paul Litterick
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Ah Mr Brown reminds me of one of those worn out greyhounds salivating like pavlov’s dog at the ACT rabbit.
Do worn-out greyhounds often salivate like Pavlov's dog at the ACT rabbit? Oh I see, it's a metaphor; yet still, Pavlov's dogs salivated at the sound of a bell; and does ACT want to be compared to a stuffed toy running on an electric track?
I think we should be told.
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At looks as if Key would do anything to be on that plane to Lima, so Rodney could demand whatever he wanted.
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Welcome to the next three years. The governance of New Zealand has been hi-jacked by a nasty, brutish and short man in a yellow jacket. He and a chum could have been in Cabinet, but chose instead to run the Government from outside. Meanwhile, the cardboard Prime Minister has gone off to meet the Queen.
I need a drink.
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So, let me get this right.
Higgs Bosons (which turn out to be far smarter critters than any of us, including Higgs, had realised) are coming back from the future to prevent us finding out about them.
Meanwhile, the stories I loved as a teenager - Survivors, Logan's Run, The Day the Earth Stood Still - are coming back from the past in new versions.
I find all this very confusing. When I was a teenager, I had a quite reasonable expectation that there would be a future. As things turned out, not only did we not get the Moon colonies, but we have our teenage culture remade for a new audience. And it is not just classic sci-fi series, but also lounge suites in burnt orange, flared trousers and chopper bikes.
If a Higgs Boson should happen to be reading, could it please tell me what happens next?
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Does this mean courts now have to take into account unreal and insignificant risks?
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The Herald's lead story on Friday began: "Criminals will soon find it harder to get bail as the National Government moves immediately to get tough on law and order." So there goes the presumption of innocence, so far as the Herald is concerned: these are Criminals, not those accused of crimes. And there goes the holding truth to power thing; this government is going to get a free ride from the Herald.
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Meanwhile, our new Government plans to introduce DNA testing of all suspects in all crimes involving imprisonable offences.
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And people ask me why I never go back.
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I am the first here. Alas! I have nothing to say.
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They print papers because the advertisers are prepared to pay for advertisements.
That may sound glib but that is all there is to it. Newspapers offer advertisers exposure, because enough people are still buying papers. So advertisers spend money, which keeps the newspapers in business.
The print on demand idea is more rational than buying an entire newspaper, but how would you make money from it?