Posts by hamishm
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Which of course is silly as well.
He makes a good case for Greenspan being aware of what was going on, having the power to stop it yet doing nothing. One person cannot usually make much difference on the world stage but I think Greenspan must shoulder the largest responsibility.
He chose not to act and even encouraged the craziness.
But it's not important, really. -
I recommend Matt Taibbi's book "Griftopia" for a look at how weird the financial world got. If these guys had thought of it, they would have leveraged the smell of an onion.
he blames Greenspan for it all. -
Be fair people! He has been on Letterman
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Having just now read Bomber's transcript, I have to say that this episode is bollocks. He should not have been banned.
Bradbury's opinions are just his opinions and if this had been delivered by Michael Laws about Helen Clarke, would be just another unremarkable day at the office. -
Up Front: Life on Mars, in reply to Hebe,
Yes, great description Emma. That really brings it home
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Glenn Greenwald lays it out. Dissent is not welcome. Assange is not a nice person but he is up against murderers and war criminals who we voted for. Shouldn't we know what they are up to?
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This fecking movie appears to have driven everyone (except me) around the bend. We should give the fecking thing to Ireland.
Interesting statement from Brownlee in Parliament that Warner's did not ask for the amendment. It was an offer then? What will happen when Petrogas says that our environment protection laws are too strict?Or actually doesn't say, Brownlee offers it to them. -
I think Key doesn't need a funny name to look foolish.
Warners will ensure that the American Health System is available to us all and give us July 4th as a holiday.
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Now Brownlee says that they will change the Employment laws so that Warner's can get what they want.
Welcome to Somebody Else's Country, folks. -
Do we know how much the demands were going to cost the movie? How does it stack up against the probable profit?
Do we know how much Warner's have spent so far and therefore what they consider to be a livable loss? Is this less than the actors were asking for? i.e. The company would rather throw money away instead of letting actors get their hands on it?
Do we know what the average conditions are for an actor on such a movie?
It seems to me that NZ is going to get punished because one tiny sector of the workforce is not prepared to lie down for a big foreign company and the great NZ public is going to stick themselves in the eye and applaud the brave film makers.
Yeah they should have handled it more professionally. Yeah they should be more deferential to Sir Peter.