Posts by George Darroch
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l'm hattipping @BR3NDA for alerting me to the most bizarre thing to come from the quake so far.
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Not revolting students????
Quite the opposite. Canterbury students are forming groups to help those in need.
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Do I have permission to imagine Bomber Bradbury gesticulating loudly at a camera?
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Matches the dodging on television when the matter is raised
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Apocalypse Now (Redux): DEMOLISH EVERYTHING
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What if Hurricane Katrina struck Mangere & Otara? I suspect the SAS would be sent in, instead of disaster relief workers.
Flying in to Hamilton. It doesn't bear thinking about.
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On the other hand I'm sure Rodney Hide would have loved to have got his hands on that pile of local cash, or Rodney Council for that matter.
You have a point. I quite like for NZ's antiquities to be protected in indestructable cabinets. Given the procilivity of the new-right has been to loot after any "disaster", civil defense is the right posture.
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On the plus side, it's actually bloody hard to break a book
And you can fix them. Granted they stop being as 'authentic', but barring flood or fire they are pretty much indestructable. Other, more temporal mediums much less so, as you've previously noted.
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Why isn't the EQC funded out of a rate surcharge instead of an insurance levy? That would ensure everyone was covered.
That's a very good idea. I've posed the question to Clare Curran on Twitter, might be worth sending emails to relevant Labour people and asking it more formally. (I can't see National deigning to upset their mates in the insurance industry, sadly. ACT would never allow it either).
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This makes me happy. Students, without a working university, have self-organised a 1300 strong (and counting) clean-up group.
A real (good news) story.