Posts by Roger Lacey
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It seems a convenient smokescreen to distract attention from the problem of cartels, protectionism, kickbacks and price gouging in the building supplies industry.
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Polity: Saudi sheep: Misappropriating…, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
(along with his smarmy Red Dwarf Act sidekick)
Looks like Rimmer, sounds like Rimmer. I think you've sussed him out.
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Sadly, I think that it will end up being signed no matter what in order to satisfy the egos of our negotiators. Negative public opinion just seems to spur them on just to try and prove that everyone else is wrong.
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I fear the munter-factor would spoil it for everyone.
Yay! Legal drugs, let's see how many we can take, wash them down with Red Bull and Vodka shots. That chick looks like she could do with one dropped in her drink etc. etc.
It's a pity because there is real merit in the idea. -
Hard News: Nelson Street: Not too…, in reply to Russell Brown,
How about these for slow and fast markings respectively?
How about including a pause button too?
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Hard News: Campbell Live: A Disturbance…, in reply to Russell Brown,
I interviewed John Campbell for Media3 and we made a longer 22-minute cut for the web only. Happily, it has survived the cull of Media3 episodes. It’s a good watch.
It is a good watch.
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BTW John Campbell, if you're reading this. Go you good thing!
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I'd still love to know more about the "people meter". I imagine it as some 1960's contraption connected to a socket in the wall that leads back to a ticker-tape machine in a dusty basement.
Whatever it is I'm sure that some boffin at TVNZ has hacked it to provide Seven Sharp with its current ratings or maybe one of the qualifying questions to get one is, "Do you watch Seven Sharp?" -
What I don't get is how Labour treats the 9 years of Clark government like it never happened. They seem to think that the Clark government was toxic and that any mention of it will set them further back in the polls. Why do they never refer to their track record of sound economic management, budget surpluses, Kiwisaver, the Cullen Fund etc.? They seem content to sit around saying "we wouldn't do that" until everyone gets fed up with the incumbents and are given their turn again.
I have no real idea whether they are going to be National Light or the new Communist Party and I do try to keep an eye on what's going on. My guess is that the general public didn't know either and were spooked by the messages that a Labour/Green government would mean more taxes so decided to stick with the devil they knew. Meanwhile the devil was running up record deficits to pay for their tax cuts while profiting from record dairy prices, huge insurance payouts for Chch and selling state assets. -
Hard News: Will the grown-ups ever…, in reply to fredster jones,
contributors to this site resort to vile ad hominem stuff
Never find that sort of stuff on the right wing sites, do we?