"If the intent is to maximise the power of the state and to strip away the vestige of any privacy rights we may have." Based on the government's actions to-date, it's difficult to conclude that it's anything else.
That's a very astute observation, actually: Fletcher will know **exactly** what went on with the Goff thing and may be uncomfortable with the extent to which Tucker was hung out to dry. And looking down the barrel of a review, a wise person might think ...
I've only recently started using Twitter and have been surprised to find how little self-gratification stuff actually goes on. Depends who you follow of course, but on the whole most of my follows tweet things which are actually quite informative and ...
Interesting point of view, greywarshark.
I am wondering why this is the first time I've heard about this? Have I completely missed something? The "Local Presence" section - the first in the document - is worrying enough: "Subject to any conditions, limitations and qualifications set out in its ...
And that assertion is based on what evidence, exactly?
Ask him to confirm that. LOL.
I wonder how much Crosby/Textor billed for thinking this line up? Any guesses? Whether the image that National are trying to create is accurate or not, now that the line has been drawn it's important that Labour show Little isn't a brute or bully but an ...
"Good intentions do not justify evil." And actually that article makes an extremely good point: Those defending torture are essentially saying "we need to do everything possible - including torture - to prevent another 9/11." Well, if they believe that, ...
This needs to be reposted everywhere. United Nations Convention against Torture Article 2 1: Each State Party shall take effective legislative, administrative, judicial or other measures to prevent acts of torture in any territory under its jurisdiction. 2...
In my view the leader of every political party in the country should be calling for prosecutions, either inside the US or under international law. Cosying up to the US now is no different to cosying up to Syria under Assad or Iraq under Saddam. Bush/Cheney...
I guess he's just not as cut out for having to consistently conceal the truth, unlike John Key who - as a former Wall Street banker - has been doing it for years.
What would we do without PG to keep the powerful honest!!
The Prime Minister has used the "nothing to fear nothing to hide" argument in support of handing beefed up surveillance powers to his deep-state masters. r0b has done no such thing. Surely even you, PG, can see why your question is ridiculous.
John Key a hippocrate? Say it ain't so!
Hang on a minute. The Inspector General of Intelligence and Security is charged with overseeing the administration of powers granted to the intelligence agencies. This is the same IG whose conclusions are not trusted by the Prime Minister - instead he ...
Slater and Key are, I think, protecting each other. Putting my "armchair political strategist" hat on: The opposition should pick up on the line that this Government isn't the Key Government, it's the Key/Slater Government. The stronger the association ...
Call me a conspiracy theorist, but I would bet good money that Cam knew the PM was going to say exactly this, and that he will keep quiet while still being able exert influence as he wishes.
I've got a lot of questions about this "48 hour warrantless surveillance" business. If anyone can answer / comment I'd be interested. -- The SIS can install surveillance equipment for up to 48 hours without a warrant. Do they need to remove the equipment ...
“At no stage did the Prime Minister’s Office direct how the SIS should treat the OIA request.” Weasel words if ever I heard them. How much wiggle room is there in that? :: “The Prime Minister’s office” might not have, but the Prime Minister and his office ...
The Greens probably missed their chance here - if Dunne doesn't stand in the next election (and why would he? His nest must be well padded by now...) then all the Peter Dunne votes will go to the National candidate, and the UF + NAT vote will still be ...
On the topic of using illegal drugs to treat addiction, Phil you might be interested in the treatment of heroin withdrawls with ibogaine. (If you haven't read up on it already.)
The underlying assumption here is that working is just an option; that people looking for work have choice. There's an implication that the worker maintains the right to say "no, thanks" to a job simply because the contract isn't to their liking. Nothing ...
He's only the PM when it suits him, Tracey. The rest of the time, he's just Johnny From The Block. Used to have a little, now he has a lot, and no matter where he goes, he's pulling the ladder up after him.
A few months ago when Dirty Politics was release, there were howls from the Right of "All Politicians Lie." Now they claim "Our trade negotiators wouldn't lie!" Can't have it both ways, team.
^ this. It's a very hard problem, I agree. It's also clear that continuing to beat the drums of war is actually what Isis want: Aggression from the West is their best recruiting tool. I find it extremely disingenuous that the "need to protect the people of...
Have you learned nothing from the failures of the last ten years? This is a bit like the war on drugs, or neo-liberal economics: "If we just keep locking up addicts / deregulating markets / dropping bombs, our theories will be proven right." The West ...
"PR fluff pieces on how awesome JK is" He doesn't have to pay for those. They're all over The Herald, all the time.
Yet remarkably, during court proceedings relating to stopping the publication of any more leaks from Rawshark, he fronted up to court with a QC....
LOL yeah, because human society has always operated on an "every (wo)man for himself" type basis. Neo-liberalism is the natural order of things. Market economies have evolved to work so well in nature. There is no such thing as society. Etc etc.
Well, if that's the case, I wonder if Police requested a warrant to search that person's house? If not, why not? They'd probably answer that the only evidence pointing to this person was the word of Cameron Slater, which is worth the same as his ...
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