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The current rise of populism challenges the way we think about people’s relationship to the economy.We seem to be entering an era of populism, in which leadership in a democracy is based on preferences of the population which do not seem entirely rational nor serving their longer interests. ...
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The face of evil
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/4214006/Drug-dealing-granny-lived-the-high-life
Feck it’s granny !!!
Who lives at “Kapati”.
Have we missed something here?
Yes, the “Dikshit” episode is appalling. No question. However, it was not the incident that caused TVNZ to suspend Henry.
It was the Governor General episode and Key played no small part in it.
Read Audrey Young on that.
Just quietly Key must be rubbing his hands that the issue has been deflected away from him .
However while we are on the Dikshit incident, that whole Breakfast session needs to be viewed because, in that programme, Henry was “longing for” a mishap to befall the games, to confirm his belief that India should not have been awarded the event in the first place.
A whole lot of NZ farmland just got bought by the Yanks.
Anyone willing to risk naming this guy ?
[Rest deleted – please don’t encourage anyone on this site to break the law. — r0b]
Well, D-Day now. We get to find out who takes Auckland into a new era – Both main candidates, representing different sides of our largest city. One representing the poor/brown/immigrant part, and the other representing the white rich part.
After all the talking and heated debate, its finally happening…
And we get to see if the teabaggers gain control of the NPDC as well.
millsy
Should read
– one representing common decency and therefore the common man across the region including the poor/brown/immigrant/white/rich/gentile/decent/moral/law-abiding/fun-loving/hardworking/serving/ while
– the other representing polarised/bigotted/nasty/lying/think-they-have-the-right-to-rule/RodneyHidesupporting folk
Choice wasn’t hard was it?
And a message to Hide and Key – listen to Auckland.
Crusties are characterised as young and homeless, an urban version of the New Age Traveller.
Auckland in the Spring
Then the Godsend Paul Henry, like a bolt from the Blue
Shat a shaft of pure pus neath the beak of the geek
And its retch and its reek
Clung like glue to the wretch – who smirked like a roue
And millions decried
This tiny speck on the tide, former pimple of pride –
no less honorific than belle of the Pacific
Pert rack of progression –
Now the butt of aggression.
(And were it not for Hels’ mettle, target of metal)
And Pontius Key smiled
And waved his hands.
But thank you Paul Henry, Paul Henry, Paul Henry,
For being, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry,
Arse-hole in the bucket
And consummate puppet
Who drew the enmity
Of global humanity
To the corrupt equanimity
Of our Keyfellatory insanity.
For as Labour takes Auckland
From below! Such salubrity!
Brown town is Brown
And the clowns are put down.
They see your filth: the fruits of NACT
They sniff the wind, and reach back:
To the rejuvenating clarity
Of humanity and charity.
And the sun shines again.
Very good ak, obviously Brown has won
Auk Herald :1.02pm: With almost 95 per cent of the votes counted, Len Brown has won the Auckland mayoralty.
Mr Brown has approximately 221,000 votes to Mr Banks’ 161,000.
More unrest at the C&CDHB. There are now resignations from 3 senior board members including John Anderson. http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/4213927/Two-more-chiefs-quit-ailing-health-board