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Comment: English proposes raising age of super to 67 (eventually)
Written By: Dan - Date published: 8:04 pm, March 6th, 2017
Raise taxes on any wealthy boomers, and dilute the impact of housing speculators would help redress the inequities of this change of tack by the Nats.Comment: Nats push stupidest education plan ever
Written By: Dan - Date published: 6:01 pm, August 23rd, 2016
The notion of global budgeting is the focus of teacher associations at the moment. I would ask everyone to go to Google scholar and look up references to global budgeting. It has been used widely in Asian medical circles to cut costs: cut the cost of ...Comment: Caption contest
Written By: Dan - Date published: 2:40 pm, June 25th, 2015
I wish there was two of me.....(could be a really lame poem in that)Comment: Climate change is too important to lie about
Written By: Dan Pangburn - Date published: 1:50 pm, December 10th, 2014
The fantasy is denial of natural climate change; which is playing out.Comment: Climate change is too important to lie about
Written By: Dan Pangburn - Date published: 7:31 am, December 10th, 2014
Search "agwunveiled" to discover: 1. Historical evidence that CO2 change does not cause climate change. 2. The two factors that correlate 95% since before 1900 with average global temperature. 3. An explanation of WHY CO2 change does not cause climate ...Comment: The cost of a bowl of Weet-Bix
Written By: Dan - Date published: 9:30 pm, September 17th, 2014
There is help for people needing dental treatment and on low income. I have used it several timesComment: Tuwhera mike 24/07/2014
Written By: Dan - Date published: 3:49 pm, July 24th, 2014
Oh, so there is an upside to Hosking moderating the debateComment: What’s so important about 15 September?
Written By: Dan - Date published: 2:18 pm, July 17th, 2014
In the immortal words of George Costanza, "Jerry [John], just remember. It’s not a lie… if you believe it"Comment: Open mike 16/06/2014
Written By: dan - Date published: 11:43 am, June 16th, 2014
That's very biblical of you Hamish, but you're a little off on your numbers as according to Leviticus 25, debt is to be reset, slaves freed and property returned to the original owners every 50 years.Comment: Williamson now. How corrupt is the National cabinet?
Written By: Dan - Date published: 12:12 pm, May 1st, 2014
I saw that last night and was disgusted by how paltry the fine was, $25,000 to a company that is making millions off the back of destroying our endangered wetlands. They should have been done for $200,000 minimum (and I'd do them for a lot more), and had ...Comment: Open mike 24/04/2014
Written By: Dan - Date published: 1:29 pm, April 24th, 2014
It's nice to know the poor aren't so badly off that they can't afford to waste eggs... our brighter futureComment: Open mike 23/02/2014
Written By: Dan - Date published: 8:12 pm, February 23rd, 2014
I hope you remember to keep laughing when National win in October and royally fuck you and all your lefie mates in the arse as well sell this country to our bankster mates and Chinese overlordsComment: Polity: Chris Trotter – “gaseous exhalations”
Written By: Dan - Date published: 12:12 pm, February 20th, 2014
In his defence, Mr trotter is using a silly illustration to make a valid point - that there is reason to worry the Labour vote will collapse and there will be a repeat of 2011. That is about where the validity ends of course; the more important worry is ...Comment: Security: social, financial, personal, digital
Written By: Dr Dan - Date published: 4:39 pm, April 26th, 2013
You have obviously never been involved with child support. Draco is right, the IRD are usually intransigent and will not usually allow re-estimation if they can help it, The excuses are things like there is no proof (although there are penalties to catch ...Comment: When they’re laughing at you…
Written By: Dan - Date published: 12:50 pm, April 23rd, 2013
Christ on a crisket mate, settle down. She's having a laugh. Reign in the entitled vitriol!Comment: A good week for the opposition
Written By: Dan - Date published: 9:19 pm, July 27th, 2012
"Liberal" is a very loaded and loose term - usually used in opposition to someone else's rigid, orthodox position (because everybody else is likely to be viewed in this way...). ACT, as a (not very fresh) example of an economic neoliberal party, is not " ...Comment: Cunliffe attacks Nats’ crony capitalism
Written By: Dan - Date published: 8:28 pm, June 14th, 2012
Great stuff. Get that idealism and pragmatic solutions out to the voting and (last election) non-voting public.Comment: Lifestyle “choices”
Written By: Dan - Date published: 1:45 pm, June 7th, 2012
Surely the father of the children is also relevant in this? What is he doing to help support his children? Unless he's dead (and sadly that's a possibility given the circumstances) he's culpable for support. If he's not dead and it just turns out that the ...Comment: Not with a bang but a whimper
Written By: Dan - Date published: 11:59 am, May 28th, 2012
[Potty mouth, homophobia, we don't need you here Dan. Take a month off. -- r0b]Comment: Talley’s Group: Arsehole managers – bad faith and bullshit
Written By: Dan - Date published: 2:46 pm, May 17th, 2012
I guess you'll just have to find your own Anders Brevik then bbComment: Resignationwatch: questions for Key
Written By: Dan - Date published: 3:54 pm, May 5th, 2012
Benson Pope was an outstanding teacher. He was given the job of looking after some of the "difficult" students as well as supervising outdoor education for city-slicker kids. It is very easy to judge people by today's standards when the so called mistakes ...Comment: SkyCity’s convention centre would need $10m subsidies – MED
Written By: Dan - Date published: 12:12 pm, April 22nd, 2012
Yes, and the overseas owned hotel will pay NZ tax on their income and the overseas owned casino will also pay NZ tax on their income... as for the hookers, well who knows?Comment: Choices, choices: Golf, PM holidays, or paid parental leave?
Written By: Dan Hansen - Date published: 3:58 pm, April 16th, 2012
You do realise even if they were returning 18% (i suspect normalised return much much lower) but lets for the moment assume you right.... ...that the sale price would be such the the actual return to investors whould gravite towards 6% and proceeds to the ...Comment: Open mike 29/03/2012
Written By: dans - Date published: 2:08 pm, March 29th, 2012
I thought I was reasonably IT literate, but was surprised today to hear that Ms Pullar was able to check her email of months previously to see who had opened her file, and at what time. Can someone explain.Comment: Open mike 05/03/2012
Written By: Dan - Date published: 7:28 am, March 5th, 2012
I have a question. I recently attended a speech by John Key at a secondary school. At the end of the speech he asked for questions. " Just ask me anything!" Therein lies the problem. It was never a case of "anything". All questions had to be submitted to ...Comment: Fran O’Sullivan: a shill with diversions
Written By: dan the hand - Date published: 1:45 pm, February 6th, 2012
Exactly!!! The authors here know they being racist they just hate it being pointed out to them! Ironically though they often refer to China as an example of how socialism 'works'... [lprent: Back again? Obviously you haven't read the policy since the last ...Comment: Fran O’Sullivan: a shill with diversions
Written By: dan the hand - Date published: 10:06 pm, February 5th, 2012
Its not like NZ companies are also buying land in China for sizeable amounts of cash? linkComment: Prepare for another delay on that brighter future
Written By: dan hansen - Date published: 9:52 am, January 19th, 2012
No shes not - she has taken the true figure of 200%, mis read it and written 200x (see below link under 3rd chart) ...and not had the ability or underlying sense to figure out its no way that its 200 x. http://www.zerohedge.com/article/total-global-debt- ...Comment: Prepare for another delay on that brighter future
Written By: dan hansen - Date published: 9:40 am, January 19th, 2012
"World debt at over 200 times the size of total world GDP, is the biggest financial bubble of all time" The fact you believe that is a good example of how economically ilterate some of the left are...Comment: Port’s paid propagandist says cut workers’ pay
Written By: Dan Hansen - Date published: 6:32 pm, January 11th, 2012
So Mcflock if "Doctors, Nurses, fire-fighters and police officers should all receive immediate pay increases [to 91k]" how will this be funded...i assume you mean a rich prick tax - in which case what will the rich pricks do? If nurses, firefighters are ...
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