"perfectly legitimate preferences" Let's be really clear... racism is not a legitimate preference
Yep, there are some "fine people" waving the Confederate flag. And all the tens of thousands holding peaceful protests in the US about generations of racism should look for the good in these "fine people"? Do you understand what being subjugated by white ...
The dogged unpleasantness of RL and a few others on TS and their determination to win every discussion as though it was a victory to put down the other person is why I left TS. I come read posts occasionally because good writers.
Apples and oranges. Wealthy Asians arriving in a country that doesn't have a history of enslaving Asians vs. Blacks in US
Empathy is not something you are exercising in this denigrating response
"perfectly legitimate preferences of the local dominant culture" Who defines 'legitimate in this context? But no matter, because this sentence provides the powerplays that define such things as racism. Just a systemic headwinds is an euphemism for systemic...
... there are many problems identified in this excellent post by LPRENT: one is the failure of NZ school history curriculum to require the land wars to be taught to all school children, a second is that research by two academics has shown that a "hard core...
who are you saying is on a pig-fucking expedition? And what does that mean? I'm guessing that your judgement that "someone's on a pig-fucking expedition" is an angry response to my interpretation of the man from his own words. Please listen to the man ...
I possibly didn't make my point clearly enough... which is that Kavanaugh evaded answering a question about the extent of his drinking habits, turning the point back on his questioner... saying "do you like beer senator....I am a loyal beer-drinking ...
….these events in the US are succinctly explained in John Raulston Saul's brilliant perspective on the death of democracy in the US. Summarised Here: https://www.truthdig.com/articles/america-the-failed-state/
"assume guilt by female accusation..." I think the question to answer in the Ford v. Kavanaugh hearing, is not about the validity of testimony based on gender - rather it is more about the testimony itself and what can be proven or disproven... the best ...
why talk about proving or disproving anything? just look at the lies of the man about his - corroborated - drinking habits when he was under oath. Is this the best pick for a SCJ?
good quote Sanctuary... where is it from?
J J - National's promotion of increasing immigration may appear to pump up an ailing economy, but their lack of competence in managing immigration is resulting in serious degradation in the quality of life for New Zealanders. National has completely failed...
the "sitting government" has done a fine job of sitting but not governing... and the result is an economy, an environment and social equity that have gone backwards for the majority - and there Jon Jones lies the issue ....
Xanthe... that was such a dismissive and arrogant comment I thought I'd go and read the source by the "independent forensic investigator." It says that the file transfer was around 23 MB/s and "unlikely to have been downloaded over the internet" https://...
edgar the bug shows his yuuuge intellect
if you have a spare 40 minutes, Fareed Zakaria's documentary on Putin is well worth watching if you want a different picture than the one crafted by Kremlin controlled media
Who wants environmental protection or health and social services when you can have a nice big army... The $54bn boost for the military is the biggest since Ronald Reagan’s presidency in the 1980s.......... financed by cutting the Environmental Protection ...
BM - when you say "turning left" what do you mean? NZers are already 'left'. This is what makes us 'left' - We have a deep ingrained respect for giving everyone a fair go. - We believe in everyone paying a fair share to support a social safety net. - A ...
just a wee reminder HDCAFT - this by election has featured two brilliant up and coming politicians, both of whom will be instrumental in changing this moribund government “Jacinda and I come from distinct parties with their own distinct identities, but we ...
BM - I think you've entirely missed the point. Labour and the Greens campaigned together in Mt. Albert. Many who voted for Jacinda are highly likely to support the Greens in the party vote at the general election, and were probably delighted that Julie ...
As Donald Trump pushes the United States toward inaction on climate change, he is likely to find an ally in Russia. Russia is the fifth-largest emitter of greenhouse gases in the world. Yet the plan it submitted under the Paris agreement to reduce its ...
How quickly the msm divert their attention away from Flynn, Trump and his aides lying about their communications with Moscow ..... towards a stupid story about Sweden Bannon is laughing his socks off
yep 42% is pretty good polling and something the nats may well be dreaming of in 6 months time
the little personal attacks won't help you chris73 .... people are wising up, and realising that national's lack of vision has created an increasingly divided NZ, and they don't like it.
Jimc - remember that thing called MMP - since Little is at no.1 on the Labour list he will most certainly get elected on the other hand... the Nats are looking increasingly out of touch and threadbare
we Kiwis are a nice lot, we don't kick an incumbent when they are going down, especially as we feel a bit sorry for him getting a hospital pass from the outgoing fella - plus there's a bit of sympathy for his leadership failure in 2002 and then being ...
....what"s the name of your man again.... you know, the guy who lost in 2002 - and the one the nats thought was less capable than Don Brash
and for a charmingly shrill righty rhetorical flourish from Grantoc: all you’re doing is demonstrating how myopic, desperate and delusional you are.....
Awww Lulu, right back at you: If you and your ilk continue to react so naively....
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