David Farrar is touting this letter in support of the contention that WP lied initially and lied by default subsequently in order to get a bit more money on his super, i.e. even if the initial input of data was a mistake, he would have had 7 opportunities ...
Thanks.
Is it known for certain that it was Anne Hartley who contacted Checkpoint?
"Is there another OECD country where a person’s level of poverty can be reasonably ascertained by taking a quick look at their mouth?" Yes - the USA
How do you work that out - Turei has been in parliament since 2002; Arden since 2008.
Thank you for saving the Tweets for posterity - they made me chuckle.
From my blog : The dead are dead. What matters is why and how they died and what value we, the living, place on that; what lessons we learn and apply. To me, the best way to honour the war dead is to dispense with the military and religious rituals and ...
There are some very big issues here - mostly jurisdictional ones - e.g. which bit of the fire service leads on a fire which is determined by where the fire starts in relation to political boundaries etc. There are issues between professional (urban) and ...
She was a good person. Principled, brave and dignified. She will be sorely missed.
“…. we can thank Christianity for our entire belief system – it’s no coincidence that we don’t like liars, thieves, murderers or adulterers. Many prehistoric societies held no such beliefs, proving that we aren’t born with a moral code. We were given it by...
You could equally say it's not a surprise that many slave traders and owners were Christian - and Christian churches were not averse to making money out of slavery. The move away from slave ownership and the rise of abolitionism among Quakers came about in...
This story breaks my heart.
http://tewharewhero.blogspot.co.nz/2015/10/an-open-letter-to-tony-veitch.html The above was my response to Veitch’s previous public ‘mea-culpa-but-not-really’. And I remain of the same opinion.
Sorry - but I feel about this the same way I do about pro-change people pointing to the silver fern on some NZ war graves and claiming the Lockwood flag honours the fallen. I posted this on the Change the Flag Facebook page - strangely has had no views or ...
It's a literary device not a literal letter - I have also written 'letters' to Tony Veitch and President Obama.
My flag fulmination http://tewharewhero.blogspot.co.nz/2016/02/an-open-letter-to-richie-mccaw.html
It felt very strong here 40 kms north of ChCh - enough to make me do my earthquake song and dance routine - hop from one foot to the other and chant 'fuck, fuck, fuck'. The cat left home; the dog was freaked but by me, and the husband carried on cooking ...
21000 bum salute would be good.
I missed that bit - and I'm unclear how that could work in practice as she says there are different strengths for day and night. Surely she wouldn't have to go twice a day? It's beyond bizarre when you consider that someone can be prescribed oxycontin - ...
Matthew Hooton wants to lay claim to a degree of intellectual authority, political acuity and personal probity. No one who supports the Government's dirty deals with the House of Saud can possibly lay claim to any of those things. Ergo ....
I have the utmost respect for Helen Kelly - I'm not saying this just because she is dying and is facing her death with great dignity and courage - I respect her because her actions show her to be an honest, ethical and principled person. Like John Campbell...
I think it's either the person has to be in hospital or be gravely ill. If there is a requirement to be in hospital to receive cannabis oil, that would be disgraceful and hypocritical in light of the numbers of people who are prescribed powerful and ...
I think a mass showing of bare bums would be the most appropriate form of protest.
"Not sure why Key wants a fourth term" - Simple, pure ego. If he gets it I'll lay odds he won't go the full term but will resign to take up whatever ego boosting position on the world stage is on offer.
Please tell me this is meant to be ironic.
Women fight for parity in pay and employment conditions but instead of pulling them up to close the gap, men's pay and employment conditions are lowered. Just like they did with the retirement age - equality employment opportunities cannot possibly mean ...
You are so right - it's insane that people in your situation are subjected to highly toxic drugs and invasive procedures which may not work, often cause more harm than good and if they do work, may only extend life temporarily - and yet you cannot legally ...
Key's Ode to the Common Man: (apologies to the writer/s of 'Mambo No 5') A little bit of laddishness in my life A little bit of sexism by my side A little bit of mockery's all I need A little bit of piss take's what I see A little bit of sarcasm in the sun...
If people are poor because of bad choices then logic demands us to accept that affluent people are affluent because of good choices. Neither is universally - or even broadly - true. Affluence may come about through pure luck such as being born into a ...
I posted this on the other flag thread but last time I looked it hadn't appeared so ... We are still connected constitutionally to Britain so why change the flag unless we intend to cut all those links and become a republic? On a Kiwi passport it says that...
A 'pommie navel flag' is an intriguing image. Point is we are still connected constitutionally to Britain so why change the flag unless we intend to cut all those links and become a republic? On a Kiwi passport it says that the 'Governor General in the ...
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