good on you Francesca, you're a breath of fresh air in the otherwise partisan and unthinking atmosphere of this and other issues
Rich pricks do deserve the consequences of the type of society that now exists. In neoliberal parlance, there are no free lunches...the cost of the destruction of social cohesion is what this represents more than any alternative explanations. And rich ...
Absolutely... plus 1
Hey Weka, I think there are assumptions in your human-focused response that aren't demonstrably true. You can hold the view that other sentient beings have no intrinsic rights that beat your desire to eat them but your reply has the effect of presenting ...
@ Solka Perhaps bullying not irony is the strong suit each of you
@ OAB and Psyhco Milt, Read what Solkta below is saying below about you, I couldn't agree more with her
Yeah, or we could just ensure better life options for them beyond unemployment.
it's funny isn't it... I was drawn to NZ's treatment, as it currently stands, of Maori.
@ James, and perhaps you should think about the implication in both Ed's and your own comment... that the reason they will never be charged is that politicians make the laws that willfully fail to illegalize profitable amoral behaviours.
The trouble with your rational assessment Ad is that again, it is only the discarded sector of the population- the untrained unemployed and under-employed- that must suffer the burden of 30years of cheaper options. let industry and its various hangers-on ...
will this be a case of the Attorney General, on behalf of etc; etc; etc; etc; etc; etc, having chosen to do the crime, now requiring the rest of NZ to have to do the time.
No. At least I would assume Ed refers to class as being the divisions that allow degrees of access to 'power'. Within that frame, it can be reasonably argued that both race and gender are subsets of class inequality.
Wolff's book "Fire and Fury" is currently available as a free PDF download over on "Zero Hedge" (by courtesy of Wikileaks.) Might not last long though . . .
Stand by for a 'Psycho 90' attack from 'Mars'
Liars, damned liars and politicians. Anyone who wonders why Labour didn't do as well as expected in the election should read this brilliant exposition of just how it is that political rhetoric meshes with economics: http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-...
The inactivity of the National Party is not surprising .They represent people who have a vested interested in fighting any change that reduces their power and creates opportunities for people on low incomes to better their lot .They have this insane idea ...
Is it time for you guys to address the apparent significant fall off in open mike comments. Have you successfully shut all opinions that look to challenge dogmatic and aggressively stated views of Weka, Marty Mars, Psycho Milt, Andre and less frequently ...
The other part of the picture: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-01-30/nomi-prins-goldmanization-president-trump Yes, I know the Rolling stone article is old. So is the Bible. That doesn't stop people believing in it! Nor does age necessarily invalidate ...
This is all just "smokescreen stuff". What's really going on is this: Trump has just appointed the wealthiest cabinet in the history of the USA. A fair number of those appointees are ex Goldman Sachs employees. Now read here what Goldman Sachs is all about...
@Sacha 1.1 and 1.1.1.1 I notice you have offered this described benefit a number of times following Penny's comments on this matter. I can't help thinking that such curt blunt comments aren't so much intended to benefit other readers as they are intended ...
Do you read your own copy...
He warned me that "Well akshully, it can be lonely at the top."
Bugger!. I should have commissioned Cosby-Textor to write that speech for me. Oh well, next time . . . .
Perhaps it is also a last attempt to provide a legacy that was previously dependent on a continuation of much the same policies and strategies
Interesting observation, stever. Judith C perhaps? Naaah, I don't think so. How about the Attourney General? Naaah, too vain and arrogant to be a gardening-type. Mr Fixit, who, so far hasn't managed to fix anything yet? Naaaah - that can't be right. he's ...
Actually (not to be confused with "akshully"), "Pinky and The Brain" from "Animaniacs" may have been a better choice on my part, in some ways. (Not as fast on my feet as I used to be, alas). "Animaniacs" had a pretty good theme song too, as well as being ...
Goddammit! Since posting that, I just can't seem to get the "Bill and Ben Flowerpot men" theme out of my head. What do they call it? "Earwigs"? No that can't be right. "EARWORMS" maybe. (It doesn't pay to get old.) I know.! I'll sit down and listen to a ...
“Bill and Ben . . . .Ben and Bill, . . . . ., .Flowerpot men.” This was an English kids' TV show in the 1950's and 1960's. First aired (in black and white) in 1953. Bill (English) AND Ms BEN(nett). . . . .Who was it that said “History repeats itself”? ...
yep, that was one of the all-time great ads from a time when television was watchable . . . . . My guess? Yes, she will wind up with the nomination, and no she won't be elected (I hope). Too many swamp Kauri "Tabletops" and other dodgy deals in her past. ...
" . . . and because no incumbent government has won a seat that they don’t hold . . " " . . . BECAUSE . . . " ????? That's not the CAUSE of ". . . the reason why . . ." you fool. That's a SYMPTOM of ". . . the reason why . . . ". Bloody Hell!. The country ...
it amazes me that a couple of good interviewers can ask about a hundred intelligent and incisive questions on a variety of important topics, and yet get precisely the same response to all of them.
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