General Debate 28 November 2007
November 28th, 2007 at 2:38 pm by David FarrarThe Banque in Auckland is a damn nice bar and restaurant.
Related posts:
- General Debate 6 November 2007
- General Debate 2 November 2007
- General Debate 5 November 2007
- General Debate 22 November 2007
November 28th, 2007 at 2:43 pm
I watched Firefly for the first time this weekend. What an utterly fabulous Sci-Fi series. Pity there will be no more forthcoming.
Vote:November 28th, 2007 at 2:50 pm
David, when you see Key at National Party HQ next, can you ask for him us whether National paid Coldplay their royalities for using ‘Clocks’ in that boring video? Those in the know say it would have cost a pretty penny.
(the standard has crashed again, too much traffic, so I can’t post to the story where IrishBill looks at the cost of the video – but kiwiblogblog has a summary http://kiwiblogblog.wordpress.com/2007/11/28/a-little-knowledge-is-a-dangerous-thing-for-national/ )
Vote:November 28th, 2007 at 3:00 pm
Didn’t you just get 30 demerits for link whoring Sam?
Vote:November 28th, 2007 at 3:05 pm
I didn’t see that
Vote:November 28th, 2007 at 3:10 pm
It’s not “Clocks” on the video from what I can hear. It’s similar, in the same way that Coldplay are similar to Radiohead 10 years ago.
So I guess it cost them nought.
Nice conspiracy though
Vote:November 28th, 2007 at 3:11 pm
In case others missed it I feel duty bound to relay a piece of TV gold that was broadcast last night – in my opinion right up with “I’ll have an O for awesome please …”
The programme was Close Up at 7, and the topic was the search for Nicky Watson’s tiny lost dog.
About five minutes into the story we get:
Watson: “I must have yelled his name a million times.”
Vote:Interviewer: “You’re hoarse.”
Watson: “No, my dog.”
November 28th, 2007 at 3:12 pm
DPF Do you pronounce that Bank or Bonk As in Im going to Bonk tonight
Vote:November 28th, 2007 at 3:13 pm
LOL – Priceless!
Vote:November 28th, 2007 at 3:14 pm
Sam Dixon: I didn’t see that
No, because you were too busy posting links all over the blog.
Vote:November 28th, 2007 at 3:21 pm
Bank I think.
Vote:November 28th, 2007 at 3:22 pm
“Sam Dixon: I didn’t see that”
Is that 30 demerit points from the sub standard crew ? I await the judges decision with much anticipation ?
Vote:November 28th, 2007 at 3:24 pm
Now THAT needs to be on You Tube! LOL
Hey, If I name my dog “Vote National”, and he get’s lost, can I call his name out a million times too?
Vote:November 28th, 2007 at 3:30 pm
Sam Dixon:
DPF’s given you 30 of the best:
http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2007/11/soun.html#comment-373782
Still, it could be more painful, if Panty Slut Boy were administering the punishment
Vote:November 28th, 2007 at 3:35 pm
“Still, it could be more painful, if Panty Slut Boy were administering the punishment
”
Nice one POC , just imagine him getting a severe whipping as the stereo speakers are blasting out the DEVO song WHIP IT GOOD – OH YEAH – WHIP INTO SHAPE – WHIP IT GOOD LICKSPITTLE YAYAYA
Vote:November 28th, 2007 at 3:38 pm
Oh dear:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/3/story.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10478738
Is the flagship running aground already?
Vote:November 28th, 2007 at 3:43 pm
Bevan:
You shouldn’t trouble yourself over such inconsequential matters. To quote from the article:
So there.
Vote:November 28th, 2007 at 3:46 pm
Saffron in Arrowtown wins damn fine restaurant hands down.
As for royalities (sic – you loser Sam), how are Labour doing paying Chris Knox for “It’s a Bitter Way With Labour” (HT: Bryce @ liberation). Oh yeah, that’s right. It only got played once.
Vote:November 28th, 2007 at 3:48 pm
Buggerlugs:
Are you sure it wasn’t “It’s a Better Way with Labour”? I wouldn’t want to think Chris Knox was taking the piss or anything
Vote:November 28th, 2007 at 3:51 pm
kiwisaver sinks ( should have been called kiwisucker from the start ) – this is better than a Monty Python script haha.
Vote:November 28th, 2007 at 3:54 pm
Bitter
Vote:Beater
Buggery
Berater
Biohazard
they’re all terms that fit with what Labour’s goals are
November 28th, 2007 at 4:01 pm
Hey, If I name my dog “Vote National”, and he get’s lost, can I call his name out a million times too?
Vote:November 28th, 2007 at 4:21 pm
I won’t risk David’s wrath by posting links – but listen to Key’s video on youtube at 30 seconds for about 20 seconds, then type in clocks coldplay and watch the music video…
I’ve listened to the music several times and I’m certainits Clocks – its not quite the normal version but its just minor difference in balance and style (actually, it sounds like the national verison has been done acoustically, like an unofficial copy) – just listened to it again and the tune is clearly the intro to Clocks.
Vote:November 28th, 2007 at 4:23 pm
Buggerlugs – Chris Knox performed that himself and Labour has his permission to use the song as a campaign anthem – indeed that’s what he wrote it for.
I’m just curious bcause getting Coldplay’s permission to use Clocks would cost a fortune, and i’m wondering if the Naitonal party did it.
Vote:November 28th, 2007 at 4:24 pm
That Chris Martin – he’d be a Labour Party voter. Coldplay is so limp and drippy they should be filed next to Celine Dion in the remainders basket at the Warehouse. Note to John Key: AC/DC or Shihad next time, with a bit of Pat Benatar for the female vote…
Vote:November 28th, 2007 at 4:25 pm
I might need to doublecheck but it doesn’t matter what Chris said – APRA will still want the royalities (sic)
Vote:November 28th, 2007 at 4:25 pm
“I won’t risk David’s wrath by posting links”
Nice to see that sanity prevails . Sam suck socialist poohs .
Vote:November 28th, 2007 at 4:28 pm
I would be very surprised if any political party would spend the kind of money it costs to get permission to use a major international band’s song when there’s not any real gain from having that particluar piece of music… which makes me suspect they’ve not paid Coldplay.
Vote:November 28th, 2007 at 4:28 pm
Sam Dixon:
There’s a discussion going on at http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2007/11/electoral_finance_bill_marches.html#comment-373951.
So far your claim isn’t garnering much support.
Vote:November 28th, 2007 at 4:30 pm
Talking about standard cup chicks, where is the rogered gnomer rabbit ? I hope he got that bad real virus affecting wabbits .
Vote:November 28th, 2007 at 4:31 pm
Buggerlugs – the music is the artist (or label’s) property and they can give away the rights as they choose… to suggest APRA could force Chris Knox to take royalties for a use he has authorised for free is just stupid.
Vote:November 28th, 2007 at 4:33 pm
Look Sam go back at talk crap over with Sigmund socialist saddle wearing freak show of meaningless woffle creeps on bad acid . In other words sod off spittle ~!!
Vote:November 28th, 2007 at 4:42 pm
Sam, you are clearly tone deaf.
IT IS NOT CLOCKS!
Nice diversion from the issues though.
Do you guys go to a course for threadjacking, or is it an innate trait?
Vote:November 28th, 2007 at 4:56 pm
Stupid?
Vote:Pot Kettle Black
I am 99% sure James Reyne ‘donated’ a song to a football team and APRA still rooted them for the royalities (sic).
November 28th, 2007 at 7:04 pm
It would be interesting to know what the music on the John Key video IS. It is not “Clocks” by Coldplay. It is just yet ANOTHER use of an utterly hackneyed sequence of arpeggiated chords. Anybody who thought “Clocks” was remotely original doesn’t know much about music.
Vote:November 28th, 2007 at 7:18 pm
Well I have just watched the John Key video. When will you morons take it on board that it is not “Clocks” by Coldplay?
Vote:In my neighbourhood there is a youn try-hard band that practises on Saturday afternoons, they do this song.
The video was good and all the trolls can bitch about is how much should be paid for the use of this music. Sad. Are they trying to take the emphasis off the video? But of course!!!!
Trit trot trit trot, who’s that walking over my bridge —- wankers
November 28th, 2007 at 7:20 pm
BANQUE is my local, sorry to have missed you DPF
Vote:November 28th, 2007 at 9:23 pm
Our Blessed Leader has been sounding off on climate change again. This time in Europe. Yet again she is promulgating her view that we will lead the world. Yeah! Through destruction of our economy and failure to understand that until China, US, Russia and India and Australia take part whatever we and anyone else do is irrelevant. The regime that she and her acolytes plus the Luddites called the Greens want to impose is such that there will be no need to turn out the lights as we will not have enough power to switch them on, as thanks to H1 and the Luddites we want sutainable power, but wind power is out, it is ugly, hydro upsets the fish, coal is dirty and nuclear whilst best is confused with weaponry and America.
Roll on the revolution and the end of Labour as we know it!!
Vote:November 28th, 2007 at 9:52 pm
On a different note, ventured over to the bogstandard to check out the love they’re giving John Key and as I was about to leave a comment I had to laugh at their captcha: “money thieves”.
How appropriate for a Labour Party HQ blog!
Vote:November 28th, 2007 at 10:04 pm
From stuff.co.nz
“Prime Minister Helen Clark was spotted texting on her mobile phone during the Queen’s opening speech at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, a British newspaper has reported”
Vote:November 29th, 2007 at 8:10 am
Sam – is this what it has come to? All that devotion to Labour and all that legal training and excellence as a researcher, and education and training leads to you wittering on about such a tenuous attempt to smear National with an open debate about the provenance of a sound-track? Geddalife, mate!
Alternatively, go and make me a coffee, there’s a good chap. Seeings as you’ve clearly got nothing better to do with your precious time, than listen to soundtracks.
Vote:November 29th, 2007 at 8:31 am
Lee C: Seeings as you’ve clearly got nothing better to do with your precious time, than listen to soundtracks.
You forgot to finish that sentence. It should have ended with “ and getting it so blitheringly wrong“.
Vote:November 29th, 2007 at 8:32 am
And what makes it even funnier Lee is that the Standard boys went and posted it everywhere, with links back and so on, feeling oh so very proud of them for identifying a supposed illegality.
Vote:November 29th, 2007 at 8:57 am
EFB Protest March and the Anti Smacking Referendum
The two issues are very much related. The Clark government will not listen to the people. It is also a concern that the EFB may make it very difficult to collect signatures in public.
We have over 230,000 signatures now so we need less the 70,000 to make the required 300,000.
Clark will not want to be answering questions in a leader’s debate as to what she will do if 80% of the public at election time indicate that want the anti smacking legislation amended or repealed.
I will be collecting signatures front of the Papakura Post Office between 9:30 and midday today (Thursday) along with people around the country. If anyone is driving through Papakura it would be great if they would sign the petition calling for a referendum to repeal or amend Bradford’s and Clark’s anti smacking legislation.
If any one wishes to help collect signatures please contact Unity for Liberty
http://www.unityforliberty.net.nz/register.html
or download a form and bring it along to the march.
Regards
Vote:Chuck
November 29th, 2007 at 9:00 am
“Prime Minister Helen Clark was spotted texting on her mobile phone during the Queen’s opening speech at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, a British newspaper has reported”
Well if Dear Leader is doing it, it must be OK, even desirable. Given the socialist herd instinct, next time the Queen makes a speech in here expect all the good little socialists in the audience to be furiously txting away so as to stay in good with their herd mates.
Vote:November 29th, 2007 at 9:04 am
Was the text from a certain shuttled wombat at the Airport where someone was having problems in a cubicle again ?
[DPF: Bzzt 20 demerits]
Vote:November 29th, 2007 at 9:26 am
I wonder who she was txting?
Graham Dalton?
Hrd u need mre $ for nxt AC. Am sure we cn hlp out.
Trev Mallard?
Kp up the pressr on tht whstle blowa, k Trev? No fightng tho!
H2?
Tld evry1 that we r leaders for clim8 chnge. Hp that ok?
Prof Davis?????
Don’t 4gt 2 water the plnts.
Cullen?
Vote:Dnt let JK get u down whle I’m away. Rpt afta me – Labr gd, Ntnl bd.
November 29th, 2007 at 9:55 am
“Prime Minister Helen Clark was spotted texting on her mobile phone during the Queen’s opening speech at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, a British newspaper has reported”
Helen treats the queen as a nobody
It’s the other way around.
I have a feeling she wouldn’t dare pull that stunt with the Maori king.
She shows her appalling disrespect not only to the head of the commonwealth, but also to the commonmwealth and the citizens of this country to whom she has proved time and again she feels nothing but disdain.
Vote:November 29th, 2007 at 9:55 am
Her and Cacofinix are on the way out going by todays signs.
Vote:November 29th, 2007 at 10:01 am
Yes himamoo, David Farrar can try and silence me , but why bother as wit is obviously a crime on kiwiblog ? Not like you twit , I don’t care whether I am banned or not . Hey Hiumooo mongrel , do you know how many Maori Women and Men I help with the court system you sick fuck !!
Vote:November 29th, 2007 at 10:05 am
excellent post cacofinix
all the more to help your demerits.
The day of your permanent ban is coming along splendidly.
Glad I could help.
Vote:November 29th, 2007 at 10:07 am
You are one twisted coward himumoo . I would really ask you one thing . What is your real name . Regards Peter Burns .
Vote:November 29th, 2007 at 10:17 am
David Farrar concerning my above comment which earned me 20 black points for abuse ?? I dare not rewrite it as another 20 is on offer. Then how can this be , as surely wombat and cubicle hardly form the basis for punishment . If you don’t want me to continue comments on this blog , simply say so . I did not suggest vulgarity or profanity , unless of course the truth hurts ? Anyway .
Vote:November 29th, 2007 at 10:23 am
Crazy Clark would have text just to show her contempt for Her Majesty
What a pity HM couldnt have ordered her taken to the Tower and had her head separated from her neck like in the good old days.
CC has a very small mind mentality. She shows no equiette or protocol or basic respect for the Royal Family As others have said she wouldnt dare do that in the presence of the Maori King nor any Muslim leader.
Disgraceful the sooner she gores and stops embarassing us on the world stage as she does the better
Vote:November 29th, 2007 at 10:51 am
“What is your real name . Regards Peter Burns .”
In consolation that you are never going to know my true identity as heores usurping cyber felons never divulge their identities, I will never the less commiserate with you your latest demerit points.
I must say I share your mystified state at the 20 demerits to that particular post and read it thrice to glean the offense. I could not and simply took that DPF knew more than me about your underlying current.
At the same time, things mount up and you must understand if you are being misunderstood you bring it upon yourself for your rude, insulting, meaningless and perverse renderings to intelligent and good people.
If these demerits do not wake you up, your slide top oblivion cannot be post poned. and if by chance I hear a shrill shriek of “Hinamooooooo, I hate you!” as you fall to your demise in the abyss I will not have to ponder your fate over long.
But again, the reason for the demerits are cryptic.
[DPF: D4J got 20 demerits for obviously referring to the Peter Davis rumour. It is quite unfair to Peter Davis to have people keep dragging it up, when there isn't a shred of evidence that it is true]
Vote:November 29th, 2007 at 10:58 am
We disagree on the hero bit, because a genuine coward is always reluctant to reveal their real identity . Look hinamanu , you never leave my case, rather tiresome . Do you want me to go ? , as I can’t understand your anonymous paradox ?
Vote:November 29th, 2007 at 11:15 am
For some one who calls me a coward, no one still knows what you look like
even though you were (supposedly) sticking out as an official at a public rally.
You are the master of anonymity and I will not have to wait long to remind you of your safe and secure verbal savagery on individuals in this blog.
the only mystery I pose to you is that no one else can be bothered staying on your case.
and your self description as a batman is misleading.
A batman is a junior oficer assigned to the assistance of a senior officer and gentleman of which you have none of these qualifications.
sir!
Vote:November 29th, 2007 at 11:20 am
Hinamanu – look I got no energy’s to waste on such a jerk . Get a life and keep out of my face and I keep well away from you Miss Coward ?
Deal , good, end of story wally .
Vote:November 30th, 2007 at 8:57 pm
“[DPF: D4J got 20 demerits for obviously referring to the Peter Davis rumour. It is quite unfair to Peter Davis to have people keep dragging it up, when there isn’t a shred of evidence that it is true]”
You are officially labeled a liar….. and on and on you go.
Oblivion awaits,, Cathedral sq would’ve been a better alternative,,
for a man
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