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When will we see some worthwhile action from johnkey and his government on issues that matter?
Where the fuck is my cycleway?
When will they stop posturing about being “tough on crime” and pandering to media whore and victim abuser, Garth McVicar?
When will we get a sensible policy on drugs, one that treats drug addiction as a health issue, not a crime? One that sees the funding that underpins criminal gangs removed by controlled supply.
Lprent is the kind of 50 year old who still lives with his Mum. He started the Standard and even though the odious people that post there think he is a tool they put up with him so he doesn’t take his ball and go home.
Black lighting his computer keyboard would reveal that he has spilt more DNA than a crime lab assistant with Parkinsons desease over the love of his life Hulun Clarke.
There is a dearth of academic debate in New Zealand on the unsustainability of neoliberalism, especially in light of the global financial crisis, believes Professor Jane Kelsey.
The current dearth of literature and discussion prompted her to make a successful application to the Marsden Fund for research on “Embedded neoliberalism in a post-neoliberal era”, securing a $336,000 grant over two years.
“As yet, there is no informed analysis of the long-term implications of the global financial crisis for our direction in this country,” says Jane.
She wants to stimulate a critical policy debate on the challenges we will face because of our pre-commitment in domestic and international law to maintain a neoliberal regulatory regime.
In 1984 New Zealand had been in the vanguard when it embarked on a neoliberal restructuring of economic, political and social life and governance, explains Jane.
“The New Zealand experiment was celebrated by international institutions and became an exemplar for countries across the global North and South. Over a period of 25 years many other countries have implemented very similar policies, but few, at least in the OECD, adopted such a comprehensive, systematic and coherent legal regime.”
billyborker, what has the New Zealand Police Air Support Unit got to do with it? And it isn’t nice to call police pigs- they do a difficult and vital job.
is that the neo-liberal regime set up here in the 1980’s..
appears to be totally at odds with finding the solutions to the economic/environmental upheavels we face..have faced..
and she warns that..
“..In theory, she says, it should be difficult to sustain market-driven regulation where it is blamed for a catastrophic global recession ..
.. and where governments’ responses have violated the most basic tenets of neoliberalism.
“If governments do not have the autonomy to respond to chronic policy failures, domestic or international crises through intervention and pro-social, rather than pro-market, regulation ..
.. there is a risk that social distress will fuel political upheaval.”
Whenever life gets you down, Mrs. Brown,
And things seem hard, or tough,
And people are stupid, obnoxious, or daft,
And you feel that you’ve had quite enough,
Just remember that you’re standing on a planet that’s evolving
And revolving at nine hundred miles an hour,
That’s orbiting at nineteen miles a second, so it’s reckoned,
A sun that is the source of all our power.
The sun and you and me and all the stars that we can see
Are moving at a million miles a day
In an outer spiral arm, at forty thousand miles an hour,
Of the galaxy we call the ‘Milky Way’.
Our galaxy itself contains a hundred billion stars.
It’s a hundred thousand light years side to side.
It bulges in the middle, sixteen thousand light years thick,
But out by us, it’s just three thousand light years wide.
We’re thirty thousand light years from galactic central point.
We go ’round every two hundred million years,
And our galaxy is only one of millions of billions
In this amazing and expanding universe.
The universe itself keeps on expanding and expanding
In all of the directions it can whizz
As fast as it can go, at the speed of light, you know,
Twelve million miles a minute, and that’s the fastest speed there is.
So remember, when you’re feeling very small and insecure,
How amazingly unlikely is your birth,
And pray that there’s intelligent life somewhere up in space,
‘Cause there’s bugger all down here on Earth!
I must send this to an old, liberal friend of mine. She lives in California now, but the only work she can find is with a company in Texas. As one can guess she’s not at all impressed with the people she works with (…Big tits, big hair, and photos on the wall of her hunting with Cheney….”).
I for one am shocked. I thought all the publicity the guy had, the visits and palling around with All Blacks when he was incarcerated and so on had rehabilitated him into a model citizen.
Seeing as it is the day for sweepstakes, how long do you think it will be before he kills someone else?
Looks remarkably as if Kelsey has predetermined the findings of her research and the taxpayer will fork out $300k+ to prepare supporting evidence. A bit like Global Warming research etc. Wonder if she will come up with a “hockey stick” graph. I know where she can find one really cheap.!!!
Where are the desperate liberal/socialist hand-wringers and do-gooders who were all in our faces when this ‘nice young man’ was released back into society – the rehabilitation-enthusiasts who were oh so adamant that he had reformed and was now a better person who would never re-offend?
Their silence and lack of fronting-up now that their poster-boy has shown his real face is conspicuous, and shows once again that they are all noise but absolutely NO responsibility or follow-through when their ideas are shown to be wrong
I don’t get why this junior kuariki is still free. He is always going to court for breaches. Why does the judge not slam his ass in jail? NZ justice is a joke.
And, where are baileys parents? They are just as guilty for raising a demon child. It’s a safe bet that bailey was not bought up in a caring loving environment.
… and joly nice risotto by the way Malcolm, but I was about wary on the sage and asparagus quantities – do I take it that its more mega than lots ??
Glad you like it, Davincimode. Not really my recipe of course – nothing new under the sun.
I forgot an optional step, in haste. If you want the risotto to have a lovely bright green colour then when you make the asparagus stock, cut and discard the dried-out bottoms of the lower half of the snapped stems. Then after you’ve drained the stock off the peelings and lower stems, puree them, then cool it down so it doesn’t lose colour. Mix the stock with the chicken stock as before, but at the end before the cheese, add the puree to the risotto.
It’s a bit more pissing about, and doesn’t alter the taste much but it looks fantastic. Green on green.
I use a lot of dried sage (say a heaped tablespoon). Lot less if you have fresh sage. A use 2 bunches of asparagus with about 1 1/2 cups or aborio or carnaroli rice for 2 adults and two kids. More asparagus would not hurt at all.
Nice timing – Boeing and Airbus are both desperate to ‘move the metal’ at a time of low demand, and Air NZ should have scored a hefty discount off list prices. And it means a single aircraft type on the domestic and transtasman/pacific routes.
Not such good news for Airbus-fearing Wellington blogger poneke, who will have to take the (trolley) bus!
You said nothing about the puree – you said “mash” and anyone reading your (stolen) recipe would have inferred that given you described it as a “stock”, the bits would not be tossed in. I was mashing like a demented mapgie assailing his keyboard unable to understand why there was fuckall green in my stock – in fact, I’ve seen more green in the water after steaming the bloody stuff or in the old footie shorts that were forgotten about and left in the bag. I pondered the possibility that this was due to purchasing asparagus that did not have indecent levels of environmentally inappropriate levels of phosphate-based fertiliser added, but it now seems that is not the case.
It strikes me that you can afford to be a bit more liberal in your fresh sage application which looks a bit wimpy relative to what I applied to a one cup risotto brew. But the previous Government did at least leave us with freedom of taste.
The other point that you failed to mention is that the combination of peeling asparagus and cooking risotto, by the very tedious and time-consuming nature of each of those activites individually, is, in combination, doubly risky from a wine inhalation perspective. Fortunately, being aware of these risks I was alert to the danger and partially successful in guarding against it.
No I did not get my end away; preferring a small rest.
You make very good points. It was remiss of me to mention the colour green with an incorrect method. In my defence I was in a hurry and a recipe is but a rough guide. Covering all eventualities would take a large book. And then you’d still cut your finger and blame me.
The stock gives a subtle flavour to the risotto. Helped by the mashing of course. The puree OTOH is pure bling. In some circles it would be considered extravagant wankery. I often skip that step. I also forgot to mention that you should really press the puree through a sieve as that gets rid of the little stringy bits. The washing-up factor goes up exponentially. I peel them on the chopping board – you do need sharp peeler.
I’m sorry you didn’t get your end away. Anyway, you sound like someone who knows their peeler from their puree, so what’s your recipe of the week?
“..20 reasons America has lost its soul .. and collapse is inevitable
Jack Bogle published “The Battle for the Soul of Capitalism” four years ago.
The battle’s over.
The sequel should be titled: “Capitalism Died a Lost Soul.”
Worse, we’ve lost “America’s Soul.”
And, worldwide, the consequences will be catastrophic.
That’s why a man like Hong Kong contrarian economist Marc Faber warns in his Doom, Boom & Gloom Report:..
.. “The future will be a total disaster, with a collapse of our capitalistic system as we know it today.”
No, not just another meltdown, another bear-market recession like the one recently triggered by Wall Street’s too-greedy-to-fail banks.
Faber is warning that the entire system of capitalism will collapse.
Get it?
The engine driving the great “American Economic Empire” for 233 years will collapse ..
.. a total disaster .. a destiny we created.
OK, deny it.
But I’ll bet you have a nagging feeling that maybe he’s right .. that the end may be near.
I have for a long time: ..
.. I wrote a column back in 1997: “Battling for the Soul of Wall Street.”
My interest in “The Soul” — what Jung called the “collective unconscious” — dates back to my Ph.D. dissertation, “Modern Man in Search of His Soul,” a title borrowed from Jung’s 1933 book, “Modern Man in Search of a Soul.”
This battle has been on my mind since my days at Morgan Stanley 30 years ago .. witnessing the decline.
Has capitalism lost its soul?
Guys like Bogle and Faber sense it.
Read more about the soul in physicist Gary Zukav’s “The Seat of the Soul,” Thomas Moore’s “Care of the Soul” and sacred texts.
But for Wall Street and American capitalism, use your gut.
You know something’s very wrong: ..
..A year ago, too-greedy-to-fail banks were insolvent, in a near-death experience.
Now, magically, they’re back to business as usual, arrogant, pocketing outrageous bonuses while Main Street sacrifices ..
.. and unemployment and foreclosures continue rising as tight credit, inflation and skyrocketing federal debt .. are killing taxpayers.
Yes, Wall Street has lost its moral compass.
It created the mess, but now, like vultures, Wall Streeters are capitalizing on the carcass.
They have lost all sense of fiduciary duty, ethical responsibility and public obligation.
Here are the Top 20 reasons American capitalism has lost its soul:..”
Greatest what? The current World Series there reminds me of a comparison with Great Britain – at least the poms invite other countries to world championships.
Yeah, the US is in ways a great country. But it is also clocking up humongous deficits, in the trillions. It demonstrates the best and worst of capitalism.
Pete George – I think the racking up of trillions in deficits has little to do with capitalism and everything to do with interventionism. The US would have been better off to let GM asnd Chrysler fold, and those banks that got bailed out as well. New organisations would grow to fill the gap that they left.
“..Two weeks before the House voted on the historic Waxman-Markey climate bill, a number of key Democrats received letters purportedly from minority groups, urging them to oppose the legislation.
The now infamous letters turned out to be forgeries generated by Bonner and Associates, a political consulting firm working on behalf of the coal industry.
The story of exactly how the letters found their way to Congress has remained murky ..
.. and Bonner has repeatedly blamed the incident on a renegade temp.
But documents released today by a congressional investigation and viewed by Mother Jones .. lift the lid on Bonner’s inner workings—
– offering fresh evidence that deceptive tactics weren’t an anomaly for the firm ..
.. but were built into its standard operating procedure.
The documents show that Bonner was officially hired on June 10 by the Hawthorn Group, a communications firm which had in turn been enlisted by the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE) ..
.. a coal industry lobby.
The contract was verbal, according to material Bonner provided to the House Select Committee for Energy Independence and Global Warming.
Nothing was committed to paper.
In an email to Bonner headed “Ready to Rumble,” Hawthorn lists seven key Democratic targets it believed could be pressured to vote against the bill.
Hawthorn also named specific interest groups it hoped would write letters opposing the legislation—
– especially organizations “representing the interests of veterans, senior citizens, minorities, and other groups,” according to the documents.
The email requests Bonner to produce five letters from such groups .. in the district of each targted lawmaker.
The investigation offers a rare glimpse into Bonner’s operations—
– and by extension the shadowy art of astroturfing..”
Phil, maybe it would help that if you’re quoting something you cut’n'paste it as is and not ‘phil-i-fy’ it be making it all double spaced. The <blockquote></blockquote> tags are useful, too.
Ah, Waxman-Markey, the “Cripple the US Economy for the Next Decade in the Name of Mother Gaia” Bill. One of the few times when astroturfing, when it actually does exist, proves desirable.
My recipe of the week is “Deconstructed Magpie on a bed of feathers”
Take one magpie and pluck what few feathers remain. Place feathers to one side. Wear heavy gloves for this step because the feathers are likely to contain high levels of toxicity. Remove the couch from its arse – there is no need to be too gentle when you undo the bolt securing it to the couch. Cuts its little scaly legs off – these aren’t used much other than to hop to one side avoiding questions – so there won’t be any meat on them at all. Cut the head off and throw away– its empty anyway. Taking a very blunt chef’s knive, cut the magpie open from the base of the breast bone down to its bolthole. Remove the contents of the gut cavity and take particular care when dealing with the “crop”, carefully checking for the presence of twisted tinfoil or condoms. Pass any that you find to the Police for responsible disposal.
Place the feathers in a pot of sulphuric acid – about two litres should be plenty for the volume of feathers you will get. Bring to the boil and simmer for three weeks. Remove, rinse repeatedly in distilled water until they no longer smell, and then pat dry (take no chances though, remember the gloves).
Split the magpie open by cutting through the breastbone up to the neck. Turnover, place on a work bench – joke! -a kitchen board will do, and press down firmly so that the magpie is more or less flat. Soak the magpie in a marinade of sulphuric acid for about a week. Hang in a cool dry place where the flies can access it. When you’ve stopped sweeping up dead flies, you know that the meat is safe; or at least as safe as it will ever be. This should take about two weeks so that it should be ready at the same time as the feathers.
Now for the deconstruction. Take the magpie, place it on your driveway and drive over it repeatedly until its pretty well squished beyond recognition. Pre heat the oven to 400 C. Place the magpie on a disposable tray. Bake on this high heat until completely incinerated.
Place the feathers on a disposable plate. Then gently sprinkle the magpie remnants over the feathers. Be careful not to inhale. Place the plate in a heavy duty sealable container and arrange for its removable by the environmental authorities.
Then tuck into a yummy pork roast with all the trimmings – free range only please – not that death camp fare.
problem er.. er.. is whore…your dribble has..??// so many >> dots , marks..%@ , circles!!… , stutters eh..eh ! , full stops…one has no idea where/when the ramblings.. start.. and.. stop..eh ..cough..splutter..
Starboard, perhaps he keeps a photo of Kelsey next to his keyboard … to urge him on, so to speak.
The likely collateral damage to the keyboard that the big cheese alluded to in the case of Lprent could, in part at least, account for the quality of the output.
Nickb, we true believers in the free market system were arguing that the cards should be allowed to fall as they would while so called conservatives were ranting for a bailout of banks.
Why the fuck should we guarantee the trading banks, if things go tits up the only money available is that from taxpayers and why should Aussie owned trading banks get the absolute right to clip the ticket ?
And fuck I hate the argument used by some that private debt should become public debt.
When Helen and Mickey ran the farm
And socialists made us red
Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle
Phil the magpie said.
Helens hand was in strong control
When Mickey stole our bread
Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle
Phil the magpie said.
Year in, year out they toiled away
Their schemes filled us with dread
Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle
Phil the magpie said.
But all their lovely plans soon went
Johnny owns the farm instead
Quardle oodle ardle wardle squawk
Phil the magpie said.
WINZ is run by Paula now
And its books are in the red
Quardle oodle ardle squawk choke
Phil the magpie said.
The client list was checked right through
Alarm bells they soon rang
Quardle oodle squawk choke gulp
Phil the magpie said.
A fault was in the system too comfy was the nest
It was the crafty magpie had ripped it off the best
Early next monday morning a strident chime was heard
Get up you lazy magpie, get up, get out of bed
Oh bugger me its time for work
Phil the magpie said.
Whale Oil has audit reports and spending details for Te Reo Marama – a Maori anti-smoking group. The audit details are to come, but the travel details alone are staggering. Journalists should be asking questions.
A bank in the US has just gone belly up, no surprises really except that it is the country’s 5th biggest bank and was bailed out last Nov to the tune of 2.3 billion US smackeroos! That’s a bit of a blow to Obama. Mind you, I think he’s getting used to it although he is looking a bit punch drunk at the moment
Thank you Leonardo praise indeed from a cordon bleu chef such as you. May I suggest oleum to marinate the Magpie in next time as I found it a little tough using plain old conc. sulphuric, even Trev my pitty had trouble digesting it.
Tell you what, do the Austin thing and free dive with salt water crocodiles, spend months developing a relationship with them, and come back with some decent photos- then I’ll give you a thumbs up.
thedavincimode, Johnboy love your work, laughing my guts out. Ryan, I thought I had seen my share of fruitcakes, you made me realise the world is infested with the stupid.
thedavincimode,
Great stuff from you and johnboy.
You forgot the stuffing, popcorn. It is baked when the popcorn blows the arse out of the Magpie.
Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle
Yeah popcorn stuffing is OK Steve but I prefer beer Magpie where you jam half a can of beer up the Maggies arse and set it on the barbie to cook with the hood down.
Only use half a can of beer though cause Magpies get a bit septic if they swill a whole can.
Where is the CIA when you need them, huh? Paul B, if you are out there, can you please contact some of your old mates and get a bit of that ol’ regime change thing a’happenin!
I saw on the news on State television that Bill English has some chaps working on tax changes and a possible end to real estate being such a good tax break.
One comment which was made was that any changes will be ‘Revenue Neutral’, meaning that the amount of taxes collected must not fall.
Do any of the National or ACT chappies on here care to comment on their Government conceeding that there will never, ever be any actual tax cuts?
I checked with the old office and they do not work that patch anymore. They said that OZ and NZ used to have the assets needed but have had them withdrawn due to a refocus on home grown jihadis. They suggested that I contact the Chinese, but with the proviso that China has grown rather fond of the Commodore as of late and therefore might not be interested in regime change given that things are looking up for them in Fiji and elsewhere in the SoPac.
Philu vomits full stops and ellipses all over the screen.
Philu posts 20+ links to boring, vegan/commie/conspiracy theory links.
Billybonkers adds an inflammatory post with no redeeming quality.
RRM aptly demonstrates he was last in line when god was giving out brains.
haha.
I’m beginning to think, philu, racer, chronic and bonkers are all the same person, the whole of New Zealand can’t have that many commie tards in it
November 3rd, 2009 at 9:00 am
If global warming was outlawed, only outlaws would warm their globes.
November 3rd, 2009 at 9:01 am
..who’s Iprent anyway ?
November 3rd, 2009 at 9:02 am
When will we see some worthwhile action from johnkey and his government on issues that matter?
Where the fuck is my cycleway?
When will they stop posturing about being “tough on crime” and pandering to media whore and victim abuser, Garth McVicar?
When will we get a sensible policy on drugs, one that treats drug addiction as a health issue, not a crime? One that sees the funding that underpins criminal gangs removed by controlled supply.
When pigs fucking fly I suppose.
November 3rd, 2009 at 9:11 am
Morning, bonkers. Want a spliff?
November 3rd, 2009 at 9:15 am
I watched “Into the Storm” last night. The HBO Churchill movie. Its worth a look. left wingers were morons back then too.
November 3rd, 2009 at 9:17 am
Starboard,
Lprent is the kind of 50 year old who still lives with his Mum. He started the Standard and even though the odious people that post there think he is a tool they put up with him so he doesn’t take his ball and go home.
Black lighting his computer keyboard would reveal that he has spilt more DNA than a crime lab assistant with Parkinsons desease over the love of his life Hulun Clarke.
November 3rd, 2009 at 9:22 am
Marxist academic wimmin to spend $300k on why neoliberalism sucks teh rocks.
There is a dearth of academic debate in New Zealand on the unsustainability of neoliberalism, especially in light of the global financial crisis, believes Professor Jane Kelsey.
The current dearth of literature and discussion prompted her to make a successful application to the Marsden Fund for research on “Embedded neoliberalism in a post-neoliberal era”, securing a $336,000 grant over two years.
“As yet, there is no informed analysis of the long-term implications of the global financial crisis for our direction in this country,” says Jane.
She wants to stimulate a critical policy debate on the challenges we will face because of our pre-commitment in domestic and international law to maintain a neoliberal regulatory regime.
In 1984 New Zealand had been in the vanguard when it embarked on a neoliberal restructuring of economic, political and social life and governance, explains Jane.
“The New Zealand experiment was celebrated by international institutions and became an exemplar for countries across the global North and South. Over a period of 25 years many other countries have implemented very similar policies, but few, at least in the OECD, adopted such a comprehensive, systematic and coherent legal regime.”
Her face just screams “I burn underwear.”
November 3rd, 2009 at 9:24 am
billyborker, what has the New Zealand Police Air Support Unit got to do with it? And it isn’t nice to call police pigs- they do a difficult and vital job.
November 3rd, 2009 at 9:31 am
Thank you for that insite Le Grand F…he seems to be a very angry little wee man…
November 3rd, 2009 at 9:37 am
Should Donal Curtin be allowed to remain on the Commerce Commission?
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10606918
November 3rd, 2009 at 9:38 am
that’s an interesting article on kelsey..
what she is positing..
is that the neo-liberal regime set up here in the 1980’s..
appears to be totally at odds with finding the solutions to the economic/environmental upheavels we face..have faced..
and she warns that..
“..In theory, she says, it should be difficult to sustain market-driven regulation where it is blamed for a catastrophic global recession ..
.. and where governments’ responses have violated the most basic tenets of neoliberalism.
“If governments do not have the autonomy to respond to chronic policy failures, domestic or international crises through intervention and pro-social, rather than pro-market, regulation ..
.. there is a risk that social distress will fuel political upheaval.”
phil(whoar.co.nz)
November 3rd, 2009 at 9:39 am
An Iranian mathlete asks Khamenei to his face:
Why can’t anyone criticise you?
More about Mahmoud Vahidnia here.
November 3rd, 2009 at 9:40 am
What’s a dry version of a quagmire? That’s how Afghanistan looks, still. Reminds me of a cartoon from 2001:
Welcome to Kabul
Alexander
Huns
Turks
Ghengis Khan
Tamerlane
British
Soviets
Taliban
GW
Obama
“Has anything changed?”
“The rubble is smaller”
http://www.cagle.com/working/011113/trever.gif
November 3rd, 2009 at 9:42 am
http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/asia/3025269/Man-sues-over-lack-of-Lynx-effect
Classic!
November 3rd, 2009 at 9:50 am
and kinda brilliant how karzais’ brother..is an opium ‘big-shot’..
deals with the taliban..(c.f..’opium”..)..
and is also in the employ of the c.i.a..
eh..?
‘why are we there..?..dunno..!.’
phil(whoar.co.nz)
November 3rd, 2009 at 9:50 am
Good morning nostradementus
drooling over kelsey’s predictions this morning?
Have you checked your own crystal ball this morning for, say July 2010?
“knock knock”
“who’s there?” screech … .. scratch ..
“Paula”
“Paula who?” hop … flutter … peck
“Its Paula Bennett Phil. You’re fucked.”
heh
phil(whoar.co.nz)
celebrating the pig’s back for not much longer …
November 3rd, 2009 at 9:52 am
Astrophotographer Axel Mellinger of Central Michigan University has created a new panoramic image of the Milky Way galaxy.
Monty python – universe song
Whenever life gets you down, Mrs. Brown,
And things seem hard, or tough,
And people are stupid, obnoxious, or daft,
And you feel that you’ve had quite enough,
Just remember that you’re standing on a planet that’s evolving
And revolving at nine hundred miles an hour,
That’s orbiting at nineteen miles a second, so it’s reckoned,
A sun that is the source of all our power.
The sun and you and me and all the stars that we can see
Are moving at a million miles a day
In an outer spiral arm, at forty thousand miles an hour,
Of the galaxy we call the ‘Milky Way’.
Our galaxy itself contains a hundred billion stars.
It’s a hundred thousand light years side to side.
It bulges in the middle, sixteen thousand light years thick,
But out by us, it’s just three thousand light years wide.
We’re thirty thousand light years from galactic central point.
We go ’round every two hundred million years,
And our galaxy is only one of millions of billions
In this amazing and expanding universe.
The universe itself keeps on expanding and expanding
In all of the directions it can whizz
As fast as it can go, at the speed of light, you know,
Twelve million miles a minute, and that’s the fastest speed there is.
So remember, when you’re feeling very small and insecure,
How amazingly unlikely is your birth,
And pray that there’s intelligent life somewhere up in space,
‘Cause there’s bugger all down here on Earth!
November 3rd, 2009 at 9:56 am
Well, what a surprise!
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/3025084/Bailey-Junior-Kurariki-back-in-court
November 3rd, 2009 at 9:57 am
We may be approaching the end of the long debate on Scandanavian vs. “neo-liberal” government policies, but not with the result expected by the left.
Read this in – of all places – the LA Times: The Golden State isn’t worth it”.
I must send this to an old, liberal friend of mine. She lives in California now, but the only work she can find is with a company in Texas. As one can guess she’s not at all impressed with the people she works with (…Big tits, big hair, and photos on the wall of her hunting with Cheney….”).
My friend still does not get it.
November 3rd, 2009 at 10:01 am
big bruv (4814) Vote: 0 0 Says:
November 3rd, 2009 at 9:56 am
Well, what a surprise!
..how many chances does this ass wipe get…he aint gona change..lock ‘em up for life..next please…
November 3rd, 2009 at 10:17 am
I for one am shocked. I thought all the publicity the guy had, the visits and palling around with All Blacks when he was incarcerated and so on had rehabilitated him into a model citizen.
Seeing as it is the day for sweepstakes, how long do you think it will be before he kills someone else?
November 3rd, 2009 at 10:22 am
Looks remarkably as if Kelsey has predetermined the findings of her research and the taxpayer will fork out $300k+ to prepare supporting evidence. A bit like Global Warming research etc. Wonder if she will come up with a “hockey stick” graph. I know where she can find one really cheap.!!!
November 3rd, 2009 at 10:30 am
Re: Junior Kuariki’s latest appearance:
Where are the desperate liberal/socialist hand-wringers and do-gooders who were all in our faces when this ‘nice young man’ was released back into society – the rehabilitation-enthusiasts who were oh so adamant that he had reformed and was now a better person who would never re-offend?
Their silence and lack of fronting-up now that their poster-boy has shown his real face is conspicuous, and shows once again that they are all noise but absolutely NO responsibility or follow-through when their ideas are shown to be wrong
Apologists anyone?
November 3rd, 2009 at 10:48 am
When is media whore Mike Pero going to stop being reported to be a master businessman?
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10606917
November 3rd, 2009 at 11:43 am
I don’t get why this junior kuariki is still free. He is always going to court for breaches. Why does the judge not slam his ass in jail? NZ justice is a joke.
And, where are baileys parents? They are just as guilty for raising a demon child. It’s a safe bet that bailey was not bought up in a caring loving environment.
November 3rd, 2009 at 11:50 am
Glad you like it, Davincimode. Not really my recipe of course – nothing new under the sun.
I forgot an optional step, in haste. If you want the risotto to have a lovely bright green colour then when you make the asparagus stock, cut and discard the dried-out bottoms of the lower half of the snapped stems. Then after you’ve drained the stock off the peelings and lower stems, puree them, then cool it down so it doesn’t lose colour. Mix the stock with the chicken stock as before, but at the end before the cheese, add the puree to the risotto.
It’s a bit more pissing about, and doesn’t alter the taste much but it looks fantastic. Green on green.
I use a lot of dried sage (say a heaped tablespoon). Lot less if you have fresh sage. A use 2 bunches of asparagus with about 1 1/2 cups or aborio or carnaroli rice for 2 adults and two kids. More asparagus would not hurt at all.
But did you get your end away?
November 3rd, 2009 at 11:58 am
I see Air NZ has just decided to replace the tired domestic fleet of Boeing 737s with 14 Airbus 320s.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10607025
Nice timing – Boeing and Airbus are both desperate to ‘move the metal’ at a time of low demand, and Air NZ should have scored a hefty discount off list prices. And it means a single aircraft type on the domestic and transtasman/pacific routes.
Not such good news for Airbus-fearing Wellington blogger poneke, who will have to take the (trolley) bus!
November 3rd, 2009 at 12:24 pm
What retailers are selling fireworks ? I know the warehouse, but they’re a bit of a drive for me.
I did a google, but NOTHING!! Google simply finds all the councils and government regulations, no one who actually sells.
Don’t think kmart, woolworths are selling them. Doesn’t seem like many are selling this year…
November 3rd, 2009 at 12:34 pm
Obama does MJ’s Thriller (sneak peek).
OK, so it’s not Obama, it’s Alphacat, but it’s very like Obama…lol
Full video coming out soon.
November 3rd, 2009 at 12:41 pm
Now see here Malcolm
You said nothing about the puree – you said “mash” and anyone reading your (stolen) recipe would have inferred that given you described it as a “stock”, the bits would not be tossed in. I was mashing like a demented mapgie assailing his keyboard unable to understand why there was fuckall green in my stock – in fact, I’ve seen more green in the water after steaming the bloody stuff or in the old footie shorts that were forgotten about and left in the bag. I pondered the possibility that this was due to purchasing asparagus that did not have indecent levels of environmentally inappropriate levels of phosphate-based fertiliser added, but it now seems that is not the case.
It strikes me that you can afford to be a bit more liberal in your fresh sage application which looks a bit wimpy relative to what I applied to a one cup risotto brew. But the previous Government did at least leave us with freedom of taste.
The other point that you failed to mention is that the combination of peeling asparagus and cooking risotto, by the very tedious and time-consuming nature of each of those activites individually, is, in combination, doubly risky from a wine inhalation perspective. Fortunately, being aware of these risks I was alert to the danger and partially successful in guarding against it.
No I did not get my end away; preferring a small rest.
November 3rd, 2009 at 1:13 pm
cha, wicked! Not that it’s especially useful for anything for me love it none the less.
November 3rd, 2009 at 1:21 pm
Davincimode,
You make very good points. It was remiss of me to mention the colour green with an incorrect method. In my defence I was in a hurry and a recipe is but a rough guide. Covering all eventualities would take a large book. And then you’d still cut your finger and blame me.
The stock gives a subtle flavour to the risotto. Helped by the mashing of course. The puree OTOH is pure bling. In some circles it would be considered extravagant wankery. I often skip that step. I also forgot to mention that you should really press the puree through a sieve as that gets rid of the little stringy bits. The washing-up factor goes up exponentially. I peel them on the chopping board – you do need sharp peeler.
I’m sorry you didn’t get your end away. Anyway, you sound like someone who knows their peeler from their puree, so what’s your recipe of the week?
November 3rd, 2009 at 1:23 pm
http://whoar.co.nz/2009/death-of-soul-of-capitalism/
“..20 reasons America has lost its soul .. and collapse is inevitable
Jack Bogle published “The Battle for the Soul of Capitalism” four years ago.
The battle’s over.
The sequel should be titled: “Capitalism Died a Lost Soul.”
Worse, we’ve lost “America’s Soul.”
And, worldwide, the consequences will be catastrophic.
That’s why a man like Hong Kong contrarian economist Marc Faber warns in his Doom, Boom & Gloom Report:..
.. “The future will be a total disaster, with a collapse of our capitalistic system as we know it today.”
No, not just another meltdown, another bear-market recession like the one recently triggered by Wall Street’s too-greedy-to-fail banks.
Faber is warning that the entire system of capitalism will collapse.
Get it?
The engine driving the great “American Economic Empire” for 233 years will collapse ..
.. a total disaster .. a destiny we created.
OK, deny it.
But I’ll bet you have a nagging feeling that maybe he’s right .. that the end may be near.
I have for a long time: ..
.. I wrote a column back in 1997: “Battling for the Soul of Wall Street.”
My interest in “The Soul” — what Jung called the “collective unconscious” — dates back to my Ph.D. dissertation, “Modern Man in Search of His Soul,” a title borrowed from Jung’s 1933 book, “Modern Man in Search of a Soul.”
This battle has been on my mind since my days at Morgan Stanley 30 years ago .. witnessing the decline.
Has capitalism lost its soul?
Guys like Bogle and Faber sense it.
Read more about the soul in physicist Gary Zukav’s “The Seat of the Soul,” Thomas Moore’s “Care of the Soul” and sacred texts.
But for Wall Street and American capitalism, use your gut.
You know something’s very wrong: ..
..A year ago, too-greedy-to-fail banks were insolvent, in a near-death experience.
Now, magically, they’re back to business as usual, arrogant, pocketing outrageous bonuses while Main Street sacrifices ..
.. and unemployment and foreclosures continue rising as tight credit, inflation and skyrocketing federal debt .. are killing taxpayers.
Yes, Wall Street has lost its moral compass.
It created the mess, but now, like vultures, Wall Streeters are capitalizing on the carcass.
They have lost all sense of fiduciary duty, ethical responsibility and public obligation.
Here are the Top 20 reasons American capitalism has lost its soul:..”
phil(whoar.co.nz)
November 3rd, 2009 at 1:31 pm
.. I wrote a column back in 1997: “Battling for the Soul of Wall Street.”
pffft..was it as boring as the rest of the shit you write..heh snigger…
November 3rd, 2009 at 1:43 pm
Philu, capitalism made the United States into the greatest, most prosperous nation in the world.
Socialism is destroying it.
November 3rd, 2009 at 1:45 pm
As long as there are people, there will always be the free market.
November 3rd, 2009 at 1:46 pm
nickb Says:
Philu, capitalism made the United States into the greatest, most prosperous nation in the world for white people.
There, fixed that for you.
November 3rd, 2009 at 1:48 pm
Sorry we aren’t flooding the third world with even more undeserved money, RRM.
November 3rd, 2009 at 1:50 pm
Hurf Durf- The third World???
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_segregation_in_the_United_States
November 3rd, 2009 at 1:59 pm
Oh yeah, all those segregated fountains and restaurants that still exis-
Oh, wait.
November 3rd, 2009 at 2:00 pm
Greatest what? The current World Series there reminds me of a comparison with Great Britain – at least the poms invite other countries to world championships.
November 3rd, 2009 at 2:00 pm
Gold:
http://dimpost.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/dimpost-profile-john-key/
November 3rd, 2009 at 2:05 pm
Yeah, the US is in ways a great country. But it is also clocking up humongous deficits, in the trillions. It demonstrates the best and worst of capitalism.
November 3rd, 2009 at 2:20 pm
Pete George – I think the racking up of trillions in deficits has little to do with capitalism and everything to do with interventionism. The US would have been better off to let GM asnd Chrysler fold, and those banks that got bailed out as well. New organisations would grow to fill the gap that they left.
November 3rd, 2009 at 2:26 pm
“..# starboard (577) Vote: Add rating 4 Subtract rating 0 Says:
November 3rd, 2009 at 1:31 pm
.. I wrote a column back in 1997: “Battling for the Soul of Wall Street.”
pffft..was it as boring as the rest of the shit you write..heh snigger…..”
hey..!..moron..!
do you know what speech marks signify..?
you and the other knuckledraggers that snorted along with you..
you are as thick as a fucken plank..
aren’t you star-bored..?
phil(whoar.co.nz)
November 3rd, 2009 at 2:39 pm
http://whoar.co.nz/2009/climate-change-denial-astroturfing/
“..Two weeks before the House voted on the historic Waxman-Markey climate bill, a number of key Democrats received letters purportedly from minority groups, urging them to oppose the legislation.
The now infamous letters turned out to be forgeries generated by Bonner and Associates, a political consulting firm working on behalf of the coal industry.
The story of exactly how the letters found their way to Congress has remained murky ..
.. and Bonner has repeatedly blamed the incident on a renegade temp.
But documents released today by a congressional investigation and viewed by Mother Jones .. lift the lid on Bonner’s inner workings—
– offering fresh evidence that deceptive tactics weren’t an anomaly for the firm ..
.. but were built into its standard operating procedure.
The documents show that Bonner was officially hired on June 10 by the Hawthorn Group, a communications firm which had in turn been enlisted by the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE) ..
.. a coal industry lobby.
The contract was verbal, according to material Bonner provided to the House Select Committee for Energy Independence and Global Warming.
Nothing was committed to paper.
In an email to Bonner headed “Ready to Rumble,” Hawthorn lists seven key Democratic targets it believed could be pressured to vote against the bill.
Hawthorn also named specific interest groups it hoped would write letters opposing the legislation—
– especially organizations “representing the interests of veterans, senior citizens, minorities, and other groups,” according to the documents.
The email requests Bonner to produce five letters from such groups .. in the district of each targted lawmaker.
The investigation offers a rare glimpse into Bonner’s operations—
– and by extension the shadowy art of astroturfing..”
phil(whoar.co.nz)
November 3rd, 2009 at 2:39 pm
Phil, maybe it would help that if you’re quoting something you cut’n'paste it as is and not ‘phil-i-fy’ it be making it all double spaced. The <blockquote></blockquote> tags are useful, too.
eg <blockquote>This is a quote</blockquote> =
November 3rd, 2009 at 2:44 pm
Ah, Waxman-Markey, the “Cripple the US Economy for the Next Decade in the Name of Mother Gaia” Bill. One of the few times when astroturfing, when it actually does exist, proves desirable.
November 3rd, 2009 at 2:48 pm
Or you could just not read the posts in the first place Fletch, that way the formatting doesn’t become an issue.
November 3rd, 2009 at 3:03 pm
ok fletch..!..don’t nag..!
phil(whoar.co.nz)
November 3rd, 2009 at 3:08 pm
ok clintoiid..
some ’serious’ nature photos for you..
(something for you to aspire to/work towards..eh..?..)
http://whoar.co.nz/2009/stunning-whale-photography-photos-video/
November 3rd, 2009 at 3:14 pm
i tell ya..!
the eyes of the whales in those photos..are really fucken spooky..
you will never look at whales the same way again..
(whoar:..celebrating the excellences of others..since 2005..)
phil(whoar.co.nz)
November 3rd, 2009 at 4:12 pm
Malcolm
My recipe of the week is “Deconstructed Magpie on a bed of feathers”
Take one magpie and pluck what few feathers remain. Place feathers to one side. Wear heavy gloves for this step because the feathers are likely to contain high levels of toxicity. Remove the couch from its arse – there is no need to be too gentle when you undo the bolt securing it to the couch. Cuts its little scaly legs off – these aren’t used much other than to hop to one side avoiding questions – so there won’t be any meat on them at all. Cut the head off and throw away– its empty anyway. Taking a very blunt chef’s knive, cut the magpie open from the base of the breast bone down to its bolthole. Remove the contents of the gut cavity and take particular care when dealing with the “crop”, carefully checking for the presence of twisted tinfoil or condoms. Pass any that you find to the Police for responsible disposal.
Place the feathers in a pot of sulphuric acid – about two litres should be plenty for the volume of feathers you will get. Bring to the boil and simmer for three weeks. Remove, rinse repeatedly in distilled water until they no longer smell, and then pat dry (take no chances though, remember the gloves).
Split the magpie open by cutting through the breastbone up to the neck. Turnover, place on a work bench – joke! -a kitchen board will do, and press down firmly so that the magpie is more or less flat. Soak the magpie in a marinade of sulphuric acid for about a week. Hang in a cool dry place where the flies can access it. When you’ve stopped sweeping up dead flies, you know that the meat is safe; or at least as safe as it will ever be. This should take about two weeks so that it should be ready at the same time as the feathers.
Now for the deconstruction. Take the magpie, place it on your driveway and drive over it repeatedly until its pretty well squished beyond recognition. Pre heat the oven to 400 C. Place the magpie on a disposable tray. Bake on this high heat until completely incinerated.
Place the feathers on a disposable plate. Then gently sprinkle the magpie remnants over the feathers. Be careful not to inhale. Place the plate in a heavy duty sealable container and arrange for its removable by the environmental authorities.
Then tuck into a yummy pork roast with all the trimmings – free range only please – not that death camp fare.
November 3rd, 2009 at 5:01 pm
You’re going to love this.
Praying to Obama.
November 3rd, 2009 at 5:04 pm
problem er.. er.. is whore…your dribble has..??// so many >> dots , marks..%@ , circles!!… , stutters eh..eh ! , full stops…one has no idea where/when the ramblings.. start.. and.. stop..eh ..cough..splutter..
November 3rd, 2009 at 5:14 pm
thedavincimode (582) 3 0 Says:
November 3rd, 2009 at 4:12 pm
Malcolm
My recipe of the week is “Deconstructed Magpie on a bed of feathers”
classic gold !
November 3rd, 2009 at 5:23 pm
You’re too kind.
Starboard, perhaps he keeps a photo of Kelsey next to his keyboard … to urge him on, so to speak.
The likely collateral damage to the keyboard that the big cheese alluded to in the case of Lprent could, in part at least, account for the quality of the output.
November 3rd, 2009 at 5:30 pm
Interesting Ryall. Pass the coolaid – quickly.
November 3rd, 2009 at 5:32 pm
Nickb, we true believers in the free market system were arguing that the cards should be allowed to fall as they would while so called conservatives were ranting for a bailout of banks.
Why the fuck should we guarantee the trading banks, if things go tits up the only money available is that from taxpayers and why should Aussie owned trading banks get the absolute right to clip the ticket ?
And fuck I hate the argument used by some that private debt should become public debt.
November 3rd, 2009 at 5:33 pm
With apologies to Dennis Glover.
Owed by a Magpie.
When Helen and Mickey ran the farm
And socialists made us red
Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle
Phil the magpie said.
Helens hand was in strong control
When Mickey stole our bread
Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle
Phil the magpie said.
Year in, year out they toiled away
Their schemes filled us with dread
Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle
Phil the magpie said.
But all their lovely plans soon went
Johnny owns the farm instead
Quardle oodle ardle wardle squawk
Phil the magpie said.
WINZ is run by Paula now
And its books are in the red
Quardle oodle ardle squawk choke
Phil the magpie said.
The client list was checked right through
Alarm bells they soon rang
Quardle oodle squawk choke gulp
Phil the magpie said.
A fault was in the system too comfy was the nest
It was the crafty magpie had ripped it off the best
Early next monday morning a strident chime was heard
Get up you lazy magpie, get up, get out of bed
Oh bugger me its time for work
Phil the magpie said.
November 3rd, 2009 at 5:37 pm
Whale Oil has audit reports and spending details for Te Reo Marama – a Maori anti-smoking group. The audit details are to come, but the travel details alone are staggering. Journalists should be asking questions.
oh dear oh dear…here comes a can of worms…
November 3rd, 2009 at 5:46 pm
thumbs down for whale pics..
brilliant..!
phil(whoar.co.nz)
November 3rd, 2009 at 5:53 pm
Outstanding Johnboy. Hard to top that.
November 3rd, 2009 at 5:55 pm
A bank in the US has just gone belly up, no surprises really except that it is the country’s 5th biggest bank and was bailed out last Nov to the tune of 2.3 billion US smackeroos! That’s a bit of a blow to Obama. Mind you, I think he’s getting used to it although he is looking a bit punch drunk at the moment
November 3rd, 2009 at 6:08 pm
Thank you Leonardo praise indeed from a cordon bleu chef such as you. May I suggest oleum to marinate the Magpie in next time as I found it a little tough using plain old conc. sulphuric, even Trev my pitty had trouble digesting it.
November 3rd, 2009 at 6:29 pm
@Phool
Tell you what, do the Austin thing and free dive with salt water crocodiles, spend months developing a relationship with them, and come back with some decent photos- then I’ll give you a thumbs up.
November 3rd, 2009 at 6:34 pm
thedavincimode, Johnboy love your work, laughing my guts out. Ryan, I thought I had seen my share of fruitcakes, you made me realise the world is infested with the stupid.
November 3rd, 2009 at 7:04 pm
thedavincimode,
Great stuff from you and johnboy.
You forgot the stuffing, popcorn. It is baked when the popcorn blows the arse out of the Magpie.
Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle
November 3rd, 2009 at 7:18 pm
Yeah popcorn stuffing is OK Steve but I prefer beer Magpie where you jam half a can of beer up the Maggies arse and set it on the barbie to cook with the hood down.
Only use half a can of beer though cause Magpies get a bit septic if they swill a whole can.
http://whaleoil.gotcha.co.nz/2009/10/02/the-tale-of-bloggers-drinks/
November 3rd, 2009 at 7:55 pm
I watched “Into the Storm” last night. The HBO Churchill movie. Its worth a look. left wingers were morons back then too.
I watched “Into the Storm” last night. The HBO Churchill movie. Its worth a look. left wingers were morons back then too.
I watched “Into the Storm” last night. The HBO Churchill movie. Its worth a look. left wingers were morons back then too.
I watched “Into the Storm” last night. The HBO Churchill movie. Its worth a look. left wingers were morons back then too.
I watched “Into the Storm” last night. The HBO Churchill movie. Its worth a look. left wingers were morons back then too.
I watched “Into the Storm” last night. The HBO Churchill movie. Its worth a look. left wingers were morons back then too.
November 3rd, 2009 at 8:01 pm
Got stuttles willie?
teaspoon of sugar should clear it
November 3rd, 2009 at 8:15 pm
http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/south-pacific/3028226/Fiji-expels-NZ-and-Australian-envoys
Will someone please “quietly dispose” of Frank!
Where is the CIA when you need them, huh? Paul B, if you are out there, can you please contact some of your old mates and get a bit of that ol’ regime change thing a’happenin!
November 3rd, 2009 at 8:18 pm
Here you go willy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smUCdkx-YGQ&feature=related
Should be enough to get it out of your system.
November 3rd, 2009 at 8:24 pm
That was funny, BL Lmao
November 3rd, 2009 at 8:33 pm
I saw on the news on State television that Bill English has some chaps working on tax changes and a possible end to real estate being such a good tax break.
One comment which was made was that any changes will be ‘Revenue Neutral’, meaning that the amount of taxes collected must not fall.
Do any of the National or ACT chappies on here care to comment on their Government conceeding that there will never, ever be any actual tax cuts?
http://www.nightcitytrader.blogspot.com
November 3rd, 2009 at 8:33 pm
FFS, Phil – if I wanted to read your posts, I would go to your blog!
I don’t.
Take the hint.
November 3rd, 2009 at 8:56 pm
Come on XChequer,
Phool thinks zero response means his blog can’t handle the billions who read his blog
November 3rd, 2009 at 9:14 pm
XChequer:
I checked with the old office and they do not work that patch anymore. They said that OZ and NZ used to have the assets needed but have had them withdrawn due to a refocus on home grown jihadis. They suggested that I contact the Chinese, but with the proviso that China has grown rather fond of the Commodore as of late and therefore might not be interested in regime change given that things are looking up for them in Fiji and elsewhere in the SoPac.
November 3rd, 2009 at 10:11 pm
Lmao! Erudite response.
Unfortunately, our remaining assets consist of Jock Anderson, who lives down the road from my mates mum. Deadly with a gumboot from 7 1/2 feet!
November 3rd, 2009 at 10:47 pm
Philu vomits full stops and ellipses all over the screen.
Philu posts 20+ links to boring, vegan/commie/conspiracy theory links.
Billybonkers adds an inflammatory post with no redeeming quality.
RRM aptly demonstrates he was last in line when god was giving out brains.
Another day on general debate.
November 3rd, 2009 at 11:37 pm
And what a productive day it was!
November 3rd, 2009 at 11:41 pm
And what a productive day it was!
haha.
I’m beginning to think, philu, racer, chronic and bonkers are all the same person, the whole of New Zealand can’t have that many commie tards in it