No she was a lair with a fat socialist dole bludging single mother or something … Viking2?

He was smiling when he said he could not remember it.

Like, you know, we have all been there?

Ya right we have all had memory loss but not all of us have groped a 15 year old and then assaulted a boy afterwards for trying to defend her and in a foreign country.

And really having the Walrus interview him?

Could he be less effective with his usual “Now look here Robin Brooke…?”

I mean his questions always sound read out for a start.

At least he picked up on the bully aspect I suppose. Scary to think this dick has two daughters of his own. And what’s with the cross dressing? Another Kiwi homophobe for sure.

Anyway, good job to the Kiwi lawyers in prepping the retarded Robin Brooke into looking half credible.

But having admitted to not recalling anything he is fucked now in his Australian law suit.

Justice after all for the creep.

Telegraph UK headline (see link below): Greek Ouzo crisis escalates into global margin call as confidence ebbs

The report under the headline says the external debt of the PIIGS – Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece and Spain – plus those of EU Eastern European members now top two trillion euros.

The link:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/ambroseevans_pritchard/7182739/Greek-Ouzo-crisis-escalates-into-global-margin-call-as-confidence-ebbs.html

Abstinence Education Done Right

The ongoing debate over sex education has been rekindled by a provocative new study suggesting that teaching abstinence can delay the start of sexual activity among inner-city youngsters — if it is freed from the moralistic overtones and ideological restrictions that were the hallmark of abstinence-only programs under the Bush administration.

The only program that successfully delayed the start of sexual activity was the abstinence-only instruction. By the end of two years, only a third of the abstinence-only group had engaged in sexual intercourse compared with almost half of the control group.

It did not advocate abstinence until marriage but urged students to wait until they were more mature. It encouraged abstinence as a way to eliminate the risk of pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases, had youngsters draw up lists of the pros and cons of sexual activity, and taught strategies for resisting pressure to have intercourse.

If all foreshore was in Crown property that obviously should include all the finance company robbers’ beachfront lairs. Keeping these, other houses, hotels, shops etc off the foreshore and well back of the high water mark is sensible tsunami protection in an earthquake-prone country like NZ.

Crown ownership would also stop rich greenies, newly settled in gentrified streets in working ports, from forcing relocation of cranes, container storage, wharves, etc. Can’t have the sounds of industry intruding on Greenies’ serenity.

Market watchers are now talking of problems for the euro zone’s PIGS — Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain.

From the Wall Street Journal about an hour ago:

…. The SovX Western Europe index, which lets investors buy or sell default insurance on a basket of 15 sovereigns, was at 1.125 percentage point late in the European day, according to index owner Markit, compared with Friday’s closing level of 1.06 percentage point. The index moved above a full percentage point for the first time on Thursday.

…Portugal’s sovereign CDS were at 2.42 percentage point, Greece’s were at 4.30 percentage point, and Spain’s at 1.73 percentage point, Markit data showed. All were wider compared with Friday’s closing levels.

And from a Wall Street Journal story earlier today:

…Greece is only the worst of the offenders against economic probity and it may not be the only country to require a bailout. The euro, which not so long ago harbored grandiose dreams of being a reserve currency, now looks sickly…

I am not sure if many Kiwis realise just how important it is that Key gets this right, we simply cannot keep going on as we are.

Depends a bit on what his approach today is. It could be:
- pretty much exactly as they think they will act in the budet
- testing the waters with a range of moderate proposals so they can monitor the reaction without getting burned
- overstate their case so when the budget is more moderate people are relieved it wasn’t so bad after all

But you and a million others are right, this is a major test for National.

I would be interested in hearing Repton’s justification for “We don’t have completely free speech, and nor should we.”

I can think of very, very few cases where I would be happy to see speech suppressed.

I am not sure if many Kiwis realise just how important it is that Key gets this right, we simply cannot keep going on as we are.

I do not remember a time when I have been so on edge about Neville Key’s “vision” for NZ, it is time for a change, it is time for new thinking, the trouble is that I have not seen anything in Key as yet that would make me think Key is the man to make those changes.

Pretty sure libel is a civil not criminal matter

NZ Police say “People need to be very careful about what they say in a public domain.”

Really? Are the NZ Police now the sole arbiters of free speech?

We don’t have completely free speech, and nor should we.

Cameron Slater is on trial at the moment for what he said in the public domain. He may yet be found innocent, but it’s still an example of an area in which you don’t have free speech.

And, of course, I’m pretty sure we have libel laws.

The police aren’t the sole arbiters, but they decide whom to charge. If they’re telling you to be careful, then it might be wise to pay attention, unless you want to be a test case.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturenews/7188520/Soprano-Dame-Kiri-Te-Kanawa-to-get-lifetime-achievement-award-at-Classical-Brits.html

LINK

That’s true, KiwiGreg, but still, in total, this is the biggest ever short position on the euro, and with Greece in trouble, this is quite ominous.

Also, you can be on the opposite side as officials trying to stabilise a currency, as well as someone trying to make money.