tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post8760813473320298089..comments2024-03-22T21:02:55.051+13:00Comments on Bat, Bean, Beam: The Lives of OthersGiovanni Tisohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-28755308430906128012010-10-28T19:49:30.943+13:002010-10-28T19:49:30.943+13:00it would take an act of unbelievable stupidity for...it would take an act of unbelievable stupidity for national to not win the next election.<br /><br />and even if that does occur... they still might have a chance. might pay to start thinking about which support parties you want to vote for.<br /><br />the real question is whether they win the election *after that*.che tibbynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-61022135126644075372010-10-26T22:28:58.091+13:002010-10-26T22:28:58.091+13:00Good points, and a pertinent call, Gio. There are ...Good points, and a pertinent call, Gio. There are plenty of stories to tell. Right now, it feels like the beginnings of the sort of rumbling conflict we haven't seen in NZ for a long time. <br />I do wish there was a steadier leadership, more coherent thinkers and unity of purpose in the progressive ranks of NZ. <br />Because very few of us believe Goff/Labour can win in 2011. I struggle to robnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-76329119228928111802010-10-26T16:48:09.503+13:002010-10-26T16:48:09.503+13:00the coalition government and its apologists are to...<i>the coalition government and its apologists are touting the massive public expenditure cuts announced last week as progressive</i><br /><br />Michael Marmot (President of the British Medical Association, Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health at UCL, Chair of the WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health) called the coalition government's insistence that their proposals would Matthewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-71082044581745742832010-10-26T11:50:01.062+13:002010-10-26T11:50:01.062+13:00Proceedings to have her expelled from the party mu...Proceedings to have her expelled from the party must be in motion as we speak.Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-86474480165317457722010-10-26T11:37:54.849+13:002010-10-26T11:37:54.849+13:00Speaking of entrenched reforms, I thought I'd ...Speaking of entrenched reforms, I thought I'd point out Heather Roy - admittedly in the context of union-bashing - saying of 8 hour days and 40 hour weeks: "Now that was a real battle worth fighting."<br /><br />http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1010/S00401/heather-roys-diary-industrial-inaction.htm<br /><br />Word verif: <b>derissly</b>, like derisively, but more offhand.Lyndonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05622953598107216261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-37464246314704146132010-10-26T09:07:53.585+13:002010-10-26T09:07:53.585+13:00The result, no doubt, of being cushioned from real...<i>The result, no doubt, of being cushioned from real human beings by thick layers of cash and sociopathic minders</i><br /><br />There are several layers of people, too, between deliberation and action. The good people at Atos Healthcare, technical experts making dispassionate and impartial deliberations on people's fitness to work; our ORRS verifiers; 20-something treasury wonks charged Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-28490154171811222812010-10-26T01:20:19.743+13:002010-10-26T01:20:19.743+13:00the inability to perceive the psychological life o...<i>the inability to perceive the psychological life of others</i><br /><br />The result, no doubt, of being cushioned from real human beings by thick layers of cash and sociopathic minders; although quite frankly anyone who goes into politics with a name like Don Brash is really rather asking for it. Even Major - not the sparkiest little robot in the factory by a long way - had the sense to lop Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18076353733931722397noreply@blogger.com