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Lost in translation? … Assange not just ‘wanted for questioning’, but charged
From Julian Assange is charged, there is no doubt about it — Göran Rudling. On numerous occasions we have heard Julian Assange say that he is not charged with any crime. For English speaking people that means Julian Assange will be detained by three Swedish courts without a charge. I can understand why so many English […]
Colin Craig’s Conservatives targeting Pakuranga’s Maurice Williamson
I’ve got no criticism of this, just noting that as a voter registered in the Pakuranga electorate I received this political advertising from Colin Craig’s Conservative Party a day or two ago. It targets local National MP Maurice Williamson personally, by name and photo, with a quote of Maurice comparing gay marriage to marrying your […]
The #PlanetKey ‘gag’ is going to bite John Key. (That’s my prediction)
“We wouldn’t have toilets on Planet Key” — Prime Minister John Key at Question Time. Arrogance like this looks bad. It erodes respect. Mr Key is going to have to jettison this, or be defined by it. Do you see it differently? Let me know. – P
Mitt Romney’s 47% attitude. What it reveals and augurs … Different voices
Some good thinking and writing (same thing) about developments in the US Election. Jonathan Chait The Real Romney Captured on Tape Turns Out to Be a Sneering Plutocrat Josh Barro Today, Mitt Romney Lost the Election New York Times editorial Mitt Romney, Class Warrior (via @tmurphyNZH) Peggy Noonan Time for an Intervention Jon Stewart Tears […]
John Banks and Word of the Day
See TV3: Banks accused of lying about donations in which Mr Banks delivers an impromptu statement to the news media. By coincidence, this was today’s Word of the Day from Anu Garg … appearing in my in-box at 4:12 this afternoon. MENDACITY. – P See also: TV3 — Parliament fired up over Banks donations
Gee, this is a bit harsh (Rick Santorum)
Former presidential candidate Rick Santorum attacked the media and “smart people” for not being on the side of conservatives in a speech to the Values Voter Summit on Saturday. “We will never have the media on our side, ever, in this country,” Santorum, a former Pennsylvania senator, told the audience at the Omni Shoreham hotel. […]
Oh, for a straight answer to a straight question
John Key delivered a good performance on TVNZ’s Q&A current affairs programme this morning — UNTIL he was asked about John Banks.* You can watch the interview here at TVNZ on demand (17 mins) And here is the audio of the 3 minute section where interviewer Shane Taurima asked about Mr Key’s standards for his […]
Parasitic bloggers – yes, John Armstrong is right. Exactly
It was good to see some ‘pushback’ from the NZ Herald‘s veteran political columnist John Armstrong against second-guessing armchair critics (who happen to be bloggers). In an article originally titled:Blogging parasites don’t let the facts get in the way with the subtitle: Cheap shots at press corps based largely on ignorance and show no regard […]
Is John Key ‘hugging a corpse’? Does he have a choice?
It’s an ugly phrase, ‘hugging a corpse‘. I remember reading it a while back in relation to political management. A quick web search popped it up (in this part of the world) as one of National Party blogger Cameron Slater’s 13 ‘Rules of politics and guidelines for politicians’, thoughtfully transcribed by reporter Pete Bailey from […]
The politicians we deserve
No charges were laid against Mr Banks. Police found that although he had filed a false election return, he hadn’t done so deliberately, because he had signed it without reading it. — ‘Police file: How Banks’ team targeted rich-list‘ NZ Herald 13 Sept 2012 What can one say about this that doesn’t read as gratuitously […]
@Gruber is worth reading about Amazon and Apple’s different approaches
John Gruber reflecting on Amazon’s Kindle tablet announcements … Amazon’s play … This was a good presentation, but it was a nearly perfect presentation for its intended audience of invited tech press, largely because of the way it positioned Amazon against Apple and the Kindle Fire against the iPad. … … Make no bones about […]
Stumbling across a meme
I’ve been cleaning up files and stumbled across this photo someone sent me to enjoy in February 2011. Wow! I think it’s a flea. Or a bedbug? (Is it?) And I thought, I must put that on the Paepae. As is my habit, I wanted to credit the source, if possible. So I put the […]
Learning from Mat Honan’s disaster (Apple & me)
I mentioned that I’d taken a lesson from fellow geek Mat Honan’s experience getting hacked and, temporarily albeit expensively, having his personal data remotely wiped (shudder) from his MacBook Air when hackers compromised his Apple ID (read all about it at Mat’s blog). So, I did not enable ‘Find my Mac’ on my new MacBook […]
A photo of himself every day for 12.5 years
via Jason Kottke …
