Lyndon Hood - chilly trigger finger, Wellington
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
It really seemed fairly warm until it hailed. Not the we noticed; the office has been relocation to a small windowless room during earthquake strengthening work.
More on Wellington.scoop.
More on Wellington.scoop.
Labels: beehive, hail, images, parliament, photos, scoop, weather
Lyndon Hood - Crazy Yelling At Web Stream Guy, Wellington
Thursday, May 07, 2009
I have listened carefully to Rodney Hide today, talking about his answer yesterday to the (notified) question "Has he costed the Government’s super-city proposal outlined in Making Auckland Greater: The Government’s decisions on Auckland Governance; if not, why not?"
He answered "Yes".
Today Rodney was eventually, under something rather like duress from the Speaker, explained that the Auckland transition etc. has not been costed. I had gathered by that time, and Rodney subsequently clarified, that yesterday he was referring to the cost of making the proposal rather than of implimenting it.
People who deliberately break the language are not clever.
He answered "Yes".
Today Rodney was eventually, under something rather like duress from the Speaker, explained that the Auckland transition etc. has not been costed. I had gathered by that time, and Rodney subsequently clarified, that yesterday he was referring to the cost of making the proposal rather than of implimenting it.
People who deliberately break the language are not clever.
Labels: auckland, nz politics, parliament, rodney hide
Lyndon Hood - presser & releaser, Wellington
Friday, June 27, 2008
New Hood: Anti-Smacking Amendment Vindicated By Police Trial
This is why I think parents should on no account be allowed tasers.
Other news:
This is why I think parents should on no account be allowed tasers.
Other news:
- Among Judith Collins' attacks on MSD Bureaucrats at questions time: "Well, is it not true that the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research also noted: 'Nearly 50 percent of MSD’s policy papers were of average quality or below.'...?"
I laughed. Is it not true that 'average' means 50% are above and 50% below? They might well mean something else there, but nonetheless. Also, is it not true that the quote might be taken to imply more than 50% were of average quality or above?
- A "pan industry open letter to all political parties" (I note none of the signatories actually directly make pans) had an attachment making industry-by-industry comparisions of ETS subsidies between Europe and NZ. With dinky little clip art pics for each industry. Which doesn't do much for their credibility with me, but does prove they are indeed employers.
- George Carlin, as everyone else has said by now, died. Not just a comic, but possibly the nicest poster boy for free speech I can think of. Transcript of the seven dirty words monologue from the FCC vs Pacifica case. I may have used the wrong version in this Critic article I once wrote about swearing.
Labels: clip art, George Carlin, judith collins, justice, parliament, police, press releases, satire, section 59, swearing
Lyndon Hood - banninated, Wellington
Monday, July 02, 2007
New Hood: Open Letter To Closed Parliament
Readers may not be surprised to learn I took the banning satirical use of Parliament coverage business rather personally. I also have lots of opinions about the issue in wider terms, many about why it's a bad, bad idea. But aside for the above you'll have to wait and see if I write them down. I may even go to the trouble of working out what it actually means for media of the 'some guy with a laptop and YouTube' variety.
I will mention that person/s unknown have messed with my plan to deface the speaker's image Web 2.0 styles* by removing her photo from the depicto project twice. If it goes again, feel free to load it back up from here. KTHX.
* While this plan does have an intellectual point, if you think about it, in terms of how easy it is to make fun of people in the information age, as well as being a normal reaction to anyone who explicitly demands that they be taken seriously, I also must confess to a certain amount of malicious enjoyment.
Readers may not be surprised to learn I took the banning satirical use of Parliament coverage business rather personally. I also have lots of opinions about the issue in wider terms, many about why it's a bad, bad idea. But aside for the above you'll have to wait and see if I write them down. I may even go to the trouble of working out what it actually means for media of the 'some guy with a laptop and YouTube' variety.
I will mention that person/s unknown have messed with my plan to deface the speaker's image Web 2.0 styles* by removing her photo from the depicto project twice. If it goes again, feel free to load it back up from here. KTHX.
* While this plan does have an intellectual point, if you think about it, in terms of how easy it is to make fun of people in the information age, as well as being a normal reaction to anyone who explicitly demands that they be taken seriously, I also must confess to a certain amount of malicious enjoyment.
Labels: free speech, media, parliament, satire
