Lyndon Hood - Graduate, Wellington
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
"Sensibile" Sentencing Trust calls Dunedin Multidisciplinary Study "a gross waste of time and money"
Admittedly not in quite some many words.
Well, the headline is "Research a gross waste of time and money" and it's clear the "S"ST's Spokesperson on Drug Issues does not know the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health & Development Research Unit from a bar of hemp-oil soap (She also puts scare-quotes around the word 'evidence' when it supports something she disagrees with).
I should say that, if you read all the way down to the bottom, the point is apparently the "30-years of research has indeed been a gross waste of time and money" if it does not lead to a change in drug policy.
Just for the record, they have been doing some other stuff. As this 240-page bibliography (PDF) suggests.
So, not what I'd call having you finger on the pulse from the Spokesperson there.
[Also, you can add to the list of things United Future's Judy Turner does not know the difference between a monkey and an ape. And the extent the concept of informed consent can be applied to a chimpanzee.]
[Another update: The Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party blames the scientists too. Who apparently should be studying something else. For example, something they can't control for.]
Admittedly not in quite some many words.
Well, the headline is "Research a gross waste of time and money" and it's clear the "S"ST's Spokesperson on Drug Issues does not know the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health & Development Research Unit from a bar of hemp-oil soap (She also puts scare-quotes around the word 'evidence' when it supports something she disagrees with).
I should say that, if you read all the way down to the bottom, the point is apparently the "30-years of research has indeed been a gross waste of time and money" if it does not lead to a change in drug policy.
Just for the record, they have been doing some other stuff. As this 240-page bibliography (PDF) suggests.
So, not what I'd call having you finger on the pulse from the Spokesperson there.
[Also, you can add to the list of things United Future's Judy Turner does not know the difference between a monkey and an ape. And the extent the concept of informed consent can be applied to a chimpanzee.]
[Another update: The Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party blames the scientists too. Who apparently should be studying something else. For example, something they can't control for.]
Labels: drugs, Multidisciplinary Study, press releases, science, sensible sentencing trust
Lyndon Hood - malcontent, Wellington
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
New Hood: Protest Briefs
Includes: Truckies Win General Election; Protestors March Against Annette King; McVicar welcomes Peter Low to ''Hardline Punishment Lobbyists With Some Really Kooky Opinions'' Club; Mark Resolves Thorny PR Issue.
It's all very well that transport is the life blood of the economy, but somebody has to pay for the veins.
On another topic, I like to believe somebody won an office pool by getting the TV3 presenter (I think) to say that South African rugby player was "receiving treatment for a groin injury but there are no hard feelings".
And if anybody wants to send Flying Spaghetti Monster DVDs to schools, I'm in.
Includes: Truckies Win General Election; Protestors March Against Annette King; McVicar welcomes Peter Low to ''Hardline Punishment Lobbyists With Some Really Kooky Opinions'' Club; Mark Resolves Thorny PR Issue.
It's all very well that transport is the life blood of the economy, but somebody has to pay for the veins.
On another topic, I like to believe somebody won an office pool by getting the TV3 presenter (I think) to say that South African rugby player was "receiving treatment for a groin injury but there are no hard feelings".
And if anybody wants to send Flying Spaghetti Monster DVDs to schools, I'm in.
Labels: nz politics, satire, sensible sentencing trust, transport, trucks
Lyndon Hood - ombudsbuddy
Friday, December 07, 2007
"Sensible" Sentencing Trust*: The left McVicar does not seem to know what the right Alexander** is doing.
I find Alexander's support for the ombudsman especially droll in light of what the report actually says about people like the Trust.
Oh, and here's a bit of history: 2003 self-promotion from one Erin Leigh.
Update (5pm-ish): Right Hand Resigns from Trust.
* In the words of Voltaire, "neither holy, nor roman, nor an empire".
** "recently selected National Party candidate for Wigram"; it seem that like Stephen Franks, having been kicked off a sinking ship, has now also left it.
I find Alexander's support for the ombudsman especially droll in light of what the report actually says about people like the Trust.
Oh, and here's a bit of history: 2003 self-promotion from one Erin Leigh.
Update (5pm-ish): Right Hand Resigns from Trust.
* In the words of Voltaire, "neither holy, nor roman, nor an empire".
** "recently selected National Party candidate for Wigram"; it seem that like Stephen Franks, having been kicked off a sinking ship, has now also left it.
Labels: crime, justice, nz politics, sensible sentencing trust
