Monthly Archives: September 2009

>Motorists taking the Northern Gateway out of Auckland may soon be able to pay the $2 toll by text.

Posted on 11 September, 2009 by jb

> In other news: Texting on a hand-held mobile phone while driving will be illegal from November. The full story: In the olden (1960s) days, it’d take you the best part of a morning to drove up to Warkworth (north … Continue reading →

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>Deja vu. All over again

Posted on 10 September, 2009 by jb

> Play it fucking loud, Barack. It’s the only way they’ll hear it. Great words (as ever) from Clive Crook here

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>It can be a California thing…..

Posted on 10 September, 2009 by jb

>And we all thought Sarah Palin was bad. It must be catching. This from a speaker to the Santa Cruz City Council. “Well the crops are growing very well and they’re organic and some have pesticides and I think that … Continue reading →

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>Not around here….

Posted on 10 September, 2009 by jb

> Bernard Hickey featured this chart the other day, illustrating how American consumers went on a spending binge over the last 20 years or so (and don’t forget – this is year-on-year change. I’d hate to see the cumulative effect). … Continue reading →

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>Arse. Elbow.

Posted on 9 September, 2009 by jb

> So if I’ve got this right, the Linke party, a cesspit of disenchanted Marxists, East German ex-communists and sundry other malcontents, wants  Wealth for all Poster on the left after which they’re going to  Tax wealth Poster on the … Continue reading →

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>This I need…maybe/definitely

Posted on 9 September, 2009 by jb

> I hereby decree today to be my birthday. Not that I need all this stuff, of course. I bought them all from my pocket money the day they hit Lewis Eady‘s. Mostly mono. Still got them

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>The winner of the Trust Waikato National Contemporary Art Award 2009.

Posted on 8 September, 2009 by jb

> “Currently in its ninth year, the award is renowned for the challenging and often controversial entries it attracts. This year’s winning entry ‘Collateral’ by Auckland artist Dane Mitchell was selected from amongst 43 finalists and 283 entrants from all … Continue reading →

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>Can’t say I didn’t warn her…

Posted on 8 September, 2009 by jb

> Cousin Dave’s oldest boy got married the other year. I wrote to the bride-to-be Dear Rebecca, thank you for your invitation to the wedding It would, however, perhaps be advisable to meet at some stage before
 you undertake a … Continue reading →

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>So now you know…..

Posted on 7 September, 2009 by jb

> At least the fact that my favourite clothing store is thinkgeek.com appears to exclude my being a dork or a nerd. But who knows..?

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>Exceeding expectations

Posted on 7 September, 2009 by jb

>When stuff like this is what goes for “informed journalism” in America, you just don’t expect to see anything like this anymore He’ll never make the major networks, though. He’s just too intelligent informed reasonable eloquent sensible

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