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6:00 am, June 28th, 2024 - 15 comments
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Open mike is your post.
For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose.
The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy).
Step up to the mike …
Atlas setting their sights on Africa. Cheetahs vs hippos.
https://reason.com/podcast/2024/01/10/magatte-wade-the-real-reasons-why-africa-is-poor-and-why-it-matters/
She claims the solution to Africa's problems lies with what her mentor, the late economist George Ayittey, called "the cheetah generation," young Africans who embrace free markets, individualism, human rights, and transparency in government.
Constructing ambiguity with grammar.
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As a thought experiment, let’s examine in extremely close detail a set of iterative changes that can be made to a single simple grammatical structure, turning it from a statement taken at face value into one loaded with unrealized implication. This makes for rich writing which rewards – or even demands – close scrutiny.
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/an-interactive-guide-to-ambiguous-grammar
ZB Plus is minus. Lol. I like that header : )….
Tax, it's just a tax you Tory wankers.
A $22 billion plan over the next four years!
But can't find $3 billion for State Highway 1 where it crosses Cook Strait!
Fuckwits!
Agreed TV. This has to be Labour and the Green’s attack line …..simple and effective. It should resonate.
A tax by any other name would spell deceit.
Apparently a tax is only a tax if Labour does it.
If National does the same thing it gets called euphemistic names like "levy" or "economic adjustment".
The rich get to drive on Auckland roads without those pesky poor people taking up space with the tax switch
That tax cut burning a hole in everyone’s pocket still is it? Bastards. We need a Johnathon Pie !
No doubt the AA will be applauding this, as they applaud just about anything that National does, but would loudly protest if Labour did the same things.
Test..
Jon Stewart speaks truth to power.
A week out and The Economist endorses Labour.
https://web.archive.org/web/20240627101415/https://www.economist.com/leaders/2024/06/27/keir-starmer-should-be-britains-next-prime-minister
Only because UK Labour has abandoned ant pretense of being in any way a left wing party.
Corbyn and anything which will freighten the establishment horses has been purged.