Hide and Holmes get another decoration from their masters for ably assisting the great kiwi swindle.
Really drags down their value IMO when a shock jock and serial rorter get a gong, can’t say Tony astle rates but then he does run Shonkeys favourite overpriced frog food outlet.
Antoine’s owner, Tony Astle, has been reported as saying he donated the money because he “loved” Mr Key, who was a longstanding customer at his restaurant.
Who wouldn’t love a repeat customer paying those high prices to rub shoulders with the other 1%’ers.
Antoine’s is such an old school joint which his punters clearly love so good luck to him but a new years honour oh pleeaasse it’s hardly a risk taking venture breaking new ground in cuisine. Standard Frog fare done many times all over the globe.
There’s probably a private dining room where they eat off servants a-la blackadder 3 it’s still the most expensive fare and sniffy service I’ve experienced in NZ right up the elite alley.
Is that the Frog fare where you have to move the potato and pea to find the shred of ‘meat’. Where you need to stop at the local BK after, to get that filled feeling?
Brett lives in a magical world where there are no structural inequalities or historic injustices which make it harder for some groups to fulfil their individual and collective potential.
The really dickish thing is that he won’t let any of us visit.
I was kind in my post to Holmes. I could have explicitly brought up his infamous reference to Kofi Annan, among other things. But, since you want to talk about the issue, Brett, I’ve just mentioned it.
And you could have mentioned his instruction to television viewers to “prepare to go ballistic” about a Tauranga iwi’s land right claim—he was found to have yet again breached broadcasting ethics after that one.
And then there was his chuckling about the torture and murder of captives in U.S. custody in Afghanistan: “Haw, haw, haw, they won’t like that, will they!” he chortled.
And then there was his deranged Herald article earlier this year, to mark Waitangi Day, pouring out his scorn for and hatred of Maori.
Then there was his enthusiastic reiteration of calls by the extreme right to assassinate Julian Assange.
I gotta say, we disagree a lot, but I reckon you deserve credit for reading PH’s Herald opinion pieces. Someone’s got to keep an eye on the prick. A right to assassinate Assange? Shit.
Not to worry – the Word on the Street is that Paul Holmes is likely to be one of the shortest-serving knights of the order. That’s assuming the Queen doesn’t send Sir Owen Glenn on a quixotic quest to defeat the Legendary Black Beast of Aaaaarrrrrrggghhh.
Yes. I did note that according to the 3News report, Sir Paul indicated that it was likely he wouldn’t be with us long. He’s actually relatively young to be in such poor health.
It may sound cruel, but it even goes on through my family, fate seems to hit back at some time down the line.
Those who once were so self assured, mean even, or ignorant and hurt others, later in life sometimes at least, get struck by events and health issues, that will give them reason to review their whole lives and what they once may have stood for and said.
So I am struggling at times, but I try to be kind to the people I may have been very much in dispute with, or even angry about, as later they may experience suffering and misery, that somehow seems to “balance” anything that happened before.
It could one day even hit any of us, who may have been overly bold on some arguments, actions or whatever, life is a strange, interesting, but certainly “teaching” course of an “event” to all of us.
Hence I have a lot of respect for the elderly and also very disadvantaged sick and disabled, who have little strenght to fight for anything, which though often is dished out to them, leaving them little reason to live a life of respect, dignity and purpose.
Much to think about. Happy new year – 2013.
I remember Winston Peters’ last speech in 2012, and he hit out at Banks, saying, the election will be before 2014. My worry is, is the left, especially Labour “prepared”, as he might once again be right on this?!
http://www.last.fm/music/Paul+Holmes
http://www.trademe.co.nz/music-instruments/cd/compilations/auction-141748013.htm
Arise Sir Paul Henry, but only if they pull the stake out of his heart first.