“King Charles had his head cut off, but there have never been any problems associated with the name King George. … The couple don’t like conformity.”
London correspondent Gavin Gray, speaking about the naming of George Alex Louis, Prince of Cambridge, NewstalkZB, 7:10 a.m.
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No. 1 Susie Ferguson: “If, as you say, this has all been done before, why do it all again?”
For those who’re being driven quietly around the bend by a particularly gross earworm – here’s the antidote: (nsfw)
Ask first No way to know I want it No way to know I want it Unless I say I want it Ask first Cause if you grab me I’ll get nasty I’ll break your fucking knees
When China slows down, its demand for minerals drops and Australia will suffer. If our two largest trading partners are faring poorly, then it is not going to be good for NZ.
China’s slowdown is bad for our finances but good for our real environment. Its also good for China’s real environment. Less consumption, less energy use, less GHGs.
That’s the paradox we’ve locked ourselves into, in this current system.
Because in a slowing Chinese economy, the Chinese will cut back on building new factories, not on buying their children baby milk. (By slowdown they mean economic growth of 7% rather than 10%)
A slowdown in Australia would be of more concern, however every year they are becoming less and less dependant as China becomes more important.
If we had our economy rationalised it wouldn’t really matter what the economies of our trading partners were doing as they’d only be a minor part of our economy.
Yep. I find it amazing that the know that they’ll be dropping 35 workers before they’ve finished the review. This would indicate that the review was nothing but validation for the predetermined loss of jobs.
Does anyone know anything about who the contractors are who will receive many thousands of dollars from WINZ for placing ex beneficiaries in work ? So peculiar imho.
No. 2: GAVIN GRAY
No. 1 Susie Ferguson: “If, as you say, this has all been done before, why do it all again?”
No way to know I want it
No way to know I want it
Unless I say I want it
Ask first
Cause if you grab me
I’ll get nasty
I’ll break your fucking knees
Brian Fallow: China’s slowdown may be good for NZ
http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/top-stories/18140721/claims-winz-to-undergo-staff-restructure/