Neither Beijing Bob Carr nor Chumbawamba have followed through on their legal threats against Winston Peters
The media were all a flutter about what they perceived as the embarrassment of having the Deputy Prime Minister sued by various aggrieved parties. Even Chris Hipkins jumped onboard that passing car.
But Winston Peters laughed off legal threats from both Beijing Bob Carr and one hit wonder band Chumbawamba. Now he is laughing even more as neither law suit has materialised.
Jihadist attacks are followed not by sober engagement but by a sequence of shock, condemnation and symbolic reassurance. Leaders urge unity, we’re prompted not to ‘look back in anger‘, candles are lit, teddy bears are hugged and attention is steered firmly away from questions of causation.
The virtuous imposed authority of the insulated elite.
Winston Peters is right and the Reserve Bank Governor is wrong. Breman should stick to managing New Zealand’s monetary policy and leave the international posturing to those elected to handle it.
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Jihadist attacks are followed not by sober engagement but by a sequence of shock, condemnation and symbolic reassurance. Leaders urge unity, we’re prompted not to ‘look back in anger‘, candles are lit, teddy bears are hugged and attention is steered firmly away from questions of causation.
Luvvies cancel Two Minutes of Hate after ‘intifada’ speaker removed.
Barrett and his team raced back to the Washington Monument to feed a copy of the 19-minute show, about two terabytes of data, into four servers. “The pivot from shooting furniture to counting myself as being seen by 400 million people, or whatever the most recent numbers are, is mind boggling.”
