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请别在读不懂华语的老外的部落格上留言和留龌龊网页的网址。The probligohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17882103150181414348noreply@blogger.comBlogger821125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6181862.post-28183267129288261922012-04-19T15:58:00.001+12:002012-04-19T16:00:56.191+12:00Wierd...An email came in today, through the probligo’s letterbox, from a person calling herself “Estelle Schumann”. I have no idea of who this virtual person might be, but the email was a request that I allow her to write a piece on education to this noble establishment; “a blog post which discusses educational reform, learning theory, and its intersection with the state of standardized testing The probligohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17882103150181414348noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6181862.post-83968121435643076252012-03-27T19:20:00.004+13:002012-03-27T20:18:26.984+13:00A nexus in political stupidity...Just when you thought that Dr Nick Smith would indicate the depths of political stupidity in the current government, nek minit you find someone else has an even worse case of foot and mouth.Background -Nick Smith was Minister in charge of ACC (for the furriners that is Accident Compensation Corporation). A good (woman) mate of his had been having a long-term stoush with said ACC concerning the The probligohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17882103150181414348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6181862.post-4424779660165613522012-03-25T11:11:00.003+13:002012-03-25T12:02:28.053+13:00Justice, late...It has taken roughly four and a half years.It has left a thick trail of slime through many of the presumed foundations of NZ's justice system.It has resulted in yet more legislation intended to limit the rights of NZers to their freedoms of expression, freedoms of thought, and presumption of innocence.The sorry saga of the Urewera 17 has come to an end, with only four of those originally The probligohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17882103150181414348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6181862.post-71016098297475387592012-03-08T06:15:00.005+13:002012-03-08T13:36:50.478+13:00On Intellectual Property Rights and copyright...To all of those who believe that it is their right to steal, take, or copy the work of others there are a couple examples in the news (well, came into my ambit) in the past two days.First was an article in AP magazine. Oh, you will find this on the 'net but it is a real live paper type version that I have borrowed from the library.It concerns an English photographer who saw one of his images The probligohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17882103150181414348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6181862.post-90570390127067218612012-02-29T19:41:00.003+13:002012-02-29T19:49:34.026+13:00A quiet reflection on history...It is not quite 5 years since the blogger known as "Riverbend" signed off her "Baghdad Burning" blog with a final post from Damascus, Syria.At that time she was soundly lauded as a beacon of hope and democracy through here cronicaling of events in Baghdad following the deposing of Hussein. In more recent times there have been doubts cast on the truth and validity of both her existence and her The probligohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17882103150181414348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6181862.post-76391609144159618872012-02-01T20:04:00.005+13:002012-02-01T20:25:26.597+13:00On occupying, occupation, and the morality of wealth...There must be an interesting psychology lying behind protest and public disobedience on the one hand and the more general acceptance and approbation of the protest in wider society… or is the ol’ probligo getting just that little more reactionary in his old age?F’rinstance –Forty years ago, the prospect of giving a number of very important people a sleepless night and to inform them of contraryThe probligohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17882103150181414348noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6181862.post-56128310014837118082012-01-19T14:22:00.004+13:002012-01-19T15:41:46.831+13:00This is what the 1% argument is about in the US...From Sydney Morning Herald -Mitt Romney, one of the richest men to run for president, says he "probably" pays an effective federal income tax rate of about 15 per cent - little more than most American workers struggling to make ends meet in the toughest economic conditions for 70 years....Capital gains in the US are taxed generally at 15 per cent; likewise earnings from investments, such as The probligohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17882103150181414348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6181862.post-51294933021283583422012-01-07T08:56:00.003+13:002012-01-07T09:05:58.879+13:00Dropped in old me old mate Al...... and his latest post featured pictures of his family Christmas. I promised him I would set up the probligo's moko's. So, in order of age -Alexia and Mikaela...Emily, Blake, and Hannah.The probligohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17882103150181414348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6181862.post-12121984762291328582012-01-04T06:30:00.003+13:002012-01-04T06:41:31.322+13:00Road Safety...Clive Matthews-Wilson (of dog and lemon guide fame) reckons that median barriers will save lives on our roads.Yes of course they will, idiot. Simply because there will be no opportunity for overtaking, for travelling any faster than the slowest vehicle ahead...His comment about children in 100 years not believing the present opposing traffic conditions on our roads? Those children will The probligohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17882103150181414348noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6181862.post-60601850371247147082011-12-18T12:09:00.003+13:002011-12-18T14:39:10.594+13:00On being occupied, and the process of occupation...There was a time, within my lifetime, that "occupied" had meanings ranging from "being used" as in a house or toilet, to "doing something" deriving from the idea of "occupation". The active meaning of the latter has now transmogrified to include the first, so that the idea of "occupation Wall St" and its international derivatives has made a profession of inhabiting a space to prevent its use The probligohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17882103150181414348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6181862.post-58094183256330537332011-12-13T20:25:00.003+13:002011-12-13T20:30:07.502+13:00On the subject of strange things and ......an idle moment at the office desk found this interesting juxtaposition.Chance? Or intended?The probligohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17882103150181414348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6181862.post-2747288923169097112011-12-12T20:12:00.001+13:002011-12-12T20:16:25.492+13:00The perturbing case of the missing link...Now here’s a thing. This article humped into the ol’ probligo’s scanners a short while back, a propos of nothing very much at all. I think it was from following sub-links. Anyhoos, I picked up the address and saved as it is an interesting topic and has some useful potential. I dropped off the net and then tried to find it again a short while later. Nothing! Search Granny Herald with theirThe probligohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17882103150181414348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6181862.post-56734413432341826832011-11-27T16:57:00.007+13:002011-11-29T18:43:04.851+13:00In the wake of the jonkey...From Spiegel, by way of ALDaily comes thoughts on the state of politics and, directly from that, of democracy as a political form.Habermas is an 82 y-o "philosopher" who has some considerable standing in Europe in particular and his name has passed my way on occasion in the past as well.Jürgen Habermas, 82, wants to get the word out. He's sitting on stage at the Goethe Institute in Paris. Next The probligohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17882103150181414348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6181862.post-51416849857050382152011-11-25T13:32:00.003+13:002011-11-26T08:37:27.299+13:00Almost the end of The Agony -I quite enjoy reading Deborah Hill Cone in the busyness section of Granny Herald. Not because I necessarily agree with her POV, but simply because it is often one of the better writes in the paper.And so it is this morning with her take on elections and electorates. In fact I think that I can sympathise with her personal agony of being an Epsom Saltie.What caught my eye was her wave in the The probligohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17882103150181414348noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6181862.post-20809161574174396112011-11-23T13:05:00.004+13:002011-11-23T18:45:55.875+13:00Anyone who has the slightest interest...... in the future of democracy in this country MUST go read this!!!The probligohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17882103150181414348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6181862.post-81458794615490888172011-11-18T18:29:00.001+13:002011-11-18T18:31:32.122+13:00What a storm in a teapot!!It begins with all of the anticipation - …will he won’t he will he join the dance… - but not a sign of a lobster at all. For two weeks the media waited agasp for their invitation to the event of all electoral events; the expected invitation for Banksie to share a pot of tea with none other than the PM and the acknowledgement that Banksie was in fact a Nat in all but name for electoral purposes.The probligohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17882103150181414348noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6181862.post-27010446090674141082011-11-02T20:14:00.003+13:002011-11-03T17:57:48.937+13:00Elections 2011 - Fit the ThirdWednesday -RNZ on Morning Report as I was avoiding the rush traffic between here and there included a “debate” between the leaders of the “minor parties”. Quote of the 20minute duration; Dunny himself with “Tureia is right up to the point where ideology steps in.”.Thursday -SMH this morning is trumpeting the fact that the UN has rated Australia only 0.1 points (on a 0 – 1 scale) behind The probligohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17882103150181414348noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6181862.post-68034105528939501942011-11-01T12:15:00.002+13:002011-11-01T19:11:57.409+13:00Elections 2011 - Fit the secondNo, I did not watch the “Leadership Debate” on the tv last night. I had a few better things to do. No, I am not sorry. (That is the same kind of answer as “I am not going to raise GST”.)From the reports, seen and read, I have the impression that it was pretty much as scripted. The Jonkey was not surprised by anything that the Gofer raised, though there is a suspicion that he was The probligohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17882103150181414348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6181862.post-22864309376332362692011-10-30T19:39:00.003+13:002011-10-30T20:05:28.471+13:00Elections - 2011 Fit the First.I have a real problem at the moment.Do I vote for the Jonkey, the Nats?Or do I vote for the Gofer, the Labourlites?Of the minor parties; ACT has self-obessessd on the occupiers; Winnie the Pooh has ressurrected for the third time; the Greens have taken a jump to the left; Maori will lose their Mana with the departure of Pita and Tariana; Tamahere is making a joke of the idea of mana; the The probligohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17882103150181414348noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6181862.post-35529065434096576712011-10-19T08:13:00.002+13:002011-10-19T08:25:54.492+13:00A sense of Justice......probably not intended for a moment, but I get a strong sense of appropriate justice from the exchange of 1 Israeli held by the Palestinians for the return of roughly 1000 Palestinians held in Israeli jails.It is not just a passing, fleeting idea. It grows with thought and further threads attach.Consider, and this is where I started, that the ratio is very roughly reflective of the number The probligohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17882103150181414348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6181862.post-45380696448209799112011-10-06T10:47:00.006+13:002011-10-07T06:32:14.120+13:00Fare thee well, Simon...At the age of 64 I am beginning to learn how to recognise those who are true politicians, and that vast majority who have not grown out of their kindergarten sandpits. Associated with those latter are the political groupies.Let me illustrate.Cactus Kate’s most recent item sings the praises of Tau Henare who in the past few days gave “…an hilarious speech in the general debate where after givingThe probligohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17882103150181414348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6181862.post-31225454928318535452011-09-26T06:15:00.003+13:002011-09-26T06:48:20.424+13:00What the ???? is going on with ACT?First the legalisation of marihuana...That has resulted in Cactus Kate thrashing in the undergrowth for something good to say about anything.Followed by Boscowen fleeing the party...Implosion time. Will anyone really notice?Oh, and the teaser on the Herald this morning -"Vote BrashGet hash"CLASSIC!!!The probligohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17882103150181414348noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6181862.post-76490590077521029922011-09-25T10:25:00.002+13:002011-09-25T10:48:31.913+13:00Idle Sunday Observation -One of the most recent links offered by ALD is to the New Humanist, a correspondant by the name of Johnathon Re'e (there is supposed to be an accent on the first e). He is offering yet another repatitive and boring rationalisation on the relationship between atheists, atheism, and the Christian religion.Why is it that 99% of the modern atheists (I can not in truth say 100%) follow the The probligohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17882103150181414348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6181862.post-83899792501909423352011-09-20T21:05:00.004+12:002011-09-20T21:14:35.329+12:00Police powers and the lawIt is around about now that the truth of what was behind the cancellation of charges against the Urewera 17 is coming to light.That truth lies in a piece of legislation currently before the House, and being pushed through under urgency.The legislation has the effect of allowing Police powers they as the law had interpreted them prior to a couple weeks ago; the date of the Supreme Court’s decisionThe probligohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17882103150181414348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6181862.post-54659470136051121782011-09-18T14:22:00.005+12:002011-09-18T14:48:06.572+12:00On freedom and having free will...I picked this one up through the new old mates who are running ALD these days.The experiment helped to change John-Dylan Haynes's outlook on life. In 2007, Haynes, a neuroscientist at the Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience in Berlin, put people into a brain scanner in which a display screen flashed a succession of random letters1. He told them to press a button with either their The probligohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17882103150181414348noreply@blogger.com3